ABSTRACT
The Indian film industry is undergoing its own revolution, as it incorporates more female producers, directors, and actresses who are demanding equal pay and major roles with character representations in keeping with contemporary constructs of gender and sexuality. The Bollywood-Independent music power inequality is alive and well in terms of access, support, and struggle. In the independent music world, singers of all types are inspired to try and make it in the business, as they continue to grapple with a whole host of obstacles, both financial and social. Many bands do popular Bollywood with 10 to 30% of original music. Popular forms were traced from their roots in Indian classical music, through the impact of regional folk styles and global influences of world and Western music. The contemporary practice of popular musics have also been explored through the eyes of youth from school children to professional musicians.
