Bollywood dance films setting high dancing standards

By FF NETWORK

Indian film industry is mostly about Masala, drama, love triangle, romance. Although, there are very seldom times when a dance based film is made in the industry. Mithun Chakravarti, the disco king has been in few dance themed films. However, Bollywood is coming up with dance films more often now. The upcoming dance film is Street Dancer 3D.

Street Dancer 3D is the third part of ABCD & ABCD2 directed by choreographer turned director Remo D’Souza, and it stars Varun Dhawan & Shraddha Kapoor as leads. Nora Fatehi, Prabhu Devs, Caroline Wilde, Raghav Juyal. The trailer of the film released on YouTube and the film’s story is based on a dance battle between teams of different countries.

It can be clearly seen that Varun Dhawan is leading the Indian side while Shraddha Kapoor is on the Pakistini team. Like all the India vs Pakistan situation, this dance battle will also get intense. Both of the sides will perform their hearts out, eventually to come together for the final battle. Nora Fatehi’s moves are aw striking.

The film is releasing on 24 January. And will probably attract a lot of audiences because of its storyline.

Watch the trailer here:

Some other dance themed films which received a lot of buzz are:

Dil Toh Pagal Hai(1997): This musical romance features the love lives of the dancers in a dance troupe. The movie was appreciated for the innovative choreography by then upcoming dance director Shiamak Davar and performances by Madhuri Dixit, Karishma Kapoor and Shahrukh Khan.

Aaja Nachle(2007): This is a film with an US returned choreographer trying to save her dance theater in her hometown. The dance drama in the end was its main attraction.

Chance Pe Dance(2010): Directed by Ken Ghosh, the movie is about a struggling actor in the film industry who participates in a dance competition to realize his dream of being an actor. The young man even teaches dance at a school to make his living at one point in the movie.

ABCD: AnyBody Can Dance & ABCD2 (2013 & 2015): was Remo D’Souza’s ABCD: Any Body Can Dance and ABCD 2 that brought along a new revolution in how Bollywood views dance-based movies. Both movies tell the stories of small Mumbai-based dance troupes who struggle to create an identity for themselves. In the second movie, the troupes even go to compete at an international level competition. Filmi Files is the best place to look for movie reviews online.