"Chamma Chamma" is a
Hindi
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song from the 1998 Indian film ''
China Gate'' sung by
Alka Yagnik and picturised on
Urmila Matondkar
Urmila Matondkar (born 4 February 1974) is an Indian actress and politician. Known for her work primarily in Hindi films, in addition to Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi and Tamil films, she has received numerous accolades, including the Filmfar ...
which became extremely popular.
Song
It is a classical celebration song or Folk dance song with
Filmi Lyrics.
Reception
The song became extremely popular in
Indian subcontinent
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as well as globally.
In popular culture
It was used in the film ''
Moulin Rouge!
''Moulin Rouge!'' (, ) is a 2001 jukebox musical romantic drama film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. It follows a young English poet, Christian, who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge, cabaret actress and cour ...
''. It was incorporated in the film as "Hindi Sad Diamonds".
Remix
It was remastered for the film, ''
Fraud Saiyyan'' which featured
Elli AvrRam
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and sung by
Neha Kakkar
Neha Kakkar Singh (; née Kakkar; born 6 June 1988), is an Indian playback singer. She is the younger sister of playback singer Sonu Kakkar. She began performing at a very early age at religious events. In 2005, she participated in the second ...
.
References
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Pop-folk songs
Hindi film songs
1998 songs
Alka Yagnik songs
Shankar Mahadevan songs
Neha Kakkar songs