A perfect example of how not to fuse genres. Rather pedestrian moves, drab music and pathetic editing. But, there's always an audience in India for mainstream almost anything if it has an alien name in it - Be it salsa or R&B.

Did you see the "salsa" item in Shabd - starring Aiswarya and Sanjay Dutt (who can't dance worth PG's comments)???

I like the song, but the video is sooooooooooo corny. And check out Dutt! LMKO.

Here's the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c4bB_sMCZY

Salsa has grown quite big in India in recent years along with some other western dance forms, so much so that I have heard of classes and clubs for the same in even smaller cities. All thanks to disposable incomes and advent of the call center college culture. I have always wondered though how good these instructors are on an average - the salsa one sees in Bollywood flicks is quite terrible.

the salsa one sees in Bollywood flicks is quite terrible.

Never mind. Most of the dancing per se one sees in Bollywood flicks is terrible.

As a wannabe Salsero, I am interested in the fusion of Bolly dancing with Salsa. This is very interesting, Thanks :)

I was surprised to see a link to this on salon.com I didn't think it was that great!

5 · Ardy said

Never mind. Most of the dancing per se one sees in Bollywood flicks is terrible.

I think that's because their naive and unsophisticated (albeit energetic vertigo-inducing movements) are infected with unbridled optimistic fantasy... the leads and their back-up dancers happily flail about, seemingly uncorrupted by the acknowledged Tragedy of the modern world.

Yay, mallus rock the dance floor!

Were you referring to this when you mentioned movie sets in San Jose?

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4 · Ardy said

Salsa has grown quite big in India in recent years along with some other western dance forms, so much so that I have heard of classes and clubs for the same in even smaller cities. All thanks to disposable incomes and advent of the call center college culture. I have always wondered though how good these instructors are on an average - the salsa one sees in Bollywood flicks is quite terrible.

an english friend of mine who is dance teacher in london taught ballet, modern and salsa in delhi for 6 months. her students were from the general public and were mainly kids and teenagers. she said that their standard was just as good as people who go to good dance schools in london. desis are good dancers. we have a sense of rhythm. i have geeky friends who never go out who have shocked me by moving effortlessly well on the dancefloor.

desis are good dancers. we have a sense of rhythm. i have geeky friends who never go out who have shocked me by moving effortlessly well on the dancefloor.

3 · Sholon Si, Sholon Si said

Here's the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c4bB_sMCZY

K as in "Kundi"? lmko indeed!

“During the day I’d go around and do my salsa workshops,” he says, “at night I’d log onto my network.” He says his bosses are very understanding.

Thats wicked; I want a boss like that to let me lead a life like batman. In this case, he's salsaman.