Bollywood dancing

There are traditional versions of Indian dancing and more modern versions. One very famous type of dancing is called Bollywood dancing. Bollywood is the name of the film industry in India:

Bollywood = Bombay + Hollywood

Bollywood films are very colourful with lots of singing and dancing. You can watch some in the video on the left.

Although the films of Hollywood may be more well known, Bollywood is the biggest film industry in the whole world. It makes about 1,000 films per year!

Modern Bollywood dancing combines traditional dancing with more modern dancing. Dancers often wear traditional clothes like Sarees or Salwaar Khameez.

Bollywood is also popular outside India. Lots of people who originally came from India but now live in different countries still love to watch Bollywood films and copy the dancing. This is a video of some people doing a flash mob (dancing in a public space) in a train station in Canada.

Want to learn some Bollywood dancing yourself?

Learning some Bollywood moves can be really fun with family or some friends. This dance is from a famous film called Slumdog Millionaire, which your parents may have seen. Can you copy it?