Choi Jin Hyuk Needs Happily Ever After In Kdrama Love

choijinhyukHandsome Choi Jin Hyuk Via Dramabeans

Choi Jin Hyuk should have many things going for him. He is tall, very handsome and had a cutest smile that can melt many girl’s heart. From what I have seen from Korean Dramas and interviews, he seems like a polite, nice and humble guy who seems down to earth. So, what does he need? He has yet to get “Happy ever after” in love so far in Korean drama or get a lead role. (It finally happened in 2014 in Kdrama Emergency couple)

Choi Jin Hyuk’s Dramas and Movies:

Choi Jin Hyuk has played minor, supporting roles in Korean dramas until he was noticed in small role in Gu Family book. Here are some of the Dramas, that he played a part;

 

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I first noticed Choi Jin Hyuk in Gu Family Book Korean Drama. Although, he was there for only first 2 episodes and later on he came briefly on screen, viewers noticed  Jin Hyuk in small role cameo. He overshadowed other actors in the series, and viewer wanted more of him. He seemed really cute and I felt his pain and joy with him, I felt good when he smiled and looked handsome throughout the small screen time he had. He has a cameo role I was intrigued and  I wanted to know more about him and his other dramas and movies that he might have acted in.

 

cjh1Sexy Gumho of Gu Family Book: Cameo Role

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Via NetizenBuzz : You can feel the love and pain: Gu Family Book Doomed Romance

In Gu Family Book Korean Drama, Choi Jin Hyuk plays a role of Gumiho who falls for and protects human noble girl. He has super powers and stays forever young. He falls for and marries the girl (played by Lee Yoon Hee). He even eat her bad cooked food and even tries to become a human being by sacrificing him being of “forever young” and super powers that comes from being a supernatural being, just because he wants to be with her and die with her  being in love with her. The only thing Yoon Hee does not know his real identity as Gumiho, so when she finds out, she feels fearful for her and betrays him to authority. Choi Jin Hyuk’s character chooses to  dies instead of killing the betrayer and to come back later on as thousand years demon. In the end their love is redeemed but they do not find happiness together.

cjh2Via Pinterest: Handsome and Stylish Choi Jin Hyuk in Panda and Hedgehog Drama

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Via Couch Kimchi: Don’t they have Chemistry Together? Panda and Hedgehog Drama

After Gu Family Book, I wanted to watch more of his work, so I found Panda and Hedgehog Korean Drama, which had Donghae from Super Junior playing in lead and Choi Jin Huyk as a second lead who is also in love with Yoon Seung-ah’s Panda character. However, he loses the girl  yet again to main lead played by Donghae. Now, I like super Junior and Domghae both, but I am not sure  about Donghae’s acting ability so much. I have seen Donghae in Skip Beat Taiwanese Drama, he is sure pretty but as an actor he is improving and has a lot to improve. Choi Jin Hyuk acted better, looked better and yet he lost love again. I felt for him.

I also checked out very first “I Need Romance” original Kdrama that started the franchise of I need romance. It labeled as Korean Sex and city and so it was. I was surprised how much open the show was about sex scenes compared to Kdrama I am used to watching. Choi Jin Hyuk plays Rich guy, who is not jerk and falls for lead Noona girl, only to lose out again in love. I was feeling for him as he is much better actor who deserves much more in drama, seeing him loses out in drama again and again did not made me feel better.

chjromance1Choi Jin Hyuk in I Need Romance (20011) Original series, can’t you feel love? How can leave him girl?

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How can anyone say no to Choi Jin Hyuk In I need Romance via Han Cinema

Then recently I saw The Heir with Lee Min Ho and Park Shin Hye and when I found out he plays a Lee Min Ho’s Brother, I had my hopes up for him finally landing a good role and find a nice girl and have a happy ending. Alas..it was not meant to be. At first, he played heartless, cold brother to Lee Min Ho, which broke my heart as I knew he could do better. As drama progressed his role and his character improved a lot. But he loses a girl he loved by choosing a money, place in company first instead of love. While he did make that choice, we can see how heart broken and sad he was and I too cried for him, with him. I am hoping that one day he can get money, position and love all in Drama or movie he plays as he surely deserves it.

cjhheirVia mwave: They Both liked each other, only if she was richer or he was braver The Heirs Korean Drama

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Via Dramafever: Pain and Anguish of losing love From Heirs Korean Drama

Did you know Choi Jin Hyuk is also talend singer and has sang a few Koream Drama OST (Original Sound Track) Here is one from the 2013 Korean Drama “The Heirs”. Check it out, he is surely good singer as well.

Don’t Look Back By Choi Jin Hyuk : The Heirs

I am looking forward to his new Drama Emergency Man and Woman, also known as Emergency Couple where he plays a lead role first time. While, plot line says that he plays a rich character who falls for poor girl and marries her and they face lot together and in end they get divorce. But there is a hope as they get to meet again and work in hospital together. I am really hoping he gets love of girl this time. So far the series is going well, even though main couple gets divorced in the series, they still have feelings for each others and Choi Jin Hyuk is main lead so there are great chances for him to get the girl and happiness at end of Kdrama, finally! I am happy for him.

cjhnewVia newsen.com: Maybe finally lucky in love? Emergency Man and Woman Choi Jin Hyuk Korean Drama

Let’s wait and watch what happens for this tall, good looking and talented actor Choi Jin Hyuk. I hope he find love in kdrama land and in real life.

Under-Rated K-Pop Group UKISS, WonderBoyz

South Korea is K-Pop capital, where new aspiring kids debuting and hoping to be in Kpop boy band and Kpop girl band group. There are many great Kpop group that kept themselves fresh such as boy band Shinhwa, who are active and popular even after debuting over 15 years ago. Many girl groups and boy groups have formed and broken up before making it on chart.

Life of Kpop star is hard with all training before debuting and working long hours, without days off after debuting are known case. Many in western world would call that slave contract but in K-Pop world that seems to be norm. Most Idols work very hard, have special fan meeting with their fans and generally soft spoken in real life based on their interviews.

As I have written in what is K-Pop article, that there many ways K-pop differs from other Music Genre from other popular music. There are 3 big star management companies such as;

  • SM Entertainment: Tts current roster of recording artists include Kangta, BoA, TVXQ, TRAX, The Grace, Super Junior, Zhang Liyin, Girls’ Generation, J-Min, Shinee, f(x), EXO and Henry, all of whom enjoy great success both domestically and internationally.
  • YG Entertainment: Its current roster of recording artists are known to be some of the biggest K-pop acts internationally. Big Bang, 2NE1, Epik High, Lee Hi, and PSY have proved to be the front runners.
  • JYP Entertainment: Label’s current roster of recording artists include Wonder Girls, JOO, 2AM, 2PM, Miss A, JJ Project, Baek Ah Yeon, 15& and Lee Sunmi.

Of course, there are many management companies that churn out many new kpop idol bands. Sometimes, there are great and some not so great singers and boyband get more media exposure due to either their management company or variety shows they do. There are some are talented but do not get enough media exposure or get awards even though they deserve it.

In my opinion, UKISS and WonderBoyz are two boy bands that do not get ENOUGH media love, as they are talented, great singer, dancer and come across friendly on interviews and other shows. JYJ is another group that do not get enough media exposure on Korean TV due to some issue from the past, most of these band survive and spread news through internet such as youtube, fan sites and blogs along with their management company.

UKISS K-Pop Boy Band:

crazyhair5South Korean boy band formed by NH Media in 2008. Their name is an acronym, standing for Ubiquitous Korean International idol Super Star. The group consists of Soohyun, Eli, Kiseop, Kevin, Hoon and AJ and three 3 ex members Dongho, Alexander and Kibum.  Their breakthrough hit was Man Man Ha Ni (2009) from their EP ContiUKiss. Since their debut, the group has released three full-length albums, seven extended plays and various singles. The group also participated in various TV reality shows and films.

UKISS had member leaving, and Kiseop joining, now finally settling as 6 members boy band group. They have members who can speak English well such as Eli, Kevin and AJ. Main vocals are Soohyun, Hoon and Kevin. They are good singers, dancers and rappers in group and have great song but they have yet to win (as of Jan 2014) any awards. I personally think they are one of the under-rated Kpop group. If you do not believe me, check out few of their song Music Video and Dance Practice and you will know what I am talking about, they deserve much more recognition for their talent.

UKISS: Stop Girl MV

UKISS: She’s Mine Dance Practice

UKISS: Neverland MV

WonderBoyz:

wonderboyz2Wonder Boyz  is a Korean pop/Hip-Hop 4-member boy group that debuted in 2012 under ent102. Members are, Bak Chi Gi (Leader), Young Boy, K and Master One.  Very little is known about them about internet source but I already like their a few songs they have released and they are good, talented singers and dancers. I think they are another under-rated K-Pop boy band who needs more exposure so people can see how good they really are. See for your self in music video below.

 

WonderBoyz: Open the Door MV

Wonderboyz: Tarzan Dance Version

So, what do you think of UKISS and WonderBoyz Group now? Do you think there are other Kpop group which are under-rated who deserve much more media exposures and love?

Kpop Group TVXQ/DBSK and JYJ

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DBSK when they were together as five: (Image source: Wikipedia)

TVXQ or DBSK is a South Korean pop group formed in 2003 under S.M. Entertainment. In Japan, they are officially known as Tohoshinki, and are one of the very few K-pop acts seen exclusively as J-pop artists. TVXQ are also sometimes referred to as DBSK, an initialization of their Korean name Dong Bang Shin Ki. Their name translates to “Rising Gods of the East”.

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The group debuted in 2003 as a five-member boy band consisting of leader U-Know Yunho, Max Changmin, Hero Jaejoong, Micky Yoochun, and Xiah Junsu.

In July 2009, the latter three filed for an injunction against their Korean agency S.M. Entertainment, which led TVXQ to cease all public activities and appearances after 2009. Two years and three months later, TVXQ returned with remaining members Yunho and Changmin, and the duo released TVXQ’s fifth Korean album Keep Your Head Down in January 2011, topping albums charts in most major Asian markets upon release. Remaining 3 people Jaejoong, Junsu and Yoochun have formed band JYJ.

According to Wikipedia, TVXQ are one of Asia’s most successful music acts and are often referred to as “Asia’s Stars” and “Kings of K-pop” for their immense success and contributions to Korean pop. According to South Korea’s Gaon and Japan’s Oricon, TVXQ are one of the best-selling K-pop groups in the world, having sold over 12 million records in Korea and Japan since their debut.

They have two official fan clubs in Korea and Japan, known respectively as Cassiopeia and BigEast. According to news sources in 2008, Cassiopeia was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as “the world’s largest fanclub” with more than 800,000 members. I still listen and watch TVXQ2’s song and video, but I like them best when they all five of them together, they had of of friendship and chemistry together, it was hard to many fans and many still hope that one day they will get back together.

TVXQ Before 2009

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DBSK 5: Image source – Soul Beats

NOW in 2013:

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DBSK2 Source: Sharing Yoochun               JYJ Image source: Everlast East
Now the group has broken in to two DBSK (same name) and  JYJ. JYJ (formerly known as Junsu/Jejung/Yuchun in Japan) is a three-member Korean pop group, formed by the former members of South Korean group TVXQ: Jaejoong, Yoochun and Junsu. Their group name is taken from the first letters of each member’s names.
Their debut Japanese EP The reached No.1 on the Japanese Oricon albums chart. The band’s global debut album, The Beginning, was released in October 2010. JYJ’s second studio album and first Korean full-length album In Heaven was released on September 28, 2011. As of 2013, the members are continuing to pursue solo activities.

The group has caught the attention of various newspapers and media networks around the world, and became the first K-Pop group to perform in Chile, as the group continues to attract fans from many parts of the world.

Regardless, I still love DBSK old, new and JYJ both group and will support them just many of other fans. Here are some songs from DBSK5, DBSK2 and JYJ, they are talented in dancing, singing and amazing.

DBSK: Rising Sun MV

DBSK 2: Catch Me If You Can

JYJ: Only One MV

Dating On Earth: Park Yoochun’s Early Movie

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This is an early Banjun Theater production featuring all 5 DBSK members when they were all part of SM entertainment. I am not sure which years this movie production came in as finding much information about it is not easy, nor finding a copy of this movie is easy. I believe, Dating On Earth must came in 2005 or 2006 or later but surely before 2009.

Why I am writing about it if it is hard to find? Because, it is wonderful to movie production that we get to see all 5 members of DBSK together, after the kpop Idol DBSK broke up in 2009. Even though it is early production, Park Yoochun shows promise of acting style which is clearly more evident in Roof Top Prince, Missing You and other dramas that has starred in.  It may not have mainstream apeal and hard to find in netflix and drama streaming site, I got to watch through youtube once and it is my one of treasured movie that I like to watch once in awhile still.






Park Yoochun In Dating on Earth: So Young and Cute: Image source: DBSKnights

This movie story about Park Yoochun who is 2 year behind, so still in 3rd year of high school. He is already married at young age to So Hyon Jin and they seemed to be happily married. Yoochun has tried to save a junior (Max Changmin) from bad guys before so he had to go to prison for 2 years, that is why he is behind and still in high school. There are not many school who would take him.

Park Yoochun seemed to be popular in his school and class liked by both girls and guys. Jung Yunho plays smart and quite class president. Xiah Junsu and Max Changmin plays Yoochun’s friends and classmates. Kim Jaejoong plays transfer students with troubled past.

 

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Yoochun’s wife comes one day to school to work as Home room teacher to Yoochun’s class. He is surely not happy about it, but they keep their relation of marriage secret from school for time being. That causes some issues when Jaejoong’s character gets smitten by So Hyun’s care as he is orphaned and hardly showed love and care from anyone.  That create love triangle and rift between Yoochun and Jaejoong.

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doe7Yoochun Finds Out His Wife is now his teacher

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Trouble in Marriage: Korean Hand Pulling

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Caring Teacher to Jaejoong

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There is also side track story of bad guys trying to recruit Jaejoon and So Hyun’s trying to save him. At the end, who class get together against bad guys and everything ends well between friends and married couple.

I like this movie very much, although it is hard to find, you can find it occasionally on you tube. Here is a current version on You Tube, so you can watch it for free and it has English subtitles too.

Watch Dating On Earth on You Tube for Free: Dating on You Tube

JYJ: Jaejoong, Yoochun and Junsu

JYJ is a three-member Korean pop group, formed by the former members of South Korean group TVXQ: Jaejoong, Yoochun and Junsu. Their group name is taken from the first letters of each member’s names.In 20 February 2013, JYJ was appointed as honorary ambassadors to help raise awareness for the 2014 Asian Games. The group will participate in producing a music video for the Asian Games and will take on international promotional activities in October and November. In 03 September 2013, teaser of the official MV of 2014 Incheon Asian song ‘Only One’ by JYJ was released on YouTube.

Members

Stage name Real name Date of birth
Romanized Hanja Romanized Hangul
Jaejoong 在中 Kim Jaejoong 김재중 January 26, 1986
Yoochun 有天 Park Yoochun 박유천 June 4, 1986
Junsu 俊秀 Kim Junsu 김준수 December 15, 1986 )

In 25 February 2013, JYJ was invited to perform at the Presidential Inauguration ceremony in front of 70,000 people. This inauguration was very special because Park Geun-hye was the first female president in Korea. JYJ was the only K-pop group that being invited to sing at the president inauguration.

If you are interested in JYJ information check out the following sites;

JYJ3.net : This site one of the best for all JYJ related new, information, humor. It gets updated a few times a day and great many people supporting and writing on it.

SharingYoochun.net: Even though website name is Sharing Yoochun, they actually share not only Yoochun, Not Only JYJ but also DBSK orginal 5 members. I love this this site and has great information regarding all 5 DBSK members.
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JYJ Wishing New Year! Source: jyj3.net best source for JYJ news, information on net

Question to: Yoochun, what would you do if your girlfriend was crying?
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JYJ: Junsu, Jaejoong and Yoochun

Below is message that sorry husband wrote to his JYJ Fangirl Wife!

Translation:

“Hyemi yah!! Please come back home. I was wrong!!
From now on, if you tell me that you want to go watch JYJ’s concert, whether it’s abroad or anywhere I’ll let you go. I won’t even sleep to book JYJ’s concert ticket at Interpark for you… You and I, we have been together for 8 years already~ Me too, I have totally become JYJ fan…”

Photo: JYJ Telzone
Translation by: The Little Pear of JYJ3 | source: JYJ3

Crazy Kpop Hair Styles

Kpop is known not only for catchy beat, tunes, dance movies and colorful crazy outfits as well some crazy, unique and out there hairstyles. Some of favorite and not so favorite Kpop group have pretty crazy hair styles in past, present and I am sure it will continue in future as well.

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crazyhair4Shin Changmin: Crazy Hair

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l-joe-rainbow-hairCan’t decide on hair color? Go Rainbow hair color!

crazyhair8Hyoyeon’s rainbow hair color, I actually like this a lot

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Big Bag Fantastic Baby: No it crazy and bit scary baby!

crazyhair10 Jeung Geun Suk Pretty Man with Crazy Hair

crazyhair11Top: Blue Hair

leehyoriLee Hyori (How does it stays up like that?)

crazyhair12Krystal: What’s with end?

 

I am sure I can fill the whole blog with kpop hairstyle, crazy, cute, unique and out there types but I just wanted to share samples of crazy hair that K-Pop idols seems to have. And you know the more crazier thing? as a Kpop fan, their hairstyles grows on me and some of these styles I actually like, as I think they may trying to express their creativity, inner artist. But then again, some hair style are simply crazy as ever.

If you are in to Kpop hair styles, and like Big Bang group style, check out the tutorial below on how to get Kpop Big Bang Hair style for yourself.

Big Bang Hair Style Tutorial

What Is K-Pop?

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Learning about K-Pop:

K-pop  is a musical genre originating in South Korea that is characterized by a wide variety of cool beats, catchy music and synchronized dance movements. It is a modern form of South Korean pop music covering mostly dance-pop, pop ballad, electronic, rock, hip-hop, R&B, etc.

Have you heard of “Gangnum Style” by Psy which became very viral and popular in US media, then you know little about Kpop already. In Asia however, when once thinks of Kpop, rather than Psy, much younger boys and girls group who are in their teens or 20’s comes to mind. K-pop started to take over J-pop (Japanese Popular Music Genre) in early 1990’s with Seo Taiji & Boys group.

K-pop industry have been getting popular outside of Korea, Asia and other countries thanks to sharing platform of youtube for video sharing. New kpop songs are uploaded on youtube right away to be shared with fans. Currently, the spread of K-pop to other regions of the world, via the Korean wave, is most clearly seen in parts of Latin America, Northeast India, the Middle East, North Africa, and immigrant enclaves of the Western world

Since the mid-2000s, the K-pop music market has experienced double digit growth rates. In the first half of 2012, it grossed over $3 Billion and was recognized by Time magazine as “South Korea’s Greatest Export”.

How K-pop is different from Other Asian Music Genre?

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Korean Popular Music or Kpop is generally known for following unique ways which differs from Mando-Pop, Canto-Pop and J-Pop.

  1. Focus and Audio and Video: K-pop has not only focus on audio or singing but also visual content. K-pop song has singing, rap, fusion of catchy beat, synthesized music, synchronized and sharp dance steps and colorful and sometimes out there crazy outfits that makes up a k-pop song. K-pop song as MV (Music Video) and Dance Version for the same song which makes them unique compared to other pop genre.
  2. All around Training of Singers: Korean music management agencies start recruiting kids starting from age 8-10. Singer BOA with SM entertainment is big example for it. These young kids trainee live in management company complex with tight and strict routine for school, music, dance choreography to learning Japanese, English and other foreign languages including acting, speaking and how to handle fans and journalists and reporters. Some of these routine is almost like factory churning out product and creates slave contract for young artists who do not know much better.
  3. Synchronized Dance Steps and movements: When performing K-pop music, multiple singers in a band, often made up of more than 3-9 members, switch their positions while singing and dancing by making prompt movements in synchrony without breaking a sync. The K-pop choreography often includes a hooking, repetitive dance that matches the characteristics of the lyrics of the song. You can see an example of this in-sync movement in DBSK dance version of song Mirotic, see below.
  4. Fast Distribution via the Youtube: As the South Korean music industry is comparatively small, songs are released onto national television and simultaneously uploaded onto YouTube to reach out to a worldwide audience.This is often preceded by a series of eagerly anticipated announcements and promotional activities referred to as a “comeback”, which are not comeback in US sense (it basically means next album or song), which altogether generates a significant amount of hype and excitement before the official release of songs and music videos.
  5. Support of government : The South Korean government has acknowledged that an increased interest in South Korean popular culture will benefit the country’s export sector. Government initiatives to expand the popularity of K-pop are mostly undertaken by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, which is responsible for the establishment of dozens of Korean Cultural Centers worldwide. Embassies and consulates of South Korea have also participated in the planning and organization of K-pop concerts outside the country  and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regularly invites overseas K-pop fans to attend the annual K-Pop World Festival in South Korea. This is something unique to K-pop compared to other countries music pop scenes.
  6. Dedicated fanbase: I did not know how dedicated fans were in Asia until I saw, how fan supported DBSK members when has broken contract from SM entertainment to create JYJ and DBSK2 group. Fan activities include translating Korean song lyrics and publishing them in English and other languages.  It is common for fans to organize flash mobs at prominent public areas via Facebook, performing and dancing to the latest K-pop songs so that a concert would be held. Fans buy original CDs, attend and pays for concert, donates money and food as their favorite band or a band members and follow them around, support them in cafe forum of official fan group and so on.

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DBSK Mirotic Dance Version (Synchronized Dance Steps)

K-Pop Entertainment Agencies:

The three biggest agencies in terms of revenue are S.M. Entertainment, YG Entertainment and JYP Entertainment, often referred to as the “Big Three”, whose stocks are traded at the Korea Exchange.  They are responsible for recruiting, financing, training, marketing and publishing new artists as well as managing their activities and public relations.

  • SM Entertainment: Tts current roster of recording artists include Kangta, BoA, TVXQ, TRAX, The Grace, Super Junior, Zhang Liyin, Girls’ Generation, J-Min, Shinee, f(x), EXO and Henry, all of whom enjoy great success both domestically and internationally. It is also home to actors like Go Ara, Kim Min-jong, Kim Ha-neul, Lee Yeon-hee and Kim Ian among many other
  • YG Entertainment: Its current roster of recording artists are known to be some of the biggest K-pop acts internationally. Big Bang, 2NE1, Epik High, Lee Hi, and PSY have proved to be the front runners.
  • JYP Entertainment: Label’s current roster of recording artists include Wonder Girls, JOO, 2AM, 2PM, Miss A, JJ Project, Baek Ah Yeon, 15& and Lee Sunmi.

Ukiss: Neverland Dance Version

Notable K-Pop Moments:

Other recent milestones attained by K-pop bands and musicians include:

  • May 2007: Rain was the first K-pop music artist to perform at Japan’s biggest concert hall, the Tokyo Dome, in front of 40,000 fans. The show was sold out within two days after the tickets went on sale.
  • September 2010: SM Entertainment holds its first concert outside the Asian continent with the SMTown Live ’10 World Tour in Los Angeles.This precedes two sold-out concerts at the Zénith de Paris a few months later in France.
  • November 2011: BIGBANG faces off competition from the American pop icon Britney Spears and the German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut to clinch the 2011 MTV Europe Music Award for Best Worldwide Act.
  • December 2011: The total number of YouTube views generated by K-Pop videos in 2011 surpasses the 1 billion mark. It had tripled from 800 million in the previous year to more than 2.3 billion.
  • February 2012: Girls’ Generation’s appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman and Live! with Kelly on January 31, 2012, and February 1, 2012, in the United States where they performed remixes of the English version of “The Boys”, marked the first time that a Korean musical act has performed on each of the shows
  • November 2012: PSY’s “Gangnam Style” becomes the most viewed video on YouTube. After topping the record charts of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Honduras, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Where to Learn More About K-Pop?

In the United State, popular K-pop websites that talk about K-pop songs, artists and gossips, include:

  • Allkpop: Frequently visited by K-pop fans from English-speaking countries
  • Soompi: Largest and oldest K-pop website. In order to cater to international fans, Soompi has recently began to publish articles in extra languages such as Spanish, French and Portuguese.
  • Eatyourkimchi: Run by a Canadian couple residing in South Korea and portrays the country’s popular culture from a Westerner’s perspective.

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Top Shammi Kapoor Movies To See

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My Ultimate bias is Shammi Kapoor of black and white era. He was not only good looking but also was good human being in real life and unique style that has been compared to Elvis Priestly. He played romantic roles, teased heroine and sang songs, in a Indian film era where most male leads played self controlled guy, who controlled the emotions and played mostly obedient sons and brothers such as Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Rajendra Kumar.

Top Shammi Kapoor Movies:

Here are my top favorite movies of Shammi Kapoor, that I love to watch and re-watch. It makes me feel better when I am feeling down, yes these movies are that great. You can get these movies with English subtitles although, sometimes it can be harder for older black and white movies.

1. Tumsa Nahin Dekha (Rough Translation: There is No-One Like You)

With this movie Shammi saw his first success in movie industry and movie was super hit. Tumsa Nahin Dekha is a 1957 film produced by Sashadhar Mukherjee for Filmistan and wrote and directed by Nasir Hussain. The film marked Hussain’s evolution into a director. He had written films like Munimjee and Paying Guest.

The film was conceived as a star vehicle for its heroine Ameeta, who was the protégée of Filmistan Studios owner Tolaram Jalan. Ironically, the film’s huge success at the box office, made the then-struggling Shammi Kapoor, an overnight sensation instead. This was the film where he developed his own individual look and youthful style and was his first light-hearted musical and its success helped move him to acting in this genre. The film also stars the popular villain and character actor Pran. Its music is by O.P. Nayyar and lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

Tumsa Nahin Dekha Plot:

File:Tumsa Nahin Dekha.jpgPlot is complicated with revenge and love story woven together. Twenty years ago, after killing his brother, Sardar Rajpal flees from his hometown in Shillong and re-locates to the rural area of Assam along with his adopted daughter, Meena. He asks his wife, Kamla, to send their son, Shankar, so that he can employ him and get him married to Meena.

Shankar arrives and he is welcomed by Sardar who employs him and introduces him to Meena. A few days later another young man shows up at his door claiming to be Kamla’s son. A baffled Sardar also welcomes him, and puts both the young men under observation in order to find who the real Shankar is. The question remains why would anyone want to impersonate Shankar, and what will happen to Sardar himself after the Police catch up with him for killing his brother 20 years ago.

Song from Tumsa Nahin Dekha ; Shammi and Ameeta

Cast

  • Shammi Kapoor … Shankar
  • Ameeta … Meena
  • Pran … Sohan
  • Raj Mehra … Vishnu
  • B. M. Vyas … Gopal
  • Sheela Vaz … Seema
  • Ram Avtar … Johnny (as Ram Awtar)
  • Anjali Devi … Kamla (as Anjalidevi)
  • M. B. Shetty … Bhola (as Shetty)

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Music Sound Track

Song Singer(s)
Tumsa Nahin Dekha Mohd. Rafi
Tumsa Nahin Dekha Asha Bhosle
Jawaniyan Yeh Mast Mast Bin Piye Mohd. Rafi
Sar Par Topi Asha Bhosle, Mohd. Rafi
Aaye Hain Door Se Asha Bhosle, Mohd. Rafi
Chhupanewale Saamane Aa Mohd. Rafi
Dekho Kasam Se Dekho Kasam Se Asha Bhosle, Mohd. Rafi

2. Dil Deke Dekho (Rough Translation: Give your Heart and See)

Dil Deke Dekho, a 1959 Indian Hindi romantic comedy film, was Nasir Hussain’s second film as director. His first directorial venture was Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957), which became a big hit and which gave star Shammi Kapoor a new image as a comedic, dancing hero. Husain and Kapoor reteamed here. Asha Parekh, a former child actress, made her film debut as a heroine when she was only 17 years old. This was also the debut film of comedian Rajendranath (younger brother of Premnath.) This is also music composer Usha Khanna’s first film. The movie was super hit at the box office.

Dil Deke Dekho Plot:

DilDekeDekho-1959

Neeta is a heiress, the only daughter of U.K. based Industrialist, Jagat Narayan. She is of marriageable age, and is presently wooed by Kailash, Chandra, and Raja. She prefers Chandra over Kailash and Raja, but subsequently changes her mind and falls in love with Raja. Things take a dramatic turn when Jagat and Neeta find out that Raja is not who is claims he is. When Raja defends himself, and calls himself Roop, his very own mother denies this claim, and instead states that Chandra is Roop, her only son. Raja alias Roop must now make attempts to prove himself, and realizes that this is indeed an uphill task.

Beautiful Song from Dil Deke Dekho : Shammi and Asha

Cast

  • Asha Parekh: Neeta Narayan
  • Sulochana Latkar: Jamuna (as Sulochna)
  • Raj Mehra: Jagat Narayan
  • Rajendra Nath: Kailash
  • Kewal Kapoor: (as Keval Kapoor)
  • B.K. Mukherjee:(as B.K. Mukerji)
  • Surendra: Harichand

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Music Sound Track:

Song Singer(s)
Dil Deke Dekho Mohammad Rafi
Yaar Chulbhula Hai Mohammad Rafi & Asha Bhosle
Pyar Ki Kasam Mohammad Rafi & Asha Bhosle
Bade Hai Dil Ke Kaale Mohammad Rafi & Asha Bhosle
Hum Aur Tum Aur Yeh Sama Mohammad Rafi
Bolo Bolo Kuch Toh Bolo Mohammad Rafi
Megha re Megha Mohammad Rafi

 3. Junglee (Rough Translation: Wild like Jungle Animal)

This movie has famous song ” Chahe Koi Muje Junglee Kahe” (English: “Let anyone call me Wild Animal Person, I do not care”). Junglee is a 1961 Indian movie produced and directed by Subodh Mukherjee. The music is by Shankar Jaikishan and the lyrics by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri. The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Lalita Pawar, Shashikala and Asit Sen.  hammi has many first time actress acting with him and this movie was no exception. Saira Banu, in her debut  film, earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress. Movie was considered “superhit” at the box office and later remade in to south indian Telugu language.

Junglee Movie Plot:

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Shammi is rich guy growing up ins strict household with very strict mother, where laughter and joking are not allowed. Chandrashekhar (Shammi Kapoor) or Shekhar house is, run by Shekhar’s domineering mother (Lalita Pawar). In this household the only one who dares to laugh and enjoy life is Shekhar’s sister Mala (Shashikala), who also dares to love Jeevan (Anoop Kumar). Things change when their mother finds out about Mala’s indiscretions, and she asks Shekhar to take her away from their home, to distant and scenic Kashmir, for a while. She also instructs Shekhar to arrange to get married to a girl from a princely family. When Shekhar escorts Mala out of town, and on reaching Kashmir, he meets up with beautiful Rajkumari (Saira Banoo), and after being stranded with her for a night during a snowstorm, he realizes what he has been missing, and becomes a care-free man in love. This change is welcomed by Mala, but not by his mother. To make matters worse, Rajkumari does not belong to a princely family, and Shekhar knows that his mother will never approve of his marrying her. You have to see rest of the movie to see what happens.

Song from Junglee with English Subtitles

Cast

  • Shammi Kapoor … Chandra Shekhar kapoor
  • Saira Banu … Rajkumari ‘Rajshree’ (as Saira Banoo)
  • Shashikala … Mala (as ShashiKala)
  • Anoop Kumar … Jeevan
  • Lalita Pawar … Shekhar’s Mother
  • Azra … Rajkumari the Princess
  • Moni Chatterjee … Doctor (Raj’s Father) (as Moni Chatterji)
  • Asit Sen … Doctor Uncle
  • Rajan Haksar … The Princess’ Brother (as Rajen Haksar)
  • Shivraj … Manager
  • Helen … Miss Suku

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Music Soundtrack

This movie has many memorable and hummable songs, that are still loved even today.

# Title Singer(s)
1 “Kashmir Ki Kali Hoon Main” Lata Mangeshkar
2 “Nain Tumhare Mazedar” Mukesh, Asha Bhonsle
3 “Ehsan Tera Hoga Mujh Par” Lata Mangeshkar
4 “Din Sara Guzara Tore Angana” Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
5 “Aaiya Aaiya Aa Sukoo Sukoo” Mohammed Rafi
6 “Yahoo! Chahe Mujhe Koi Junglee Kahen” Mohammed Rafi
7 “Ja Ja Ja Mere Bachpan” Lata Mangeshkar
8 “Ehsan Tera Hoga Mujh Par” Mohammed Rafi

4. Professor

Professor is a 1962 Hindi movie, produced by F. C. Mehra and directed by Lekh Tandon. The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana, Bela Bose, Lalita Pawar, Tun Tun, and Iftekhar. The film’s music is by Shankar Jaikishan. The film became a box office hit. In this movie Shammi played a poor young man, forced to disguised as older Professor to make living and pay for his mom’s hospital fees.

Professor Movie Plot:

Professor

Shammi Kapoor plays Pritam, a young man who desperately needs a job to pay for his mother’s tuberculosis treatment. He finds out about a job tutoring two young women and two school going children – the catch is that their guardian, Sita Devi Verma (Lalita Pawar), will only hire an old man for the job. Pritam disguises himself as an old man and takes the job. The situation is very tense between the young women and their aunt as the girls’ parents have recently died and Sita Devi was given the responsibility of the caretaking the children. While Pritam’s young avatar is romancing one of his two young tutoring charges (Kalpana), his old avatar is romancing their guardian.

Song from Professor Shammi and Kalpana

Cast

  • Shammi Kapoor…Professor Pritam Khanna
  • Kalpana…Neena Verma
  • Lalita Pawar…Sita Devi Verma
  • Parveen Choudhary…Rita Verma
  • Pratima Devi…Mrs. Khanna
  • Rashid Khan… Hanuman Singh
  • Bela Bose…Mrs. Singh
  • Tun Tun…Phool Rani
  • Iftekhar…Artist

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Soundtrack

Song Singer(s) Lyricist Notes
“Koi Ayega” Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar Picturised on Kalpana and Parveen Choudhary
“Yeh Umar Hai” Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar and Manna Dey Hasrat Jaipuri Picturised on Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana and Parveen Choudhary
“Main Chali Main Chali” Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar Shailendra
“Aye Gulbadan” Mohammad Rafi Hasrat Jaipuri
“Khuli Palak Mein Jhoota Gussa” Mohammad Rafi Shailendra
“Aawaz Deke Humein Tum Bulao” Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar

 5. Kashmir Ki Kali (Rough Translation: Flower Bud of Kashmir City)

Kashmir Ki Kali is a 1964 Indian film directed by Shakti Samanta. It stars Shammi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore in her debut role, Pran, Dhumal, Nazir Hussain and Anoop Kumar. The music was composed by O.P. Nayyar and the lyrics penned by S.H. Bihari. It became the sixth-highest grossing film of the year and was declared a hit at the box office. Unfortunately, O P Nayyar who scored super hit music for all three films like ‘mere sanam’, ‘phir wohi dil laya hoon’ and again in ‘kashmir ki kali’ did not get due consideration for all these movies by awarding popular Film Fare Award.

Kashmir Ki Kali Movie Plot:

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Wealthy and pampered Rajiv Lal (Shammi Kapoor) is the only son of widowed Rani Maa. Getting tired of his mischievousness, immaturity and careless attitude about money, his mother decides to get him married.  Rajiv returns home and sees all the girls – he correctly surmises that his mother is getting him married, and he pretends to be a mute who walks with a limp in order to chase all the prospective suitors off. His plan succeeds, although he is in a dilemma – what should he do now? His mother is furious at him. One of his friends suggests that he should run away to their bungalow in Kashmir – after all, his mother, Rani Maa never goes there.

Upon arrival, he finds that his estate manager, Bholaram, has made a hotel out of their bungalow and has even rented out some rooms for the season. Bholaram tells the tenants in the house that Rajiv is in fact mad, and in his madness, thinks that he is the real owner of the estate. Next day Rajiv meets Champa (Sharmila Tagore), a girl who sells flowers for a living.He buys flowers from her and lies to her that he is driver and not rich owner. Over the time, they fall in love and decide to marry each other.However, there are more obstacles in there life.

Mohan (Pran), the forest manager, want to marry Champa at any cost. Things become complicated when Mohan finds out that Dinu is not Champa’s real father, and he blackmails Dinu into getting Champa married to him. In addition one day, Champa finds out truth that Rajiv is not driver, but estate owner. She feels hurt and betrayed and runs off before Rajiv can explain the situation as he has to leave right away as his mom is seriously ill.

While on death bed, his mom tells him that he is not her real son, she had an daughter was abducted by her drunk brother. The heiress and real daughter turns out to be Champa, which complicates Champa and Rajiv’s love life. See what happens at the end, you would have to watch the movie.

Song from Kashmir Ki Kali: Shammi and Sharmila

Cast

  • Shammi Kapoor … Rajiv Lal
  • Sharmila Tagore … Champa Chameli
  • Pran … Mohan
  • Nazir Hussain … Dinu
  • Dhumal … Bholaram
  • Anoop Kumar … Chander
  • Madan Puri … Shyamlal
  • Bir Sakuja … Colonel
  • Sunder … Lala
  • Mridula Rani … Karuna
  • Tun Tun … Rama Devi

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Music Soundtrack

The music was composed by O.P. Nayyar, and the lyrics were penned by S.H. Bihari. Mohammed Rafi sang four solos for Shammi Kapoor, and three more solos with Asha Bhosle.

Song Singer(s) Picturized on Length
Deewana Hua Badal Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle Shammi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore 5:36
Yeh Chand Sa Roshan Chehra Mohammed Rafi Shammi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore 5:10
Kisi Na Kisise Mohammed Rafi Shammi Kapoor 4:20
Hai Duniya Usiki Mohammed Rafi Shammi Kapoor 5:55
Isharon Isharon Mein Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle Shammi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore 4:46
Meri Jaan Balle Balle Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle Shammi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore 6:46
Subhan Allah Mohammed Rafi Shammi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore 3:37
Balma Khuli Hawa Mein Asha Bhosle Sharmila Tagore 3:36

Of course, Shammi acted in some other great movies and some not so great movies, however he was always dashing, romantic hero even when he played negative roles (such in Memshahib with Meena Kumari and Kishore Kumar as a hero).

Some of the other movies he was known for are, Tumse Accha Kaun Hai?, Dil Tera Diwana, Professor, China Town, Rajkumar, Janwar, Teesri Manzil, An Evening in Paris, Bramhachari, Andaz and Vidhaata. You can check out Shammi Kapoor’s Movies here: Shammi Kapoor Movies.

Boys Over Flowers Korean Drama Review

 Boys Over Flower:

I did not know the hype of boys over flower so much when I started out watching Korean Dramas so It was not my first watched nor it is my most top favorite Korean drama. So, why I am writing about it? Boys over Flowers created a Korean wave and made a culture impact that still visible since 2009, when it was first aired.

The show  starts with bulling and blood in high school, where a kid is ready to die to avoid all F4’s bullying. There seemed to be no signs of law and order or good teacher, adult to stop all of these atrocities. I thought I would stop it but after watching 2 episodes I got hooked and curious enough to see the end, so I invested over 25 hours to watch this and I can say I was not disappointed. The bully and all characters grows with time and you can understand loneliness around all richness and money.  F4, flower four boys are surely handsome and easy on eyes which surely helps female fan base like me.

If you are fan of Lee Min Ho, then this is show for you. The guy has charm and he makes his character alive, one can feel his pain and agony. I did not care much for the Jan Di’s character, as she hardly shows any feeling or care towards Goo Joon Pyo. I like the character played by Kim So Eun as Jan Di’s best friend Chu Ga Eul. She could have been a lead lady, she is pretty, holds her dignity while caring for a guy and is level headed.

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Cast:

Koo Hye Sun as Geum Jan Di
Lee Min Ho as Goo Joon Pyo
Kim Hyun Joong as Yoon Ji Hoo
Kim Bum as So Yi Jung
Kim Joon as Song Woo Bin

Kim So Eun as Chu Ga Eul (Jan Di’s best friend)
Kim Hyun Joo as Goo Joon Hee (Joon Pyo’s elder sister)
Lee Hye Young as Kang Hee Soo (Joon Pyo’s mother)
Han Chae Young as Min Seo Hyun (F4’s best friend/Ji Hoo’s ex girl friend)
Lee Min Jung as Ha Jae Kyung (JK Group’s CEO’s daughter and Jun Pyo’s fiancee)
Lee Jung Gil as Yoon Seok Young (Ji Hoo’s grandfather)
Jung Ho Bin as Jung Sang Rok (Kang Hee Soo’s Chief Secretary)

   
Geum Jan Di (Koo Hye Sun)

As I mentioned earlier, Jan Di’s character confused me a bit. When I see her pictures on internet, she looks pretty but during most of the show she looked not so pretty most of time, sometimes she looked cute but never pretty enough comparing to other korean Drama heroine. She was about 25 when this series came out as a highs chooler, she was older compared to all F4s, but being small and petite worked in her favor.

I also could not fathom that why all the guys either was loving her or wanting to protect her. Her character came across as confused and occasionally heartless, especially when Lee Min Ho character did so much her and her family, she kept on thinking of Yoo Ji Hoo instead. At first shown as feisty female, who can kick ass. However, as show progresses, she becomes typical Korean cliche heroine who ends up crying a lot and not fighting much. I am not against crying females, as I cry myself at littlest thing but then again, I am not trying to pass a kickboxing champion too.

When she goes to Macau to meet Goo Jun Pyo and he breaks off the relationship, she is sad for moment and then she goes off to site seeing with  Yoo Ji Hoo all around and shown smiling and happy while Goo Jun Pyo who broke off the relationship looked more pained and in love compared to her. It bothered me much and felt she did not deserve the love if she was not willing to work hard for him to show her emotion. But of course, this is modern take on Cinderella so story revolves around her and we wish for her to succeed and find happiness.

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Goo Jun Pyo (Lee Min Ho)
When this drama came out, Lee Min Ho was a newcomer and this drama made him the star loved by many people in Korea and Japan. He is one of the reason I wanted to watch and find out about all hype about it.
I did not care much about his curly hair style or unique fur wardrobes that he wore. He is handsome, tall and can act just by showing his eye expressions. He made the bully character likeable. I like scenes where he spends time with Jan Di’s family, has a sleep over, makes Kim Chi and so on. He is nice guy, innocent child inside hiding behind cold, angry persona. He did well to show that, at least to me and my friend.
If you want to know more about star necklace he gives to Jan Di, see here: Boys Over Flower Star Necklace
 
Yoon Ji Hoo  (Kim Hyun Joong)
Someone wrote that out of all F4 Ji Hoo was most beautiful! Apart from Jan Di and Jun Pyo, he had biggest part and being part of love triangle. I heard he was offered the role of Jun Pyo but he chose Ji Hoo Role instead. I can see why, his character has many things that are positive, he plays music well, he is actually one of F4, who does not take part in bullying much and helps Jan Di many times and becomes friend and protector of her over the time. I like scenes with grand father and family issues that we all face regardless of how rich or poor we may be.
He hair style and color reminds me of Kang Jun Sang of Winter Sonata and he laughs and has similar mannerism as well.
 
So Yi Jung (Kim Bum)
Kim Bum had a big role and it was nice to see his character of playboy who is really good guy lost somewhere surprised me. He is cute and has a nice smile, however it was hard to imagine as a playboy and heartbreaker, as he looks innocent and young to be bad. That just me, I still enjoy his character and his talent at being a potter.
 Don’t they look cute Together?
 
 I liked to side love story of him with Ga Eul that developed slowly but surely. I think these two supporting character had more love and chemistry together compared to main lead, don’t you think? I wanted to know more about them and their life.
 
Song Woo Bin (Kim Joon)
 
Woo Bin seemed more Americanized and said Yo Yo,. and Wasss up type of things. We know he is from the mob family and handsome but we do not get much know much about his life outside of F4 and friend circle. It’s too bad, it would have been nice.Other Characters:

Goo Jun Pyo’s Mom was one nasty lady, as Jun Pyo called “Old hag” (at least in english translation, I am not sure what does it mean in Korean, is it same?) She is so ruthless to break Jan Di’s family and her so her son can be married to rich. I hated her, that means she was good at acting as nasty lady.

Goo Jun Pyo sister had a small role but whenever she came, she left a impact as a loving sister who wants to do right thing and not afraid to share what she thinks. She becomes big supporter of Jan Di as well.

Jan Di’s parents are big money minded, poor parents who do not plan things well and leave kids alone more often than they should. One thing is for sure, despite all their shortcoming, they seemed like a family who loved each others, including Jan Di’s little brother.

Ga Eul, Jan Di’s best friend was cute and much more level headed compared to Jan Di. I liked how she held on to her dignity while liking Yi Jung.

Lee Min Jung as Ha Jae Kyung was likable in some sort of way. She seemed so much more fitted and similar to Goo Jun Pyo’s Character, in some other time, they might have been perfectly fit for each other but it was not meant to be for this one.

Many other supporting characters with small roles were great. While this show is not Oscar worthy in acting part, for entertaining in super duper and 100% great. As I said, I could not stop watching, it was not love story that held me but it was charm of all F4! They all wore suits, and nice clothes and looked great in even crappy designer clothes somehow.

F4: Flower Four or Fabulous Four?

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Have you watched it? What did you think of it/

Best Songs of Shammi Kapoor

Indian movies are always musical and melodious lyrics and beat you can dance to; Shammi Kapoor was never traditional dancer but yet he has suave style that no other Indian heroes had. Some of Shammi Kapoor songs are fun to dance to, and some are great to listen to and sing with. Here are some of the best Shammi Kapoor songs I love, and I am sure you will too;

Dekh Kasam Se (Movie: Tumsa Nahin Dekha)

Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle Song from Tumsa Nahi Dekha (1957) Love story Movie starring Shammi Kapoor, Ameeta, Pran, B.N.Vyas, Raj Mehra
Music Director : O.P. Nayyar Director : Nazir Hussain

This song is sung in movie by Ameeta when Shammi Kapoor’s character is upset at heroine for accusing him as a thief. In the end of song they make up and dance and sing together. I think Ameeta was a good heroine who did not get her due in bollywood. Shammi Kapoor looks simply handsome and adorable with his mannerism and style and this nice melodious song.

Chahe Koi Mujhe Junglee Kahe (Movie: Junglee)

Watch Shammi Kapoor & Saira Banu – Yahoo, Chahe Koi Mujhe – Junglee – 1961. Director : Subodh Mukherji, Music Director : Shankar Jaikishen, Lyricist: Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra, Singers – Asha Bhosle, Mukesh

This song is sung by Shammi’s Charcter in movie, after they survive the bad snow stroms for days. Shammi’s character before this song is uptight person who does not smile much. This is Saira Banu’s first movie. Shammi Kapoor looks great in technicolor movie too, very famous Shammi Kapoor song.

Yeah Chaand Sa Roshan Chehra (Movie: Kashmir Ki Kali)

Watch Yeh Chaand Sa Roshan – Sharmila Tagore & Shammi Kapoor – Kashmir Ki Kali.

This whole song is picturized on flower boats in beautiful Kashmir. Watch at the end, where Shammi’s falls in water! This is Sharmila Tagore’s first movie. Shammi played hero against many first time heroines and this was one of famous song of hit movie.

Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche (Movie: Brahmchari)

Brahmachari (Hindi film), a 1968 film starring Shammi Kapoor, Rajshree and Pran

This famous and catchy song with nice beat is picturized on Shammi Kapoor and Mumtaz. Mumtaz is in love with Pran and Shammi’s character is trying to find out more about Pran as he is helping Rajshree, as she too wants to marry Pran. In end, she falls in love with Shammi who has been brahmchari till then. Listen to this song and see Mumtaz’s sari, I do not see how she wore it, but looks great.

Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyar Tera (Movie: Teesari Manzil)

Film – Teesri Manzil 1966,
MD – R.D.Burman,
Lyricist – Majrooh Sultanpuri,
Singers – Mohd.Rafi & Asha Bhonsle

This is murder mystery movie has romance and fun intriguing story. Shammi Kapoor’s heroine is Asha Parekh, whom he had acted together in Dil Deke Dekho before. This song has a catchy tune and great singing by Mohd. Rafi who sang a lot of Shammi Kapoor.

Megha Re Bole Ganan Ganan (Movie: Dil Deke Dekho)

Super Hit Hindi Song From Bollywood Film, Dil Deke Dekho, 1959, Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Sulochana, Rajendra Nath, Music By Usha Khanna, Directed By Nasir Hussain.

Dil Deke Dekho movie is one of my favorite and all of the songs I like, so it was hard to pick one. I chose this song as this shows versatility of Shammi kappor as he sings old fashioned song and new dance beat song with Asha’s friends. Enjoy.

Shammi Songs:

There are many other great Shammi Kapoor’s songs, these are just a few handful out of many great songs. If you get a chance, see his movie, songs on you tube, dvds or blu-ray or even instant video streaming. There is no replacement of oldies songs as they truly goldies.