The popularity of “Jai Ho”
I really enjoyed the film “Slumdog Millionaire” [my review here] and later read the book on which the movie was based [my review here]. The music for the film was excellent and I was bought the CD by my wife. Especially joyous is the final song “Jai Ho”.
Now, three and a half months ago, I blogged on the question “What does ‘Jai Ho’ mean?”. I’ve been astonished at how many visits this posting has received and continues to receive after all this time (try Googling ‘Jai Ho’ and you’ll see what I mean). I’ve been even more amazed by the number of comments submitted on the posting – almost 60 and still counting.
We established quickly that “Jai Ho” means something like “Victory to you” but this hasn’t stopped people posting (increasingly silly) comments.