Chak De Phatte Punjabi Movie Download Free
Marcelo Eichel
At the literal level, there is no arguing with the Punjabi origins of this phrase. "Chak de phatte" is the traditional exhortation used in almost every situation, from a wedding party to a night out with the boys, to the village kabaddi game. It has become familiar to the rest of India through innumerable bhangra numbers and was introduced to the world by Apache Indian (remember him?) in the 90s.
"Chak de phatte" has been morphed into "Raise the roof" in hip hop and in sports jargon outside Punjab. Punjabi spirit is not only in the moonshine brewed in Gurdaspur but also in its ability to spread it as a contagious happy-go-lucky way of life which has sprouted from the struggles that the Punjabis have been going through since the first invasion of the land millennia ago. As they say, only under huge pressure can a carbon turn into a diamond. Now, the sheen of this diamond is opening the eyes of many the world over.
Despite the extraordinary contribution of Sikhs and Punjabis, why is it that we don't get any credit and have no unified voice or leadership, and tragedies like the Partition and 1984 are inflicted upon us?Also, I do have to say with all the positives that the punjabization of India has brought to our country, some negatives have also come our way: for example, ridiculing of the Punjabi language and the Sikh identity in bollywood, as well as this label of Sikhs being larger than life and fond of eating, drinking, and fighting on the streets. Why aren't we known for our beautiful concepts such as sewa, langar, daswand and service for sarbat da bhalla?
Punjabi music is now heard even in remote villages of Bulgaria, and of course all over the world. Punjabization of music in the western world has been going on for several years, even where there are few Sikhs. And, many British investors in Bulgaria today are Sikh-Britons. The progress Sikhs have made in business, politics and culture, both in india and across the diaspora, is phenomenal. Chak de phatte!
"Chak de Phattey!" - this expression, according to my father, comes from the early pioneers in Canada who worked in the lumber mills. When they went back to India with income earned in Canada, they were more affluent than the others. They explained that they had earned their wealth by lifting planks or "phattey chak ke".So, anyone that has excelled in wealth did it "phattey chak ke", and doing anything well became "chak de phattey!" Just one more explanation you may wish to consider!
My father in law cringes when he hears this phrase ... he says "phatte" are the planks on which a body is carried to the cremation ground. "Chak de" is to raise or lift up. So "chak de phatte" is to lift the plank (and body) to make the journey from the home of the deceased to the cremation ground. Not quite such a happy theory of origin, I know.
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