Drashti is one of the most popular names on Indian television. What was your initial reaction to being paired up with her and how is it working with her? This is very funny! Like I said being a destiny’s child, I always usually got what I hoped for. When ‘Babuji zara dheere chalo’ (track from the movie Dum) came out, I thought it’ll be amazing if I get to dance with Yana. When I saw Isha (in Kisna) I thought ‘wow this girl does such great malkambh it will be amazing if I ever get paired with her’. Likewise Drashti was in a music video called ‘saiyaan dil mein aana re’ ages back, a good 8-10 years, must be a decade back. When I saw her I thought she is so cute I have to perform opposite this girl. Even the slightest thing I have asked for till date, I have got. Universe conspiracy or something! *Touchwood*. Working with Drashti is a complete different wonderful experience for the fact that she is as simple, as normal as a girl, with no air, no attitude about who she is or where she comes from. If I hadn’t known her from television, she would just be like a good friend, which she now is. A complete student who listens to what I say. Yana and Isha were dancers; they obviously came with a certain background. They already had it in them that they are performers. Does that make it comparatively easier to work with her? In one of your rehearsal montages, you spoke about ‘your stubbornness and her crankiness’ that’s a lethal combination. What are rehearsals like? Comparatively easier in terms of work yes, in terms of time-constraint no. I have too less of a time with her. She comes in half at energy, tired from day long shoot and then gives me about 3-4 hours. Nonetheless, rehearsals are fun and I would love for it to stay this way at the end of four months. It gets very difficult to work when we have bad temperament on rehearsals. We won’t get there since with the past two seasons experience, I think I have become better at handling those situations. Previously I would lose my cool easily but right now I’m more patient. And that’s very important again to be patient with your partner because you don’t know how their day has passed by, what frustrations or what temperament they come back with. I can’t push them to a limit, it’s important that I step back at a certain point, give that five minute breather and then get back to it. But get what I want, not to change it or leave it. Drashti is a good dancer and a fast learner. What is her weakness? (Laughs) I think her body is not used to workouts. I don’t think she’s ever hit the gym, or done yoga or any sort of stretching exercise. She must have danced but never trained or performed the technical aspects of dance. Her body goes into spasms, because her muscles are not used to activating deactivating, hold, soft, strength, core. Her muscles are reacting to it and she’s in constant pain and soreness which can get away only with time of healing, which is rest, which she doesn’t get. Constant training and her acting schedules really fears me because neither do I want to decrease the level of difficulty or technicality in terms of dance, nor do I want any injuries this season.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:50:25 +0000
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