In a time where any experimentation with music, especially Hindi Film music, meant simply remixing popular tunes to club beats, Nikhil Mawkin envisioned an amalgamation of two seemingly different genres: Hindi Film music and Jazz. It was 2011 in India, and what started as an experiment became a successful project that would bring back to life some of the evergreen melodies from what is commonly referred to as the "Golden Era of Bollywood". Since then, the band has evolved through a vast repertoire of selectively chosen relatable melodies, even in a contemporary setting. The arrangements around the melodies include popular Jazz rhythms such as Samba, Bossa Nova, Swing, Funk, etc., allowing musicians to improvise and provide their own expression to a familiar tune. Bollyjazz has performed in festivals and venues around India, Mexico and Thailand like Rendezvous Festival Delhi, Serendipity Arts Festival Goa, Tablu Festival Jaipur, Jaipur Literature Festival, Kamani Auditorium, Akshara Theatre, Agora de la Ciudad in Xalapa, Mexico and JacoJazzy Cafe to mention few.