'Huge moment' as Bollywood music comes to Strictly

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Punam Krishan has said it is simply a "huge moment" arsenic she and her nonrecreational creation spouse hole to bring Bollywood euphony to the ballroom.

The TV doc and Gorka Márquez volition creation to Bole Chudiyan from 2001 deed movie Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham connected Saturday night.

It is the archetypal clip successful the show's 20-year past that a competing mates person performed to a accepted Bollywood song.

"When I was increasing up I ne'er imagined seeing Bollywood connected 'normal telly', arsenic I called it," Krishan, 41, said.

"Because my mum and dada watched Indian TV and Indian versions of programmes that we spot here," she told Strictly spin-off show, It Takes Two.

"And I deliberation increasing up, you can't beryllium what you can't see."

Krishan, whose parents moved from the Punjab to Scotland successful the 1970s, said she hoped her children would consciousness "really proud", seeing her performing the couple's prime regular to a Bollywood song.

"But [it's] besides for South Asians oregon immoderate kid that conscionable wants to spot thing a spot antithetic oregon conscionable to consciousness included," she added.

"Representation matters, truthful for maine this is simply a immense infinitesimal and I can't wait, and I cognize my granny successful India is conscionable truthful excited, truthful it volition beryllium truly special."

Strictly has dabbled with Indian euphony before, including with 2 nonrecreational dances successful a Bollywood style.

Singer Will Young besides performed a salsa to Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire successful 2016 - though that movie was by Danny Boyle, and not Bollywood.

But ne'er earlier has India's monolithic movie manufacture been represented by 1 of the couples.

Released successful 2001, Bole Chudiyan is remembered for being the signature dependable of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.

Last week, it was voted the UK's favourite noughties Bollywood tune.

The household play movie featured immoderate of Bollywood's biggest names specified arsenic Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Hrithik Roshan.

"It's fundamentally the Love Actually of Bollywood," Krishan said of the film. "It's a due comfortableness movie."

She added that her creation spouse Márquez had been singing the opus each week.

"You've truly taken connected Indian culture, you've embraced it all," she told him.

Saturday night's movie week volition besides spot JLS subordinate JB Gill and dancer Amy Dowden execute the American creaseless to Pure Imagination from Wonka, portion comedian Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell jive to the Wayne's World Theme.

But Nick Knowles volition beryllium missing from the show, aft being forced to propulsion retired owed to an injury.

The DIY SOS presenter and his spouse Luba Mushtuk were owed to execute the Charleston to Rain connected the Roof from the movie Paddington 2.

A station connected Strictly's Instagram page said that Knowles, 62, had sustained an wounded during rehearsals and would not creation this weekend.

"As per the rules of the competition, Nick and Luba volition person a bye done to adjacent week erstwhile helium is hopefully capable to creation again.

"Everyone astatine Strictly Come Dancing wishes Nick a speedy recovery."

No further details astir the wounded person been disclosed.