This could be filed under "Cheesy Euro-Disco" if only India was a part of Europe. But so it goes to show that Europe isn't the only continent producing cheesy disco videos. This clip is taken from the 1983 Bollywood movie Disco Dancer, a big success in India and the Soviet Union at the time.
YouTube: [link] (There is a higher quality version, too, and you will find more musical numbers from this film in the "related videos".)
Interestingly, this film also has the song "Jimmy Aaja", that M.I.A covered in the song Jimmy from Kala.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjam_ygv69Y
Posted by: Jocelyn | September 07, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Sounds like "Video killed the radio star" at times
Posted by: BigJB | September 07, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Do I hear a distinct Buggles influence there?
Posted by: Chris | September 07, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Disco Dancer is definitely worth watching. I picked up the movie and the soundtrack for under $10. Bring on the cheese!!!
Posted by: Pluto of Pluto | September 07, 2009 at 02:18 PM
No surprise it's a Buggles rip - the composer was Bappi Lahiri. He's infamous for this sort of plaigerism. I've got tunes of his that re-write "Wild Thing" and "Inna Gadda Da Vida" - in the same song!
There's a ton of this stuff out there.
Posted by: Mr Fab | September 07, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Thanks for sharing. This song is really nice of its time .movie reviews
Posted by: Gary | March 20, 2012 at 02:36 AM
Disco Dancer is definitely worth watching
Posted by: top-10-hindi-songs | March 27, 2013 at 08:47 AM