It's My Empire

For those that follow Bhangra Empire, you might remember the team’s journey to London this past February. For the first time, a bhangra team from North America crossed the Atlantic to perform at The Bhangra Showdown in London. We didn’t compete at the competition, but performed as a special exhibition act at the end of the show. It was quite the experience, and one of the highlights o...

This will be a quick post, just to let everybody know that our first HD video from 2012 is now online. Many thanks to Harjot from GTV for once again providing such amazing video quality. Below is our 1st Place performance from Bruin Bhangra 2012. We will be posting our performances from The Bhangra Showdown as well Jashan Bhangra soon as well, so keep a look out. Hope you guys enjoy the video!

So I came across this video on YouTube which was titled Colombia Tiene Talento. I never took spanish in high school (did french instead) but I am assuming the translation to that is “Colombia’s Got Talent.” It ended up being a bhangra performance by one guy and one girl in front of 3 judges and a full audience. I am assuming this is Colombia’s version of America’s Go...

Can anybody find what is wrong here? (Elite 8 Bhangra 2010 Official Shirt) And finally, another blog post. I know, I know, it’s been a while since my last post. I apologize to all 4 people in the world that look forward to reading my blogs (even that might be an overestimate.) But I do have a valid excuse. Work’s been crazy (haven’t had a full weekend in a month) and it’s ...

The Bhangra Empire Formation Board Formations have been a staple in every Bhangra Empire routine since we began. We pride ourselves in bringing unique, innovative, and memorable formations to every performance. Some people might even say that this aspect is what distinguishes us most from other bhangra teams. I thought I would try something different with today’s post and start a poll. I ha...

UCI Rangla Punjab at Bruin Bhangra 2003 As I have mentioned before, Bhangra Empire is not the first bhangra team I have been a part of. Back in undergrad, I was captain of UC Irvine’s Rangla Punjab. This was my first taste of bhangra and what eventually got me hooked. That was all the way back in 2002 and 2003 (yes, I know, I’m old.) I came across the video from Bruin Bhangra 2003 and...

YouTube - Bhangra Empire's Best Friend If you have noticed on my menu bar above, I have a page labeled VIDEOS. Well, before this weekend, that page simply contained the words ‘coming soon.’ I finally got around to updating the page. You would think that this page contains videos of Bhangra Empire performing, right? Wrong. This page isn’t a traditional video page. Instead, I ...

The Perfect Storm Who remembers the George Clooney movie from the early 2000′s called ‘The Perfect Storm?’ For those who have not seen it, it is about a hurricane colliding with a cold front to cause the largest storm ever witnessed. Things coming together at the exact same time. That’s kind of how I feel right now. After a summer that was less busy than usual, the Fall se...

Cover from the Inception Soundtrack Inception, Barack Obama, America’s Got Talent, and Howie Mandel. What do all of these have in common? They were a part of Bhangra Empire’s latest intro video. Since the team started in 2006, I have made all of our intro videos (aside from the last couple.) Now, by no means, am I a professional at this. Actually it would be quite the opposite. I used...

Another topic request from one of our fans in India. Thanks to everybody who has requested topics so far. If you want to request a topic, you can do so here and I will try to get to it as soon as possible. As choreographer of Bhangra Empire, what is your favorite performance by the team? Bruin Bhangra My answer to this might surprise some of you. The obvious guesses would have to be Bruin Bhangra...