I am a Disco Dancer

Disco the Buggles

Bollywood, Oh! Bollywood! Where did this obsession begin? Maybe in Russia, where Bollywood movies played fairly often during daytime TV. Then it all blew up, but not modern Bollywood. We're talking oldies. Covers of Western hits reimagined in Hindi. Low production values, aggrandized plots and portrayal rendered a stylized version of everyday life that seems much more fabulous than the real thing could ever be. But don't get depressed! Use it as a guide to influence your interactions in this life. Take everything to extremes! DANCE!

I am a Disco Dancer

The proverbial title track. At this point in the movie, out star has already changed his destiny substantially. Growing up as a fatherless street child who performed for food with a foster father figure/wandering street performer, Jimmy's mother worked as a maid for a very rich and powerful man... the father of Disco Sam. Sam was the King of Indian Disco, if not the whole world. But when a rambunctious street performance leads Jimmy and his mentor into the grounds of this private residence to play with the daughter, it invites trouble. Seeing the lower classes swarming around his private property, the father takes Jimmy's guitar and stops the entire song and dance. He threatens to have Jimmy arrested after pushing down his mother, who hurts her head on a rock and almost dies. But no one will believe the street child Jimmy. Oh injustice!

Jimmy, Adja!

His rise to fame attracts the jealous of disposed Disco King Sam and his father, who conspire to bring Jimmy down. Sabotaging a guitar to be presented to Jimmy at an awards ceremony with a live current of deadly electricity, their victory seems assured when suddenly Jimmy's mother, aware of the assassination plot, grabs the guitar before Jimmy can. Killed in a flash of technicolor madness, the villains are foiled but Jimmy develops a guitar phobia, rendering him unable to perform just days before the international Disco Championship. What can be done? Jimmy's girlfriend does her best to motivate him not to give in, but is unsuccessful. Woe unto us! But just as the shoes are beginning to fly from the audience, a man steps into the theatre. It's Jimmy's former mentor, the street performer! He reprises an earlier tune about the poor not having money, but always having their songs and throws his guitar to Jimmy. They scream at each other, battling wills in a brief moment, and then the rest is left up to Jimmy, with a watchful audience...

Yaad Aa Raha Hai

True fans will be obliged to own or at least watch the entire film, which is an honest underground classic. You can find copies for around $3 from Eros Entertainment, or (lucky lucky) watch it online! No english subs though!