Mujra dance is gaining popularity from the dark rooms of ancient Mujra ghars to big screen limelight and big public functions. Talking about foreign influence, Mujra moves of Selena Gomez is worth mentioning. Of the Bollywood Mujra Girls, the top dancer can be considered Madhuri Dixit.
After the news of comeback of Madhuri as a Mujra dancer, everybody is waiting to get a glimpse of her sensual moves. Let’s list the top 10 Mujra Girls of Bollywood.
Actress Kangana Ranaut is the next Bollywood actress to be featured as a mujra dancer in her upcoming movie ‘Rajjo’. With Kangana as a nautch girl, Vishwas Patil movie will also feature versatile actors , Mahesh Manjrekar and Prakash Raj.
Kangana started her film career with an Anurag Basu film ‘Gangster’. She is known for being choosy in selecting films and the characters she portrays.
It’s no secret, Mujra is the new item number in Bollywood (we even called it Bellywood). Apart from vamp actresses of the past, Rekha is the first mainstream actress to do it right in Bollywood movies. Aishwarya Rai, Shilpa Shetty and Kareena Kapoor, now it is the turn of Priyanka Chopra to do hot Mujra numbers.
Last month, we talked about a buzz about Priyanka Chopra to be featured as an item girl in Sanjay Gupta’s crime thriller ‘Shootout At Wadala’ (SAW) and the buzz looks like to be a reality.
Mujra in Hindi Movies (Part 2) – five classic mujras
Mujra in Hindi Movies (Part 3) – Five mujra videos (coming soon)
According to the current trend in Hindi movies, an item dances (the more the merrier) is almost a must to appeal to the public. There used to be item dances in old movies but not as frequent. The old age audience was more comfortable with the dances in garden and forests.
In 80s and 90s some spicy disco dances marked the influence of west. The term item girl should have been coined at that time. But, the audience was more comfortable with the the Indian version of item dance, Mujra. Mujra had been appearing the audience from the start to the current time – the latest being the one by Kareena Kapoor in Agent Vinod.
A lot of Hindi movies have featured beautiful mujra dances with lovely lyrics, and heart-touching music. Couple with great dance by some of the best dancing actress of Hindi film, these Mujra dances have been evergreen in Hindi film. Let’s go back to the memory lane to list some of the Mujra dances.
Posted below is a video of Aishwarya Rai performing various Mujra dances from movies like Umrao Jaan, Mughal-E-Azam, Pakeezah and other classic Bollywood films. She imitates the immortal Mujras of dancers like Meena Kumari, Madhubala, and Rekha in the stage show.
Aishwarya Rai, one of the most beautiful actress in Bollywood did one of the most seductive dances in an item number ‘Kajra re…’ of the move Bunty Aur Bubbly. Aishwarya looks extremely beautiful in and the song was a craze among young people.
Note: This is follow-up of the item girls in Bollywood movies as one of the examples of sensuous item numbers performed by mainstream actresses.
Indian film industry, Bollywood, is full of dance, music and fun. Music and dance has been the heart of movies produced in India.
Item songs – featuring industry’s hottest actresses are the attractions of many movies. At least a few suggestive dances are a must in most of the movies. Movies can also be credited to keep the Mujra dances alive.
1. Former Miss Universe Aishwarya Rai Bachchan dances in Mujra style in the song “Kajra Re” in the film Bunty Aur Babli.
2. Producer / choreographer Farah Khan in her film “Tees Maar Khan” made Katrina Kaif dance in an item song. In her first item song in her acting career, “Sheila ki Jawani” she did an excellent job! It’s great to watch Katrina’s sweet and innocent look turned sexy in the hot song.
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