Introduction: The evolution of song and dance in Hindi cinema Ajay Gehlawat and Rajinder Dudrah Part I: Early Developments in Song and Dance 1. Synchronicity and continuity of sound and image in early Indian cinema Gregory D. Booth 2. Two dances and a conference Philip Lutgendorf 3. Dance Musicalization: Proposing a choreomusicological approach to Hindi film song-and-dance sequences Usha Iyer Part II: Contemporary Transformations 4. Romance, piety, and fun: The transformation of qawwali and Islamicate culture in Hindi cinema Pavitra Sundar 5. A.R.

Rahman and the aesthetic transformation of Indian film scores Jayson Beaster-Jones 6. Bollywood's variation on the firanginess theme: Song-and-dance sequences as heterotopic offbeats Monia Acciari 7. Kehte Hain Humko Pyar Se Indiawaale : Shaping a contemporary diasporic Indianness in and through the Bollywood Song Sangeeta Marwah 8. The picture is not yet over!: The end credits song sequence in Bollywood Ajay Gehlawat transformation of Indian film scores Jayson Beaster-Jones 6. Bollywood's variation on the firanginess theme: Song-and-dance sequences as heterotopic offbeats Monia Acciari 7. Kehte Hain Humko Pyar Se Indiawaale : Shaping a contemporary diasporic Indianness in and through the Bollywood Song Sangeeta Marwah 8. The picture is not yet over!: The end credits song sequence in Bollywood Ajay Gehlawat.