Jai Ho... Tha Remix!!!!

I meant to post about this a week ago. On Valentine's Day I saw the amazing, award winning stunner of a film, Slumdog Millionaire. It is a beautiful story of three kids from the slums of Mumbai in India. If you did not catch the Oscars on Sunday night, you missed the sweep of awards (8 in all) and an amazing performance from A. R. Rahman of the beautiful Jai Ho, a main theme from the film. Interestingly enough, there is a cool remix on the web of Jai Ho featuring Nicole Scherzinger of The Pussy Cat Dolls. Click here to listen. I think it is beautiful and goes well with the beautiful theme of love and destiny from the film. Read the review by Vin Funaro from Desi Hits:

There's just no stopping A.R. Rahman! We got our hands on the remix of the Oscar winning song 'Jai Ho' featuring someone who is all too familiar with Desi Hits!, The Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger.

Desi Hits! CEO Anjula Acharia-Bath was one the first to uncover musical genius A.R. Rahman with Interscope records CEO Jimmy Iovine hard at work on the remix of this song from 'Slumdog Millionaire'. "I really think it’ll be a great dance anthem. It had an amazing beat and great writers; this track is the epitome of what Desi Hits! stands for, the collaboration of sounds from the East and West," said Anjula.

So does the song hold up? Well Nicole Scherzinger adds sexy vocals to the drum beats of A.R. Rahman. The song still contains the elements of the original version, which people loved enough to give an Oscar to. And Nicole Scherzinger stated in a past interview with Desi Hits! that she wanted to go Bollywood, and now she has.

She actually fits the instrumental in a refreshing and surprising way. This cultural anthem which captivates the audience during the film 'Slumdog Millionaire' is remixed to give you something new which will continue to give this film even more crossover appeal than it already has. As if 8 Oscars wasn't enough.

Stylistically, A.R. Rahman's instrumentation actually compliments the Pussycat Dolls style. The mesh of east and west comes together making it more into a love song adding lyrics that tell a story. If you close your eyes you can almost picture Latika and Jamal kissing in the train station.

Here is another remix from youtube. It's more of a club remix which I also love: