Talk:Gunga Din

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It seems to me that this article should be split into two;
Gunga Din -- the default article, about the Rudyard Kipling poem.
and
Gunga Din (film) -- an article about the RKO film.

--HobbesPDX 20:24, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

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I dont think that this movie was even worth watching What about yall.

I thought it was okay as long as you didn't expect it to stick closely to the poem

I Loved this movie back in the day. So neutrality of article is disputed because you do not like the movie? I don't get it. There. Removed Neutrality Disputed tag.

Wasn't there the Bold textGunga Diner from Watchmen

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The poem contains non-English words which could use some explanation: bhisti, hitherao, Panee lao, juldee, dooli Bastie 15:33, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Author

Intro note currently notes an Iranian author using Gunga Din as a pen name, named Ali Mirdrekvandi. It's a red link and he gets 206 Google hits including Wikipedia mirrors of this article. I'll remove the intro note; feel free to re-add if the 206-hits guy is notable. Tempshill 00:31, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Musical instruments

"The name 'Gunga Din' is sarcastically used[citation needed] in the musical instrument world;" -- if this is original reporting, surely no citation is needed? I can vouch for the term being used, at least in the UK. It would also be used to criticize a performance, "I sounded like Gunga Din up there." --Rfsmit 17:26, 29 June 2007 (UTC)