How ‘Pehla Nasha’ Became Bollywood’s First Slow-Motion Song Without The Technology

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“Pehla Nasha” from Jo Jeeta Sikander Wohi Sikander has been on everyone’s playlist at least once in their lifetime. If you are a Bollywood buff, this song was pretty much the only thing that expressed our first love. The song indeed was magical, for a lot of reasons.


There are only two places where slow motion is the key to beauty! Either it is Baywatch or it has to be Bollywood. When young Aamir  Khan swayed along in his red sweater and then flung it high up in the air, Bollywood changed.


The song was Bollywood’s first song to be shot entirely in slow motion ushering the world of cinematography into a newfound technique, with its baby steps.

Not just that, the song in itself was a new endeavor for the actors could not just mouth the lyrics at a normal pace. They all had to mouth the words in highly sped up version, otherwise enacting at a slow speed. The high-speed film was then slowed down to get the dubbing and acting to finally meet halfway, looking normal on the large and small screens.



What became a normal visual effect in the future, was a complicated ordeal, very well achieved with Farah’s choreography. The song was also the first ever individual project for Farah Khan, and the first time a choreographer was involved in a song with much more direction than just the steps.

Her experiments added to the magical poetry by Majrooh Sultanpuri eventually became a timeless piece, larger than the movie itself. Perhaps, it is time to fall in love with it again!

So tell us, what’s your oldest memory of listening to ‘Pehla Nasha’.

ronnie215

there is indeed technology involved but its not distraction but support the beautiful voices and actors

jitukawade

Intresting share

pokeris4fun

I think I speak for every 90's Indian kid when I say that this song reminds me of my first crush

wakkaday

ALL TIME classic record

Chang Tikhak

Memorable and melodious song...reminds me of my secondary school life...

Indibekar

wow its sound good.  thank you man.

chanakyakripa

I will only state this much that hearing this song still makes me think of my 1st crush & the silly things I did to get hold of her