A district court in Patiala today rejected singer Daler Mehndi‘s appeal against a two-year prison sentence in a 2003 case of human trafficking. He was jailed instead. He was originally sentenced in 2018 and had been out on bail.
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Daler Mehndi recorded the Bhangra/Indi-pop song “Tunak Tunak Tun” or simply “Tunak” in 1998. It was the first chroma key music video produced in India. Mehndi’s position as the biggest and most well-known popstar in India at the time was cemented by the song’s and the video’s success in that country.
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Later, it achieved success on a global scale and had a cult following, especially after it started trending online as a meme in the 2000s.
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Here are the lyrics:
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Dholna, vaje tumbe val taar
soode dil de pukar
Aaja karle ye pyar
(Dholna, vaje tumbe val taar
soode dil de pukar
Aaja karle ye pyar)
Dholna, vaje tumbe val taar
soode dil de pukar
Aaja karle ye pyar
(Dholna, vaje tumbe val taar
soode dil de pukar
Aaja karle ye pyar)
Dholna…
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Duniya yaara rang-birangi’ naal
Paidi naye changi
(Duniya yaara rang-birangi’ naal
Paidi naye changi)
Duniya yaara rang-birangi’ naal
Paidi naye changi
(Duniya yaara rang-birangi’ naal
Paidi naye changi)
Soonn yaara bole ek tara
Mehndi Da Yaara
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Dholna Kadeh Mere Nal Hass
Mainu Dil Valli Dass
Nahin Taan Teri Meri Bass
(Dholna Kadeh Mere Nal Hass
Mainu Dil Valli Dass
Nahin Taan Teri Meri Bass)
Dholna Kadeh Mere Nal Hass
Mainu Dil Valli Dass
Nahin Taan Teri Meri Bass
(Dholna Kadeh Mere Nal Hass
Mainu Dil Valli Dass
Nahin Taan Teri Meri Bass)
Dholna…
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Duniya yaara rang-birangi’ naal
Paidi naye changi
(Duniya yaara rang-birangi’ naal
Paidi naye changi)
Duniya yaara rang-birangi’ naal
Paidi naye changi
(Duniya yaara rang-birangi’ naal
Paidi naye changi)
Soonn yaara bole ek tara
Mehndi Da Yaara
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Dholna Tu Chann Mein Chakor
Sadde Varga Na Hor
Rab Hath Saddi Dor
(Dholna Tu Chann Mein Chakor
Sadde Varga Na Hor
Rab Hath Saddi Dor)
Dholna Tu Chann Mein Chakor
Sadde Varga Na Hor
Rab Hath Saddi Dor
(Dholna Tu Chann Mein Chakor
Sadde Varga Na Hor
Rab Hath Saddi Dor)
Dholna…
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Duniya yaara rang-birangi’ naal
Paidi naye changi
(Duniya yaara rang-birangi’ naal
Paidi naye changi)
Duniya yaara rang-birangi’ naal
Paidi naye changi
(Duniya yaara rang-birangi’ naal
Paidi naye changi)
Soonn yaara bole ek tara
Mehndi Da Yaara
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Tunak tunak Tun
Da Da Da
