Courtesy:
IndiaFM
Monday,
December
18,
2006
Model-turned-actor
Upen
Patel
has
recently
been
expelled
from
a
dance
class
at
Bandra
because
of
the
furor
he
created
there.
He
had
joined
the
class
almost
a
month
ago
to
learn
Salsa.
He
was
also
picking
us
the
steps
pretty
quickly.
However,
as
inevitable
as
it
sounds,
he
proved
to
be
a
major
distraction
for
the
girls
who
attended
the
same
class.
Every
girl
wanted
to
shake
a
leg
with
the
smoldering
actor,
which
made
the
instructors
lose
their
cool.
The
other
guys
were
also
feeling
neglected,
so
Upen
was
politely
asked
to
leave
the
class.
However,
Rumi
Sood,
the
owner
of
the
academy,
had
a
different
story
to
tell.
She
said
that
Upen
was
really
quick
at
picking
up
the
steps
and
his
style
was
too
advanced
for
the
class.
She
also
agreed
that
Upen
was
a
huge
distraction
for
the
ladies.
Therefore
she
was
compelled
to
take
up
this
decision.
Upen
took
this
incident
in
the
right
spirit,
saying
that
it
is
indeed
a
compliment
for
him.
He
was
overwhelmed
to
learn
that
the
instructors
thought
he
was
too
good
a
dancer
to
be
trained
at
the
class.
He
went
ahead
to
saying
that
he
did
not
actually
want
to
"learn" dance
but
take
it
up
as
a
leisure
activity
as
he
loves
to
dance.
Upen
Patel
recently
received
the
best
debutante
award
at
the
GIFA,
Dubai.
He
will
soon
be
seen
in
Suneel
Darshan's
musical
Shakalaka
Boom
Boom,
also
starring
Bobby
Deol,
Celina
Jaitley
and
Kangana
Ranaut.