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• Singing and dancing often take the place of typical romance scenes (kissing, sex, etc.)
• Couples often never kiss, though this unwritten rule is beginning to be broken.
• The families of one (or both) of the romantic leads will disapprove of the relationship.
• Characters often wait until monsoon season to leave their loved ones, yet the female character/love interest is still wearing her sandals.
• Though characters may be from rural village or a poor neighborhood, their song-and-dance numbers occur in an exotic local (Switzerland, Egypt, etc.)
• Dream sequences normally involve heavy song-and-dance routines.
• A song-and-dance sequence involving a barely-dressed lead dancer (normally other than the female lead) has become the norm for most movies. These songs are called the "Item Numbers".
• Dance numbers often feature several similarly dressed extras, who inexplicably appear out of nowhere.
• Romantic dance numbers will often take place in a location that is seemingly anti-romantic: car repair garages are particularly popular.
• The hero will likely engage in a street fight with the villain and his henchmen. Despite being heavily outnumbered, he emerges victorious. The police will arrive immediately after the fight to arrest the villain and his henchmen.
• The hero will have been shot/stabbed/wounded multiple times by the bad guy, but he manages to survive through it all. Finally he kills the main villain using the same means that the villain was using on him, and the villain dies instantly. The hero is then either taken to the hospital or he dies in the arms of his loved one/s, after giving a long and emotional speech.
• In older Bollywood movies, if the female lead dies, it is almost sure that the male lead won't last long either. Also, a hero without a heroine (in an action movie) was sure to die.
• A typical heroine would appear in all kinds of modern/western dresses in the beginning of the movie (Like short skirts, Jeans, etc.), But in the last/ending scenes, the lady appears in a traditional Indian dress.