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Hindu Devotional Music

• Bhajans are forms of devotional songs that are
  especially popular in northern India. They often
  honor a particular deity or recall an episode
  from Hindu mythology. Pilgrims chant them at
  festivals and along the banks of the Ganges. They
  are chanted by worshipers at temples. Many of the
  compositions date back to the period of the Hindu
  reformation in A.D. first millennium, when
  Hinduism reestablished itself after a period when
  Buddhism was dominant. Bhajans have also been
  influenced by Sufi devotional music. 

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Ghazal

•  A ghazal is a light style of classical Persian
  love music adored by the Mughals. Originally more
  of a poetic than musical form, the name is
  derived from an Arabic word meaning "to talk
  amorously to women." Although sometimes referred
  to as the Urdu equivalent of khayal, it is based
  as often on folk melodies as on ragas. The lyrics
  are often taken from famous Urdu poems. Famous
  ghazal singers are mostly women. They include
  Shabha Urtu, Najma Akhtar and Begum Akhtra
  (1914-1974)

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Qawwali Music

•  Qawwali is a kind of Sufi devotional music with
  a high-pitched and fast-paced stye of singing. It
  developed in the 13th century when Sufism was
  becoming popular on the Indian subcontinent. Qawwa
  li literally means "philosophical utterance" in
  Arabic and has come to mean performing Sufi
  poetry to music. Qawwali songs are based on
  devotional Sufi poems and often have romantic
  themes that can be interpreted as love between a
  devotee and his God or between a man and a woman

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Folk Music in India

•  There are almost as many different kinds of folk
  music in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh as there
  are ethnic groups and cultures. The most well
  known styles come from Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan,
  the Punjab and Bengal. Bengal has a rich
  tradition of religious folk music, especially
  associated with Sufism among Muslims and with the
  devotional worship of Krishna and the goddess
  Kali among Hindus. Dogri love songs from the
  Jammu hills and chants from Uttar Pradesh have
  done well on the World Music charts

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Bollywood Music

• Bollywood songs, more formally known as Hindi
  film songs or filmi songs, are songs featured
  in Bollywood films. Derived from the
  song-and-dance routines common in Indian films,
  Bollywood songs, along with dance, are a
  characteristic motif of Hindi cinema which gives
  it enduring popular appeal, cultural value and
  context.1 Hindi film songs form a predominant
  component of Indian pop music, and derive their
  inspiration from both classical and modern
  sources.

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Bhangra

• Bhangra is a funky, beat-driven style of Punjabi
  folk dance music. Popular in India and Pakistan
  and among South Asians in Britain and the United
  States, it combines traditional Punjabi
  drum-and-percussion music of field workers with
  Western dance music "in every-shifting East-West
  hybrids. It is know for driving, danceable
  rhythms, ecstatic singing and goofy keyboard
  riffs.
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