What My Family Used to Watch in the Soviet Union

[@KinoKirill]

CORRECTIONS: 1. Thank you to those who pointed out that I oversimplified my description of India's economic system after independence, at minute 1:04. India is a country with a mixed socialist-capitalist economy, and it leaned more towards socialism from 1947 until 1991. 2. Thanks, also, to those who told me in the comments that I used Nepalese music at some points in the video when I was actually talking about India, I believe the songs are at minutes 1:00, 2:15 and 3:17. I'm glad there are viewers who are pointing these mistakes out to me so I can learn from them, as long as it's constructive criticism and as long as you're civil about it. If you find anything else that you feel like it misrepresents your culture or your country's history, please tell me so I can write the corrections here for new viewers to see.

[@samarsinghnain6865]

One more thing to add on. Many Indian films had kind of socialist themes. Like poor/working class hero vs rich capitalist villain. Awara, Barood and Mera Naam Joker literally had pro-socialist theme. Idk about Disco Dancer since I haven't seen it yet. Intrestingly some of these films were flop in India but blockbuster super hit in USSR

[@rishavkumar1250]

Cheers friend ... we all learn something new everyday

[@sujitdey1034]

We were socialist due to Nehru Gandhi policy then guess what Country moving towards capitalism when we were literally broke If we had open our country like china then we could have been more than 5 trillion now 😮

[@lipokyanger7685]

​@@sujitdey1034The whole revolutionaries/freedom-fighters were Socialists, especially the extremist bloc of the INC. Because during their time, Socialism/Marxism embodied revolutionary actions and supplanting the ruling class. It's a shame that India was stuck with Socialism because of it.

[@lautheimpaler4686]

@@samarsinghnain6865 Only Mera naam Joker was flop. And it was not a socialist film.

[@Kalinga_3]

I am from a coal mining town in India in State of Odisha. My grandfather was a teacher but had learned Russian because back then Russian officials came regularly to our town to assist in surveying coal and training officers at Coal mining companies. Such events reflect the deep nature of engagement we had back in the day !

[@shaikathalder8154]

Lemme guess barbil?

[@Genlogsgaming15]

bro is lucky might get a russian girl

[@Anonymous-kd2yy]

​@@Genlogsgaming15shàme on your meñtality

[@whocares3132]

@@Genlogsgaming15 can you pls stop making this kind of comment?

[@Sagar_8475]

Nope it's Talcher

[@Terrific_Souvik]

You have summoned Indian audience successfully

[@ashwinpawar5325]

Yes but i but i don't think that was his intent. Coz he doesn't have any other india related content on his channel.

[@budhrayhembram8670]

😊​@@ashwinpawar5325

[@FR4M3Sharma]

Algorithm knows what's hip.

[@manikyapandit6365]

Indeed my friend but no one change the engagement of our cultural superiority in other lands

[@LostinMango]

​@@manikyapandit6365cultural superiority givve me a break the Soviet people watched due to it being the only option when markets opened nobody gave a shit

[@nair_ashwin]

People in Moscow thronged up in streets when Raj Kapoor first had a public event in USSR. The babushkas really did love him back in those days :D

[@ainsyaris2378]

Raj kappor was the indian charlie Chaplin, although chaplin himself is roma (known as gypsy who left india more than 1,000 years ago to escape famine and war

[@LostinMango]

​@@ainsyaris2378Then everyone will be tracked back to Africa

[@ThunderApache]

There used to be Soviet Folklore printed in Indian languages available to my parents’ generation. My father still has a collection of Russian folk tales in Bengali, printed from Soviet Russia.

[@Amoghavarsha.]

You need to know about "Yuri bezminov". He was a Soviet undercover agent appointed to spread communist ideology and disintegrate Indian society . "Sourabh prajapati "have made a detailed study on how Soviet union tried to influence Indian education system. You need to watch that once.

[@hellomoto2084]

Are in any way on dfi ?​@@Amoghavarsha.

[@Amoghavarsha.]

@@hellomoto2084 what's dfi ?

[@Rahul_Singh100]

@@Amoghavarsha. Isnt what Yuri Bezmenov said has basically been and being done by Central Govt of India to states which are not Hindisphere? Its crystal clear how Central Govt of India has been degrading, diluting, sabotaging mindset, economy, culture, identity, and rights of non hindisphere states in the exact same manner Yuri Bezmenov mentioned. What about that? Soviet Union doesnt even exist today, nor is Communist party of India, any significant party. So what r u fearmongering about. The elephant in the room is Central Govt of India which is founded on the same principles of Soviet Govt with Centralised power... And it continues to centralise and obliterate all non hindi sphere ideas and viewpoints, as regional and i significant while its media belittles and brainwashes non hindi masses to be sympathetic towards their own loot.

[@Rahul_Singh100]

@@Amoghavarsha. Are you aware that Education which was a STATE list was illegally shifted to CONCURRENT list in 1976 emergency? Another Centralisation attempt by force, of Central Govt to impose its BRAINWASHING content and INFLUENCE EDUCATION in all states. Is that not part of the CONDITIONING YURU BEZMENOV cautioned? Central Govt has been imposing NEET, NTA, on all states while TRYING TO ERASE STATE BOARDS who imaprted Knowledge, language of States in Non Hindi states, by these very DRACONIAN illegal ENABLEMENT it aquired in 1976 EDUCATION shift.

[@apotoxinsherry8820]

My dad grew up reading translated versions of children's stories from the USSR back in the '80s. He says that you could find these translated versions for cheap here in India.

[@Amoghavarsha.]

You need to know about "Yuri bezminov". He was a Soviet undercover agent appointed to spread communist ideology and disintegrate Indian society . "Sourabh prajapati "have made a detailed study on how Soviet union tried to influence Indian education system. You need to watch that once.

[@Critic224]

Yes! Even I grew up reading USSR translated books …

[@LinuxLuddite]

​@@Amoghavarsha. Nice try CIA

[@Amoghavarsha.]

@@LinuxLuddite nothing to do with cia.but communism is a failed ideology. It always keeps you in poverty. Congress applied a version of communism in india in the name of socialism. Which kept us poor. Thank god 1991 s economic crisis and Soviet fall libersied and made our economy capitalistic oriented. Now we're growing. Even China got economic success due to capitalism

[@bharath7528]

thankfully my mom and dad saved those picture books and i enjoyed them a lot, it was refreshing from amar chitra kada which my mom read me every single day when i grew up. the artworks , the babushka, i came to know about babayaga 2 decades before john wick, those old soviet picture books are a tresure to me

[@RoopeshShah]

Growing up in 80s India, I had pen pals in the USSR that I found via magazines like Sputnik and Misha. We used to write to each other to find out about our cultures but also to exchange stamps. We always used to go out and buy the best stamps to go with those letters. There was this one time when I had to go looking for a Russian translator just to understand what was written to me. You reminded me of fun times.

[@AshishSingh-qr7vs]

I am jealous of what a wonderful time you got to live

[@samridhyadutt5284]

My parents told me once how much the Soviet Union was popular here in Kolkata, India. They used to have these circuses which came from the USSR and my parent's generation went to watch those every weekend or so.

[@Rahul_Singh100]

Circuses from Soviet Union were popular all across India, not just ur Kolkata.

[@siroshcelot]

@@Rahul_Singh100chill bro, he is just reiterating a tale

[@arijitdas1389]

​@@Rahul_Singh100Did you know why the USSR is more popular in West Bengal?? Because of CPM, a communist party that governs Bengal prior to Mumta.

[@iemon7722]

@@Rahul_Singh100 Classic Hindi belt arrogance.

[@aquilathebee8058]

Hello comrade! I am from Kerala. We too had so many USSR related stuff too 😊.

[@Aishu092]

Hello from India! I visited Russia in 2018 for the world cup and the last thing i expected was people talking to me about old bollywood movies and Mithun Chakraborty from Disco Dancer 😂 This world is a weird place and as big as it is, sometimes it reminds you of how small it can be.

[@Achintyanath]

I grew up reading Soviet children's books of folk tales from various regions of the Soviet Union. These books were printed on very nice paper and were available cheaply in India. I still have some of them in my book collection.

[@Amoghavarsha.]

You need to know about "Yuri bezminov". He was a Soviet undercover agent appointed to spread communist ideology and disintegrate Indian society . "Sourabh prajapati "have made a detailed study on how Soviet union tried to influence Indian education system. You need to watch that once.

[@KavitaPatil-hg5qm]

​@@Amoghavarsha.Classic cold war stuff Yk he lectures during late cold war are still relevant........

[@Achintyanath]

@@Amoghavarsha. You need to read children's books of Soviet Union. They were very good.

[@Achintyanath]

@@KavitaPatil-hg5qm Read children's story books from Soviet Union. They were very good.

[@Rahul_Singh100]

@@Amoghavarsha. YOU need to know that it was Central Govt of India which illegally shifted Education from STATE LIST to CONCURRENT LIST in 1976 emergency and since then has been imposing, influencing education of children Nationwide with one curriculum, trying to devalue, belittle, sabotage state boards, Non Hindisphere langauges, and Non Hindi thought process and viewpoints, rights as incompetent and inferior...Im sure more Indian kida read the BOOKS and curriculum set by DRACONIAN CENTRAL GOVT of India whicj illegaly controls EDUCATION than few 70s kids who had few fictional books from soviet union.

[@anti-stichface2582]

Hi, I am from India. From what I have heard from my parents and elders, Soviet folklore, science fiction books and magazines were quite popular back then. I like watching Soviet films and melodramas. Personally, I would say that the film 'I'm Cuba' was pretty impactful, sad that it never received the recognition it deserved.

[@Amoghavarsha.]

You need to know about "Yuri bezminov". He was a Soviet undercover agent appointed to spread communist ideology and disintegrate Indian society . "Sourabh prajapati "have made a detailed study on how Soviet union tried to influence Indian education system. You need to watch that once.

[@gargorovindia]

@@Amoghavarsha. He did oppose the covert ops (if any) and eventually went to the West for the rest of his life. Nevertheless, India and USSR were great partners in friendship, which is now carried by Russia.

[@rishavkumar1250]

​@@gargorovindialol , Russia is not our friend at all ... Dada ektu khobor porun apni bujhben emni keno bolchi

[@panavgaming1050]

@@rishavkumar1250🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@anti-stichface2582]

@@Amoghavarsha. All of what he has said is just conspiracy theories... his books and interviews are based of anecdotes and not evidence. Moreover, the USSR has always been spreading communist ideology and they have always been vocal about it.

[@indraneilbiswas]

in 2011, i visited st petersburg and my host, an elderly russian man perfectly sang raj kapoor songs in the evening . Jimmy Jimmy, not quite popular in India since the late 80s is ubiquitous in the post soviet countries even today.

[@AA-cf4es]

Jimmy Jimmy acha acha 😂 I'm a zoomer but my parents sang it sometimes. Visit spb again! Still as beautiful as always.

[@Achintyanath]

@@AA-cf4es Yes its a catchy song

[@bharatiyainnovator3185]

Sadly, Bollywood has degraded by its association with western culture which is indirectly hurting Indian society

[@lg7631]

Why are you talking in a western language and using western social media app?

[@VikasHarami-up8cv]

We are not criticising western technology but Hollywood culture Hollywood culture and western culture are two different things furthermore western technology advancements are not due to western culture for sure but due to the fact that science is Separated from culture and govt influence

[@Babumoshai..]

​@@lg7631western wokeism has infested bollywood now they are promoting things like cheating and open marriage.

[@warpdrive9229]

​@@lg7631Dumb response tbh.

[@zubinmehta1282]

@@lg7631No criticism to western culture, but the main thing is that Bollywood is losing it Indian culture essence. Imagine Hollywood making most of the movies centralising the Asian cultures; it won’t be always amazing.THATS THE POINT.

[@satyakammisra]

Thanks!!! Wow what memories. As a child growing up in 1980’s New Delhi, the Ruski cultural exchange was vivid - our school was visited by USSR cosmonauts and we were given copies of a kids magazine called “Misha”. My parents worked for the central government and we used to go watch Russian circus, Bolshoi theater, pop music and many other events held in Delhi and at their Embassy. Many Indians forget the help USSR gave to India from 1950-1990. Agriculture, food grains, science, mining, steel, space program, military, naval, even Television and arts. In return USSR got way less. We will never forget that help. ❤

[@AA-cf4es]

*russkie, please.

[@JojoBoy-gh4gb]

Wow, I’m from India, I didn’t know that Mithun Da was so popular in the Soviet Union❤….Disco Dancer was composed by a famous music director Bappi Lahiri ….he passed away a few years ago…please show Bappi some love too dear Soviet people

[@Hell-boyyi]

Mithun da is the first global pan India star from india ,

[@h.joshi_]

I recently recovered a magazine paper from 70s. It was from सोवियत नारी (Soviet Woman). The page held instructions to weave a cardigan. Now the page of this magazine I retrieved was from a very old book belonging to my father. He later told me that this magazine, apart from its content, also use to have the best quality paper which was ideal to cover the books temporarily. And believe me it indeed was. The page quality to this day felt astounding.

[@chhavigoyal3447]

same. my dad also told me about fine quality soviet paper in thier magz.

[@ModiAdani420]

For those who don't know, Satyajit Ray and Rabindranath tagore also fond of Russia. Rabindranath tagore have an elaborate travelogue about Russia and Satyajit Ray many times told how Russian innovation in Filmmaking Inspired him. Sadly the degradation of Film and film appreciation are so drastic. In that era Arts was for Art's sake. Now from writing to film, everything is about making money. Now in West Bengal we don't have such directors who will be remember for their contribution to Cinema. Currently there are actually two directors whose work will be written in Film history- But sadly 99.99% Indians don't even know their names- Ashis Avikuntak and Amit dutta.

[@AK.AK.12]

One of my classmates spent three years in Uzbekistan. He said that shopkeepers wouldn’t charge him when he said he was Indian and believed him when he said he was Shah Rukh Khan’s neighbour 😂 Seems like Bollywood is still popular there.

[@raviani82]

What is your friends name I lived next to srk rented home situated in Gautam nagar.

[@bigbrain-bs8]

@@raviani82 the guys friend wasnt actually shah rukh khan's neighbour 😂😂

[@raviani82]

@@bigbrain-bs8 😂

[@omkardutta201]

Ayo, Mithun da (Lead actor of Disco Dancer) had that 70s rizz

[@Achintyanath]

@@omkardutta201 Disco Dancer was released in the 80s

[@subhrajeetmitra3681]

When I saw the thumbnail the first thought that came to my mind was Mithun Chakraborty joined CPM

[@Souma_Ditya]

lol

[@sumanchatterjee6591]

He was a former naxal

[@PES-EMPEROR]

💀💀💀

[@Grushenkaa]

​@@sumanchatterjee6591for real?

[@praloysarkar8254]

​@@sumanchatterjee6591 not naxal, but he admired communist ideology, did many charity programs for the poor

[@avikghosh81]

I grew up in a town where the steel plant was built with Soviet collaboration. My childhood was heavily influenced by reading books from MIR publishers in USSR. Misha was a regular magazine. Made friends through it. Wrote letters to Ilya, Anna and Badruddin (Bodu). Letters stopped coming after '91. Hope they are all doing well.

[@ARPAN7004]

When I was growing up, I remember seeing a lot of books on popular science, geography, folk tales, etc. from "Raduga Publishers Moscow" at my home in English and Bengali. They had fantastic colours, beautiful prints and the page and binding quality was something way above a lower middle class/middle class Indian family could afford. Definitely there was a complex political and socio-economic background to that, but, those books were a godsend to me and my cousins.

[@Amoghavarsha.]

You need to know about "Yuri bezminov". He was a Soviet undercover agent appointed to spread communist ideology and disintegrate Indian society . "Sourabh prajapati "have made a detailed study on how Soviet union tried to influence Indian education system. You need to watch that once.

[@ganh222]

Yes in kerala too . Prabhat books used to publish them .at very low prices. Books of great quality. I remember reading Mother by Maxim Gorky.

[@ARPAN7004]

@@Amoghavarsha. Thanks for that. This person gave us the literal peek under the hood of the then times. However, it would be naive to think, only Soviets were trying to influence us. Any hegemonic power, or would be hegemons, always had, and always will try to exert influence, by hook or by crook. Previously it was the British, then, the Soviets and Americans, then the Chinese, Japanese, Qatar, Saudis etc. My point was not to debate or eulogize any such groups. I was simply appreciating the high-quality books that we came across. They were really good and brought a lot of joy to boys like me, whose parents could not have afforded them otherwise.

[@ModiAdani420]

For those who don't know, Satyajit Ray and Rabindranath tagore also fond of Russia. Rabindranath tagore have an elaborate travelogue about Russia and Satyajit Ray many times told how Russian innovation in Filmmaking Inspired him. Sadly the degradation of Film and film appreciation are so drastic. In that era Arts was for Art's sake. Now from writing to film, everything is about making money. Now in West Bengal we don't have such directors who will be remember for their contribution to Cinema. Currently there are actually two directors whose work will be written in Film history- But sadly 99.99% Indians don't even know their names- Ashis Avikuntak and Amit dutta.

[@surendramumgai631]

​​@@Amoghavarsha.It was the cia and not the kgb that was trying to disintegrate india ....and why would the soviet union want to disintegrate india when relations were so good and in fact better than its relations with some other communist countries like china, Yugoslavia, romania and albania ???.

[@mayankmishra8863]

my grandpa was a student in patna college in bihar ..there used to be a specific russian language class ..he was well versed with soviet lingua

[@kc4276]

5:39 Man that image goes so hard (no pun intended). People from such different cultures getting along like you couldn’t imagine. It happens now as well, but back then there was no internet to facilitate this. Pure love.

[@theaveragesinger]

Emotional observation. As an Indian m glad and proud of Indian cinema for spreading love and happiness in Soviet people's lives when they were going through a crunch time. 💌

[@pmaitrasm]

Soviet films were also popular in India. I have seen all of these: Battleship Potëmkin (Броненосец «Потёмкин») Dersu Uzala (Дерсу Узала; デルス·ウザーラ) White Sun of the Desert (Белое солнце пустыни) Kidnapping Caucasian Style (Кавказская пленница) Journey Beyond the Three Seas (Хождение за три моря; Pardesi) The Diamond Arm (Бриллиантовая рука) Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (Москва слезам не верит) Pirates of the 20th Century (Пираты XX века)

[@willyscowboyryp]

I doubt Soviet movies ever got popular in India at all, after Bollywood it was generally Hollywood movies that was popular.

[@pmaitrasm]

@@willyscowboyryp, Bollywood movies were most popular in India. Hollywood movies that were popular in India were typically action movies.

[@CooperRust]

Wow , i knew that Late Raj Kapoor films were quite famous in Russia in 50s and 60s but Disco Dancer 😂 Bollywood of 60s and 70s was all about song and dance and over the top fight scenes and unique villains. We still have retained a few of those aspects but now its more small town stories or a villain from Pakistan.

[@jaydeepsen4769]

Brother you have no idea how popular Mithun Da still is the Russia and the erstwhile Soviet countries. He visited Georgia a couple of years back and the babushkas went crazy 😮

[@sema6008]

For real…I had no idea Bollywood was popular there. Even so it’s the disco dancer for me. 😂

[@lopamudra5307]

As if Raj Kapoor's movies had some inherent class 🙄. He overacted and pandered to socialist agenda in 50s, and 60s onwards just focussed on naked actresses to titilate audience. Mithun in comparison is an original - a good dancer, decent actor and a three time national award winner

[@gauravnathan5701]

I would like to add on this that mithun chakrvorty was a celebrated actor in USSR. Reason being his first film was Mrigaya directed by Mrinal sen who was marxist ideologist film maker, he too was a well known respected person in Ussr, he was awarded Nehru soviet land award(given by govt of Ussr). So it was actually the prior cult following of movie Mrigaya that contributed to disco dancer which itself was a story of poor boy getting fame and mrigaya itself was a revolutionary film. More over earlier mithun chakravorty was himself associated with Naxal revolt which is an communist armed rebellion against the landlords and capitalists inspired by Mao and Lenin.

[@michaeldappen2970]

Once again a fascinating video about a topic I didn’t even know I wanted to learn about 😂 love it

[@rishavkumar1250]

1:07 India wasn't capitalist in 1947, our first Prime Minister was a Fabian socialist... Even the constitution of India calls it as a Socialist republic... In fact , it loosened some of the regulations in 1991 and allowed capitalism to come back in certain sectors of the economy . It remains as a mixed economy today with a good number of private companies but by and large , State sector companies dominate

[@hindolbhattacharya9715]

Firstly, socialist was added during the Emergency in 1975 back in 1947, Socialist was not there in our preamble. Secondly, India has a mixed economy in 1947 which became more Socialistic in later years till 1991. That explains why families like Tatas, Ambanis, Godrej, Birla, Bajaj, etc were thriving long before 1991. Hence, it was partly capitalistic, albeit in a bad way.

[@rishavkumar1250]

​@@hindolbhattacharya9715 this argument of yours , " Indira inserted those damn words in Emergency " argument has been punctured time and again ... Even when The preamble didn't have those words in it, we were still socialist with the way our economy was functioning

[@sujitdey1034]

​@@rishavkumar1250 we saw that how good it was functioning untill we were fcked up😊

[@LinuxLuddite]

​@@hindolbhattacharya9715 license raj was a bit too much. It was a really a group of corporates like the Bajaj and Tatas and later ambanis who mollycoddled the govt of the day to keep a tight screw on opening the market for competitors in the name of giving advantage of few corporates who had managed to have good ties.

[@LinuxLuddite]

​@@sujitdey1034 keeping all the eggs in the same basket.

[@imon9928]

4:38 Well now that you speak of it, in childhood I used to sing "I am a disco dancer" all the time. Why did I do that? I was born in 2006, way after 1982 the release year of this movie.

[@Neogi596]

Haha appreciate the enthusiasm, early 2000s had a touch of soviet and old Bollywood, I was born in 2006 too and I remember being the biggest fan of Mithun

[@trippytracks4366]

I hope the People of both countries remain joyous, prosperous, and protected from everything, our governments are Messy, but we all arnet, cheers to every one who read this, may God bless you and your Nation,

[@IdefinitelyExistIThink]

this is such a nice vid. the narration is soothing.

[@AjayKumarMumbai]

My grandmother used to tell us stories of Ivan and the Firewolf when we were growing up. The story of India-Russia relations is fascinating.

[@tirednow8169]

I am Indian, my dad whenever listens to the old songs tells me how this song "mera joota hai japanai" from Aawara movie was super popular in Soviet Union and how bollywood movies used to be really popular in USSR back then😊😊

[@abhinaysingh8306]

in india, thousands of soviet scientists and engineers used to guide us in mining and various other activities. circus from soviet was very famous in india.

[@MrTerrorist]

I remembered a Discovery channel documentary that talk about the teenage culture of Soviet and Eastern Europe by people who lived during that time like some Russian folks talk about India films they love during their teens or the Soviet union promoted local rock bands that promoted Communism and patriotism.

[@abhid.2679]

Two people I know from the Soviet Union personally told me about the Mithun Chakroborty film, "Disco Dancer" being popular there

[@abhijeetkundu5453]

There was a cultural exchange between India & Russia. India sent movies and Russia sent literatures. Back then, there was no internet. It was the only way. Russian literature was part of Indian school syllabus. I am Bangladeshi. Even we grew up reading Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.

[@wonderfullife5665]

no way you only have 2k subscriber. the video was well edited, your voice us good, the background music is very nice.

[@kushamitt]

Just leaving a comment to help out your channel, great work by the way.

[@escargol173]

Bring back the '...fell in love with Bollywood' title! It was way more interesting.

[@KinoKirill]

There are a bunch of videos where I would have wanted to have a different title or another thumbnail, but at the end of the day I have to use what makes me reach more people, as long as it's pertinent to what the video is about.

[@bharatiyapainter75]

well watch tollywood especially kalki we have upgraded our film industry a lot

[@millenialmusings8451]

Finally! It took me 35 years (today) to finally understand why Raj Kapoor and Indian films were so popular in Russia! Big up!

[@gautamkabra8665]

I vividly remember soviet children's magazine "Misha" translated into Hindi during my childhood.. 😊

[@mds33483]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful video, felt like got a peek into the forgotten past.

[@satyanu7003]

even today, a lot of people in India still read books by Mir Publishers. In the context of science, a lot of old profs will recommend these over the newer books by American publishers, and they are still highly sought after.

[@RishabhKumar25794]

I think the rebellious teenager nature of the character in disco dancer is what people liked but it wasn't particularly anti Soviet union.

[@historiadegauda3740]

I have read in an article that the Movie AWARA got popularity in Russia . Although barely very few Indians nowadays remember the movie.

[@Murali1974]

I had a Russian coworker in Texas who knew every song from Disco Dancer by heart. He was apalled that I didn’t😅

[@djr3386]

This video is going to blow up.

[@logminusone1272]

We were aware that a few Indian movies were liked by Soviet people. But never imagined that the impact of Indian films were so extraordinary. Thank you. This was revealing. I believe Hindi movies were popular in some African nations as well, e.g., Nigeria. Finally, I guess Hollywood or European movies are not the only word in films. Other genres of cinema have been loved by people from parts of the world.

[@ares2052]

1:28 this is music used on Nepali newa community

[@tigerking3687]

You are right tho but many Nepali ancestry lives India too because I believe he are same I have Nepali ancestry too so you can say it's for both countries

[@rana1561]

The thing is, Hindi film were NOT apolitical. They were very much political in personal sense. The first example you picked- Awara, is a very class driven political struggle at a personal scale, Disco Dancer, has portrayed the revenge against the person who has clearly utilized their corruption of being the rich and powerful. Below all the entertainment, a whole lot if Hindi cinema till late 80s had a very sophisticated well thought out critique of the social norms, they were advocates of socialist ideals of welfare for the masses, equality, equity and a right to live a dignified life, fighting off the oppression and exploitation by the hands of those who are in power, whether they were white colonialists, rich businessmen, corrupt politicians and officers, or even bandits. And also didn't shy away from questioning the methods and blind obsession of even the righteous the way Shakti did with the inability of an honest police officer of being at flaw to understand his son, or how Om Puri's protagonist fails to carry the burden of honesty because his male ego pushes him too far. We need to reclaim the quality of hindi cinema today by finding out the less marketed good films.

[@rajeshranjan5170]

nice explanation. subscribed

[@leiden75]

Bellissimo video, mi ricorderò sempre la storia del trattore btw😂

[@MayankGautam2004]

as an indian, my mama (maternal uncle) did MBBS there , he said indian films are pretty popular even today....

[@saikiranoruganti]

I grew up in a steel plant township that was built by the soviets under the 5 year planning commissions. We have a Russian Complex in the middle of the township. A few russians stayed back and didnt go back to Russia post 1991.

[@AkGaming-xb5ks]

Saw mithun da in thumbnail was forced to click the video.

[@quadaerospacespacecat8061]

I am from India but I thought it was the band "vesyolye rebyata"

[@vanadjog7700]

With the collapse of The Soviet Union, Bollywood collapsed too!!

[@VickyGayen]

THANK YOU!!

[@VALVE555]

I AM A DISCO DANCER! People who get the reference like and comment "🇮🇳"

[@ayanmandal7470]

Mithun da supremacy 😂❤

[@koyamma9575]

They shud watch Gunda too😂

[@GauravSharma-y1b]

*Correction - India was never a Capitalist country till the 80s. We had the so called "mixed economy" but it was more of a socialist economy than a Capitalist one. Anyway, nice video. 👍

[@thelegendarysupersaiyanbro6535]

Makes sense why my ex's mother's favorite song was "jimmy jimmy jimmy aaja"

[@acquiredfactz5838]

Those nostalgic soviet times

[@Ravanananda]

Thank you for posting this

[@souradeepsengupta7792]

Mithun Chakraborty was very popular in USSR. Sadly, his achievements are suppressed in Indian Media. The first Bollywood movie to earn ₹100 crore was "Disco Dancer". Mithun Chakraborty came from a humble background and was born in a Bengali family in West Bengal and became a Superstar in Bollywood.

[@australiaedits]

very cool, i did know beforehand that the bollywood film industry was popular amongst the soviet populous but i didnt know the popularity went to this much of an extent in which there were "indian" themed theatres within the soviet republics

[@madhavsilwal2777]

The background flute music you used is Newari music from Nepal 🇳🇵

[@Aeyo]

What remains is memories of past. With time India and Russia both societies have changed, some favorable and many unfavourable results. But change is continuing process, let's hope for best in these tough times. Love from India.

[@satyamskillz]

I'm here just to show indian support

[@codemonster8443]

Title : What My Family Used to Watch in the Soviet Union Me : Why is Mithun the Disco Dancer on the thumbnail?

[@RIVERLYHILL]

This is type of content we like short precise to the point 🙂❤️

[@grahambell-xm9qm]

I see Mithun, I click

[@starksuman]

My fellow indian we have been summoned, assemble!

[@pritambag2412]

Love from India 💌

[@kaushiksahu5646]

Mithun Chakraborty is a great actor of Indian cinema. Known for his work in both commercial and art-house films.

[@OsinakiKun]

I was like: is that Mithun in the thumbnail?

[@sudiplamichhane5888]

from 1:00 to 1:45 and 2:15 to 2:38 , the background music is Nepalese tune.

[@sumitmahato296]

😞Sorry bro. But now Bollywood is not anymore like its being in his golden era. Nepotism or poor work of CBFC, Curving reality and Hurting of Hindu sentiments in Bollywood movies. Destroyed the Bollywood. 😑Actually right now i prefer to watch old movies better then new Bollywood movie .

[@KinoKirill]

That's a shame, if that's what Bollywood has become now. I had a lot of fun watching classic 70s and 80s Bollywood films for this video, and I was just as captivated by the realism and subtleness of Indian arthouse films from directors like Satyajit Ray. I've never dug into Bollywood or any other film industry in India like this before, and I'm curious to find out more about what the current state of the industry is like. Maybe it could be an idea for a future video too.

[@pryanc]

@@KinoKirill That's a great idea! Also loved this video. You just got a new subscriber! 😄👍

[@SK-ij6ng]

@@KinoKirill if u r that interested then i'd suggest u to watch the newly released Bollywood film called 'Kalki 2898 AD', heared pretty good reviews abt this one...altho i'm not sure if it's from bollywood or not but it's from one of indian film industy

[@Rana___Ji9999]

@@SK-ij6ngit is from tollywood our south indian film industry❤️😊

[@navrhy3075]

Mithun Chakraborty the actor from Disco Dancer is originally from my hometown in Barisal (Borishal), Bangladesh.

[@chenqings_fan]

back in ukraine there is still a channel that regularly broadcastes dubbed hindi movies, also often times you'll meet shopkeepers who will start humming bollywood songs once they see an Indian! I found it to be a very cute gesture haha

[@arnavranka4510]

My dad's school principal used to get some science magazines from the USSR, which he used to later give to my dad. He did find them better than National Geographic. And this was in a small town in Western India, not a major city.

[@A.Pheno-Menon]

Nice little video of the impact of Indian films and a few actors like Raj Kapoor and Mithun Chakraborty among the Soviet masses. I am from India and I have heard about all this with astonishment and wonder. Mithun Chakraborty's popularity is more in the Soviet blocs than even in our own country. I have a friend called Roman from Moldova and when we met the first time during a discussion about Indian films, the first name he said was... yes, you guessed it Mithun Chakraborty. I think my analysis of this is a natural bond between two regions... maybe since time immemorial, socio-cultural connection, etc. I watch films from different parts of the world, including Hollywood but when it comes to foreign films, Russian films (especially from the Soviet era) stand out and are naturally appealing. I think it is that poetic and philosophical aspects in both cultures that bring both these sets of people together.

[@Kabutoes]

My parents living in Vietnam in the 80s watched Hungarian films

[@san-chil]

Dad used to get a magazine called the Soviet Magazine ... I think. In it there were fascinating color pictures of peoples of the Soviet cultures. I used to love looking at those pictures and wonder about Soviets as a kid. Most kids in India grew up knowing that Soviets were good friends with India and India was a good friend of the Soviets.

[@dj_meta]

I am Disco Dancer... Mithun da was awesome. This was my first movie in a small theatre where the screen was basically an old TV set. I was a kid then and I still have fond memories of that experience.

[@d4v1us]

Good video gang

[@TheBlueGrinchofSurgery]

As an Indian, I freaking loved Sholay. Not only because it was quite fun, but also it was named after my favorite dish at the time (Chicken Sholay). I used to watch the hell out of it, and I was pretty young too. Its probably the only oldest movie I have ever watched.

[@MrSujithn]

Thanks for sharing this video. I remember as a kid from the 60s, I as an Bharathiya (Indian) felt closer to former Soviet Union than any other country. Even to this date I have a Mathematics Handbook by a Russian author that I bought at a Russian book store in my home town Bengaluru back in 1979 and I have it to this day as a cherished memento. My philosophy is we are all humans regardless of our skin color and political ideology and we need to coexist in order to flourish. To this day I remember how Russia came to the aid of Bharatha during the time of end in 1971 and I will never forget it for the rest of my life. Long live Bharatha-Russia friendship.

[@ngc248]

Used to read Misha, Sputnik and still have a lot of books, both for kids and mathematics etc from Mir, Raduga and Progress publishers

[@griffith1997]

my great uncle lived in the soviet union back in the 80s as a student and because of that, my mother somewhat grew up with soviet films and what not. she’d tell me about how she grew up with folk tales from the USSR

[@mango-strawberry]

damn. had no idea about this. i haven't watched a single bollywood movie you mentioned. didn't realise they used to be popular back in the day

[@tivo3720]

Wow happy to know ❤ from India 🇮🇳 But today the bollywood is completely different. Instead of embracing the Indian culture now they promote hinduphobia, woke culture of West.

[@PaulMuaddib]

Jimmy Jimmy aaja aaja is still played in local buses and restaurants in some places of Russia and central asia!

[@Raj-vz9fg]

Now i understand why back in the day a Russian channel aired an old Bollywood movie of the 80's with subtitle! this is the real case then!

[@Cma2506]

I still have a collection of Soviet Children’s classics ( translated versions).We had them published in many of the weeklies back then.Works of writers like Arkady Gaidar nurtured our imagination about the soviet lands.

[@mrbharathkiran.1508]

Hello there I am from India

[@oxnious2026]

Me too

[@Think_Vibes]

Enjoy

[@32bit27]

Irrelevant

[@SumonAdakpbx]

Mithun Chakraborty in the middle as the thumbnail, for those who are wondering. Yes more views are definitely in from India.

[@Nikunikuniku583]

No wonder so many eastern Europeans come to India, Russian people joining Hindus etc. Interesting. ISKON has a big presence in Russia I heard.

[@Nikunikuniku583]

OHH btw all the music you have used are folk nepali tunes. haha

[@adarsharao8957]

We used to get a magazine titled 'Soviet Union' in our home when I was a child. My uncle used to read out stuff from that magazine, but I used to like the pictures.