BollyX

Bring your megawatt smile and blockbuster swagger to BollyX, the Bollywood Workout. There is no hiding, only embracing your inner big-screen star as you slick back your hair and dance to Bollywood, the world’s largest cinema industry and inspiration for the latest high-intensity dance cardio class to hit the Lower Mainland.

A Hindi spin on Latin-loving Zumba, BollyX is about sweating it out in your own imagined spotlight. “In class you become a Bollywood star,” said Shahil Patel, the L.A.-raise co-creator of the workout now in 30 U.S. states.

Don’t know your Bhangra from your Bharatanatyam? No problem. The steps are easy to follow, and if the playful, pumping music doesn’t move you (it will, trust) the hilarity certainly will. Led by the confident preening of instructors, each song finishes with your own make-love-to-the-camera pose before everyone draws together at the end of class to dance as if backing-up a Bollywood starlet and her hero. Sweating is assured and smiling comes easy. —Megan Stewart

Single drop-in class $20. BollyX is offered through Steve Nash Fitness Clubs at 11 locations. www.bollyx.com