Bollywood: Classical Dance Forms Vanished Into Oblivion
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 Times have changed. Not only in terms of cinema and the way it used to
be projected but also the dance forms that were once connected to cinema
have taken a complete u –turn as far as the classical dance forms are
concerned.
There were days, when Bollywood films had the most
beautiful heroines performing on great musical renditions and the basic
dance forms were all classical oriented which left the audiences simply
spellbound. The likes of Vyjantimala, Hema Malini, and Rekha are still
remembered for their excellent classical dancing skills and that genre
of cinema has simply vanished into oblivion these days.
These are
the times of fast food, fast modes of travelling and even faster
dancing techniques. The likes of salsa, hip- hop, hoping -popin, modern
contemporary are some of the dance techniques that have taken up the
Bollywood industry by storm. Almost all top actors and actresses have to
be good in these dance forms in order to fit the bill of a leading
star.
Thus in times of such energetic street dancing becoming a
rage, there is very little scope left for the very graceful classical
dancing to prove its attractions on the modern audiences mind set. With
the world moving at such a fast pace, people have lost the patience to
sit and enjoy the very classic dance forms like the Bharatnatyam,
Odissi, Kuchchipudi, Manipuri and Kathak dance forms which were the rich
cultural inheritance that were gifted by our ancestors to us.
Bollywood
certainly has the power to change trends, thus with the hope that these
dance forms would be revived someday in cinema to gain popularity with
the common man. Let’s just go with the flow and enjoy these modern forms
of dance till the fever lasts.
Sampurn Wire
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