How to pronounce “bolly” in English

My dad used to be in advertising and worked as an advertising photographer, so he did a lot of India's-- what do you say?Bollywood? So my dad used to do a lot of work for that, so he took a lot of photos of meas a kid, which I kind of stolen through into this.

Folk, yeah. Is this something, really, that kind of dance you really like, or do you want to now go into moreBollywood or semi-classical? I'm folk at heart.I grew up doing bhangra, so-- Bhangra and giddha, so it just kind of-- it just runs in me, and I can't help myself.

Thank you. Wonderful. So speaking of yoga, one question, and then we'll go into a practice mode.Bollywood is not exactly the right environment for a yoga mindfulness kind of practice.It's a frenzied place.

But he's dangerous, also-- very, very dangerous.Bollywood.

OK. Yeah. And I just loved collaborating with her.In Bollywood, there's so many.

There was in that project.Because Bollywood, obviously, is bigger.

So immediately, we are taking from human.into Bollywood? My uncle, Lachhu Maharaj-ji, was in, from a long, long time.

there also is thought a real sense of celebration, a celebration of this particular culture and this particular look, and putting valueHollywood Bollywood crossover? Your answers are not answers.

I practiced since childhood and I've been practicing.But Bollywood is a different thing.I started in 2005.

If I may have one last question, Love "Tum Hi Ho".With Bollywood, with the whole music scenario, all different scenarios, they've been like page three every day.

Not quite. And the second part was you could not discuss Bollywood music with your teachers because these teachers were old schoolersand Bollywood music was considered as very light.So then not surprising year dropped out .

Is it because the events aren't commodified enough that photographs would, photographers would show up? It-it-it's hard to know.And Bollywood actually is not photographed at all on our Getty database which is quite surprising given that it's actually bigger than Hollywood in terms of film production.And-and-and actually one of the reasons this is is because Bollywood is actually quite insular. It-it's not all that interested in connecting to Hollywood; its stars are happy

And when I think of representation in Indian media, I remember all these tropes about queer and trans people from like a decade ago.Nowadays when I watch Bollywood movies, I don't see that as much.

And when I think of representation in Indian media, I remember all these tropes about queer and trans people from like a decade ago.I think Bollywood has a lot of blood on their hands.

Actually, Raag Bhairavi is one of the most popular ragas in Indian classical music.A lot of Bollywood songs have been actually composed on Bhairavi, and many of them are really great hits composed by legendary Bollywood music composers.So we decided to use the Raag Bhairavi scale.

I grew up watching a lot of Bollywood films.My mom is super Bollywood.And I just had this crazy attraction towards the way she'd dance, and I was always like, I want to dance like that.

That in India, there are two things which are the most popular, I would say, subjects in India.One is Bollywood, and the other is cricket.I mean, there's nothing which is as popular as these two things in India.

Always, yeah. YouTube, fortunately, has opened up a new avenue for a whole lot of singers who cannotmake it big in Bollywood, who may not make it big in Bollywood, or who probably do not have the means, or maybe they do not have an access to Bollywood.For all those singers, I think its a great platform.

of perpetuate patriarchy. Because popular culture in India is completely molded by the male views.And the typical Bollywood sort of troop is to have item songs and they for women.And even if you see women, they are like virginal and pure.

You hear it in Bollywood.

Where fusion appeared in Bollywood was way back in 1940s when music directors started using

Do you play Bollywood?

also is in the Bollywood industry from school.

So how does the Bollywood industry look at YouTube?

There's a Bollywood actor.

And-and-and actually one of the reasons this is is because Bollywood is actually quite insular. It-it's not all that interested in connecting to Hollywood; its stars are happyto stay in Bollywood. It has a huge fan base in the Middle East and so there's-there's-there's-there's, it's not that they're being ignored it's that we're, they don't really want us around.Yeah. male #1: Elizabeth Currid-Halkett: Yeah.

And we grow up wanting this Bollywood love story.

She has starred in various Bollywood films, TV series, and a lot of web series, which have streamed on Netflix, Amazon Prime, YouTube, and many more.

And I just enjoy the vibrancy, the energy, and just the color and, again, the theatrics of it.Just literally the queerness of Bollywood was so enigmatic and so attractive to me that I pursued that, and I'vebeen a dance educator-- a commercial Bollywood educator for 12 years now.

Just literally the queerness of Bollywood was so enigmatic and so attractive to me that I pursued that, and I'vebeen a dance educator-- a commercial Bollywood educator for 12 years now.I've taught in various spaces, both formal, both informal, academic institutions, nonacademic, stage, off stage, film, screen, various, teaching classes.

And that was very empowering for me, which is why I continue to stick with dance and continue to try and now dismantlethe heteronormative narrative that dominate Bollywood, Bollywood dance, Bollywood narratives.And that's what I try in my own little way continue to do.

Again, in no way is that the one definitive way.Learn about different things from Bollywood movies and the screen, like any art form in the mainstream.

Again, in no way is that the one definitive way.I'd say try and call in Bollywood to get them to understand why what they're doing isn't very helpful.

I grew up watching a lot of Bollywood films.My mom is super Bollywood.

How do you feel about that?Do you want to go into Bollywood, and-- I mean, I'm sure-- you're very talented, so you can definitely step into it,but how do you feel about that?

I feel like I'm more of a mom.But you were part of a Bollywood, briefly-- Yeah, briefly.For Raabta, right? Yeah.

There was in that project.So we put it in a Bollywood film.

I was passionate about music and Bollywood, but I was running away from it, because I thought it was a different world.

And if you get lucky, she might actually lead us through a short yoga practice.So please help me with a Bollywood-style welcome to Shilpa Shetty Kundra.Shilpa.

Good. Very nice. Another question I wanted to ask you was about the creative process.Because people who do playback boxing in Bollywood, do you go there, somebody has done the lyrics, somebody has done the music, you just go memorize your part.But ghazal singing and producing an album, what you do, figuring out-- share with us something about that whole creative process.

But a common man can also appreciate it and learn it-- And you'll be surprised that the kind of following which I haveBecause I see a lot of popular Bollywood stars who don't-- alcohol, yes.

But he's dangerous, also-- very, very dangerous.We will always be regarded as Bollywood.

So I'll ask you for a little bit of social commentary, if that's OK.How do you see the Bollywood industry moving towards more focusing towards feminism, or stuff like that?

She's done over a thousand Bollywood movies.

They have been entertained us in Bollywood for almost 25 years.

and female actress respect in Bollywood.

Is there anything happening in Bollywood to change this?

We have a bit of Bollywood here in New York City.

How do we start changing Bollywood and the way we think about women in music and what we see on TV?