Nagada Sang Dhol (EN)

Choreography context :

Nagada Sang Dhol is Chandāga's bugbear. This song was part of a project that didn't work out. Instead of being four dancers, the girls were left all alone.

Nevertheless, someone challenged them to dance on this song. The created a choreography... within 48 hours. This choreography is the worst of all, and the video montage is very bad (At that time, Mouki didn't know how iMovie worked...)

Anecdote : this song was the Chandāgame's 2nd round.

Anecdote II : Chandāga had a cameraman friend of them, who came to film them.

Anecdote III : Originally, they were supposed to dance outside... but night came before they could move! Fortunately, Chandāga had access to their famous room immediatly.

Anecdote IV : Unlike the other choreographies, this one has no storyline. You can write your interpretation in the comment section!

Anyway, if you want to laugh your ass out :

Song context :

Nagada Sang Dhol is a song from the Sanjay Leela Bhansali's movie Ram-Leela (2013), starring Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh.

In Ranjaar (fictious place), two rival families fight since the beginning of times : Rajadis and Saneras. Ram Rajadi (Ranveer Singh) and Leela Sanera (Deepika Padukone) fall in love, despite their ancestral rivalry. After trying to elope, the lovebirds are separated. During the Navratri festival, however, Ram is invited in Sanera's house, as the new chief of Rajadis's clan. Leela, who first danced to express her anger to her mother (the Saneras's clan chief), yearns at the sight of her lover. Is he coming to save or to betray her?

In blue : original lyrics
In black : translated lyrics

Leela
Hey dhin tadaak dhin tadaak
(sound of drums)

Aaja ud ke saraat pairon se bedi zara khol
Come at me as fast as you can and unlock the chains at my feet

Nagada sang dhol baaje, dhol baaje dhaayn dhaayn dhum dhum dhaayn
While the drums are beating, while the drums are beating

Nagada sang dhol baaje, dhol baaje dhaayn dhaayn dhaayn dhum dhaayn (x2)
While the drums are beating, while the drums are beating

Re khat-khat haan khat-khat baaje dastak woh na ab tak aaya
Everybody knocks at the door, but he's still not here

Re tabse haan tabse haan dekhe raahein
I've gazed at this path for so long

Ki ab tu khol baahein aaja
Now come with your arms wide open

Umad-ghumad ghumein re machle re mora mann goonje re baalam ke bol
My restless heart is going round and round, it calls you, my love

Nagada sang dhol baaje, dhol baaje, dhaayn dhaayn dhum dhum dhaayn
While the drums are beating, the drums are beating

Nagada sang dhol baaje, dhol baaje dhaayn dhaayn dhaayn dhum dhaayn
While the drums are beating, the drums are beating

Hey dhin tadaak dhin tadaak
(sounds of drums)

Aaja ud ke saraat pairon se bedi zara khol
Come at me as fast as you can and unlock the chains at my feet

Nagada sang dhol baaje, dhol baaje dhaayn dhaayn dhum dhum dhaayn
While the drums are beating, while the drums are beating

Nagada sang dhol baaje, dhol baaje dhaayn dhaayn dhaayn dhum dhaayn
While the drums are beating, while the drums are beating

Chorus
Leeli lemdi re leelo nagarvel no chhod
The lilac is green, and so is the betel leaf

Parbhu parodh na re
Don't refuse me my lord

Maar gher uttaara karta jaao utaaro nahi karun re
Come and rest in my humble home

Maar gher Sita juve vaat Sita ekla re juve ram-lakhman ni vaat
I can't, Goddess Sita is waiting for me, Sita is home alone, waiting for her husband Ram and her brother Lakshma

Leela
O pal-pal re pal-pal beet’ta jal-jal naach ab chal aaja
These moments won't come back, come and dance with me

Re tharr-tharr tharr-tharr haan kaanpe tharr-tharr, haan darr darr jee se darr ab na na
Your hands are shaking, don't be afraid

Baagon mein bola, bola re bola morey badla re dil ka bhoogol
In the garden, the peacock will sing you the secrets of my heart

Nagada sang dhol baaje, dhol baaje dhaayn dhaayn dhum dhum dhaayn
While the drums are beating, the drums are beating

Nagada sang dhol baaje, dhol baaje dhaayn dhaayn dhaayn dhum dhaayn
While the drums are beating, the drums are beating

Hey dhin tadaak dhin tadaak aaja ud ke saraat pairon se bedi zara khol
(sounds of drums) Come at me as fast as you can and unlock the chains at my feet

Nagada sang dhol baaje, dhol baaje dhaayn dhaayn dhum dhum dhaayn
While the drums are beating, the drums are beating

Nagada sang dhol baaje, dhol baaje dhaayn dhaayn dhaayn dhum dhaayn (x2)
While the drums are beating, the drums are beating

Chœur
Leeli lemdi re leelo nagarvel no chhod
The lilac is green, and so is the betel

Parbhu parodh na re maar gher uttaara karta jaao
Don't refuse me my Lord, come and stay in my humble home

Utaaro nahi karun re maar gher Sita juve vaat
I can't stay, the Goddess Sita is waiting for me

Sita ekla re juve ram-lakhman ni vaat
Sita is waiting for her husband Ram and her brother Lakshman

Hey…. ho dhol baaje!
Hey... The drums are beating!

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