Perhaps you've noticed that I sometimes tag posts for a category called "please stop dancing like that". Videos that feature silly or strange or oddly groovy dancing receive the distinction - but of course the title is really quite ironic since mostly I just want to see more dancing like that! Maybe it's time for a change to "oh god, please keep dancing like that"? Well either way, I'm pleased to say today that I have a fine new addition to the club, and is it groovy!
My friend Eddie shared this video not too long ago - after hearing the music on the radio and then spending considerable time first trying to figure out exactly how it all might be spelled and then where it might be found. The beautiful, more-than-asked-for reward for such tenacious dedication to the absurd is this YouTube video : "Solla Solla Enna Perumai". I haven't the faintest idea what that means or what it's about, but I do know it's a hoot-and-a-half to watch. Not only do you get a groovy soundtrack and kooky floor show, but then everything breaks out into slapstick hilarity!
You'll notice there's a little English thrown into the script - mostly ornamental - but the predominant tongue is Tamil. Apparently akin to the Hindi-based Bollywood film industry, there is also in India a Tamil-based Kollywood, based out of Kodambakkam in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. The kooky, gold-booted star of the show is Kamal Hassan - who's big business in his native Tamil Nadu - and from what I can detect the film is called "Ellaam Inbayam". IMDB says it was filmed in 1981, which almost blows my mind as much as that soundtrack since the film is so heavy with the 70s (and even seems to be trailing a bit of 60s) that I would have easily put it six years earlier. Well, there is something to be said for being behind the times...
An animated tonic for your January blahs. Enjoy!
- a.t.s.
This is good, well I think I should expand my musical horizon beside the usual music from certain genre or country.
ReplyDeleteThanks for uploading.