J-pop vs Bollywood

I thought I'd do something different for the "vs" category! Today I'm posting two songs that use similar music and beats from J-pop and Bollywood.

Update 14/9/18: Videos are now blocked from being shown on third party applications. If you click on the videos you can watch them fine on YouTube. :)

The first one is the song Want Me, Want Me by Japanese singer Namie Amuro. It was released as a single in 2005 and was on her third compilation album BEST FICTION (2008). According to Wikipedia it features a sitar sample.

The second one is the song Aa Khushi Se Khudkhusi Kar Le from the 2007 Bollywood film Darling. Fardeen Khan stars in the film as Aditya ("Adit"), who is married to Ashwini (Isha/Eesha Koppikar) but having an affair with his secretary Geeta (Esha Deol). When Geeta gets pregnant and refuses to abort the baby, she and Aditya fight and he accidentally kills her. Geeta's ghost then starts haunting him, intent on getting revenge.

The video is a scene from the beginning of the film, where Aditya is watching a movie at the cinema and imagines himself in the role of the man dancing with the actress, who is played by Nisha (Priyanka) Kothari. I think the scene is just put in to show how he's lusting after other women! lol.

Update 22/10/19: I had to replace the video. This one is from the beginning of the film. You can watch the full video here (which doesn't include the cinema scene and movie credits): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG_7w2oSJpI

Which do you prefer? I like both but maybe Aa Khushi Se Khudkhusi slightly more.

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