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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 several Bollywood posts this year but I don't feature South Indian music/films as much. So today I'm sharing some music and dance videos from Tollywood ( the Telugu language film industry) and Kollywood (the Tamil language film industry). :) Oo Antava Mawa- Pushpa- Dance Cover by Sonali First up is a dance cover of the song Oo Antava Mawa..Oo Oo Antava from the 2021 Tollywood film Pushpa: The Rise- Part 1 . I previously featured a dance cover of Oo Antava Mawa in a Dance Videos post in August last year. That one is by Rang De and you can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/08/dance-videos.html This cover is by Indian choreographer Sonali Bhaduria, from LiveToDance with Sonali and was uploaded in January 2022. It's a shorter video.   For more on Pushpa and to watch the official Oo Antava Mawa video, check out my Tollywood Videos Round-up 2 post from September 2023: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/09/tollywood-videos-round-up-2.html ...

Back in 2019 I did a round-up of Tollywood (Telugu language South Indian film industry) videos on the blog. You can see that here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/11/tollywood-round-up.html Since then, I've posted a few more Tollywood videos, so I'm doing a quick round-up. I'm also sharing a couple of videos that I haven't previously. :) Karma Theme from the 2020 film U Turn (both Telugu and Tamil versions): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/01/weekly-music-video.html Aiipo Rangeela from Beautiful (2019): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/08/weekly-music-video_12.html Jala Jala Jalapaatham from Uppena (2021): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/03/weekly-music-video_16.html   Oo Antava Mawa..Oo Oo Antava from Pushpa: The Rise- Part 1 This is Oo Antava Mawa..Oo Oa Antava from the film Pushpa: The Rise- Part 1 , which was released in December 2021. It's about the title character Pushpa Raj (played by Allu Arjun ) who becomes successful through bec...

I recently shared my first dance videos post of the year. You can read that here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/01/dance-videos_24.html Today I'm featuring some Bollywood dance videos. I kept coming across videos for choreographies to songs from the new Bollywood film Street Dancer 3D , so today's post is Street Dancer themed! :) Muqabla Song  by Sharma Sisters First up is a dance by the Sharma Sisters to Muqabla from Street Dancer. The Sharma Sisters are Tanya and Kritika and they are actresses from India. Muqabla is a new version of the one from the 1994 Kollywood (Tamil language) film Kadhalan . The movie has also been released in Tollywood (Telugu) as Premikudu and Bollywood (Hindi) as Hum Se Hai Muqabala. Watch the videos for the original versions below: Mukkala Mukkabla (Tamil):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjT12Ce0Kw8 Muqabala Muqabla (Hindi):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQzC23GLptE Mukalla Mukabula (Telugu):  https://ww...

Hope everyone had a good New Year! Since yesterday was New Year's Day, I'm posting the Weekly Music Video on Thursday instead. :) The first video of the year is The Karma Theme from the Telugu and Tamil (Indian languages) bilingual thriller film U Turn , which was released last September. It's about intern journalist Rachana (played by Samantha , a leading South Indian actress) and crime reporter Aditya ( Rahul Ravindran ) who are investigating accidents due to illegal u-turns on a flyover and get drawn into a murder mystery. It's a remake of the 2016 Kannada language film of the same name. The Karma Theme is composed and sung by Anirudh Ravichander , son of Kollywood (Tamil) actor Ravi Raghavendra . Anirudh sang both versions and they were released in September. The video stars the actress Samantha. Telugu Here is the Telugu video: Tamil And here is the Tamil version: Follow Anirudh at these links: Official FB page: https://www.facebook.com/Ani...

I like a variety of music from around the world, so I thought today I'd do a round-up of world music posts on the blog. :) I was originally going to include more countries but it was turning into a really long post, so I've split it up! I'm starting with music from African and Asian countries. Note: I've listed the countries and singers/groups in alphabetical order to make it easier but the Bollywood, Kollywood and Tollywood films are listed in order of posting (from oldest to newest) because that was how I did the previous Bollywood round-up post.  Text size has been corrected so this should be easier to read now! :) Africa Angola Perola: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2015/11/weekly-music-video_18.html Cameroon Henri Dikongue: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2012/01/weekly-music-video_25.html Egypt Amr Diab:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2013/06/weekly-music-video_26.html Ruby: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/06/weekly-music-...

While I like Bollywood (Hindi language Indian films) and also sometimes watch Tollywood (Telugu language) videos, I haven't seen many Kollywood videos. Like Tollywood, Kollywood is a South Indian film industry but it's the Tamil language one. It started in 1918 with the silent film Keechaka_Vadham . Kollywood is one of the most successful film industries in India and Tamil films are also made in other countries, such as Sri Lanka and Singapore. In India, Kollywood is based in Tamil Nadu . This is Kalasala Kalasala which is from the film Osthi Ayngaran. The video stars Malika Sherawat, who also acts in Bollywood movies.                                Kollywood reminds me a bit of Tollywood, since they're both South Indian and seem to have a similar style. I'm planning to watch more Kollywood videos in the future. You might a...