About
40
unsuspecting
passersby
and
strangers
of
all
ages
on
the
streets
of
Mumbai
were
captured
last
week
trying
to
ape
the
Big
B's
zany
'Monkey
dance'
steps
on
ad-maverick
turned
first-time
filmmaker
Balki's
new
music
video
which
hopes
to
promote
the
by-now
popular
dance
step
from
Paa
among
kids
and
grownups
alike.
Apparently,
it
was
Paa
producer
Abhishek
Bachchan's
idea
to
just
go
out
on
the
road
and
capture
people
aping
the
Monkey
step,
expertly
and
clumsily
but
with
genuine
feeling.
Reveals
Balki,
"The
idea
to
record
random
people
on
candid
camera
doing
Auro's
steps
did
come
from
Abhishek.
And
I
liked
the
idea
immensely.
Much
better
than
getting
a
rehearsed
group
of
enthusiasts
to
do
the
steps.
We
went
out
with
the
camera
and
found
a
surprisingly
large
number
of
people
who
were
trying
to
do
the
Monkey
Steps.
We
have
them
on
camera
as
part
of
a
music-video
which
we'll
air
on
television
soon.
We're
hoping
they
wouldn't
mind
being
caught
with
their
guards
down."
The
genesis
of
the
Big
B's
Monkey
Steps
is
interesting.
Says
Balki,
"I
wanted
Auro
to
have
his
own
peculiar
dance
steps,
with
King
Kong's
beating
of
the
chest,
etc.
Our
choreographers
Bosco-Ceasar
came
up
with
the
perfect
little
jig
for
Auro."
Interestingly,
Shimit
Amin's
Rocket
Singh
Salesman
Of
The
Year
has
its
own
little
jig
billed
as
the
'Rocket
Step'
for
Ranbir
Kapoor.
So
this
December,
it's
the
67-year
old
Amitabh
Bachchan's
Monkey
Steps
vying
for
dance
-
space
with
27-year
old
Ranbir
Kapoor's
Rocket
Steps.