From Major Lazer and Dj Snake dancing on ‘Lean On’ wearing ‘some-what’ India attires to Beyonce and Coldplay making a whole music video in India, it seems like the influence of Bollywood had crossed the borders of this country and seeped into the western culture. Not only in music videos, let’s point out numerous movies that portrayed India. Although most of these portrayals were filled with stereotypes, one cannot help but wonder the effect Bollywood is starting to have abroad.
What does it mean?
An urban term, ‘Bollywood effect’ is the phenomenon where two individual starts dancing and is joined by a nearby crowd. Surprisingly the whole crowd knows their steps and they all dance in perfect sync. Although extremely illogical and unrealistic, this is a very common scene in any Bollywood movie.
But in this blog, we will be using this term to explain to you the big impact or effect Bollywood is having on the outside world. Hence, the term ‘Bollywood Effect’.
Bollywood effect on music
Previously we talked about two particular songs ‘Lean On’ and ‘Hymn of the Weekend’ and their portrayal of India. While Hymn of the weekend was almost an ode to India, Lean on should its whimsical and beaty side. To learn the steps you can join a good western dance institute in Kolkata. Therefore, let’s try to see from another angle. Famous Hindi songs such as ‘Jai Ho’ and ‘Jhimmiki Kamal’ took Hollywood by storm. Famous music director A.R.Rahman won ‘Best Original Song’ for Jai Ho. Impressed enough?
Bollywood effect on Dance
If you really think about it, would it be wrong to say that the concept of ‘flash mob’ is literally the definition of Bollywood effect? Random strangers coming together to dance in perfect sync. But even before that, Bollywood steps were quite famous abroad. Famous Bollywood dancers like Govinda and Prabhudeva had a big role to play in this. Their signature steps from various movies like ‘Dulhe Raja’, ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ and ‘Pukar’ are well known all around the world. Point to be noted, these famous steps has a high demand in various dance institute at Kolkata. But to be fair, Hollywood hadn’t made a complete carbon copy of their step. They made their own interpretation of it by making an all-new form of hybrid.
Bollywood effect on Movie
Dangal, Bahubali, Mersal, Padmavat, Tiger Zinda Hai, should we go on. Several Bollywood movies were massive hits abroad. Dangal is a prime example of it. This movie collected around 17 billion over-sea, biggest ever. Even famous actors such as Priyanka Chopra and Irfan Khan made big names abroad. Speaking of acting, you can learn how to act in a good acting institute in Kolkata. If that is where your talent lies, simply go for it.
The whole picture
It wouldn’t be wrong to say that Bollywood had truely spread its magic abroad. Several dance schools across the globe have been established to cater to the rising demand for Bollywood dance. Videos of teenagers and grown-up men from all over the world dancing in various Bollywood item numbers keep surfacing on the internet. Indian musicians are becoming famous outside everyone seems to know ‘Rajnikant’s name. Pride.
