Hypercolour

Awesome scene from the awesome Sholay!

This scene from Mehboob Ki Mehndi is pastelrific.

Karle Pyar Karle

They should show this video at confidence-building courses. It's Helen from the 1969 Bollywood film Talash, presenting a masterclass in Working The Room.

Don't Stop Till You Amitabh

My last Bollywood clip got the big gundown at the Youtube Corral a day after I linked to it, so to make up for it, here's the one and only Amitabh Bachchan from the Bollywood thriller Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi. Here Amitabh gives a masterclass on the art of Bringing It On.

Vinyl Fantasy

This jawdropping sci-fi disco number hails from the Bollywood musical Karz (1980).

Bollywood Brings It On: Satyam Shivam Sundaram

To kick off a recurring series of the finest Retro Bollywood clips YouTube has to offer, I'm starting things off with one of the greatest production numbers I've ever seen in my life: an absolutely mindblowing fantasy sequence from Raj Kapoor's 1978 melodrama Satyam Shivam Sundaram. This number looks like it cost 300 zillion dollars (not adjusted for inflation). There is literally too much going on here. Just the way I like it.