In Karjat, Ashu first asked me to listen to the song. I thought it was fabulous!
Ashu had an idea of how he would choreograph it, with 300 dancers. But I felt that it should have at least 1,000 dancers.
Ashu wanted to do the song like the Olympic opening ceremony, where they come in large numbers and dance in front of a gathering. Here, they were to dance in front of Akbar. Ashu also said that there should be groups of dancers, coming from different parts of North India.
We had to keep in mind that the film is based on an era 300 to 400 years ago. So we had to visualise how they would dance; what their dance steps would be like.
For this, I had to do a lot of research. I saw a lot of black and white movies and leafed through books on the Mughals. I researched on their clothes, postures, and a lot more.
In the picture: Chinni Prakash (in blue) with Hrithik Roshan.
Also read: Teaching Hrithik & Ash the art of fighting
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