A trip down memory lane: When A.R Rahman's song 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' features in the Hollywood film, 'Inside Man'!

A trip down memory lane: When A.R Rahman's song 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' features in the Hollywood film, 'Inside Man'!
Friday, January 08, 2021 10:40 IST
By Santa Banta News Network
Heist thriller films have a distinct aura and consist of films that tell a caper story. These films feature plots in which a team of skillful criminals carries out a clever and daring theft. The year 2006 released Inside Man is also among those heist thriller films which was based on an elaborate bank heist on Wall Street over 24 hours.  Spike Lee directed and written by Russell Gewirtz film, in which Denzel Washington played Detective Keith Frazier's role, the NYPD's hostage negotiator, Clive Owen as Dalton Russell, the mastermind who orchestrates the heist, and Jodie Foster as Madeleine White, a Manhattan power broker who becomes involved at the request of the bank's founder, Arthur Case (Christopher Plummer), to keep something in his safe deposit box protected from the robbers.

The film which was released in 2006 is now trending on Netflix's India. Spike Lee's film provides solid performances, a mixture of comedy, tension, and drama; and an engaging storyline. The strength of the film is its cat-and-mouse game, that keeps on taking turns outwitting one another.

Interestingly, the film featured the Bollywood song 'Chaiyya Chaiyya', composed by A. R. Rahman, which originally appeared in the 1998 Hindi film Dil Se. The song was featured during the opening credits of the film. A remix of the song, titled 'Chaiyya, Chaiyya Bollywood Joint' plays during the end credits and features Panjabi MC's added rap lyrics about people of different backgrounds coming together to survive.




Well, it's not the first time Desi songs were taken by Hollywood makers. Indian audiences almost lost their excitement when they heard the 'Mera Joota Hai Japani' song on the opening scene of Deadpool. or if you remember, Chamma Chamma song from the movie China Gate that featured in the Nicole Kidman-Ewan McGregor starrer Moulin Rouge. All-embracing, these songs somehow made us proud and if we talk about Chaiya Chaiya then this song is among those creations by A.R Rahman that make him an international composer. Danny Boyle known for directing Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire loved this song and hired the composer for his 2008 film. Rest is the history when A.R Rahman wins two Oscars for his unforgettable Jai Ho composition.

Moving back to, Inside Man the film's plot for the sequel was intended to continue after the events of the first film, with Dalton Russell (played by Clive Owen) masterminding another robbery, and again matching wits with NYPD hostage negotiator Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington). In 2019, the film's sequel 'Inside Man: Most Wanted' was released direct-to-video and streaming on Netflix.
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