It's an incredible movie. glvalentine has a magnificent write-up about it, subtitled Madhuri Dixi Is Not Human. (Dixit being the shorter of the two main dancers in the clip above, and a freaking Bollywood legend as a dancer.)
I so wish Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly had been able to gather from these influences.
Huh! ... I wonder, would it have looked a little like this?
But I guess that's more Frankie Valens/beach bunny-movie/early '60s-influenced style. But while Fred and Ginger may not have bought into the Bollywood aesthetic, I'm sure Indian films were drawing influences from them. If you want to ask filmi_girl for some recs -- she's much more versed in pre-'80s Bollywood than I am -- you can tell her I sent you.
no subject
I so wish Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly had been able to gather from these influences.
Huh! ... I wonder, would it have looked a little like this?
But I guess that's more Frankie Valens/beach bunny-movie/early '60s-influenced style. But while Fred and Ginger may not have bought into the Bollywood aesthetic, I'm sure Indian films were drawing influences from them. If you want to ask