Dance
Many Indian dances are associated with folk forms. Well-known Indian folk dances include the following:
• the bhangra of the Punjab
• the bihu of Assam
• the chhau of Jharkhand and Orissa
• the ghoomar of Rajasthan
• the dandiya and garba of Gujarat
• the Yakshagana of Karnataka
• lavani of Maharashtra and Dekhnni of Goa
Music
Religious, folk, popular, pop, and classical are amongst the varieties of music associated with India.
Well-known modern-day Indian music includes filmi and Indipop. Filmi is the name given to the wide range of music written and performed for Indian cinema (primarily Bollywood) whilst Indipop is one of the most popular contemporary styles of Indian music. Indipop consists of either a combination of Indian folk, classical or Sufi music with a Western musical background.
Television
Starting in 1959 in New Delhi, Indian television commenced with tests for educational telecasts. Small screen programming followed in the mid 1970s. A revolution in 1982 saw TV programming in India broadcast the New Delhi Asian games and also the colour version of TV.
Cable television was launched in India in 1991 and since then there has been a huge increase in the number of channels available.
The Indian silver screen is now a huge industry and has thousands of programmes in all the states of India. The small screen has produced numerous celebrities within the country.
Cinema
The popular Mumbai-based film industry in India is more commonly and informally known as Bollywood. India has produced many critically acclaimed cinema-makers which include:
• K.Vishwanath
• Bapu
• Jagdaman Grewal
• Satyajit Ray
• Ritwik Ghatak
• Guru Dutt
• K. Vishwanath
• Adoor Gopalakrishnan
• Girish Kasaravalli
• Shekhar Kapoor
• Hrishikesh Mukherjee
• Shankar Nag
• Girish Karnad
• G. V. Iyer
Painting
Dating back to pre-historic times, the earliest Indian paintings were the rock paintings of the petroglyphst. It was common for households to paint their doorways or indoor rooms where guests would reside.
Most early and medieval art in India is Hindu, Buddhist or Jain. Cave paintings from Ajanta, Bagh, Ellora and Sittanavasal and temple paintings confirm to a love for naturalism. It is still common to see a freshly made coloured flour design (Rangoli) outside the doorstep of many (albeit mainly South Indian) Indian homes.
Some notable Genres of Indian Art are recognised as follows:
• Madhubani painting
• Mysore painting
• Rajput painting
• Tanjore painting
• Mughal painting
Other modern Indian painters include:
• Nandalal Bose
• M. F. Husain
• S. H. Raza
• Geeta Vadhera
• Jamini Roy
• B.Venkatappa
A new era of Indian art where worldwide art shows direct amalgamation with Indian classical styles is represented by, amongst others, the following artists (who have acquired international recognition):
• Atul Dodiya
• Bose Krishnamacnahri
• Devajyoti Ray
• Shibu Natesan
A few good Indian paintings are displayed at The Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, Mysore Palace.