It’s difficult to separate Bollywood from dancing. Dance numbers with elaborate choreography are as numerous in Bollywood films as violence is omnipresent in every Tarantino movie.
Recently Tiger Shroff-starrer Munna Michael, a film where the protagonist aspires to be a dance star, has been generating good buzz making news. The story follows his journey as he enters a national dance competition.
With the Bollywood fans amped-up to see a movie with dance as the main subject matter, we list here are some of the other films where the stories revolved around dancers or dancing.Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955): One of the earliest Technicolor films made in India, director V Shantaram’s Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje was a love story of two dancers struggling to find balance between their craft and love. The Sandhya and Gopi Krishna-starrer made Rs1 crore at the box office.Navrang (1959): Another V Shantaram-directed film noted for its dance sequences with lead actress Sandhya and music by C. Ramchandra. It had grossed about Rs1 crore in box office collections.Disco Dancer (1982): The Mithun Chakraborty-starrer was the rags-to-riches tale of a street performer. The Babbar Subhash-directed film made Rs3 crore at the box office.Naache Mayuri (1986): The biographical drama directed by T Rama Rao was based on the life of classical dancer and actor Sudha Chandran who lost a leg in an accident and fought her way back to normalcy. The film, a remake of Telugu movie Mayuri (1984), starred Chandran as herself.Ilzaam (1986): Govinda plays a street performer whose gang robs people’s homes while he distracts them with his dancing. The Shibu Mitra-directed film netted Rs3 crore at the box office.Dil To Pagal Hai (1997): Yash Chopra’s coming of age romantic drama featuring Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Karisma Kapoor was a love triangle between dancers in a musical dance troupe. The film that won much acclaim for the innovative choreography by then upcoming dance director Shiamak Davar earned Rs28 crore in box office collections.Naach (2004): The Ram Gopal Varma-film was a love story between an aspiring actor and choreographer, played by Abhishek Bachchan and Antara Mali, respectively. It earned Rs3 crore in box office collections.Aaja Nachle (2007): Madhuri Dixit’s comeback vehicle was the story of a US-based choreographer trying to save her old small-town dance theatre from being demolished. The Yash Raj Films production netted Rs14 crore in box office collections.Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008): After the wedding ceremony between Surinder Sahni and Taani, Surinder discovers that his new wife cares little for him. When she decides to enter a dance competition, Surinder disguises himself, joins the class and tries to befriend her. Taani soon falls in love with her new dance partner, Raj, unaware that he is in fact her husband. This romantic film was directed by Aditya Chopra, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Vinay Pathak, Anushka Sharma.Chance Pe Dance (2010): Director Ken Ghosh’s dance drama was set in the film industry and told the struggle of an aspiring actor. The Shahid Kapoor-starrer made close to Rs2 crore at the box office.ABCD: Any Body Can Dance (2013): Remo D’Souza’s dance drama told the struggles of a small-time Mumbai-based dance troupe. Featuring Prabhu Deva, Ganesh Acharya, Kay Kay Menon and a host of real-life dancers in lead roles, it made Rs39 crore in box office collections and spawned a sequel called ABCD 2 released in 2015.Happy New Year (2014): A team of losers attempt to pull off mass revenge against a past traitor. They are required to win a dance competition as part of the plan, they get entangled with the presence of a somewhat unintelligent local dance performer who cannot learn the backstory of the betrayal. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah and Jackie Shroff.
Source: IMDB
Thursday, March 20, 2025
