Hindi dance music encompasses a wide range ofsongs predominantly featured in theHindi cinema with a growing worldwide attraction. The music became popular amongoverseas Indians in places such asSouth Africa,Mauritius,Fiji, theCaribbean,Canada, theUnited Kingdom, theNetherlands and theUnited States of America and eventually developed a global fan base.[1]
While Hindi dance music forms part of themusic of Hindi cinema, the wide-based genre songs became popular by the early-to-mid-2000s after the worldwide success of thePunjabi song "Mundian To Bach Ke" which charted in various international music charts, and other famous dance songs such as "Kajra Re".[2] By the late 2000s, Hindi dance music attained worldwide recognition following the success of theOscar-winning song "Jai Ho". By the 2010s, due to the growing fan base ofEDM, Hindi dance music began incorporating EDM, prompting the recognition of songs such as "Baby Doll". The style of music was also an influence for British singerM.I.A. and her albumMatangi. Not to mention; Hindi songs are often sampled in some of today's hits and even songs from over the years; songs like "Whoopty" by CJ came from the Bollywood title song "Sanam Re", even Britney Spears' song "Toxic" came from an old school Hindi film song.
Thefilmi music and dances inHindi films are a synthesis of formal and folkIndian traditional music anddance traditions, in fusion withMiddle Eastern techniques. The dances in olderHindi films represented supposed dances of the common people, although they involved original choreography. Bollywood dances have evolved as a unique and energetic style. Since they are group dances, they are often used as joyfulexercise music.[3] The style of dance has also highly influenced international artists and appears in songs such as "Don't Phunk with My Heart", "Come & Get It", "Legendary Lovers", "Bounce" and "Never Give Up" as well as EDM hit "Lean On", "Biba", "Goosebump" (which is soundtrack ofKung Fu Yoga), "Show" and Eurovision-winning song "Toy".
Thechoreography of Hindi film dances takes inspiration fromIndian folk dances,classical dances (likekathak) as well asdisco and from earlier Hindifilmi dances.
Some of the notable choreographers of past years were[4]
Among the modern choreographers the notable are:[citation needed]