Shahid Kapoor recalled memories of shooting with Aishwarya Rai on the film Taal, in which he was a background dancer.
Shahid Kapoor made his debut in the movies with the 2003 film Ishq Vishk, but way before that, Shahid had appeared in various films as a background dancer. One of those films was Taal, in which Shahid was seen dancing with Aishwarya Rai in the song “Kahin Aag Lage Lag Jaaye.” In a recent chat, Shahid spoke about shooting that sequence, and termed it as the “worst and the best day of my life at that time.”
In a chat with Radio Nasha, Shahid recalled that on his way to the shoot, he met with an accident, so when he reached the set, he was quite flustered. But then, he got a chance to appear in a significant shot. “No one knows this, but that day I met with an accident. I used to ride my motorcycle and I fell off it. So, I remember I reached the set very flustered because I had fallen off and I was like, what just happened with me? And that was the day this happened with me. I’ll always remember it as the worst and the best day of my life at that time,” he shared.
A few years before Taal, Shahid had also been a part of Yash Chopra’s Dil To Pagal Hai as a background dancer. The film had a lot of dance numbers, and was choreographer Shiamak Davar’s first Hindi movie. Shahid trained under Shiamak.
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Recalling his time on the set of Dil to Pagal Hai, Shahid said that he was a “nervous wreck” the whole time because he didn’t want to mess things up, as he was still a “rookie.” He shared, “Dil To Pagal Hai… I have no favourite memories. My hair was bouncing around too much and I was spoiling the shot so I was really nervous. I had just joined Shiamak’s troupe, so I was probably one of the rookies there. I was just nervous all the time. I was a nervous wreck, just hoping I don’t mess things up.”
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First published on: 07-06-2023 at 21:19 IST
