Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

(Jhoom Barabar Jhoom)
Shaad Ali / IND, 2007
original version / English subtitles / simultaneously translated into Czech, 138 min

This dance and song filled film begins with a mysterious gypsy like musician leading the crowds at Waterloo station in London in a dance to the title song. Two strangers, Rikki Thukral and Alvira Khan, wait for their respective fiancés. Rikki is a fun-loving Punjabi boy from who lives in Southall , while Alvira is a middle class Pakistani girl from Lahore brought up to feel at home in Britain . The two share a table in a cafe.