

Cinema's version is hardly worth rooting for. I ask her about her present role in Ghar Ki Lakshmiand she springs in, 'Initially, I had gone there to shoot for a song sequence mann saat samundar dol gaya, but then they decided that they wanted to go ahead with my character. "They were shut down six years ago and haven't been missed. Numbers like Man saat samundar dol gaya from Chameli (2004), Mere yaar from Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007) and Babli badmaash in Shootout at Wadala (2013) were filmed on sets made to look like a dance bar.ĭirector Sanjay Gupta, who co-wrote Shootout at Lokhandwala and directed the sequel, argues that dance bars haven't been an integral part of the cityscape. More often than not, the setting - albeit glamourised - has become the norm for item songs. Jab roz e qayamat hoga usko bhi bhadka diya jayega. This allowed me to club the two factors," he said. Muawiya bin saeed farmate hai : ye samundar bahra e roam samundar ke atebar se zameen ke darmiyan me hai, chhote samundar isi se aakar milte hai, aur sab se badey samundar ko bhi isi me daala jayega, iske niche bahot kunve hai, jo aag se bhare huwe hai. "Often enough, before organised crime in Mumbai was eradicated, underworld members would visit dance bars for entertainment.

The director, who visited a few bars while working on the film, remembers noticing that the girls became friendly with regular customers over time. Dance bars could not have functioned without Bollywood songs, and filmmakers have often used them in films that explore Mumbai's underbelly.įilmmaker John Matthew Matthan's Sarfarosh (1999) depicted a dance bar twice and showed a dancer as a police informer. The relationship between Bollywood and dance bars has always been a mutually beneficial one. This reality may have faded away six years ago with the ban on dance bars in the city, but the vision has been kept alive by cinema even today. Le teri ho gayi yaar sajna ve sajna, oh sajna mere yaar sajna ve sajna. Half-drunk men encouraging them by hooting and throwing crisp currency notes. Jo saath samandar dol gaya tere pyaar mein le bin bol gaya -2. Dark, dingy rooms, garish disco lights and girls in bright saris and ghaghra cholis shimmying to Bollywood numbers.
