Why Ek Do Teen is Special and should not be trampled






1. Ek Do Teen in the 80s was a song that ran in  a loop across Navratri, Ganpati pandals and practically everywhere . The song that came in 1988 had an unchallenged run as the number 1 song for 2 years till Aashiqui arrived in 1990.

2. It made Madhuris career.  It made her that sensation who could dance and also act well. She was know as the 'Ek Do Teen' girl, the step she has where her left leg goes back and she continues to dance is a signature move. Thrusting is not dancing.

3.  We may not talk about the 80s so much in India. . It was even for Bollywood it was the worst decade. It was a time when we loved moongfallis and the simplicity, our stars at that time didnt have six packs but they had strength. We had aspirations maybe not the money.  We were import dependent but we did not have to import heroines.

4.  The song in the movie Tezaab is not an item song. Its an integral part of the movie script where Mohini gets kidnapped by Lothia Pathan( Kiran Kumar). By reducing it to item song status by someone who is not in the movie is not appropriate.

5. There is a story in the song ' mein kar rahi thi kisika intezaar' and she is waiting for someone.  People growing up in the 80s knew the entire song - it was like a countdown - we knew what happened on the 14th day, the 28th day of the month.  Those are memories we carry. Definitely we were not waiting for Jacqueline to mess it up. 

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