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This might be interesting to some of you.

See this clip from YouTube of Raat Se Kaho Ruke Zaraa. I believe the vocalist (dubbed) is Lata Mangeshkar. The movie is a 1965 Bollywood production Lutera (also spelled Lootera). The music directors for the film were the famous Indian duo Laxmikant(h)-Pyarelal (or Laxmi-Pyare).

You may think you recognize this song, and you would be right. Apparently Bollywood music producers were somewhat given to borrowing back in the day.

I also found an interesting mention about this song in RMIM, by Pyarelal himself. To a question, "And 'Raat se kaho ruke zara' from 'Lootera'?", he says, "That was Laxmi's chaar-sau-beesi! He said it was his own tune. Later I met Shammi Kapoor who casually asked me if the tune was lifted, and I rose to Laxmi's defence and argued about it. Later Laxmi sheepishly admitted that he had taken it from a western tune!"

I have no idea what the movie is about or what lutera or raat se kaho ruke zaraa means!

Thank you! I appreciate it a lot. Another opportunity for me to stretch how wide the influences on vintage early 1960s surf used to be.

The Exotic Guitar of Kahuna Kawentzmann

You can get the boy out of the Keynes era, but you can’t get the Keynes era out of the boy.

I love Bollywood stuff! I can't follow the music or story, but the dancing and music are great!

FritzCat
I can't follow the music or story, but the dancing and music are great!

Then check this one out! Looks like the same scene, dramatically speaking, from a different movie. Maybe the song would make a good surf song. Wink

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In a more serious vein, how is the exotic sounding Misirlou perceived in India?

It's a Western-sounding cabaret song.

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