Sanjay is very good at spotting magic: Aditi

Sanjay created a lot of nuances in the process: Aditi

Sanjay told me that I had put on weight: Aditi

Bollywood actress Aditi Rao Hydari has been receiving praise for her performance in Heeramandi directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali premiering on Netflix. A particular sequence involving a dance has become rather viral. Aditi reacted to this development in an interview with Zoom TV. “I want to ask somebody, Sanjay sir, my dance teacher, what is it? Is it the Gajagamini walk, the swan walk? What walk is that I don’t know! I’ll say it was what Sanjay sir asked me to do. I followed Sanjay sir and what he told me. I know in Kathak there is Mayur chaal (peacock walk), then there is Gajagamini (walk of seduction), but I am sure it is in all the dance forms but I don’t know, I should find out. Whatever I see on Instagram, Reel upon Reel, the whole viral nature of that tukda (piece) is so overwhelming. Sanjay is very good at spotting magic on the spot and he created a lot of nuances in the process,” Aditi said. 

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Aditi also talked about how the sequence was shot. She alluded to Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s vision and sense of perfectionism. “He said that he wanted that dupatta to fall on a particular beat, the head to turn and the ‘chann‘ (sound of the ghungroo) to come exactly on the beat, so it was all his thought and his creation. Also, when I had put on the Ghagra, Sanjay Sir told me that I had put on weight. I asked him to give me 10 days since it was post Covid. He said, ‘No you look beautiful. Let’s shoot.’ I really value that. That’s why I say he is an incredible teacher,” Aditi added.