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Nearly 3 years ago, I wrote a dance videos post featuring couples' dances (plus one group dance). You can see that here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/07/dance-videos.html I thought it would be fun to do another edition, so here it is! :)   Sonali X Aadil- Dhoom Dhoom  First up, some Bollywood! Here is a dance to Dhoom Dhoom by Thai singer Tata Young , from the 2004 Bollywood film Dhoom . There's also another version called Dhoom Machale . It's performed by Sonali of LiveToDance with Sonali and Aadil. It's a YouTube short and was uploaded a couple of months ago.   Visit this post to see the videos for both Dhoom Dhoom and Dhoom Machale: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2013/10/weekly-music-video_23.html    Sonali X Aadil- Dhadhand Dhang- Rowdy Rathore And here is another dance by Sonali and Aadi, this time to Dhadhang Dhang from Rowdy Rathore (2012), an action film that stars Akshay Kumar . This is also a short and was uploaded last month.  ...

I've often featured Bollywood music (and films) on Star Sparkle (and sometimes South Indian music , such as Tollywood and Kollywood . However, I haven't featured music from the Indian music industry outside of films as often.  So today I'm sharing a quick round-up of previous posts on the blog, plus some newer Indian pop music. :)    Here are the posts previously shared: Prasad Bhandarkar playing Ragashivranjani on the bansuri (Indian bamboo flute):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2013/02/weekly-music-video_13.html Raja Kumari- Meera (Indian American): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/01/weekly-music-video_31.html   Celina Sharma (Indian/Italian Australian)- CHALO: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/02/weekly-music-video.html   Kenishaa Francis and Tejas Agarwal- Blue Naina: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/02/weekly-music-video_9.html   Sukriti and Prakriti Kakar, Badshah- Kya Say?: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/03/weekly-...

Last summer I wrote a post sharing some videos from Bollywood actor and film producer John Abraham's films. You can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/07/john-abraham-videos.html I had planned to do a follow-up post because I'd only featured his movies up to 2013. So here it is, although not "soon-ish" as I intended!" lol .   Nas Nas Mein from Welcome Back   In 2015 John starred in crime comedy Welcome Back , alongside Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar as criminals gone straight Uday Shetty and Sagar (Majnu) Pandey. He plays Ajay (Ajju) Ghungroo, a "goonda" (local goon), who falls in love with Ranjana ( Shruti Haasan ), the half sister of Uday. The video for Nas Nas Mein features John and Shruti. The playback singers are sibling music duo Meet Bros Anjaan featuring Shabab Sabri and Rani Hazarika . There's also a rap by Deane Sequiera .      Rehnuma from Rocky Handsome Note: May contain a slight spoiler. The following year, John play...

We're coming to the end of 2024, so here is my annual round-up of the best posts from the year! :) You can see my previous Best Of posts (dating back to 2016) at the links below:  2016's Best Of:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/12/best-of-2016.html 2017's:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/12/best-of-2017.html 2018's: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/12/best-of-2018.html 2019's:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/12/best-of-2019.html 2020's: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/12/best-of-2020.html 2021's: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/01/best-of-2021.html 2022's: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/01/best-of-2022.html 2023's:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/12/best-of-2023.html   And now here is 2024's! :) Music  I carried on my tradition of sharing some new music for the new year:  New Music for 2024: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/01/new-music-for-2024.html More New Music for 2024:...

I've written quite a few dance posts this year (about one a month) and as we're now coming to the end of 2024, I thought it was time for a round-up! So here are the previous dance posts on the blog this year, plus a couple of new videos. :)    Dance in Public Videos- One Take Edition!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/01/dance-in-public-videos-one-take-edition.html Dance/Performance Videos (dance covers and dance performances by the artists themselves): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/02/danceperformance-videos.html New(ish) J-pop Music and Dance:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/03/newish-j-pop-music-and-dance.html V-pop Music and Dance 2023-2024 (Vietnamese pop): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/04/v-pop-music-and-dance.html K-pop (and J-pop) in Public- Boys' Edition 2!:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/05/k-pop-in-public-boys-edition-2.html Dance in Public- V-pop and P-Pop Videos (Vietnamese and Pinoy/Filipino pop): https://starspa...

It's been a long time since I've written a post sharing Arabic music (apart from Weekly Music Videos). The last one was Turkish and Arabic Songs back in 2017! So today I'm sharing some newer Arabic songs, from the past couple of years.  :) I've actually had this in mind for several months but taken a while to get round to it, lol. I went to my belly dance's group hafl a (dance party) last month which partly inspired me to start it, but it still took me a while to finish the post!   Jhoome Jo Pathan Arabic Version (Pathaan) I shared this last year, in my New Music for 2023- Various post. It's an Arabic version of the original Hindi song Jhoome Jo Pathaan from the Bollywood film Pathaan , which was released in January 2023.  For more on the movie and to watch the music video for the original song, visit my New Music for 2023- Bollywood post: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/01/new-music-for-2023-bollywoodasian.html The Arabic version is sung by Moroccan sin...

Halloween (or Hallowe'en, the alternative spelling which I like) is coming up again, so it's time for my yearly post! It's next Thursday (31st October). I also celebrate the pagan festival Samhain on the same day.  In 2022 and 2023 I wrote posts called Selection of Hallowe'en Treats! and More Hallowe'en Treats! , where I shared a variety of past posts and videos related to scary subjects (plus a couple of new videos). This year I thought I would do a post in a similar vein (no pun intended!), featuring music and TV that fits the spooky theme. They are listed by genre. :) Music/Film John Lindahl's CULT CLASSIQUE Last year American singer John Lindahl released John Lindahl's CULT CLASSIQUE, his first independent album and third overall. It's a concept album accompanied by a film/miniseries, which tells the story of serial killer JOHNNY (another, darker side of John). The character is inspired by those from classic horror movies and the project is a ho...

It's spooky season (the lead-up to Hallowe'en), so this week's video fits the theme! It's Taras from the recent Bollywood film Munjya (released in June).  It's a horror comedy about a young man called Bittal (played by Abhay Verma ) who goes to his native village. While there he uncovers a family secret and also comes across the Munyja, a vengeful spirit who wants to get married! The spirit's plan involves Bittal's childhood friend Bela ( Sharvari ), who he is secretly in love with. Bittal must do what he can to stop the Munjya. The film is inspired by Indian folkore and the legend of the Munjya . It's part of the Maddock Supernatural Universe series of movies, which also consists of Stree (2018), Bhediya (2022) and most recently Stree 2 (the Stree sequel which was released in August). Out of those films I've seen Stree so far, which I quite liked.  The Taras video features Sharvari. The playback singers are American singer Jasmine Sandlas...

It's been ages since I've written a general dance videos post (I think not since last year's round-up ). I've mostly done K-pop in Public or V-pop and P-pop etc. this year. So today I'm sharing some videos from a variety of genres. :)  [KPOP IN PUBLIC | UK] KISS OF LIFE- STICKY- Ngọc Đầu bảo nè First up,  some K-pop in Public! This is a cover of Sticky by Korean girl group KISS OF LIFE . It came out in July and has a lovely, summer video. I'm already missing summer!  The cover is uploaded on the channel of Ngọc Đầu bảo nè, who is based in the UK. The video premiered on 12st August and the dancers are Han, Janet, LouLou, Felix and Zoey. They did the cover with an extra member(5 instead of 4) which is cool!   For more K-pop dances by Ngọc Đầu bảo nè and friends, subscribe to her/their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@totallynugus/videos   K-POP IN PUBLIC | ONE TAKE 'STICKY' Kiss of Life Cover by CHOOM DANCE CREW Here is another cover of Sticky. ...

In the past I've written a few posts featuring Bollywood stars, including Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar and Emraan Hashmi . Today I'm sharing some videos from the films of actor John Abraham . I've actually had this post in mind since early last year, I think but hadn't got round to it! John is from Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and  has a mixed family background- his dad is a Malayali Syrian Christian and his mum is a Parsi or Irani Zorastrian.*  He started out in showbiz as a model, after wining the Gladrags Manhunt Contest in 1999 and then coming second in Manhunt International. In 2003, John made his acting debut, starring in erotic thriller Jism , alongside Bipasha Basu .  The stars went on to date for several years and were known as a "supercouple". John's big break came in 2004, when he starred as Kabir, the main villain in the action thriller film Dhoom (the first film in the series ). Since then he has acted in many movies and has become known as an...