A viral dance trend on TikTok that’s caught on with everyone from “RushTok” pledges to Jimmy Fallon is based on an unexpected beat — the song “Kala Chashma,” which started in a small Punjab village and made its way to Bollywood.
The song, which was a part of the soundtrack for the 2016 Bollywood movie “Baar Baar Dekho,” also has an unexpected lyricist — Amrik Singh Shera, a Punjab police constable who was just 15 when he wrote the song in 1990. Originally written and performed in Punjabi, the song found its footing in Europe in 1991 and became popular after a Hindi version of the song was included in the Bollywood film’s soundtrack.
“Kala Chashma,” which means “black sunglasses” in Hindi, begins with the sound of an autotuned tumbi, a traditional Punjabi musical instrument used in a variety of Indian songs. It’s followed by a turntable scratch and several components of contemporary sound effects used in Western music and electric dance music before the autotuned lyrics begin.
The chorus begins with repeats of the lyrics “Tenu kala chashma,” which means “black sunglasses on you.” The chorus continues and repeats, “Tenu kala chashma jachda ae, Jachda ae gore mukhde te” which means “the black sunglasses look good on you, it suits your fair face.” Shera was born and raised in Talwandi Chaudhrian, a village in Kapurthala district, one of the smallest districts in Punjab. He said everyone in the village wanted to be different and become famous. For Shera, his goal was to be a songwriter.
“She was wearing black sunglasses and jeans,” he said. “I knew if she was in our village, everyone would stop and admire her beauty.”“Punjabi-inflected songs are often so much about the beautiful woman walking down the street, who’s both approachable and unapproachable at the same time,” he said. Kamal Boparai, the owner of the record company, confirmed to NBC Asian America that Shera was paid that much but said he had no idea the song would be a global hit or that it would end up in the film and said he also thought it just be would be used in a commercial.
Beaster-Jones said he’s not surprised by Shera’s situation and says it’s a common issue in the music industry in India.
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