Does anyone no anything on Bollywood dance history?
Some people reference any form of Indian dance as “Bollywood.” But, do you know what “Bollywood” actually is, and where it came from? “Bollywood” Dance Origins Today, the term “Bollywood” often refers to the style of dance that is used in Indian films. But originally, Bollywood in Pictures – BBC Feature”Bollywood” referred to the film industry of Bombay, not specifically to a form of dance. Bombay, now Mumbai, is the capital of India’s film industry. Mumbai, as the Hollywood of India, releases a huge number of films each year, about three per day, according to a BBC estimate. India’s film industry began officially in 1913, and the history of this industry is, in itself, long and complicated. But one important development came in the 1930s when Indian filmmakers were able to add sound to their movies. With sound, Indian filmmakers added one of the most important trademarks of modern Bollywood films: dancing. Musical Bollywood films often feature several—three, four, or more—complicated
In Indian movies dance is vital as the story. This is so because in India whether you are old or young, good or bad everybody can dance. It’s a nice way to relax and so people want to both watch and dance to catchy tunes. Due to this movies which don’t even have a need for a dance song introduce one in one way or the other. In the past every movie had a female negative lead or the vamp that would wear skimpy colorful clothes and dance for the villains. This brings to mind vamps like Helen, Bindu and Aruna Irani. These dancing divas had a style of their own. Helen was famous for songs like Monica Oh My Darling and Yeh mera dil. Then dancing became a group affair and everybody was expected to dance. There was an era when dancing was only done by the women. Soon the men were expected to shake a leg too. This was a waterloo for many action heroes. Stars like Dharmendra and his son Sunny Deol are terrible dancers and is very obvious when they dance. Then came in stars like Amitabh, Jeetendr
The dancing in Bollywood films, especially older ones, is primarily modelled on Indian dance: classical dance styles, dances of historic northern Indian courtesans (tawaif), or folk dances. In modern films, Indian dance elements often blend with Western dance styles (as seen on MTV or in Broadway musicals), though it is not unusual to see Western pop and pure classical dance numbers side by side in the same film. Bollywood dancers are usually the actors/ actresses themselves and one the most well known choreographers is Saroj Khan (look her up – probably some videos on youtube as well).
