A
day
after
Diwali,
Suniel
Shetty
was
caught
in
peculiar
crisis.
For
his
home
production,
Loot,
he
was
required
to
dance
with
three
of
the
most
accomplished
dancers
in
the
film
industry.
"The
lineup
of
dancers
that
choreographer
Ahmed
Khan
had
for
me
made
me
go
weak
in
the
knees.
Would
you
be
believe,
he
wanted
a
renowned
non-dancer
like
yours
truly
to
do
intricate
steps
for
the
title
song
(composed
by
Raghav
Sachar)
with
three
of
the
best
dancers
in
the
film
industry
Govinda,
Javed
Jaffry
and
(Mithun
Chakbraborty's
son)
Mimoh.
Trust
me;
they
are
super-dancers
on
a
par
with
John
Travolta
and
Michael
Jackson.
And
I'm
rightly
known
for
my
two
left
feet.
To
ask
a
non-dancer
to
match
steps
with
them
is
not
just
cruel,
it's
a
bloody
joke."
Initially,
Suniel
refused
to
take
the
plunge.
"To
make
myself
look
ridiculous
in
my
own
production?
Come
on!
I
told
Ahmed
Khan
there're
better
ways
for
me
to
commit
suicide.
But
he
asked
me
to
just
trust
him.
So
there
I
was
a
day
after
Diwali
trusting
my
choreographer
instead
of
my
better
judgment,
matching
steps
with
Govinda,
Javed
and
Mimoh."
Suniel
actually
enjoyed
himself.
"I
just
let
myself
go.
I
know
I'm
a
terrible
dancer.
But
I
wasn't
pretending
otherwise."
In
fact,
recently
Suniel
was
chosen
by
Zoom
TV
as
one
of
the
ten
worst
dancers
of
the
film
industry.
"I
was
ecstatic.
I
rang
up
my
daughter
and
told
her
to
quickly
put
on
the
telly,
her
dad
had
been
chosen
among
the
best
dancers
of
the
country.
She
thought
I
had
lost
it.
'You
and
best
dancer?'
But
honestly
I
was
kicked
because
they
had
named
me
as
the
clumsiest
dancers
along
with
Sanjay
Dutt,
Sunny
Deol
and
Abhishek
Bachchan.
And
for
some
strange
reason
they
had
also
named
Mr
Amitabh
Bachchan
among
the
worst
dancers.
So
God
was
with
me," Suniel
chuckles
at
his
own
clever
pun.
Story first published: Thursday, March 28, 2024, 18:49 [IST]