Madhuri never asked for simpler steps
I had been choreographing and dancing for a good 12 years I did Que sera sera for Boney Kapoor. I did it for two reasons-one, I shared a good rapport with Boney and the more important reason, Madhuri Dixit. She's just too good.
When Madhuri dances, it's like fire and lightning together. When we started rehearsing for the song in Pukar, I realised everything I had heard about her was true. She was so driven. Not once did she get intimidated by the beats in AR Rahman's song.
Moreover, I didn't try to simplify the steps for her. A lot of heroines ask me to make the dance steps easier. But not Madhuri. In fact, she told me, 'I'll do 40-50 rehearsals. I'll do whatever is required.' Eventually, she needed fewer rehearsals. She not only matched me but even outdid me in the number.
There were a lot of Michael Jackson in the choreography. But that's me, isn't it? Madhuri did the moonwalk in Que sera sera perfectly. We didn't think it would become so iconic.
However, I couldn't enjoy the sucess. Suddenly there was a huge demand for Madhuri and me to perform together on stage.
Sadly, I wasn't in Mumbai at the time. I got to perform on stage with her several years later. And neither of us had forgotten a single step.
A lot of credit for the song's success goes to Rahman. Que sera sera had a very unusual rhythm. It was challenge for me to pick up Rahman's beats and translate them into dance steps. That song brought me success in Bollywood. It also gave me friend in producer Boney. Our association had started before Pukar with a rain song for Sridevi in Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raka, which I had to leave halfway after seven days of shooting.
I had been choreographing and dancing for a good 12 years I did Que sera sera for Boney Kapoor. I did it for two reasons-one, I shared a good rapport with Boney and the more important reason, Madhuri Dixit. She's just too good.
Moreover, I didn't try to simplify the steps for her. A lot of heroines ask me to make the dance steps easier. But not Madhuri. In fact, she told me, 'I'll do 40-50 rehearsals. I'll do whatever is required.' Eventually, she needed fewer rehearsals. She not only matched me but even outdid me in the number.
There were a lot of Michael Jackson in the choreography. But that's me, isn't it? Madhuri did the moonwalk in Que sera sera perfectly. We didn't think it would become so iconic.
However, I couldn't enjoy the sucess. Suddenly there was a huge demand for Madhuri and me to perform together on stage.
Sadly, I wasn't in Mumbai at the time. I got to perform on stage with her several years later. And neither of us had forgotten a single step.
A lot of credit for the song's success goes to Rahman. Que sera sera had a very unusual rhythm. It was challenge for me to pick up Rahman's beats and translate them into dance steps. That song brought me success in Bollywood. It also gave me friend in producer Boney. Our association had started before Pukar with a rain song for Sridevi in Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raka, which I had to leave halfway after seven days of shooting.
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