If you do not remember this song, you need to re-examine your music choices right this instant. In fact you need to re-examine your life choices right this instant! Introspection, a la Congress!
A song about the dark, gritty underbelly of Mumbai, the lyrics by Sameer aptly reflect the dangerous darkness that is the city after dark. Why so le re? Because we be authentic Mumbaiyya okay! Hum jaate nahi, jaa re le hote hain!
I sincerely believe Anand Raaj Anand has never made better music than this. Some budget cuts had to be made unfortunately for the epic bike transform scene (Suck on that Dhoom 3! That’s what special effects are all about!) so our hero was forced to borrow Sunil Shetty’s pants and Sunny Deol’s jacket.
Our hero kaun, you ask? Arre doob maro!
The one and only! The dude! Apna Sonu!
So the song starts with a stage plunged in darkness, with red curtains (signifying the blood lust among the underworld that lies dormant, duh!) and ummm.. Javed Bhai sleeping. Of course! Arre song toh is about that only no! See, Javed Bhai is the symbol of law and order. So because he is sleeping instead of guarding, public needs to stay awake and watch their own backs! Told you, bahut deep and meaningful lyrics!
So Javed Bhai is snoring and a shadow lady is trying to put her baby to sleep. Of course, how can baby sleep when Javed Bhai’s snores are rocking the whole stage!
Our hero walks in in costume and says:
‘Arz kiya hai javed bhai so rele hai
Javed bhai so rele hai achche khase so rele hai
Mohalle wale jag rele (x3)
Jab javed bhai so rele hai, javed bhai so rele so rele’
Of course, the costume is sheer awesomeness! Kader Khan ke Dhadkan ki kasam! You definitely have not heard such poetry anywhere else!
Wah wah wah!
And then, from poet to rockstar, our man comes out and sets the stage on fire! Whattay dude! Sigh!
Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
The choreography is mindblowing! You will forget everything once you watch Sonu’s moves:
Hai na? Kya style hai re baba!
Do you see that applause from the CGI crowd there? That is called Star Power! Before there was Himesh, there was Sonu Baba. Have you ever seen anyone do stunts with a tubelight/lathi/thingum like that? Yes, eat your heart out Hrithik! You ain’t got nothing on our man!
Arre you are not taking me seriously, are you? You think this is a silly song? It talks about riots, you know! That is serious stuff! C’mon, stop laughing. This is intense stuff:
‘Jab javed bhai so rele, Mumbai me pange ho rele
Woh toh sapne dekh rele, par yaha toh dange ho rele’
Look at Sonu Nigam! Do you think he is kidding about this stuff? Arre dekho toh:
Ummm.. no sachhi.. he’s serious. That was just to lighten the mood for the next wardrobe change, which finally is in keeping with the mood of the movie — Snakeskin print shirt and trousers 😀 kyunki ye toh naagin movie no!
And then Javed Bhai wakes up.
And dances.
Ummm.. I guess that’s that then.
Featuring:
Javed Jaffrey Bhai not
Veerappan moocha vala Chennai Express extras reject
Ladies wrapped in wrapping paper
Sunil Shetty’s pants
Sunny Deol’s jacket
P.S. For an added bonus, here is another cult classic from the same movie that will have you moved to tears with this emotional depiction of true love:
SoundProof 
hahahha.. ROFL 😀
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