Thanks again @bvdp. I am not a trained musician -- just an enthusiast. My knowledge (unfortunately) of Indian classical (Hindustani or Carnatic) music is limited, but I thought that for most instruments there isn't much use of microtones, unless the instrument or the style of music is of Persian or Arabic origin. But then, I could be completely wrong. Bollywood music draws a lot of influence from Western music. For untrained ears (like mine) the key differences would be in the instruments used, the rhythms (and their mix). My ambitions is quite limited in that sense !
It is probably (and I am not at all an expert or even a novice with this kind of music) mostly dependent on the MIDI instruments, the voicing and the rhythms
I would start by looking at ONE instrument at a time and trying to replicate that in a MMA track, then, later, you can start to combine them into a GROOVE. Have fun!