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“Mogambo Prasann Hua” – What Bollywood Would Sound Like Sans Urdu

Urdu is the magic potion that makes Bollywood sound like Bollywood. 

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Remember film credits from the ‘70s and the ‘80s? The title of every film was not announced until it was blazed on the silver screen in Urdu. There may be a government outcry for Sanskritisation of our school curriculum, but like many a rapper preceding Eminem have also said, “You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone”.

Here’s what some of Bollywood’s legendary phrases would sound like, had Urdu not existed.

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