Jingle Bells + Bollywood; need I say more?

December 25, 2010 8:49 AM

Jingle Bells, gujarati/tamil style. A year ago or so, MTV India released two Christmas-themed bumpers/music-videos, each an animated rendition of the Xmas classic "Jingle Bells" in regional dialects and in regional musical styles: gujarati/tamil and punjabi.

The animator, Nupar Bhargava, has her own channel on YouTube and has been interviewed on CGTantra about her work for MTV and her animation process.

posted by LMGM (9 comments total)

Something FINALLY to put me in the spirit of the holiday.
posted by Peach at 9:55 AM on December 25, 2010

Great videos! Although, the punjabi one sounds suspiciously like English.
posted by molecicco at 9:58 AM on December 25, 2010

I really, really want to hear more Christmas classics done in these styles.
posted by neushoorn at 10:19 AM on December 25, 2010

A Pakistani Facebook friend posted this a week or so ago and I cannot stop listening to the punjabi one. They are great! I am glad to know more about this project.

Jingle jingle!!
posted by Hop123 at 10:29 AM on December 25, 2010

Showed this to the grand children who really enjoyed the songs
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 11:00 AM on December 25, 2010 [1 favorite]

jingle a bell - jingle a bell,,, I LOVE IT!
posted by coverage247 at 3:04 PM on December 25, 2010

Fabulous! That fills my Christmas music need exactly, and the kids loved it - Thanks!
posted by sneebler at 3:08 PM on December 25, 2010

Yay! This is fun.
posted by rmd1023 at 6:35 AM on December 26, 2010

Those little Tamil dudes need moustaches. And yeah, this is great.
posted by chunking express at 6:54 AM on December 26, 2010 [1 favorite]