Dances on the Footpath

This blog was originally devoted to “global” music, albeit much of it from or related to the Indian Subcontinent (or, in pre-partition terms, just plain India). Then I got very involved specifically in old Indian films and music. One reason that this happened is that I was fortunate enough to live in the Queens, New York City neighborhood called Jackson Heights, near some of the best “Bollywood” DVD stores in the world. (I no longer live there – I am presently on Staten Island.) Another factor that went into this particular development on this blog was my communication with other “Bolly bloggers” and YouTube channel people, who helped to give me a tremendous education in this stuff. And I found myself especially drawn to material of the early Golden Age and the Vintage era, specifically the 1940s and early ’50s. I love the music from these films and the way many of the films are made (cinematography, etc.) as well as many of the actors and actresses and singers from that time, and also the social-political content (much of it on the left). Also, of course, I do like the heart of the Golden Age, going further into the ’50s (where some of the best dance can be found), but my interest starts to wane a little by the ’60s (although I think there were some real masterpieces made in the ’70s). So, anyway, let’s say that when it comes to films and their dance and music, the general era that I concentrate on is Vintage-into-Golden-Age, sometimes almost exclusively, but never totally so.

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