BBC Asian Network is looking for the nation’s favourite 00s Bollywood banger.
Following Asian Network crowning ‘Tujhe Dekha To’ from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge as The Ultimate 90s Bollywood Song earlier this year, listeners are now able to cast their votes for their Ultimate 00s Bollywood Song.
Announced this morning on Asian Network Breakfast, voting opened at 8am (Monday 9 September) and will close after eleven days (Friday 20 September, 2pm) – offering listeners up to five votes to participate online.
A shortlist of 50 tracks has been compiled by a panel consisting of network presenters – Haroon Rashid, Nikita Kanda, Gagan Grewal, and Vallisa Chauhan – and industry experts – music producer Farooq Got Audio, Bollywood podcaster Asim Burney and Bollywood blogger Natasha Retnasingam.
Listeners can tune in to a very special live countdown show from 7am on Friday 4 October 2024 on Asian Network and BBC Sounds where Asian Network DJs will be joined by special guests and the industry expert panellists and the winner of the Ultimate 00s Bollywood Song will be revealed.
Nikita Kanda says: “I’m so excited to do another Bollywood vote! The fact that this time is all about the noughties is right up my street. I grew up on 00s Bollywood.
“I would spend most weekends watching these movies with my family and dancing along to the music. It was a fresh era for Bollywood and broke boundaries on all fronts, the actors, the characters, storylines, fashion and style. 00s Bollywood made its mark. It’s loud and unapologetic and I can’t wait to see what the listeners crown as number one.”
See more at bbc.co.uk/bollywoodvote.