SUMARIO: Introduction : The evolution of song and dance in Hindi cinema ; Ajay Gehlawat and Rajinder Dudrah / Synchronicity and continuity of sound and image in early Indian cinema ; Gregory D. Booth / Two dances and a conference ; Philip Lutgendorf / Dance musicalization : proposing a choreomusicological approach to Hindi film song-and-dance sequences ; Usha Iyer /
Romance, piety, and fun: the transformation of qawwali and Islamicate culture in Hindi cinema ; Pavitra Sundar / A.R. Rahman and the aesthetic transformation of Indian film scores ; Jayson Beaster-Jones / Bollywood’s variation on the firanginess theme : song-and-dance sequences as heterotopic offbeats ; Monia Acciari / Kehte Hain Humko Pyar Se Indiawaale : shaping a contemporary diasporic Indianness in and through the Bollywood song ; Sangeeta Marwah / The picture is not yet over! : the end credits song sequence in Bollywood ; Ajay Gehlawat.