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She hopes these genres can take off in the U.K., as did Afrobeats, ska, bhangra and other musical styles that immigrant communities helped integrate into British popular music.

While Diljit Dosanjh and Arijit Singh cover the globally popular Bollywood and bhangra genres, Sriram is the first Carnatic singer since AR Rahman to do the same.

During a “No Nazar” event in August, two men did a traditional Indian dance known as Bhangra as the DJ played an upbeat remix of Diljit Dosanjh’s “Case” and the crowd cheered them on.

As revellers dance to remixes of global chart-toppers, iconic Bollywood songs, bhangra beats and a whole host of other sounds, DJ D-lish says she is "pushing the boundary of what south Asian music means".

"We love to throw together pop music with bhangra," explains band member Jaya.