If I either 1) spoke Hindi or 2) had an unlimited supply of Hindi-speaking friends I could annoy with constant questioning, I would dedicate an entire blog to the phenomenon of Indian, uh, appropriations of Western pop music. Listen closely to many Bollywood hits, and you’ll hear a familiar hook and bass line.  I haven’t noticed it as much, lately, but there was as period in the late 90s where I was convinced I could track every hit charting in India to a Janet Jackson track from the 80s/early 90s. In any event, discovered this one over the weekend, and thought I’d share it.
India’s DJ Suketu took a popular early 90s hit – Bin Tere Sanam – and remixed it into an even bigger hit:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWOHCm_VpJE[/youtube]
The original, by Yaara Dildara, was an enormous hit in its own right:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVOs_ATjikQ[/youtube]
So what did DJ Suketu use to breath some life into an already monster hit? Kylie Minogue to the rescue:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfr9bhSmfXc[/youtube]