Kaise Bani or Phulauri Bina chutney kaise bani (

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries
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: फुलउरी बिना चटनी कइसे बनी;

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: phulaurī binā chaṭnī kaïse banï; Lit.: How will phulauri be made without

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) is a traditional

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Folksong. It was first modified and released by

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singer

Sundar Popo Sundar Popo HBM, born Sundarlal Popo Bahora (; 4 November 1943 – 2 May 2000) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian musician. He is credited as being the father of Chutney music, beginning with his 1969 hit ''Nana and Nani''. Early life Popo wa ...

in his album ''Nana and Nani'' (1969). This song got immense popularity after that and remade by many different artists and used in albums and films like Ghar ki Izzat (1994),

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(2012). Its popularity led to the formation of a new

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named Chutney music, which is the fusion of Bhojpuri and Caribbean music.

Origin and meaning

This Bhojpuri Folk song went to

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along with the indentured labourers ( Girmityas), who were taken to British colonies to work in sugarcane fields from Bhojpuri speaking region of India. In 1969

released an album named ''Nana and Nani'' in which this song was mixed with English lyrics and music was also fused with Caribbean music. After this

Babla & Kanchan Laxmichand "Babla" Virji Shah and Kumari Kanchan Dinkarrao Mali-Shah were an Indian husband-wife musical group best known for work in the chutney music and Desi Folk music genres. They performed together for forty years until Kanchan died in 200 ...

recreated this song and released in 1982. The Hookline ''Phulauri bina chutney kaise bani'' means, "how will the phulauri will made without chutney". Phulauri or Phoelaurie is a bhojpuri dish which is a deep fried ball made of highly seasoned mixture of ground

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and

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. Phulauris are eaten with

. The hookline literally says: "What is the purpose of making the Phulauri if Chutney is not there".

Sundar Popo Song

First modernized version of this folk song was released by

in Chutney music genre in his hit album ''Nana and Nani'' in 1969. Music in this song was the fusion of Bhojpuri folk and Caribbean pop. The lyrics was funny yet dark and was in

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except the hookline which was in

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Kanchan & Babla Song

In 1982,

recreated the song by

Other versions

*The tune of this song was used in the 1994 song ''Rajāï Binā Ratiyā kaïse katī'' from the

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film Ghar Ki Izzat, sung by Usha Mangeshkar and Jayshree Shivram. *This song was also recreated in the album ''Aara Hile Chhapra Hile'', with the title ''Phulauri Bina Chutney Kaise bani'' sung by Kalpana Patowary and written by Vinay Bihari. *This song was recreated with the name ''Chatni kaise bani'' in the album ''Aagre Ka Ghaghra'' released by T-Series and sung by Anjali Jain. *This song was also remade which was sung by Mamta Sharma and Wajid Ali in the movie

(2012) starring

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References

{{reflist 1969 songs Chutney music Bhojpuri folk music