Anil Kapoor and Sridevi starrer Mr India is considered one of the cult classic films. Directed by Shekhar Kapur, the film is still very popular among the masses. But recently filmmaker and choreographer Ahmed Khan, who worked as a child artist in the film, revealed that Sridevi used to bribe kids so that they could teach her break dance.
Talking to Siddharth Kannan, Ahmed Khan recalled the days at Mr India’s set and said, “We were shooting the hospital scene after the bomb blast when a character dies, it was a serious scene. During that shoot, she took us to one of the doctor’s rooms and offered us ice cream. She told us, ‘I’m not giving you this because I like you, you have to teach me break dancing.’ Then we taught her some moves. That’s where our friendship began.”
He further added saying that Sridevi was reserve in nature. “Sridevi was reserved, as everyone knows. As a child actor, I observed that she would be reserved off-camera, but once the camera started rolling, she became Seema, her character in the film, and would snap out of it as soon as the director said cut. It was like Michael Jackson, who spoke softly but exploded on stage. We would think, ‘How did she do this?’ She was mahaan (great). Initially, she wasn’t friendly with us, but eventually, she became very friendly,” he was quoted saying.
Mr. India was released in 1987. Sridevi’s performance, particularly in the song “Hawa Hawai,” became iconic.
Ahmed Khan is currently busy in the shooting of Welcome To The Jungle. It will star Akshay Kumar Paresh Rawal, Disha Patani, Jacqueline Fernandez, Arshad Warsi, Suniel Shetty, Johnny Lever, Shreyas Talpade, Tusshar Kapoor.
Last year, when the makers dropped the teaser announcement of the film, it took the nation by storm. The actors were seen singing a peppy revised version of the title song of Welcome, but with a twist.
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