Pevekar started getting fewer and fewer calls. Dance coordinators started to reach out to their agents directly, rather than artistes associations and large troupes. They were willing to work longer hours, for much less pay. There were more foreigners, more college students, more ‘day trippers’ looking to check this experience off their bucket lists. He noticed the crowds around him changing. He was glimpsed behind Khans, Kapoors, Kumars and Roshans. He spent years struggling, building networks, working at a private bank for part of the day and taking Bharatanatyam classes in the evenings, with the ultimate aim of dancing in Bollywood backgrounds full-time.Įventually, a decade ago, he made it to the big leagues and began working with choreographers like Terence Lewis, Remo D’Souza, Saroj Khan and Ganesh Acharya.
KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI SONG RUNTIME PROFESSIONAL
Which leaves little room for professional background dancers like Surendra ‘Suri’ Pevekar, 38. ‘I think it was Farah Khan who first used actual college students as background dancers, in 1995, when she shot ‘Ruk ja o dil deewane’ for Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge,’ says film critic Anupama Chopra. In the sequence for ‘Paintra’, a single guy danced to rap by Divine and Nucleya. The ‘DhayaanChand’ song sequence (above) featured just two teenage girls. “Now, people are telling stories that they are trying to root in some sort of reality.” Critically acclaimed films like Manmarziyaan and Mukkabaaz have taken the experimentation a step further. Only that third song has any background dancers.”Ĭritically acclaimed films like Manmarziyaan and Mukkabaaz have taken the experimentation a step further, with song sequences featuring just two teenage girls (‘DhayaanChand’) or a single guy dancing to rap by Divine and Nucleya (‘Paintra’). This year, his 2.0 has only three songs, one each for opening and ending credits and one other song, ‘Mechanical sundariye’. He is a master of those giant song sequences - I’ll never forget the song ‘Kilimanjaro’ from Enthiran (Robot) in 2010.
“Gone are the massive sets and over-the-top song sequences with rows and rows of people,” says film critic Anupama Chopra.
Badhaai Ho had just a few, in a single song sequence. This year, hits like Andhadhun and Raazi had stellar soundtracks, but required no background dancers. Six of those featured hundreds of background dancers each. When Kuch Kuch Hota Hai hit screens in 1998, with its feel-good story and star cast, it had eight songs in its three-hour runtime.
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