OFFICIAL VIDEO!
Directed by Kazimir Kolesnik
Camera: Ilkka Peltola
Lights: Jenni Sademies
Assistant: Annamaija Näreaho
Dancers:
Sari Breilin (BOLLY BEAT DANCERS)
Katri Prusila (BOLLY BEAT DANCERS)
Jessica Heinonen as The Mystery Lady
Johanna Kellomäki
...and of course Shava's boys...
Valtteri Bruun
Tuomo Kuure
Sami Rönkä as The Finnjabi Bad Boy
Kiureli Sammallahti as The Boss
with the one and only KING GURCHARAN MALL!
additional musicians on the audio:
Hannu Risku - drums (SHAVA)
Lauri Salokoski - bass (SHAVA)
Pandit Rajendra Prasanna - shahnai
music and lyrics Kiureli Sammallahti - arranged by Shava - produced by Valtteri Bruun
costumes & styling by Sari Breilin
BIG THANKS to Dodo ry, Rauhanpuolustajat and Oranssi!
SHAVA - suomibhangra.com
KING GURCHARAN MALL - dholblasters.com
BOLLY BEAT DANCERS - bollybeat.net
TRANSLATION OF THE LYRICS -
By request, here's a translation of the song. The lyrics have a few references to Finnish rock/punk songs and we feel that the songs loses part of its humour and spirit when translated, but here you go!
When the Bhangra rooster is singing and playing / then you better listen cos we can't be beaten
The Bhangra machine is blasting with a thousand volts / the Finnish Bhangra gurus lead the Finnish Bhangra cult
You better try and understand, don't mess with us / listen, the story goes like this:
The chieftains are invincible, the Bhangra chieftains are invincible
Do I have to beat it into peoples' heads that the chieftains are invincible, Shava's chieftains are invincible
Other bands, sink into a hole in the ground cos the chieftains are... etc.
The Russian Mafia runs away scared coz the chieftains are... etc.
For God's sake, the whole of the crowd gets knocked down cos the chieftains are invincible!
Finnish Bhangra brothers dig the Finnish Bhangra beat / if you mock a Bhangra sister the Bhangra brother will kick your ass
We have friends in every city in Finland / they help each other out in troubles big and small
you better try and understand...
Tough guys break the necks of their enemies / and that's gotta hurt!
But Shava has no enemies and not a single worry / so don't shake your fist but shake your booty
you better try and understand...
for the original lyrics, go to
http://suomibhangra.com/en/mp3_music.php
A translation has been posted in the description.
suomibhangra 1 year ago
Awesome love it! Any chance of a translation for those of us who don't speak finnish?!
MusicalSari 1 year ago 2
@MusicalSari we'll post a full translation soon!
suomibhangra 1 year ago
We're cool with anything you guys say about Shava, but think twice before criticizing Mr. Mall as he's one of the people who started UK bhangra. When he first took up the dhol it was a low status instrument, and he had to face lots of resistance to promote the dhol & Punjabi folk to the status it has today. So he never cared about peoples' opinions but he always followed his heart. Similarly, he knew what some would say to this video, but spite that he wanted to work with us.
suomibhangra 2 years ago 8