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For Yeshvi Mehta, a University of British Columbia science grad, life in Canada was always about searching for that “sense of home and community.”
Coming from Sri Lanka, Basnayake is a trained classical dancer. She came to Canada at the age of 18; unlike Mehta, Basnayake was introduced to Bollywood only when she came to Canada.Their day jobs were satisfactory, but they needed more — to bring a balance to their lives and help them express their unique identities — “Because I don’t think my degrees necessarily expressed that,” Basnayake said.
Space for their identities Mehta and Basnayake, in a conversation with the NOW, explained they started Bollyfusion to fill the gap of what they didn’t see — a space to empower brown women and move how they felt comfortable, no matter the expertise. Dance style, accessibility and inclusivity For Mehta and Basnayake, Bollyfusion is an amalgamation of different cultures, so it’s not Bollywood dance songs or style per se.
The duo tries to address this with Bollyfusion by incorporating a broad range of Indian culture in their songs and style — “we try to infuse Tamil versions of songs in there, we make a point of picking the Tamil version and not the Hindi version and integrate whatever we can.”
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