Watched this movie last weekend with friends and couldn't get the song out of my head all week! Boost up the bass, and blast this not-so-oldie but-goodie all weekend long.. see ya on the dance floor ;)
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How does Twitter affect the way we look at film stars? Check out Pulkit Datta's piece 'Twitterwood' here:
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Posted by Vicki on Monday, February 14, 2011,
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A friend just forwarded me this awesome video and music remix montage of A.R. Rahman songs over the years...its really cool, check it out: http://tinyurl.com/6doh3af Continue reading ...
 Yum! NYC! Hale and Hearty on 23rd & Madison has a 'Curried Butternut Squash with Chicken' soup today, " This is a lightly curried chicken and butternut squash soup, sweetened with
fresh and dried fruits and finished off with a touch of cream"...ummm....can I have more bread, cuz I dont want to waste a single ounce of this YUMMY stuff! :P And no, they didnt pay me to say that, its just damn good! :) http://www.haleandhearty.com/ Continue reading ...
Check out this clip of me and Bollywood Funk NYC Dance Company Performance at the AIA Diwali Festival at South Street Seaport in NYC Oct 2010 Continue reading ...
Hauteliving.com just put Bollywood Funk NYC in their 'Lose the Spare Tire Top 5 Workouts in NYC'! Read it here now: http://tinyurl.com/28hqavy Continue reading ...
 I was extremely proud to represent Bollywood Funk NYC and chat with public middle school students last night from Brooklyn about careers in dance and the performing arts at Citizen Schools New York's December 'WOW!' event, entitled "6 Degrees of Separation". I chatted with incredibly intelligent, eager and energetic 8th graders as they practiced their networking skills, and asked advice on how to get started on achieving their career goals. Last night's WOW! event was to celebrate the student... Continue reading ...
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDCFpxhEldQThinking about what gifts to give over the holidays? This selfless man gives the gift of life every day to the mentally disabled homeless in Madurai India. Thank you, Aarti Chawla, for sharing this. Continue reading ...
Posted by Vicki on Tuesday, December 14, 2010,
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 Maf kar do, I have been M.I.A. due to back-to-back performances with Bollywood Funk NYC in Sept. and Oct, followed by Turkey Day,and life in general. I've managed to see a few films here and there, including 'Break Ke Baad' (just like 'Love Aaj Kal', but still enjoyable), but what I was FLOORED by was this amazing Tamil film recommended called 'Kannathil Muthamittal' ('Peck on the Cheek'). Check out this BEAUTIFUL clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq1GFz37WgYThis 2002 film was directed by ... Continue reading ...
 Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor in 'I Hate Love Stories' OMG OMG, this is my FAVORITE song right now and I am teaching it in Bollywood Funk NYC's Advanced Beginner September session starting Wednesday night, PSYCHE!!!!! STUDENTS, Let's rock it like nobody's business! :) Imran Khan, you are kinda cute too, but thats beside the point ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLnNqCgsziM&feature=related
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 Had a BLAST last night at "Bollywood Wedding" at Nuyorican Poets Cafe in the east village. Wish it was playing longer, or I'd have recruited a bunch of friends and gone to see it again. Two of my fellow Bollywood Funk NYC Dance Company members Aki and Kalyani dancing it it, and I was curious. I went not knowing what to expect, and walked out LOVING it. Imagine 'Tony & Tina's Wedding', but Bollywood style, and you have "Bollywood Wedding", and then some. Think Cultural stereotypes, cliches, ... Continue reading ...
Bollywood Funk NYC RIPS up the stage @ India Day Parade 8/15/10! Forward to 2:32: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8c_1DJcUNo Continue reading ...
Are you secretly the next Udit Narayan or Lata Mangeshkgar? Bollywood Funk NYC supports sos-india.org and their Bollywood Karaoke Fundraiser event Aug 28: Continue reading ...
We did it! We ROCKED the stage today at the 30th Annual FIA India Independence Day Parade & Festival in Madison Square Park with a remix medley of "Aloo Chaat", "Hadippa" and "Salaam Namaste", in honor of Grand Marshall Preity Zinta. Thanks to all our students and community who came out to support and cheer us on! I am now officially EXHAUSTED and need a good chair massage! Wait, FEET too, especially! I need a break...WAIT! I am teaching Advanced Beginner classes tomorrow night with Bollywood... Continue reading ...
 Billy & Robert perform to "Ganesh" from Bombay Dreams
Ok! So, I've been meaning to blog about this recent (7/28/10) episode of SYTYCD, but just hadn't gotten the time over the past few weeks until now...this is BY FAR, without a DOUBT my fave 'Bollywood' performance on STYCD ever, with a close second being Katee & Joshua in Season 4...reason being, it encompassed VARIOUS choreography/dance styles and techniques (which is what dance in today's Bollywood films is all about anyway), BIG props to ... Continue reading ...
I just supported Independence Day of India by adding a sticker to my profile
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 Phew! Putting in over 8 hours of rehearsals this week for my performance with Bollywood Funk NYC at the 30th Annual FIA India Day Parade & Festival on Sunday at Madison Square Park. Last week I was just as with practices for our show at Peridance. Think I lost a few pounds the past two weeks, and got the added bonus of unintentional 'toning' with all the dancing I've been doing recently, haHA! We are very excited to have been invited to the India Day Parade/Festival- its a HUGE event, which ... Continue reading ...
 Lara Dutta in "Nassa Nassa" from Kaal
Was poking around on YouTube tonight and found this gem! A not-so-oldie but goodie! I L-O-V-E this song, it wasnt a hit, but should have been...the movie wasn't bad either ;) 'Nassa Nassa ' from Kaal, a real good Hindi thriller film! Vivek Oberoi's rockin out in the video...get down with your bad self, Vivek ;) http://youtu.be/hvFH2hpCUkY Continue reading ...
 Amitabh Bachchan in 'Genie Rap' from AladdinI LOVE love my dance students at Bollywood Funk NYC! They totally ROCKED it last night to 'Genie Rap (Remix)'
in Advanced Beginner class...See y'all Monday night for some more
Jazz-Funk-Bhangra Fusion-whoopwhoop! Check the song & video from the film here: http://tinyurl.com/2ccjdyf
I had the EXTREME honor of meeting 'Ami-ji' (as he is commonly referred to by his peers) aka Amitabh Bachchan himself a few years back in NYC when I was doing Extra work... Continue reading ...
 Preity Zinta
Made a new warm-up playlist last night for my Advanced Beginner classes tomorrow with Bollywood Funk NYC Dance School, whoohoo! Our August session JUST started last night. We are doing fantabulous-FUNKY choreography to the Remix of 'Genie Rap' from the (Bollywood) movie 'Aladdin'. We've got some Funk and some Bhangra in it. There's
still time to join this week! Visit bollywoodfunknyc.com for our NEW August
schedule.
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Me in my funky hoodie gettin' down in Hip Hop Hungama class.
Bollywood Funk NYC's Hip Hop Hungama class (and I, photo-wise, at least!) are featured in the July 23rd edition of the New York Times (Article: 'Bend It Like Bollywood')!!! Congrats to Tiffany Taylor for teaching such a GREAT class to garner such recognition!!! Join us every Saturday at 4PM bollywoodfunknyc.com. See the full article here: Continue reading ...
The other day coming back from the Jersey Shore, I happened along XM Channel 159 ATN Asian Radio. Anyone listened to this station before? Despite a few sort of interesting Bollywood remixes, the rest of the programming was painful...the host decided to describe, in very specific detail over 30 minutes (no joke), how to make samosas...who writes down recipes while they are driving?! Needless to say, I channel surfed between that and the 80's and 90's stations... HumDesi HD radio is also sort of... Continue reading ...
One of my co-workers called me "the Vanilla Ice of Bollywood"...ummm...is that good or bad? Thanks, Todd ;)
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 Jose Ruiz and Kathryn McCormick in"Marjaani" Why oh WHY oh WHY are all these reality dance competition shows all stuck on representing "Bollywood" dance as only CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCE in traditional costumes? Someone at SYTYCD needs to be schooled, seriously. Now, dont get me wrong; I LOVE the fact that anything "Bollywood" related is getting respect on national U.S. television...but to ONLY represent the traditional side of Indian dance forms, and to package it all as "Bollywood Dance", and ... Continue reading ...
 Nasseeruddin Shah in "Tridev" Question: If you were YOU 20 years ago, who would your then-Bollywood crush be? I didn't realize that the handsome macho man in "Tirchi Topiwale" from the 1989 movie "Tridev" is actually one of my current fave actors 20-years younger, Mr. Nasseeruddin Shah. With that special sparkle in his eye, and feather in his cap, Mr. Shah was the ultimate Tirchi Topiwale (guy in a slanted hat)...I forgotten how much I really loved this song.....everytime I hear it, I want to ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Vicki Aubin on Monday, April 5, 2010,
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Check out this gr8 profile on Bollywood Funk NYC by NYU Media Students. Yours truly is interviewed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZnmTUonJMU&feature=channelThanks to everyone who came out for our show at Pranna Nightclub recently. We ROCKED the dance floor! Thanks to DJ Bhav Aman Singh and Pranna for their support :) Continue reading ...
 Today was tiring but invigorating at the same time....Took Bollywood Funk NYC's Basic Beginner class currently doing "Marjaani" (Electro House Mix) from Billu Barber. Will continue to teach the song in my weeknight classes. Lots of people showed up, despite the INSANE rain storms happening this weekend in NYC. Also took our new HIP-HOP HUNGAMA class, taught by Tiffany Taylor. We did an awesome routine to "Follow Me" by Hard Kaur from 'Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani', one of my fave songs right no... Continue reading ...
  Mega Shout-Out to Shahid Kapoor 4 his tribute to Michael Jackson at the 55th FilmFare Awards! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbRTEha039g
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Taught Bollywood Funk NYC's debut Long Island class last night at 5-Star Sports & Entertainment Academy in East Rockaway! Thanks to 5-Star and the local community who came out to participate, it was a blast! also got to watch 5-Star's Competitive Cheer Team do their upcoming routine for a national competition in Florida next week. These girls were AMAZING and ROCKED it! Even mixed hints of some Bollywood tunes into the music mix. NEW Manhattan Session starts SATURDAY 3/6 at Stepping Out Studi... Continue reading ...
Cool to see that several Bollywood actors these days are becoming very active online and interacting witheir fans. Many are now on Twitter. I'm currently following Shah Rukh Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. Lots going on at Bollywood Funk NYC these days! Thast why I've been so silent! We've got a NEW SESSION starting March 6th, and a NEW CLASS! Want to learn to dance like Shahid Kapoor or Hritik Roshan?? Bollywood Funk NYC Dance School is proud to introduce HIP-HOP HUNGAM... Continue reading ...
Word Up! Lots happening this past week....
Check out this link to a Kathak and Tap collaborative production, "India Jazz Suites", between Kathak master Pt. Chitresh Das & Tap star Jason Samuels Smith. You've never seen anything like it! Dhanyawadh, mera bahut acchi dost Sneh for bringing to my attention :)
http://dancejam.com/videos/1054597866-fierce-kathak-and-tap-pt-chitresh-d
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Posted by Vicki on Tuesday, February 2, 2010,
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Lots of things happening in the Land of Bollywood Funk NYC this week... Tonight I just finished teaching the January Weeknight Basic Beginner classes, featuring Mast Kalander from "Hey Baby". Students all really dug it and had a blast. Our next session starts Wednesday, Feb 3rd at 6PM ar Ripley Grier Studios. Location, schedule, prices at bollywoodfunknyc.com. You may recall that Bollywood Funk NYC Dance Company (of which I'm a member) auditioned for MTV's America's Best Dance Crew Season 5 bac... Continue reading ...
 My students are having an absolute BLAST to 'Mast Kalander' in class, its a rockin' party every class this session! Congrats to my students who won VIP tickets to Verizon's 'Chance Pe Dance' / Celebrate Bollywood Party at Pranna last night 1/21. Bollywood Funk NYC was in the house and had a geat time groovin to the sounds of DJ Bhav Aman Singh. Also had a chance at the party to meet the winners of Verizon's 'Bollypop' dance contest, Shivani Thakkar and Sapna Rohra. Both girls were flown to Bo... Continue reading ...
 Our January 2010 dance class session is off and running! Monday night's classes were PACKED and will fill up this week. We are featuring music from "Hey Baby" and "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi". Register now at the Classes page at bollywoodfunknyc.com to get in while there's still space :) Continue reading ...
  What I like about his Bollywood montage to a Black-Eyed Peas song- it shows the vastness of Indian cinema and dance styles, and that not ALL Bollywood dance is only what you see on SYTYCD :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt_BjB5z5oE Continue reading ...
 Imagine sitting back in a cushy chair, sipping white wine and groovin' out to the latest Bollywood rhythms...40,000 feeet in the air! I experienced this recently when I flew between JFK and Vancouver, Canada... The on-demand entertainment system included several Hindi films including very popular, recent hits ("Love Aaj Kal", "Kaminey" ), as well as lesser-known films worth watching ("Chintu-Ji" starring Rishi Kapoor). Music-wise, a large selection of Hindi music- recent filmi hits, artist alb... Continue reading ...
They say parody is the sincerest form of flattery. Indian cinema's dancing sensation Prabhu Deva has undoubtedly hearing his ears ringing...he's been parodied several times on YouTube in recent years...
In August 2007, a music video for the song "Kalluri Vaanil" from the Indian-Tamil movie 'Pennin Manathai Thottu' was uploaded to YouTube by Mike Sutton (aka 'Buffalax'). The video was editted to include incorrect English subtitles that approximate the original Tamil lyrics phonetically (known a...
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 Rhythm City on ABDC Season 4 Today I got my butt royally handed to me on a platter at Rhythm City's dance class at Pearl Studios. Rhythm City was one of the crews on America's Best Dance Crew Season 4, and was my favorite crew on the show...but they got eliminated about 1/2 way through the season :( Alonzo from RC taught the class, which was packed and INTENSE, OMG. This class is not for the uninitiated or inexperienced hip-hop dancer, but its still a blast! I recognized some of the girls fro... Continue reading ...
 Me holding our ABDC Crew Audition Number! My blog has been VERY silent recently! No, your RSS reader is not broken. The past two and a half weeks I spent in intensive, grueling, closed door dance practices every night for 2+ hours in preparation for Bollywood Funk NYC Dance Company's performances at MTV's Americas Best Dance Crew Season 5 Auditions!!! The auditions were held last Saturday and Sunday 12/12 and 12/13. So everyone understands just how grueling this process is, our entire weekend... Continue reading ...
Does Deepika Padukone have a secret twin sister and were they separated at birth?   ..."Chandni Chowk to China" deja-vu?! The beautiful lady on the left is none other than my friend (and fellow Bollywood Funk NYC teaching assistant and student) Rajeshwari. I have been telling Rajeshwari FOREVER that she bears a striking resemblance to Deepika, and now I finally get the chance to show it! Thanks, Rajeshwari for giving me permission to post your photo here. Perhaps you can be a stand-in for ... Continue reading ...
 This installment of 'Mid-Heard Hindi' comes compliments of mera boyfriend aur aadhyapak Hindi ko #1 (my boyfriend and #1 Hindi teacher). Yesterday at lunch while constructing completely random sentences in Hindi, here's what happened... I said: "Main tumhare baal nahin chabaooingi." (I will not bite your hair). He heard: "Main tumhari maa nahin chabaooingi." (I will not bite your mom). Disclaimer: For the record, his mom is WONDERFUL person and I would never ever think of biting her, or her hair... Continue reading ...
Posted by Vicki on Saturday, November 21, 2009,
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Check me out in this amazing feature on Bollywood Funk NYC Dance School, which just ran on MTV's hit show "It's On with Alexa Chung" on 11/18/09. Alexa herself found us and wanted to feature us on her show. Thanks, Alexa!!! Can you spot me in the footage? ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuavuAe5i_o Continue reading ...
Posted by Vicki on Saturday, November 21, 2009,
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 Saw "Kurbaan" last night to a surprisingly not-so-full house at the Imaginasian Theatre. Out of a 5, I give Kurbaan a 2.5. The movie was a complete serious drama, so any of you song-and-dance-masala fans out there will be disappointed if you go expecting that. Anyhow, terrorism being the main theme of the movie, you know its got to be disturbing. In my opinion, Karan Johar did an impressive attempt at covering such a dark topic, although I felt the movie was a little too long for what it was... Continue reading ...
This is TOO cute, check it out...Little Girl Singing the Indian National Anthem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEDgfv8foiY
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 Baccha kya? ;) Song: Main Tera Dhadkan Teri Movie: Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYV9G38YKCk&feature=relatedI heard: Yeh din tera raatein teri ab baccha (child) kya, ab baccha kya Actual: Yeh din tera raatein teri ab bacha kya, ab bacha kya Thanks for correcting me, Ayesha! Continue reading ...
 On the set of Kurbaan, April 2009, Central Park This Friday 11/20 the new movie 'Kurbaan' ("Sacrificed") releases in the U.S., starring Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi and Om Puri. The film was shot in NYC and Philly earlier this year. I was an 'Extra' for a day when they filmed in NYC. We filmed at Central Park on a sunny and warm spring day. The Call-time was like 6:00AM and we got done around 4:00PM. Most Extra work on films just involves a lot of waiting and waiting and patienc... Continue reading ...
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I created this blog because 1) I love to write and 2) I love to talk about Bollywood. I 'stumbled' upon Bollywood over 6 years ago, and my life has never been the same since. I am currently an instructor and dance company member at Bollywood Funk NYC, I have seen a lot of Hindi films, been in a few of them, aur mujhe thoda thoda Hindi aata hai. Main Amrikkan hoon lekin mera dil Hindustani hai.
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