Bollywood - Bigger, Brighter, Broader, Louder!
And that is just the colors, the dance and the music is just as big, bright, and loud and full of smiles and energy!
Toronto got an eye opener Friday as big - bright - smiling and loud Bollywood Flashmobs blew through the Downtown, - kicking off some two weeks of IFFA celebrations leading to the 2011 "Bollywood Academy Awards!"
SalsaTO's Mike & Sharon were privileged to take part, learning Divya Kumar's routine from video, rehearsing it and then pushing out in the middle of Yonge & Bloor Streets and in the middle of Yonge & Dundas Street.
Bollywood is the world's largest producer of feature motion pictures, surpassing Hollywood.
Toronto with one of the world's largest South Asian communities outside of India is the first North American location for the "Bollywood Academy Awards." The TV audience is expected to run close to a billion viewers world wide.
Bollywood dance while not yet on Western radars, is a growing phenomenon combining classic forms including Bhangra, Kathka and Indian Classical and western genres such as funk with a potential base of millions.
And one 2010 Salsa Congress actually offered a Bollywood workshop. In Toronto, SalsaTO.ca's Mike & Sharon broke new ground with 2010's "SalsaTO Meets Bollywood - Jai Ho!" the first Canadian publicly performed Salsa - Bollywood Fusion.
Shoutout to Amirali for the Yonge & Bloor shots.
Bloor & Yonge Bollywood Flash Mob
