In this latest podcast with senior most journalist Bharathi S Pradhan for Lehren Retro, Choreographer turned Director Ahmed Khan reveals about his entry into the Hindi Film Industry as a child artist with Anil Kapoor starrer Mr. India (1987) film. The versatile artist also shares his tremendous experience of working with megastars including Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan & Tiger Shroff in super-hit movies like Yess Boss, Rangeela, Suhaag, Kick & Baaghi Franchise. Ahmed elaborates upon his love and passion for dance in turn recalling his lovely bonding with reputed choreographer, Saroj Khan Ji! Watch the full interview as Khan is all set to disclose some of the best filmy moments of his professional & personal life in this conversation with Lehren!
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00:00:00So yeh zara tasveer se do, usmein I wanted to do a wave and he said Aymaz wave toh kabhi life mein nahi kiya hai
00:00:07So what I used to do, I used to stick my back to his back and we used to follow together
00:00:11Oh, for him to get that movement, oh okay
00:00:15Jitna aapne success dekha as a choreographer, aapne as a director mein dekha na?
00:00:21See Lucky didn't do well
00:00:23Lucky didn't do well
00:00:24Uske baad bhi aapne full and final shites ke saath
00:00:27It went average type ke thi, then what took me was Baaghi
00:00:31First one
00:00:32Baaghi 2
00:00:32Baaghi 2, but not the third
00:00:34Third one went because of quarantine
00:00:38Mainne picture dekhi hai, waise picture khaas nahi thi
00:00:44Main nature se kutta hu aur zindagi se billi hu
00:00:48Billi hu, nau zindagi hai
00:00:51Yeah, so maybe main soong leta hu kutte ki tarah aur bach jata hu billi ki tarah
00:00:58Ahmad, swagat hai aapko Lehre mein
00:01:13Bahut bahut shukriya, feels like back home Lehre
00:01:17And we knew you as child artist Ahmad
00:01:21Ji ji
00:01:22Yeah, Mr. India ka chota sa ladka
00:01:25Aapne dekha mujhe when I was 11
00:01:27Mr. India se
00:01:29I think everybody remembers you from Mr. India
00:01:33Sab log aapko pehchaante hain as that little cute little boy, chubby face
00:01:38Break dancing
00:01:40Break dancing, bilkul bilkul
00:01:42Aap Aftab Shiv Basani ki saath kaam kiya na, wo bhi tha usme
00:01:45Aftab bhi tha usme
00:01:46As a child artist
00:01:48And there was a boy, you know Karan Nath
00:01:50Yes
00:01:51Riku's son
00:01:52Kunnu
00:01:53We call him Kunnu, so you know Kunnu
00:01:55Yes
00:01:56So Kunnu was there, I was there, Aftab was there
00:01:59Toh sab bade ho gaya
00:02:00Bade ho gaya hum teen
00:02:02Aftab aur main toh phir bhi hain abhi industry mein
00:02:05Toh aap 10-11 saal ke the toh aapko thoda yaad toh hoga na shooting ke baad
00:02:09Bahut kuch
00:02:10Zindagi ki meri pehli wo
00:02:12Bolte hai na ek CD ki chadaan thi
00:02:14Toh I can never forget that
00:02:15Okay
00:02:16Kaise mili aapko wo?
00:02:17Mr. India, main Poona mein tha, I was doing a stage show
00:02:21And us waqt main Poona mein
00:02:24I was the best dancer, so called
00:02:27Toh har awards main jeetta tha because I was very small
00:02:30Aur main, mera record tha I used to do 11 back spins
00:02:34You knew back spin marke and I used to pose
00:02:37Toh 11 back spins toh koi kar nahi sakta tha
00:02:40It's like kathak mein wo jo liye the
00:02:42Khade rahe ke main kamar mein marta tha
00:02:43Okay
00:02:44Toh
00:02:46I had become the like the kid of Poona
00:02:49So I was doing one stage show
00:02:50And if you remember Dilshad Pandey
00:02:53Yes, very much
00:02:54Dilshad had come to Poona
00:02:56And Dilshad ne mujhe spot kiya and she called Shekhar Kapoor
00:03:01And she said I have found the boy we want
00:03:03Toh I said itna sab kya ho raha hai
00:03:05And then they said
00:03:06She said ek film karni hai
00:03:08Toh dad was like padhai badhai problem hoga mat karna
00:03:12Mom was very khilaf nahi karna hai
00:03:14Mukhalev completely nahi karna hai
00:03:16My elder brothers and sisters told
00:03:19Us time pe 86 mein
00:03:2185-86 mein
00:03:23Bohot mushkil hota tha
00:03:25Ke break mile
00:03:27Hum log the Bombay ke but I was studying in Poona
00:03:29So Poona mein itna film mil rahi hai and all that
00:03:33I said karte hain
00:03:35So that's how I got the film
00:03:37Mr. India
00:03:39Aur aapko kaisa laga as a child artist
00:03:42Matlab aapko laga ki
00:03:44This is a big break
00:03:46And overall ki main Anil Kapoor
00:03:48Aur Shridhari ke saath hoon
00:03:50Aur Shekhar Kapoor ke saath hoon
00:03:52Yeh aaya tha zahir mein
00:03:54Aap yaqeen maano
00:03:56Ek 11 saal ke bachche ko
00:03:58Us waqt na social media
00:04:00Na kuch
00:04:02Bask actors dik gaye toh
00:04:04Ya toh film mein dik gaye jayenge
00:04:06Aapko koi magazine ke cover page mein
00:04:08Uske ilawa toh they were like stars
00:04:10Actually stars for us
00:04:12We can't reach them
00:04:14And suddenly aapko pata chalta
00:04:16You are not working with a
00:04:18Actor or somebody
00:04:20You are working with Anil Kapoor, Shridevi
00:04:22Toh it was like shooting dekhne mil jaye
00:04:24Bahut badi baat hoti thi
00:04:26Ek autograph mil jaye, ek photograph mil jaye
00:04:28Bahut badi baat ho
00:04:30So here I am getting a film
00:04:32With Anil Kapoor and Shridevi
00:04:34Toh pehle toh
00:04:36Samajh nahi par rahe the
00:04:38Yeh fact hai
00:04:40Yeh aisi mil ke chali gayi hai
00:04:42Yeh aisi mil ke chali gayi hai
00:04:44Hona kuch nahi hai
00:04:46Toh you know you are in that dilemma
00:04:48Right that time
00:04:50Ke kya hoga nahi hoga, kisi ko kahen nahi kahen
00:04:52But believe you me
00:04:54Ma'am it was so quick
00:04:56I was told within three days
00:04:58I was called, got to Bombay
00:05:00And hum log rehte the town mein
00:05:02Poonam Chambers mein
00:05:04Early
00:05:06Toh hum log kya khud ka ghar tha
00:05:08We were immediately called
00:05:10Aage please aap yeh hi reh lo
00:05:12And
00:05:14Then that's it
00:05:16So first day mujhe yaad hai
00:05:18Main film city aaya tha
00:05:20Because when you stay in town
00:05:22Hum log ke liye bandra ke baad
00:05:24Aisa lagta tha ki
00:05:26Bandra ke baad toh there is no Bombay
00:05:28Dad bolte the ghadi jayegi, driver jayega
00:05:30Bandra tak raho, Elko Market, Fashion
00:05:32Linky Road, Shopping
00:05:34Timepass karo, Hilton
00:05:36Wahaan hangout karo
00:05:387.30 leave
00:05:40Hum log ko
00:05:42Bulaye film city, Goregaon
00:05:44Toh gaon sunke toh
00:05:46Pehle toh wohi
00:05:48Gaon hi tha un bino mein
00:05:50Toh we went on going
00:05:52Aur leopards upwards ghoomte the
00:05:54Toh mein bola jahaan kaha rahe hain hum log
00:05:56I was young, small, 11 year old
00:05:58Bombay mein kaha hain hum log, toh bhaar aa gaye
00:06:00Balei nahi nahi Bombay hi hain
00:06:02And film city pohache, and there mere liye nazara change ho gaye
00:06:04Uswaq toh na vanity vans hoti thi
00:06:06Na kuch, sab actors
00:06:08Red, blue, green, chhatriyan hoti thi
00:06:10Uske niche bethe we
00:06:12Chairs hoti thi, aisi cross cross wali
00:06:14Sab bethe we haan par
00:06:16And I saw these actors
00:06:18And then I said
00:06:20Ahmed this is
00:06:22Film city
00:06:24And then
00:06:26It was too much for me to handle
00:06:28As a 11 year old boy
00:06:30But aapki khwaish thi film me aani
00:06:32Bilkul nahi
00:06:34Matlab you were awestruck by stars
00:06:36Matlab aapka toh
00:06:38No, the thing is
00:06:40I am the first generation in this
00:06:42Industry
00:06:44But my dad was a jockey
00:06:46So
00:06:48Ghar mein Ammu and Anand jana rehta tha
00:06:50Raj Kapoor sahab ka
00:06:52Mahmood ji
00:06:54Mahmood ji toh, you got it right
00:06:56My dad was engaged for
00:06:58Mahmood uncle to ride his horses
00:07:00For 10 years
00:07:02He had his own horses
00:07:04Toh unka hamara ghar ka
00:07:06Family relation hai
00:07:08So
00:07:10Yeh bahut aana jana
00:07:12Laga rehta tha
00:07:14Matlab dekhte the ke dad ko milne
00:07:16Stars ghar aare, toh puri building jamma ho jati thi
00:07:18Toh itna hi tha
00:07:20Bilkul yeh nahi tha ke
00:07:22Humko bhi wahan jaana hai
00:07:24Idea hi nahi tha, mujhe toh jockey banna tha
00:07:26Ya trainer banna tha
00:07:28Life is all about horses
00:07:30I know you got such lovely
00:07:32Pieces by Hussain
00:07:34Thank you so much
00:07:38Toh mere liye toh
00:07:40I love horses
00:07:42Jockey banna tha ya trainer banna tha
00:07:44My father was reluctant and he said
00:07:46My forefathers, we all are into horse lines
00:07:48My grandfather was a jumper
00:07:50Jump marte na ghodo ko
00:07:52So he was a jumper
00:07:54Champion
00:07:56So he used to do jumping
00:07:58So my father
00:08:00Jockey, my chachas, jockeys
00:08:02Trainers, owners
00:08:04But my dad said, I'll clip it off here
00:08:06Because it's not an easy life
00:08:08Subhe otho, paanch baje ghode ko kaam do
00:08:10Study the horse
00:08:12And trainer banna matlab
00:08:14As I said, my father knew more about horses
00:08:16Than us
00:08:18Ek insaan kya hai, sardi hui toh kya dena
00:08:20Pata nahi, but ghode ko hua
00:08:22Toh he said
00:08:24Tum ghode ki peeche jaoge toh
00:08:26Every round, whenever a horse is
00:08:28Mounted by a jockey
00:08:30Uske baad uska weight check, uska sweat test
00:08:32Uska coat test, uska stool test
00:08:34Uska saliva test
00:08:36Toh he said, your life will only
00:08:38Become, you will only know animals
00:08:40But hum log jo
00:08:42Baap karte hain na, hum log chahate hain ki hum wohi kare
00:08:44Toh shock toh poora wohi tha
00:08:46But yeh kahan se ek twist
00:08:48Aaya
00:08:50Lekin yeh ek baar
00:08:52Aapne film kar liya
00:08:54Aapko phir thoda
00:08:56Ambition aa gaya ke filmon me
00:08:58Kaam karna hai
00:09:00Yeh ek baar
00:09:02Woh keeda anaconda ban jata hai
00:09:04Correct, I know
00:09:06So wohi immediately aaye
00:09:08And then woh jo flamboyancy aa jata hai
00:09:10At the age of 11
00:09:12When you go to your friends
00:09:14Tell na buddy, what was it like
00:09:16Today I was with Mr. Anil Kapoor
00:09:18And I call him Anil Uncle
00:09:20You know that
00:09:22Shri Aunty
00:09:24And Shekhar Kapoor
00:09:26Had already done Masoom
00:09:28And unka ek reputation
00:09:30Tha as a director
00:09:32Ki woh bachon ke saath bohot achcha hai
00:09:34Bohot achche
00:09:36Toh aapne matlab, woh bhi dekha aapne as a child
00:09:38Aapne dekha ki woh khas
00:09:40Bachon ke saath bohot achcha
00:09:42He is able to get a good
00:09:44Work out of them
00:09:46Masoom na, phir bhi main kohunga teen bache
00:09:48Hum log das the
00:09:50Correct
00:09:52Toh asliyat toh wahan pata chalti hai
00:09:54But with 10 of us
00:09:56And from 10 I know
00:09:583-4 were his favourite
00:10:00And of course I was one of them
00:10:02So
00:10:04Whenever he used to come
00:10:06Used to first tell us
00:10:08Come on, show me what you are dancing today
00:10:10And he started to dance like us
00:10:12Aur bachon ka mood nahi hota tha
00:10:14Toh bachon ka mood nahi hai
00:10:16We had bunk beds, jao so jao
00:10:18He was like this
00:10:20Then Baba Azmi, cameraman
00:10:22He used to come, Sanjay Kapoor
00:10:24He was young, he was not even launched
00:10:26He used to get the ball, bat
00:10:28Hum log khelna shu karte the, Versova mein set laga raha tha
00:10:30Toh wahan football, cricket
00:10:32And we used to have fun
00:10:34Toh full Kapoor khandan was there
00:10:36Boney, Anil
00:10:38Sanju, sab
00:10:40Yes, Boney ji, used to call him Boney uncle
00:10:42No rogue talk for kids
00:10:44Matches khelo, jo jeeta usko
00:10:46Cold drink, toh bachon ko
00:10:48Thumbs up, gold spot pila di the
00:10:50Toh actually
00:10:52You see the performance what has come out
00:10:54Is only because of, humko sharam nahi thi
00:10:56Humko pata nahi tha camera kaha hai
00:10:58Humko pata nahi tha yeh cameraman hai
00:11:00Focus kya hota hai, producer hai, director hai
00:11:02Anil Kapoor, Sridevi
00:11:04Stars hai, we thought
00:11:06He is Arun bhaiya and
00:11:08She is Seema
00:11:10Toh we didn't have that
00:11:12And calendar
00:11:14You know one thing
00:11:16Shatish ji
00:11:18Mujhe bahut shocking lagta tha
00:11:20He was acting in the film
00:11:22But he was the chief assistant also
00:11:24Correct
00:11:26Toh shot ho jata tha, cut it, chalo bachon log yahan ho
00:11:28Khade rao, yeh karo, is taraf ghoom ho
00:11:30Ab tum log wahan bhaag hoge
00:11:32Cut, cut, shekar ek aur kar lete
00:11:34Acha theek hai, toh I used to always
00:11:36Wonder why is calendar saying
00:11:38Giving this
00:11:40Instructions
00:11:42Baad mein pata chala
00:11:44Ek chief assistant bhi hota hai
00:11:46Aur wo acting bhi kar sakta hai
00:11:48Toh wo first film
00:11:50Mein kaafi cheez hai humne
00:11:52Seekh liya
00:11:54Then I went on to do one film called Raakh
00:11:56Aamir Khan
00:11:58Aditya Bhattacharya was the director
00:12:00Actually Aamir's first film
00:12:02But QSQT
00:12:04Released before that
00:12:06I did Raakh
00:12:08Then I did one film called Aaj Ki Angare
00:12:10B. Subhash
00:12:12He was a big producer, director
00:12:14Bithun Kirsa
00:12:16Toh Aaj Ki Angare humne ki
00:12:18Toh aapko matlab jo kya celebrity
00:12:20Aur fame hota hai wo
00:12:22Aapko thoda sa taste mil gaya tha
00:12:24At the age of 11
00:12:26And uske baad aapne Raakh ki
00:12:28Aur aapne
00:12:30Do film hi ki
00:12:32Aaj Ki Angare
00:12:34Lekin woh dono itni badi
00:12:36Raakh was critically acclaimed
00:12:38They won the national awards and everything
00:12:40Kisi ne dekha nahi
00:12:42Nahi dekha
00:12:44Unn din umo
00:12:46Nobody saw these national awards
00:12:48They were called as art cinema
00:12:50Correct
00:12:52That time
00:12:54Lekin aapne ek break kyu liya
00:12:56Mujhe thoda sa
00:12:58Do cheez thi
00:13:00Ek toh laga tha ke
00:13:02Mom said thoda padhai karo
00:13:04Because I had failed
00:13:06Main padh nahi paya
00:13:08I couldn't give my
00:13:10And I was in ICAC
00:13:12Pune
00:13:14Toh ICAC was like
00:13:16Us time ke liye higher
00:13:18Toh then I had to shift from ICAC to SAC
00:13:20Toh SAC phir bhi chalo
00:13:22You are okay with it
00:13:24Toh mummy ne bola ho padh lo
00:13:26And secondly, child actor hota hai na
00:13:2810, 11, 12, 13
00:13:30Uske baad ek awkward age aata hai
00:13:32I was in that age
00:13:34But
00:13:36Unfortunately, I was not too tall
00:13:38Toh phir bhi main nikal jaata tha
00:13:40But then to now
00:13:42Aawaz crack hone lagti hai
00:13:44You come to that age
00:13:46Toh gap us wajah se bhi aaya tha
00:13:48Ke woh
00:13:50Nahi karte
00:13:52But I couldn't hold back
00:13:54And I was a good dancer
00:13:56So
00:13:58Then some family issues happened
00:14:00Mom and dad ka
00:14:02They had a problem
00:14:04So then
00:14:06Dad
00:14:08We came with mom
00:14:10Mr. India ke time pe
00:14:12Jackie Shroff se pehli mulaqat hui na
00:14:14Ji ji yes
00:14:16He used to come to the sets
00:14:18He was very close friends of
00:14:20Anil Kapoor and Bonnie Kapoor
00:14:22And he used to straight away walk on to the set
00:14:24Hum log dekhte the Jackie Shroff
00:14:26I mean hero
00:14:28Woh set pe aate the
00:14:30He used to love us so much
00:14:32Mujhe abhi bhi yaad hai
00:14:34Dekho mera unse jo equation hai
00:14:36Woh mujhe god mein bethate the
00:14:38Woh mere baal banate the
00:14:40Apne haathon se
00:14:42And he used to say all the time
00:14:44Ke
00:14:46Shigar ye ladka dekhna
00:14:48Aisa
00:14:50I don't know what unke dil mein kya tha
00:14:52Mujhe bohot pyaar karte the
00:14:54And I used to really feel very comfortable
00:14:56With him
00:14:58So
00:15:00Mujhe kya pata tha aage jaake
00:15:02Wohi do
00:15:04Aamir Khan from Raak
00:15:06And wohi Jackie Shroff
00:15:08Unke saath aapki film
00:15:10That's what I am saying
00:15:12So Aamir ke saath
00:15:14As a child actor I have worked in Raak
00:15:16Aamir's first film and Jaggu
00:15:18Used to come to the set and he used to love me
00:15:20And mujhe film mili Rangeela
00:15:22Was at the age of 19
00:15:24Lekin uske pehle aap
00:15:26Saroj ji ko assist
00:15:28Karte the na
00:15:30Wohi na mera gap aaya tha
00:15:32Transit, 2-3 saal ka
00:15:34Toh 16 saal ka ho gaya tha
00:15:36Then my mom, I said mom I don't
00:15:38And we shifted this side, Andheri side
00:15:40Toh Andheri aana was like
00:15:42For us was like we have gone to
00:15:44Cambodia or Somalia
00:15:46Or somewhere
00:15:48Woh rikshay ghoom rahe hain
00:15:50Is tara log
00:15:52Kya hum log pareshaan the
00:15:54Friends of the South Bombay people
00:15:56There's old money
00:15:58This is all
00:16:00Aspiring people
00:16:02Wahaan toh shuru hota hai
00:16:04Din toh you know ki yehi aisa hi hai sab life
00:16:06South Bombay ke log yaha aage
00:16:08Toh pehla toh 6-8 maine toh hum log bhaag daate the
00:16:10We will go and spend time with our friends
00:16:12Over there
00:16:14Phir bhole nahi yaar, karna yahi hai
00:16:16Then I asked my mom, I said I want to
00:16:18Get into dancing
00:16:20So my mom called
00:16:22Saroj ji and Saroj ji
00:16:24My mom's name was Lucky
00:16:26And she knew Saroj?
00:16:28Yeah, Mr. India
00:16:30She had done the songs
00:16:32So I was the monitor
00:16:34Dance main sigahaan
00:16:36Toh aap Saroj ji ko tabse jaante the Mr. India ke times
00:16:38When I was 11
00:16:40Hawa Hawa hi
00:16:42So
00:16:44Hawa Hawa ki kitne steps hai na
00:16:46Woh hum log ne bhi sikhaye
00:16:48Shree ji ko
00:16:50She used to call us to the room
00:16:52Woh sikha
00:16:54We used to teach her
00:16:56Really? Yeah
00:16:58Children toh immediately pick up na
00:17:00We can teach her
00:17:02And we were very good at breakdancing
00:17:04Fundamentally we were right
00:17:06Not ki breakdance karta hai
00:17:08Toh aap log Shree Devi
00:17:10Ke room mein jaake unko sikhate the
00:17:12She used to
00:17:14Treat us choco bars
00:17:16Ice cream
00:17:18Woh phir
00:17:20Friendship ho gayi thi unke saath hamari
00:17:22Toh
00:17:24Saroj ji ko wahan se jaante the
00:17:26Then sola salka hua
00:17:28My mom told Saroj ji
00:17:30He wants to try
00:17:32So Saroj ji said bej do
00:17:34And
00:17:36I joined Saroj ji
00:17:38Because do cheez thi kyunki
00:17:40Main padhan
00:17:42I left my studies
00:17:44Padhan mein aapki bilkul ruchi nahi
00:17:46I was completely out
00:17:48Idhar pe aa gaye the
00:17:50Dancer
00:17:52Toh ek tha ki mujhe karna hai ye
00:17:54Doosra ye ho gaya toh thodi paise ki kilnat
00:17:56Right from
00:17:58Having 3-4 cars
00:18:00Drivers, house, town
00:18:02You know staying in town
00:18:04What kind of people used to live in Poonam chambers
00:18:06Wahan se straightaway thap kamiya
00:18:08No cars, nothing
00:18:10Financially you are completely out
00:18:12No support from dad
00:18:14Aur aap kitne bache the?
00:18:165
00:18:18So your mummy had to look after 5 children
00:18:20Yes, I was the youngest
00:18:22But luckily chalo that one year
00:18:24My father gave us
00:18:26A share and that share was a good share
00:18:28So that one year struggle taught me a lot
00:18:30In life
00:18:32From a particular level
00:18:34Thoda bhi girte problem hota hai but we had gone right down
00:18:36Toh seekh bohot achi mil gaye the
00:18:38Then we came up again
00:18:40Toh we realized ke nahi yaar
00:18:42It's important
00:18:44Toh Saroj ji ki wahan jab join kiya toh
00:18:46Ek toh shock tha
00:18:48Doosra I wanted some money
00:18:50But I didn't know ke wo card banta hai
00:18:52Assistant ka
00:18:54Aur wo per day hota hai
00:18:56Saroj ji ki wahan gaya toh 6 assistants khade hai
00:18:58Wo 6 me se zarur 3 ki thi
00:19:003 toh aisi the
00:19:02Toh saathwa kya karega wo bhi 16 saal ka
00:19:04Patla 2, I was like a caterpillar you know
00:19:06Iddam ajeeb sa
00:19:08So
00:23:40Koi khaas dance
00:23:42Jo aapko yaad hai
00:23:44Unhone choreograph
00:23:46Ki aur aapne madad ki
00:23:48Ek gaana tha
00:23:50Ek mein kai gaane the
00:23:52Aapne sahi pagda because aap hi hai wo jo
00:23:54You can touch down that deep
00:23:56Because you are there from that time
00:23:58Mujhe sab lagta ki
00:24:00Aaj ka choreographer hai, modern hai
00:24:02Choreographer whatever
00:24:04But maine wo vakat pe kaam kiya hai
00:24:06Jab Saroj ji apne Urooj pe thi
00:24:08Toh ek daur aaya tha
00:24:10Jab nahi actors aaye gaye the
00:24:12Saif, Akshay, Ajay
00:24:14They are senior to me but I was an assistant
00:24:16Toh yeh
00:24:18Western dancing ka culture aaya gaya tha
00:24:20MTV channel bhi waghara
00:24:22Deshantina
00:24:24Toh Saroj ji ko thoda lagta tha
00:24:26I said why are you
00:24:28Holding back
00:24:30I mean assistant ka kaam yeh thodi hota hai
00:24:32Assist hi kare
00:24:34Our job is to get the job done
00:24:36And it's our job
00:24:38Together
00:24:40Do it and show it to you
00:24:42Abhi aap select karo
00:24:44Tab ole ole gaana hua tha
00:24:46Yes Raj
00:24:48Ole ole ole
00:24:50I think it was Prakash
00:24:52Umesh Mehra
00:24:54Ole ole
00:24:56Kajal
00:24:58Yeh dil lagi tha na
00:25:00Aashik Awara
00:25:02Aashik Awara
00:25:04Aashik Awara
00:25:06Aashik Awara hua tha Saif ka pehle
00:25:08Toh maine Saif ko
00:25:10Sikha aaya hai wo dance
00:25:12Main hu aashik
00:25:14Aashik Awara
00:25:16Deewana
00:25:18Mastana
00:25:20Phir ole ole
00:25:22Ole ole mein I trained Saif
00:25:24Pura
00:25:26Western movements and one song was
00:25:28Dekho zara dekho barkha ki
00:25:30Jhadi
00:25:32Akshay and Kajol
00:25:34Usme Akshay ko maine bohot
00:25:36Yeh sab karaya tha
00:25:38Waha se Akshay aur meri dosti bohot ghehri ho gayi
00:25:40We had become very close
00:25:42Friends from that time
00:25:44Close means he has got many friends but I consider him
00:25:46As a dear friend
00:25:48Toh matlab
00:25:50Saroj ji ke gaane mein
00:25:52Aapka contribution thoda sa raha
00:25:54The modern
00:25:56Kaali kaali aankhe
00:25:58Kaali kaali aankhe
00:26:00Toh wo sab
00:26:02Saroj ji ka tu ru ru
00:26:04Toh mix tha wo hip hop
00:26:06Toh I had got
00:26:08All that stuff
00:26:10Toh you brought in that little bit
00:26:12Of hip hop
00:26:14And modern movements
00:26:16So
00:26:18She really felt ke yaar
00:26:20Ek hota na ke main sochti thi
00:26:22Yeh chaar paan assistance karenge
00:26:24But she didn't know this small guy
00:26:26Will be a benefit for me
00:26:28And of course it's not benefit
00:26:30It's my job what I am doing
00:26:32Aur aap bhi seekh rahe ho
00:26:34Main bhi seekh raha ho
00:26:36And actors dekh ke bolte the
00:26:38Toh karein dikha tha style
00:26:40Basic fundamentals of the step
00:26:42Toh log samajh jaate the
00:26:44There I got very close to Mr. Deol
00:26:46Sunny Deol
00:26:48Because he used to love the way
00:26:50I used to teach
00:26:52Lekin Sunny Deol toh naachte nahi
00:26:54Unko pasand bhi nahi
00:26:56Mein naache the
00:26:58Dil mera churane laga
00:27:00Toh dance
00:27:02Nahi kiye but unko laga
00:27:04Mujhe achha laga
00:27:06I liked the way I was taught
00:27:08So yeh relation bante gaye
00:27:10And one fine day
00:27:12Came Rangeela
00:27:14Uske pehle Suhaag
00:27:16Aapne kuch Akshay ke saath kiya
00:27:18Yes, wo Akshay the
00:27:20Akshay ne kya kiya
00:27:22He had told me
00:27:24Toh film kar raha hoon Suhaag
00:27:26Usme gana tha
00:27:30Ajay and Akshay ka tha
00:27:32Toh us time Akshay ne bola tha
00:27:34Yaar is film mera introduction piece hai
00:27:36Tu karega kya
00:27:38Main bikhar gaya tha us waqt
00:27:40Kya baat kar raha hai
00:27:42How will we do it
00:27:44Toh choreographer koi aur tha
00:27:46Nee introduction tha
00:27:48Toh he said ek music piece lete hain
00:27:50Humne ek music piece liya
00:27:52Aur baat tub mein usko
00:27:54We made him look
00:27:56And he was fit and today also he is fit
00:27:58But that time
00:28:00We made him a Baywatch ka character
00:28:02Instead of red underwear
00:28:04We gave him blue
00:28:06And he carried it
00:28:08And the way he did that
00:28:10And I remember baat tub mein
00:28:12We put oil on his body
00:28:14Us time pe na yeh sab nahi tha
00:28:16Bronzer roller
00:28:18He was like the charming Punjabi guy
00:28:20Red red
00:28:22Pura oil laga ke
00:28:24And we did that sequence over
00:28:26Summer salting in the room
00:28:28Powder mar raha hai
00:28:30Toh heroine ka hota hai na
00:28:32Humne Akshay ka
00:28:34It was so good
00:28:36Kokokoli was the director
00:28:38He was so happy
00:28:40Akshay and I was like
00:28:42Ho gaya yaar kam
00:28:44Toh wahan mein khul gaya
00:28:46I opened up
00:28:48Toh uske baad
00:28:50Happened Rangeela
00:28:52And main assist kar raha ho
00:28:54Aur set pe Aamir hai
00:28:56How did you get?
00:28:58Aamir set pe Jackie set pe
00:29:00Jaggu da
00:29:02Bada ho gaya tu
00:29:04Aamir was also like
00:29:06You have grown up to be this thing
00:29:08Aamir also supported
00:29:10But Saroj ji
00:29:12And Ram Gopalana
00:29:14Dates ke kuch fallout hone lag diya the
00:29:16Toh she used to tell me
00:29:18Tu chale jaa
00:29:20And Ramu never had an objection
00:29:22Ramu ji never said ke ye kyu aa raha hai
00:29:24Ahmed you are here
00:29:26But he used to see me working
00:29:28And on the set I used to handle it
00:29:30Toh he used to get amazed
00:29:32Unni saal ka ladka
00:29:34The way he is taking over things
00:29:36I am not missing anybody
00:29:38Next shooting aayi phir wo hua
00:29:40And to my luck
00:29:42It was A. R. Rahman's
00:29:44First Hindi score
00:29:46Toh gaane bade
00:29:48Maudi ache
00:29:58And we were used to
00:30:00Wo gaana
00:30:02Dusra wala
00:30:04Hai Rama
00:30:06Ye kya hua
00:30:08Dum dum dum
00:30:10Ab rhythm pakade
00:30:12It was very offbeat
00:30:14And then
00:30:16The kick
00:30:18And the hip hop beat on that
00:30:20So mujhe toh baza aata tha
00:30:22Toh wo
00:30:24Maybe Saroj ji felt ke
00:30:26Ahmed tu toda kar le usko
00:30:28Main dekh lungi
00:30:30Ram Gopalana ma
00:30:32Decided one day that Saroj ji will not do it
00:30:34And he told me Ahmed you do it
00:30:36I said I can't do it, this is my boss's film
00:30:38She is my guru, she is my aunt
00:30:40I have to call her Saroj aunty
00:30:42He said nahi
00:30:44Thing is going to go back to you
00:30:46It's not going to go to her
00:30:48I will give it to Prabhu Deva or Raju Sundaram or somebody
00:30:50I spoke to her
00:30:52So she said Ahmed
00:30:54As long as it is in a group
00:30:56You know it's in our family
00:30:58But you are too young, tu kar paayega kya
00:31:00I said he is saying, kar le
00:31:02Ho jayega, aaja na
00:31:04Start assisting
00:31:06Toh unki aashirvaad ke saath aapne kiya
00:31:08Toh malum tha ki aap unko replace karenge
00:31:10As choreographer
00:31:12I don't know, she said she felt
00:31:14As it is mujhe nahi mil raha hai
00:31:16Ram Gopalana is not going to take me as it is
00:31:18So she said as long as
00:31:20It's with you, it's with me
00:31:22Toh chalega, dekh lenge
00:31:24But she was shocked, how is he offering you
00:31:26I said that's the question
00:31:28Main apne aapko pooch raha hoon
00:31:30What did he see in me
00:31:32And that's how I got Rangeela
00:31:34Usme kuch movements aise the
00:31:36Aaj bhi log
00:31:38Yaad rakhte hai
00:31:40Toh wo
00:31:42Saroj ji ne karaya tha
00:31:44And I used to move, I used to swag
00:31:46Toh Ram Gopalana
00:31:48See what Ahmed kaisa swag dera hai
00:31:50I want that swag
00:31:52Aur hum log ka swag wish to be in the club na
00:31:54Toh yeh swag tha
00:31:56He said I want this swag
00:31:58Toh wahan se he got interested in me
00:32:00Toh it just
00:32:02Went
00:32:04All out and that
00:32:06I didn't know it will go in such a way
00:32:08Jagooda supported me so much in that
00:32:10Aamir was there
00:32:12Rahima tu jo bol we will do it
00:32:14Aapko laga uss time kyunki Urmila
00:32:16Matondkar
00:32:18Kareer utni safal nahi thi uss
00:32:20Uss waqt
00:32:22Aur phir Rangeela ke saath wo bohot badi
00:32:24Toh aapko laga uss waqt
00:32:26Ke kya bana rahe hain
00:32:28Urmila ke saath
00:32:30I don't know, I had blind confidence on RGV
00:32:32Okay
00:32:34Yeah I mean
00:32:36Jaadu
00:32:38Woh gaane jab bachte the
00:32:40Rahman ke used to haunt me
00:32:42Walkman mein gaane zunta tha
00:32:44Raatko do do bhaje balcony mein
00:32:46And my mom used to come and touch me
00:32:48I said mom
00:32:50She said beta leave it
00:32:52She got scared, don't do all this beta
00:32:54Just don't, don't, join your dad
00:32:56And my dad used to say
00:32:58Come join me
00:33:00Pick up my horses, poop
00:33:02You will get more money
00:33:04So
00:33:06Main toh dilemma mein tha main karu kya
00:33:08And then I said nahi nahi agar nahi chala
00:33:10Toh I will go back to Saroj ji
00:33:12Kya karu
00:33:14But I didn't know RGV caught me
00:33:16He said Ahmed what I am seeing you do
00:33:18Is you are doing what Saroj ji would do and anybody would do
00:33:20I want you to do what I have taken you for
00:33:22I said what have you taken me for
00:33:24He said to break norms
00:33:26Right
00:33:28You think you are doing a college concert
00:33:30You think you are doing something
00:33:32Annually, you don't think
00:33:34You are doing a film
00:33:36Tu dance theatre mat banja
00:33:38I said if I do this it will go wrong
00:33:40That will go wrong, he said who are you to decide that
00:33:42Everybody will say
00:33:44Ahmed tune kaam kiya kya, he said who are you
00:33:46Tekko pehchaanta kaun hai
00:33:48They will tell me, I have gone wrong taking you
00:33:50You go wrong
00:33:52Break all rules and regulations
00:33:54I said le bhai
00:33:56To aapne aisa kya kiya
00:33:58See what I did
00:34:00First thing is I got
00:34:02A whole new
00:34:04Whole new
00:34:08Army of dancers
00:34:10From colleges
00:34:12I said sirf hum hero
00:34:14Hero ko dekhte peeche normal dance chal raha hai
00:34:16Dancers jo hote the, college ka student dikha raha hai
00:34:18Badi badi mooch aur takla
00:34:20Aisa thodi ho sakta hai
00:34:22I got this college boys, they were non members
00:34:24Koi bhi member nahi tha
00:34:26Association ka
00:34:28I got them, they had their own way of tying a shirt
00:34:30Round their waist, they used to wear knee pads
00:34:32Those anklet shoes
00:34:34Unka style hi alag hota hai
00:34:36Swag college ka
00:34:38Automatically that frame Ram Gopalarma said
00:34:40I am stunned
00:34:42To yai re yai re was supposed to be
00:34:44A special effects song
00:34:46Urmila is going and suddenly one
00:34:48Statue starts dancing with her
00:34:50When he saw the choreography
00:34:52He said Ahmed you have smashed my vision
00:34:56I am not having any visual effects
00:34:58What you have choreographed, I want it as it is
00:35:00And we will not put any cuts
00:35:02Keep lengthy shots
00:35:04Lovely
00:35:06He said this is what I was telling you
00:35:08Toh dup chukta
00:35:10Dup chukta, wo sab tha na
00:35:12Toh that all, he had loved it
00:35:16Aapko kaisa lagta hai as a choreographer
00:35:18Jab sangeet
00:35:20Aur discos
00:35:22And night clubs
00:35:24Yahaan London mein
00:35:26Doosri jagah bhi
00:35:28Jab log aapke movements pe nachte hain
00:35:30They enjoyed it
00:35:32Bahot acha lagta hai
00:35:34Bahot
00:35:36Us time discotheques hote the
00:35:38So whenever I used to step into the discotheque
00:35:40The DJ used to say
00:35:42Here is Ahmed Khan and this song is for you
00:35:44And they used to play my songs
00:35:46Till I did that
00:35:48Ta da da
00:35:50Ta da da
00:35:52So I used to enter the club and
00:35:54Full crowd used to do that
00:35:56Wo kitna bada high hai
00:35:58You know you see this normal fans
00:36:00Jo normal hai
00:36:02There is a niche
00:36:04Wo fans nahi hote
00:36:06They got this
00:36:08Wo jab karte hai na
00:36:10Then you realise you have hit it
00:36:12Toh wo har club mein hota tha
00:36:14And
00:36:16Toh fir wahi
00:36:18Fir meri life mein aage
00:36:20You know and
00:36:22Rangeela ke baad
00:36:24I won a filmfare when I was
00:36:2620
00:36:28So as a technician it was a very big thing
00:36:30As a 20 year old boy
00:36:32Aapne Sathya mein bhi ek gaana kiya tha na
00:36:34Sab gaana kiya
00:36:36Sab sab sab
00:36:38All Sathya songs I have done
00:36:40So when you had that Manoj Bhat
00:36:42Doing those and all that
00:36:44Fil ke sade kam mein khali dekh
00:36:46Wo tu mere paas bhi hai
00:36:48Gela
00:36:50Gela paani
00:36:52All the songs
00:36:54Then I did a lot of work with
00:36:56RGV
00:36:58And then
00:37:00Chalo I mean I got the award
00:37:02I didn't know at the age of 20
00:37:04Is award ki value kya hai
00:37:06Toh
00:37:08Award aa gaya
00:37:10Paise aa gaya
00:37:12I was
00:37:14Pehli gadi aapki kaunsi thi
00:37:16Tata
00:37:18Tata Sierra waqara hoti thi
00:37:20That was my first car
00:37:22Nice
00:37:24Tata estate
00:37:26I used it in a song of mine
00:37:28In Rangeela
00:37:30She is standing on top of a car
00:37:32And she is dancing
00:37:34That's my car
00:37:36Rangeela ke time only I bought the car
00:37:38The way
00:37:40Imagine how much Ram Gopalan must have paid me
00:37:42I bought a car
00:37:44Toh my mom said
00:37:46You do what you want
00:37:48I said I would like to have a car
00:37:50She said pick it up
00:37:52And then I used that car again
00:37:54In Akshay's song
00:37:56Afla Tun
00:37:58Toh usme bhi
00:38:00I used the song
00:38:02Cut to
00:38:04Choreography
00:38:06Give me a couple of
00:38:08Favourite iconic
00:38:10Numbers that you did and the movements
00:38:12My God
00:38:14See of course Rangeela
00:38:16Is a benchmark because that changed
00:38:18Your life
00:38:20And it changed the way we looked at Danu
00:38:22Matab choreography ko upar
00:38:24Ek
00:38:26I feel that I have participated
00:38:28In this film industry
00:38:30Ki itihas mein jayega ki Rangeela ek film thi
00:38:32Jisne poora transition laaya tha
00:38:34Of songs
00:38:36Main ghisi peete hain wahi atke padhe the
00:38:38And I should not use
00:38:40200, 300, 400 dancers
00:38:42I should never like that
00:38:44When I can show the visual
00:38:46In 20, 40, 30 dancers
00:38:48Main kyu 300, 500 bharoon
00:38:50Aap producer ka paisa waste karoon
00:38:52And I wanted quality
00:38:54Not quantity
00:38:56Ye bhareve hai sab ke sab
00:38:58Toh Rangeela of course
00:39:00Then Afla Tun
00:39:02Kaunsa gaana
00:39:04Afla Tun
00:39:06Afla Tun
00:39:08Then Pardes
00:39:10I had liked the whole journey
00:39:12Do dil milna
00:39:14Ye dil deewana
00:39:16Shahrukh Khan ke saath pehli baar na
00:39:18Shahrukh
00:39:20Shahrukh ke saath Yes Boss
00:39:22Chaan dil taare
00:39:24Yes Boss
00:39:26That song is very close to my heart
00:39:28Because us waqt
00:39:30Hum log sab shuru hoye tha
00:39:32Toh sab ke liye wo tha
00:39:34Todla hoon sari duniya par main chhaun
00:39:36Bas itna za khaab hai
00:39:38Tell me something about Shahrukh that other people
00:39:40Have not talked about
00:39:42As a choreographer
00:39:44To an actor
00:39:46See Shahrukh when we started he wanted me to do many films
00:39:48He wanted me to do Duplicate also
00:39:50He wanted me to do
00:39:52Dilwale was happening
00:39:54Toh he wanted me to do one
00:39:56Breakout from there only he said
00:39:58Toh he used to love me a lot
00:40:00I had done Shahrukh's one song
00:40:02Of O Darling ye hai India
00:40:04Okay
00:40:06O Darling
00:40:08Ye hai India
00:40:10Toh wo maine kiya tha
00:40:12Shahrukh ke saath
00:40:14Toh Shahrukh ke saath
00:40:16Relation
00:40:18One took a four
00:40:20So it was very
00:40:24He has got so much energy
00:40:26That time he had so much energy
00:40:28Full of ideas
00:40:30Full of thoughts
00:40:32Lekin aisa koi
00:40:34Kissa jahan wo
00:40:36Pakad nahi paye
00:40:38Bahot aasane se pakad liya
00:40:40Bahot mainat karke pakda
00:40:42Zara tasveer se to
00:40:44I wanted to do a wave
00:40:46And he said Ahmed wave toh kabhi life me nahi kiya hai
00:40:48And Kali Kali Aankhe
00:40:50I had done it with him
00:40:52So I made him do a hip hop
00:40:54So he was very comfortable with hip hop
00:40:56Aankhe he learnt it and he did it very well
00:40:58And
00:41:00More than anything
00:41:02Expression the way he used to do
00:41:04Toh door jaane dil nahi karta
00:41:06You want to go close to him
00:41:08Dance chhodo yaar
00:41:10Show his Shahrukh's face
00:41:12You want to capture his energy
00:41:14The way he used to open his mouth
00:41:16His eyebrows
00:41:18Hunter eyes
00:41:20So yeh zara tasveer se to
00:41:22You wanted a wave
00:41:24So what I used to do
00:41:26I used to stick my back to his back
00:41:28And we used to follow together
00:41:30For him to get that moment
00:41:32So he
00:41:34Every time
00:41:36I used to come out
00:41:42And then yes boss when we were shooting
00:41:44We did one song
00:41:46We wanted to have a lot of energy
00:41:48So I said Shahrukh you become a joker
00:41:50Suni hai toh
00:41:52Dara dara dum
00:41:54Dara dara dum
00:41:56So he is jumping all around
00:41:58He was very good at it
00:42:00He was going mad
00:42:02Main shooting kaha karta tha pata hai
00:42:04I used to hate going far
00:42:06Till now
00:42:08Toh meri building ke niche
00:42:10Raste pe
00:42:12You know Shastri Nagar in Lokhandwala
00:42:14I shot it there
00:42:16Building ke baahar
00:42:18So Shahrukh used to do all that
00:42:20And then Chaantare Todlao
00:42:22I remember we were shooting out of Mannat
00:42:24Watchman hakaal diya tha
00:42:26Toh Parchio ka shot hai
00:42:28Toh low angle shot hai
00:42:30Shahrukh jumps on the car
00:42:32And he says yaar tu bhi sun zara
00:42:34Aarzu mere hain kya
00:42:36Main kya ban ja
00:42:38Toh wo shot wahan liya hai
00:42:40Watchman hakaal diya
00:42:42Toh mazaak main Shahrukh
00:42:44Said arey kya kharid lu kya hai
00:42:46Toh he told the entire unit
00:42:48Kharid lu kya
00:42:50Mannat mein tha
00:42:52And he said ye le le the phir apna shot ho paayega
00:42:54Mazaak main
00:42:56Toh alfas jo usse baap moose se nikhle the
00:42:58Tatastu ho gaya
00:43:00So and he bought that place
00:43:02So we all were like
00:43:04Us time he had just said it like this
00:43:06You know
00:43:08Ab wo shot frontal jo hai
00:43:10Wo Mannat hai peechay
00:43:12Uska top angle hai na wo Vashi hai
00:43:14Because of shot ke baad
00:43:16Jaana bada hu
00:43:20Toh wo gaana
00:43:22Bahot acha laga hai
00:43:24No star would do that
00:43:26Usme ek sequence hai
00:43:28If people can rewind and see that song
00:43:30Shahrukh is going in the truck
00:43:32Wo piano hai
00:43:36Rhythm chal raha hai
00:43:38Chand taare
00:43:40Tod lau
00:43:42And at a point he jumps off the truck
00:43:44And kuch ladke ladkiyaan milte
00:43:46Now he said
00:43:48Kya rahe hai chal dance dikhana
00:43:50Toh that time he had said
00:43:52Your Rangeela has come
00:43:54That's a big one
00:43:56I want to use that
00:43:58Chale Rangeela dance dikhana
00:44:00So you know
00:44:02It was a tribute to me
00:44:04Or a gift to me or respect to me
00:44:06Chale Rangeela dance dikhana
00:44:08And then he danced
00:44:10So you understand
00:44:12Kya zaroorat thi usse waqt
00:44:14Ek young ladke ko
00:44:16Rangeela dance dikhana bolo
00:44:18Aur kisi aur film ka naam lo
00:44:20There it shows how big a person he is
00:44:22Nahin toh bole
00:44:24Woh Aamir ki picture hai, main kyu usme naam lo
00:44:26He didn't think of that
00:44:30So there that love for Shahrukh
00:44:32Is always there
00:44:34So that chala hum log ka rishta
00:44:38I became very close to Akshay
00:44:40But I never gave interviews
00:44:42Yeh main ek cheez kahunga
00:44:44Main interviews hota tha na
00:44:46Aap dekhna uss time pe kabhi kabhi
00:44:48Aap set pe aayi hongi, gaana hota tha
00:44:50Main bhaag jata tha
00:44:52Tuke mujhe pata hi nahi tha main interview mein kya bolung
00:44:54Tuke jitne log hai set pe
00:44:56Main tha 20
00:44:58Aur woh te 35
00:45:0032, 40
00:45:02Toh main shooting pe bhi chup rehta tha
00:45:04Interviews mein main kya bolu
00:45:06I didn't know what to talk the way I am talking today
00:45:08Kuch ghalat nikal jaaye
00:45:10Galiya nikal jaaye
00:45:12I used to avoid
00:45:14I was shooting a film, I made one more person dance
00:45:16And he danced
00:45:18That is Sunil Shetty
00:45:24There I made him dance
00:45:26Sunil Shetty
00:45:28And he was so happy
00:45:30He was the first guy
00:45:32Who caught me
00:45:34In Lonavala, Khandala
00:45:36He took my interview
00:45:38Sunil Shetty ne aapka pehla interview kiya
00:45:40Ye hum log ki industry ka Sachin Tendulkar hai
00:45:42Sachin had also come
00:45:44New New Century
00:45:46Bol ye choreography mein
00:45:48Sachin Tendulkar hai
00:45:50And I am younger to Sachin though
00:45:52But he said interview lena
00:45:54First man to teach me
00:45:56Interview aisa hota hai
00:45:58Sunil Shetty
00:46:00Okay
00:46:02Sunil ne Jhanjariya
00:46:04Kiya hai
00:46:06He has danced a little bit
00:46:08Jhanjariya mein 300 dancer hain
00:46:10Gardan jo hila rahe hain
00:46:12That's a way of a choreographer
00:46:14Jhanjariya
00:46:16Ye 200 haath honge hain na
00:46:18Toh maz aayega
00:46:20Paro mein sirf 10-12 hain
00:46:22Woh aapki speciality hai na
00:46:24Actor stands out
00:46:26Right
00:46:28That's why he loved me
00:46:30Sundara Sundara
00:46:32So he said
00:46:34Ke nahi you do
00:46:36Toh ye sab ke saath jo mere rishte jhudte gaye na
00:46:38And it kept going aage
00:46:40Toh I have no complaints
00:46:42With anybody
00:46:44Kisi se kuch nahi
00:46:4620 saal ka ladka
00:46:4819 saal ki umar mein choreographer ban gaya
00:46:50Saroj ji 16 saal ki umar mein boli aaja
00:46:52Wo bol sakti thi beta pad ke aa
00:46:5420 saal ki umar mein filmfare award mil gaya
00:46:56Life set
00:46:58And if you ask me
00:47:00I had nothing to look forward to
00:47:02Har film offer ho rahi hai
00:47:04Paise itne offer ho rahi hai
00:47:06Toh what does one
00:47:0820-21
00:47:10Kyunki Rangeela was your sixer
00:47:12First ball mein
00:47:14Six mar diya tha
00:47:16Aur picture bhi super hit ho gayi thi
00:47:18Everything
00:47:20Urmila became a
00:47:22Oh my god
00:47:24Toh everything changed from Rangeela
00:47:26Rehman aur meri dosti ho gayi wahan se
00:47:28Toh I didn't know
00:47:3020 saal ka ladka aur karega kya
00:47:32Aapne Rehman ke saath aur kaam kiya
00:47:34He did my first film as Lucky
00:47:36As a music director
00:47:38Lekin as
00:47:40Jitna aapne success dekha
00:47:42As a choreographer
00:47:44Aapne as a director mein dekha na
00:47:46Lucky didn't do well
00:47:48Uske baad bhi aapne
00:47:50Full and final
00:47:52It went average type gayi thi
00:47:54Then what took me was Baghi
00:47:56Baghi 2
00:47:58But not the third one
00:48:00Third one went because of quarantine
00:48:02We released
00:48:04Mainne picture dekhi hai
00:48:06Waise picture khaas hai
00:48:08See what we did is
00:48:10We did Baghi 2
00:48:12It was a commercial tier 2, tier 3 film
00:48:14Abhi how to go above that
00:48:16So my
00:48:18Our audience was tier 2, tier 3
00:48:20Toh we knew one thing
00:48:22We will open to this scale
00:48:24And it was showing
00:48:26When Covid hit
00:48:286th March we released
00:48:301st March Covid aagaya hai
00:48:32Aapko pata hai 12 hours se theatres bandhona shuru ho gaye the
00:48:34Aur 6 tarikh ko bhi
00:48:36Theatre mein log dar dar ke aare the
00:48:38But then too we opened to
00:48:4017.5 crores which is the
00:48:42Highest opener of 2000
00:48:44That is because it's a hit franchise
00:48:46Tiger tha etc
00:48:48Toh we thought ki 250 maaregi
00:48:50We were not bothered ki niche crowd ko
00:48:52Aapko basna ki ki nahi
00:48:54Ab pehle theatres
00:48:56Bandhona shuru ho gaye
00:48:58Single screens bandhona shuru ho gaye
00:49:00And that was the last film which released
00:49:02So my film's
00:49:04Poster was there for a year
00:49:06In all the theatres
00:49:08Kuch film hi nahi aayega
00:49:10But maine ek
00:49:12Interview pada jahan aapne
00:49:14Kaha ki Tiger
00:49:16Was very very upset
00:49:18And depressed after Baghi 3 didn't do well
00:49:20He will nah
00:49:22Because we didn't get a run
00:49:24If we would have got a run
00:49:26Toh matla aisa kya hua ki aapne aisa statement kiya
00:49:28Aap milne unko ki
00:49:30No no no
00:49:32Of course he will be upset
00:49:34Main itna depressed tha
00:49:36Everybody wo hit
00:49:38Only Sajid Nadevalla told us that
00:49:40You can't fight him, he's got COVID
00:49:42Log mar rahe hain
00:49:44Tum apne picture ki baat kar rahe hain
00:49:46But hum toh yeh bolenge na
00:49:48Bus crash ho rahe hain, tanks aa rahe hain
00:49:50Sab ho rahe hain
00:49:52So we made the film for this audience
00:49:54Who like action, thrill
00:49:56Toh ek hota na ki film gets its run
00:49:58Aur phir nahi chali
00:50:00Chalo, yaha run hi nahi mila
00:50:02But in those 6 days
00:50:045-6 days we made 95 crores
00:50:06So that is like a
00:50:08Number na, toh koi toh audience hogi na
00:50:10Jo jaane wali hogi
00:50:12Aur agar normal day hota
00:50:14Toh in those 5-6 days only we would have
00:50:16Reached kahaan
00:50:18Toh Ahmed Khan abhi kya bol rahe hain ki
00:50:20Main director ho aur main director rahunga
00:50:22Ahmed Khan ek technician hain
00:50:24Ahmed Khan
00:50:26Ahmed Khan wants to do everything
00:50:28I want to produce
00:50:30I want to direct
00:50:32I want to choreograph
00:50:34I want to be a DOP
00:50:36And the only thing which I don't want to do is edit
00:50:38Aapki films jo aap direct karte ho
00:50:40Usi mein aap choreography bhi karte ho
00:50:42Nahi na
00:50:44I do all the films
00:50:46I try to
00:50:48But I do the action
00:50:50Abhi I did choreography
00:50:52And waha se I did action for my films
00:50:54Baaghi I have done the action
00:50:56I only choreographed
00:50:58Shot the action
00:51:00And I have won awards for best action director
00:51:02Woh bhi main poochna chahate ho
00:51:04Ki choreographer se aap
00:51:06Action
00:51:08Action film mein karne lagi aap
00:51:10Imagine, who has this guts
00:51:12Main to dance film
00:51:14Banana chahiye na mujhe
00:51:16Main ek bhi dance film nahi banayi
00:51:18Aise kaise?
00:51:20Kyunki Remo, Prabhu Deva sab logon ne
00:51:22Sabhi ne wo kiya na
00:51:24Chini Prakash ne
00:51:26Ganesh ne
00:51:28Bosco ne
00:51:30Main hi ek wahid ho
00:51:32Choreographer jo 25 saal baad bhi
00:51:34I said I will not do a dance film
00:51:36Fir main gaane karu na
00:51:38Director kya hua
00:51:40Main dance film banay raha ho
00:51:42Meri picture mein 9 gaane
00:51:44Woh 9 dance honge, fir jo scenes ho
00:51:46Rehearsal wali scenes hai
00:51:48Practice kar raha scenes hai
00:51:50Toh fir main film kya banay
00:51:52Main jo ek film mein 4 gaane karta tha
00:51:54Abhi ek film mein 18 gaane kar raha ho
00:51:56So it's not that
00:51:58It's their choice
00:52:00Prabhu Deva is made wanted
00:52:02So if you see anybody's graph
00:52:06Kaam aata hai kya
00:52:08Woh kaam kar raha hai
00:52:10He can make a film
00:52:12That film reaches celluloid
00:52:14And there is a particular audience
00:52:16Who has liked it
00:52:18Particular audience have not liked it
00:52:20Okay
00:52:22But that film has made numbers
00:52:24Woh film numbers banati tabhi aapko producer offer karega
00:52:26Tabhi aapke saath actor ready ho jayega
00:52:28Aap mujhe batao koi flop film de
00:52:30Picture ne numbers ne banaya
00:52:32Box office mein
00:52:34Which producer will come to sign you
00:52:36Which actor will say chal karte hain
00:52:38Toh up and down
00:52:40Sabke saath chalta hai
00:52:42It's like a race na
00:52:44Bhaag rahe hain
00:52:48Toh aap disheartened kabhi hua nahi
00:52:50Disheartened
00:52:52Yaar it affects na
00:52:54Ek unit test mein bhi fail hoge toh
00:52:56It affects you na
00:52:58Toh but aisa nahi hai kya
00:53:00Pakad kaise room mein gir gaye aur phir bhaag gaye
00:53:02Woh raha hi nahi hai
00:53:04Because I have been
00:53:06Industry and almighty has been very kind on me
00:53:08Ki it just kept happening
00:53:10It just kept happening
00:53:12When I did Lucky da I was 27
00:53:14Can you tell me a little bit about Tiger Shroff
00:53:16Because you have done so many films with Tiger
00:53:18I have done so many ads with Tiger
00:53:20Okay alright
00:53:22Pepsi ads, so many music videos
00:53:24And
00:53:26What we can see on screen is
00:53:28His fighting, his dancing skills
00:53:30Usse aage what would you like to say about him
00:53:32See Tiger ka mera relation kaisa hai
00:53:34Like I told you I was a child actor
00:53:36Jagooda used to come on the set
00:53:38I did Rangeela, Jagooda was the hero
00:53:40With Tiger I made Baaghi
00:53:42Both the Baaghis
00:53:44Toh wo rishta kitna lamba hai
00:53:46Ab Tiger ko
00:53:50Main dekhe meri nazar se
00:53:52What do you need in a hero
00:53:54Charm, presence, professionalism
00:53:56Okay
00:53:58Ye teeno hai usme
00:54:00Plus dancing hai
00:54:02Plus body hai, plus action hai
00:54:04Correct?
00:54:06Ab ye sab hata do, ek mein sirf acting hai
00:54:08Toh
00:54:10Hero has to have
00:54:12Saare saath gun
00:54:14Ab ye
00:54:16Kis mein kitna gun hai
00:54:18Kitna nahi hai, but jo hai
00:54:20Uske paas wo 100% hai
00:54:22Our job is to
00:54:24Take whatever best the actor can
00:54:26Give you
00:54:28Yeh actor aisa hai, iske liye aise film banayenge
00:54:30Yeh actor aisa hai, iske liye aise film banayenge
00:54:32Yeh actor ko hum wo nahi karayenge
00:54:34Is actor ko, Farooq Sheikh ko leke
00:54:36You can't make an action film na
00:54:38He is a good actor
00:54:40Nahi Farooq sir aap
00:54:42Action karo isme
00:54:44You can't do that
00:54:46You can't tell him to tell
00:54:48Ab yeh dance sequence hai, disco mein aap dance kar rahe ho
00:54:50Amul Palekar ji aapko yeh dance sequence hai
00:54:52Aap samjhe mere kehne ka matlab
00:54:54I understand that there is a certain image
00:54:56There is a certain talent
00:54:58Exactly
00:55:00But where do you think Tiger is going wrong
00:55:02Because a lot of his films have not worked lately
00:55:04Kahiyon ki nahi chali hai
00:55:06Aap mujhe batao na
00:55:08It's been a series of every actor
00:55:10Nahi, Kartik ki ek film chal gayi hai
00:55:12Rajkumar ki ek film chal gayi hai
00:55:14Rajkumar ki ek film chal gayi hai
00:55:16Toh aise, ek do chal bhi rahi hai
00:55:18Toh abhi kya hai, ek chalti hai, ek nahi chalti hai
00:55:20Ek chalti hai, chaar nahi chalti hai
00:55:22Ek chalti hai, chaar nahi chalti hai
00:55:24But Tiger ka ek matlab
00:55:26You know
00:55:28Badisi badi film
00:55:30What was that with Akshay Kumar
00:55:32Bade miya chote miya
00:55:34That's what I am saying
00:55:36Usme kya aisa ghalat kiya hoga
00:55:38While making the film
00:55:40Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Ali Abbas
00:55:42Do you think Tiger needs to
00:55:44Expand his
00:55:46Portfolio
00:55:48Because people are getting tired of
00:55:50Just seeing him do those jumps and dance
00:55:52Usse jada kuch aur
00:55:54Thoda unke resume bhi aana chahiye
00:55:56He will
00:55:58He has that bone in him
00:56:00Tiger has that bone in him
00:56:02He will do it
00:56:04Usne
00:56:06Is waqt jo diya hai hamko
00:56:08He has
00:56:10Jolted the industry
00:56:12And many heroes
00:56:14Tiger's skills are
00:56:16Something else
00:56:18The way he can fight
00:56:20His dance, his body
00:56:22It's fantastic
00:56:24Usne jo diya hai
00:56:26He is in a class by himself
00:56:28But maybe he needs to add a little to that
00:56:30Exactly, so he knows it na
00:56:32Kitno ne bola hai
00:56:34So mai answer do, ya aap de, ya koi aur bole
00:56:36He himself knows it
00:56:38Now it's on him when he adapts it
00:56:40It's on him
00:56:42It's on filmmakers to give him something else
00:56:44Actually
00:56:46That's also there
00:56:48Aur aur
00:56:50Audience ko kya dekhna hai
00:56:52You
00:56:54Jaise maine kaha na
00:56:56Unko kuch naya dekhna hai ji
00:56:58Abhi unko kya naya dekhna hai
00:57:00Aap dekho ek horror film chal jati hai
00:57:02Jo pehle kabhi nahi chalti thi
00:57:04Ek adult film chal jati hai
00:57:06Usme length
00:57:08Bolte the hamko
00:57:10Aap mujhe
00:57:12Batao kya dekhna audience ko
00:57:14You know what I am saying
00:57:16Jo jaise maine Baaghi 2 banayi
00:57:18Aur kya action tha, kya yeh tha
00:57:2025 crores first day opening
00:57:22Us time pe toh kuch sequel ka
00:57:24Yeh nahi tha
00:57:26Worldwide dhai so crore
00:57:28We were all over the places
00:57:30I was offered 50 films in a way
00:57:32Toh mai pagal ban ki 10 films sign kar leta
00:57:34Nahi we did Baaghi 3
00:57:36Aur Baaghi 2 se Baaghi 3 upar le jana hai hamko
00:57:38Kya hai, Baaghi 2 kyu choli
00:57:40Action, ok let's concentrate on action
00:57:42Let people come
00:57:44Aayu na, action dekho
00:57:46Commando film bhitne gayo
00:57:48So now Baaghi 3 did not do well
00:57:50So aapko
00:57:52Baaghi 3 did not not do well
00:57:54Baaghi 3 didn't get his run
00:57:56That is your look
00:57:58I mean that's the way you look at it
00:58:00From Baaghi 3
00:58:02Aapko
00:58:04Welcome to the jungle kaise bili
00:58:06Was it only because Aneez Wazmi aur
00:58:08Firruz Nadiyar wale ki beech me
00:58:10Bohot anban ho gaya tha
00:58:12Matlab it even went to the federation
00:58:14Ki unka cheque bounce ho gaya
00:58:162 crore ka cheque bounce ho gaya
00:58:18But they will work again now
00:58:20They are friends
00:58:22They will work again, aisa nahi hai ki
00:58:24Nikin uss waqt na, when something happens
00:58:26Uss waqt you don't want to work with that person
00:58:28Nobody gets a film
00:58:30Wo toh phir, anybody else could do it
00:58:32Why me?
00:58:34Haan wohi mai puch rahi ho, why you?
00:58:36It's not that
00:58:38We had a good subject
00:58:40And in Welcome
00:58:42This time, first time you will see good action
00:58:44Good action?
00:58:46Nikin aapko comedy aati hai?
00:58:48Haan
00:58:50Wohi toh hai
00:58:52Kyunki aap dance
00:58:54Choreography kar lete ho
00:58:56Action you can manage
00:58:58But what about comedy?
00:59:00Because Welcome to the Jungle needs comedy
00:59:02Ya so I am coming to that
00:59:04When I was doing choreography
00:59:06When I was making my first film
00:59:08Same thing
00:59:10Why do you do a dance film?
00:59:12Why you picked up a serious subject?
00:59:14Usme toh action nahi hai, lakheer mein
00:59:16Sunny duel ke hote there is no action
00:59:18It's a serious film
00:59:20Relations ke upar
00:59:22When I did
00:59:24Baaghi 2
00:59:26I had got nothing to do with action
00:59:28From dancer
00:59:301,2,3,4 to action
00:59:32So when I can do
00:59:34these two, why can't I do comedy?
00:59:36Actually
00:59:38I am a very funny person
00:59:40You got a good sense of humor
00:59:42Yes
00:59:44You can laugh at yourself?
00:59:46Completely
00:59:48You can't imagine what I do
00:59:50I can dance like Sarojini and show you right now
00:59:52So
00:59:54So the thing is
00:59:56I am
01:00:00I am a technician
01:00:02I am a maker
01:00:04I sing
01:00:06Ahmed does Rangeela
01:00:08But Ahmed does Satya
01:00:10How could I do
01:00:12Gangster film
01:00:14With non-dancers, no glamour
01:00:16No Urmila Matondkar
01:00:18No A.R. Rahman
01:00:20How?
01:00:24How?
01:00:26How?
01:00:28I do a bhajan song
01:00:30One day I do a romantic song
01:00:34Gajni
01:00:36I do
01:00:38Ranbir's romantic song
01:00:40How?
01:00:42At the same time, I do a kick
01:00:44Jumme Ki Raat Hai
01:00:46That was a big hit
01:00:48The emotions are everything
01:00:50In a dance director
01:00:52We do a Holi song
01:00:54Three days
01:00:56After that, next day we realized
01:00:58It's an Eid song
01:01:00Suddenly we realized
01:01:02It's a heartbreaking song
01:01:04We have to do a Rakhi song
01:01:06All emotions are there in us
01:01:08I have done one song
01:01:10Which was a funny song
01:01:12Aslam Bhai
01:01:14How did we do it?
01:01:16There is no dance in it
01:01:18There is only expressions and humour
01:01:20So what happens is
01:01:22We can't tell a chef
01:01:24Who cooks at home
01:01:26Do you cook chicken?
01:01:28Yes, I will
01:01:30You can cook
01:01:32You should like it
01:01:34Everyone knows how to cook
01:01:36So, Welcome to the Jungle
01:01:38Is a film
01:01:40Which is
01:01:42What is the take on it
01:01:44There was a welcome comedy
01:01:46Then there was a welcome back comedy
01:01:48This is also a comedy
01:01:50The welcome back was so good
01:01:52Yes, it was made by Aneez Bhai
01:01:54So, I mean to say
01:01:56It was a comedy
01:01:58Then I thought
01:02:00What is new?
01:02:02So, what I did is
01:02:04I put everybody in an army fatigue
01:02:06They are standing like school children
01:02:08And they are doing an acapella
01:02:10You saw that bit, right?
01:02:12So, it looked like
01:02:14So many people
01:02:16How did they get together?
01:02:18You are bringing back Raveena and Akshay
01:02:20So, they are also there
01:02:22So, it's got nice pegs
01:02:24And it's a very funny film
01:02:26You are bringing them
01:02:28Coming here
01:02:30So, the thing is
01:02:32Did Bhai design it?
01:02:34To bring them back together
01:02:36They all are my friends
01:02:38So, I am doing it
01:02:40So, it's like that
01:02:42So, when you see welcome
01:02:44Like you ask comedy
01:02:46If you see an acapella
01:02:48Nobody has done such a big announcement
01:02:50It's funny
01:02:52So, that is the teaser
01:02:54The whole film is like this
01:02:56So, that showed
01:02:58What I can do
01:03:00So, welcome went very well
01:03:02Welcome back didn't do so well
01:03:04Now you are
01:03:06Welcome to the jungle
01:03:08My fingers are crossed for you
01:03:12I hope it does very well
01:03:14So, are you a little
01:03:16Nervous that I have to
01:03:18Keep that franchise?
01:03:20Of course, yes
01:03:22If you are not nervous
01:03:24If you are not scared
01:03:26Then you are arrogant
01:03:28I have to be scared
01:03:30Not only making the film
01:03:32Every shot
01:03:34Every dialogue
01:03:36I am laughing, my writer is laughing
01:03:38My producer is laughing
01:03:40Actor is laughing on the set
01:03:42Will the audience laugh?
01:03:44That is very far
01:03:46You know
01:03:48We will know that at the end of the year
01:03:50We are laughing
01:03:52So, you feel
01:03:54Achieved
01:03:56How many people are there in your film?
01:03:5834
01:04:0034 actors
01:04:02Akshay, Raveena, Sunil
01:04:04Sunil Shetty
01:04:06Tushar
01:04:08Shreyas Talpade
01:04:10On my set
01:04:12On your set
01:04:14Just after he shot for you
01:04:16No, same
01:04:18Then I ran to the hospital
01:04:20Met him
01:04:22Strong guy
01:04:24He came out of it
01:04:26But did you feel
01:04:28That it will affect the film?
01:04:30Or the shooting schedule
01:04:32No, see
01:04:34It is such a big cast
01:04:36I know that even if there is a little jumbish
01:04:38It will cost me my schedule
01:04:40But my producer is so good
01:04:42He doesn't show any
01:04:44Tension
01:04:46He said, we know what we are doing
01:04:48We have accumulated everybody
01:04:50What is the use if we start crying
01:04:52Didn't Sachan do it?
01:04:54I could have done with 8-10 actors also
01:04:56That is also a big thing
01:04:58In 34, there is not even an actor who is unknown
01:05:00Every actor is known
01:05:02With their name
01:05:04You don't have to attach a film name
01:05:06Or an OTT name
01:05:08You tell the name, you know this actor
01:05:10Having all of them
01:05:12Also busy
01:05:14So what is it?
01:05:16It's tension, it's stress
01:05:18It's hard work
01:05:20But a buffet for the audience
01:05:22But the incident of Shreyas
01:05:24Did it affect your schedule?
01:05:26No, it didn't
01:05:28Because he got it
01:05:30We shot for 6-7 days
01:05:32On the 5th day
01:05:34It happened with him
01:05:36So it was just that one and a half day
01:05:38That problem
01:05:40But that I could manage
01:05:42Shreyas had a patch close
01:05:44I took that later
01:05:46So he came till the next schedule
01:05:48Yes
01:05:50He was good in the next 10-12 days
01:05:54But that must have
01:05:56Bothered all of you
01:05:58I was
01:06:00Because I know Shreyas very well
01:06:02I and my wife ran to the hospital
01:06:04We were there with his wife
01:06:06Akshay kept calling so many times
01:06:08All the actors were very worried about him
01:06:10Welcome back to the jungle
01:06:12Nana Patekar said
01:06:14There is no story or fun in it
01:06:16That's why I didn't do it
01:06:18No, it's not like that
01:06:20He said
01:06:22Nana is a person
01:06:26We keep talking often
01:06:30Every actor
01:06:32Is offered 20 films a year
01:06:34He can't do all of them
01:06:36We have to pick and choose
01:06:38Many actors are there
01:06:40Due to their dates or money
01:06:42Some don't like it
01:06:44Some we don't want to take
01:06:46You want to find a way out
01:06:48There are many ways
01:06:50Nana is such a person
01:06:52Who is very outspoken
01:06:54He says it on the set
01:06:58He called Emma
01:07:00I have a subject, let's do it
01:07:02So that's the relation with him
01:07:04He calls her Shaira Beti
01:07:06But he said
01:07:08Welcome back to the jungle
01:07:10There is no story or fun in it
01:07:12What were you shooting then?
01:07:14We are going on the set
01:07:16Roll camera
01:07:18We don't know
01:07:20We don't know
01:07:22Roll camera
01:07:24We don't know
01:07:32Then he came and saw the photographs
01:07:34He was amazed
01:07:36He only started praising
01:07:38Outstanding
01:07:42Anil is my mentor
01:07:44Everybody can't do everything
01:07:48You have to keep shopping
01:07:50And keep moving in life
01:07:52You haven't talked about Salman at all
01:07:54Jumme Ki Raat
01:07:56We didn't get this
01:07:58Salman, I had done Jumme Ki Raat
01:08:00With him, the idea is
01:08:02Whatever work I have done
01:08:04With him
01:08:06He is never bothered
01:08:08That what are you giving
01:08:10Will it suit me or not
01:08:12He says give me whatever, I will do it
01:08:14He has got his swag
01:08:16And in that swag
01:08:18He does it
01:08:20And the thing is he wants to do something
01:08:22So Jumme Ki Raat if you see, he has danced a lot
01:08:26I won the award, Filmfare and everything for that
01:08:28So he has done
01:08:30Everything in that
01:08:32So Aamir, Salman, Shah Rukh
01:08:34Ajay
01:08:36Hrithik and Akshay
01:08:38These are stalwarts
01:08:40Correct
01:08:42We can't tell them what their mood is
01:08:44We can't tell them
01:08:46What they can do
01:08:48And what they can't
01:08:50So what did you do for Jumme Ki Raat
01:08:52Which would suit
01:08:54Salman and his image
01:08:56First of all
01:08:58We needed
01:09:00Attitude
01:09:02Because for them
01:09:04Even the belt and buckle would dance
01:09:06Yes, we needed an attitude
01:09:08In attitude
01:09:10We needed dance
01:09:12Dance
01:09:14It wasn't just a belt
01:09:16It's not that
01:09:18So we thought
01:09:20How to make him dance
01:09:22And give him a swag
01:09:24So I did that
01:09:26It's getting hot
01:09:32It's getting hot and from there
01:09:34A step was made
01:09:36And then I told him, go completely
01:09:38And he did it
01:09:40He said, do whatever you want
01:09:42But you won't be in Kik 2
01:09:44As a choreographer
01:09:46When Kik 2 is made, we will decide
01:09:48But you don't go back to
01:09:50Choreography for anybody
01:09:52The point is that nobody is offering me
01:09:54Now everybody knows
01:09:56I have become a producer, a director
01:09:58So the welcome that is being made
01:10:00That itself is like 5 films
01:10:02Now you tell me, having a welcome in hand
01:10:04Can anybody think of doing anything else
01:10:06You can't
01:10:08Such a big cast, dates, costumes
01:10:10Managers
01:10:12You announced for December
01:10:14Welcome to the Jungle
01:10:16But December came and went
01:10:18We are in the new year
01:10:20We thought
01:10:22But we started the film in March
01:10:24Last year actually
01:10:26With this cast
01:10:28So we finished 2 skeds
01:10:30But one sked of us
01:10:32Got hampered because of the rains
01:10:34We put a set
01:10:36And that set fell
01:10:38So I was supposed to shoot 22 days
01:10:40I ended up shooting 10
01:10:44And the set that fell was very risky
01:10:46I can't have actors standing there
01:10:48If anything happens
01:10:50It will become a
01:10:52Issue
01:10:54So that hit us
01:10:56But what I believe
01:10:58Date is not important
01:11:00You have to be ready
01:11:02It doesn't matter
01:11:04If 2 more Christmas comes
01:11:06I can't release a half baked film
01:11:08Is the picture ready?
01:11:102 schedules and we are done
01:11:12There are 2 more schedules
01:11:14There are songs and climax
01:11:1670% is done
01:11:18Will it come in 25?
01:11:2070% of the film is done
01:11:22All the best for that
01:11:24Please tell me
01:11:26There is a poet in your life
01:11:28Who is a model
01:11:30Very good looking
01:11:32Attractive lady
01:11:34How did she come into your life?
01:11:36I was shooting for a film
01:11:42She had come there with a friend
01:11:44I looked at her
01:11:46She is a new actress
01:11:48She is going to get launched
01:11:50She was very carefully
01:11:52Having an ice cream
01:11:54I asked her
01:11:56She does modelling
01:11:58I said model?
01:12:00So I went to her
01:12:02Just tried talking
01:12:04She didn't give me any lift
01:12:06Nothing
01:12:08Then I said
01:12:10Go and get her number
01:12:12Go and get her number
01:12:14They went
01:12:16This guy
01:12:18She was
01:12:20She was 18
01:12:22I was 22
01:12:26Believe you me
01:12:28She gave the number
01:12:30It was a wrong number
01:12:32She asked me
01:12:34Who do you want?
01:12:36I said a poet
01:12:38So
01:12:40I got her number
01:12:44In the next shooting
01:12:46We called her for the shoot
01:12:48That time I got to know
01:12:50She was Miss Mumbai
01:12:52One year ago
01:12:56Then she gave me the right number
01:12:58I called her
01:13:00I said I am Ahmed Khan
01:13:02She said you were there in the shoot
01:13:04You won the film fair also
01:13:06I said I come there
01:13:08And I get my car
01:13:10Music system
01:13:12She said I stay there only
01:13:14I said where?
01:13:16She said that building
01:13:18I said I come there quite often
01:13:20I know many people
01:13:22Which is the flat?
01:13:24She said the building is ours
01:13:26I said which building?
01:13:28She said
01:13:30All the buildings
01:13:32My father has made them
01:13:34I said boss
01:13:36I am a bit tensed
01:13:38Then she said I stay here
01:13:40I will meet you
01:13:42She met me
01:13:44I said I will push
01:13:46Believe me
01:13:48In 6 months we got married
01:13:50Who was her father?
01:13:52He is a builder
01:13:54Very out from industry
01:13:56He was not too happy
01:13:58But he loves her very much
01:14:00He saw me and said
01:14:02You don't look like you are from film industry
01:14:04We got married
01:14:06I was 22, she was 18
01:14:08I didn't have anything to do in my life
01:14:10Work was done
01:14:12Everything was done
01:14:14I said I should do something else
01:14:16You know what I am trying to say
01:14:18Waste, roaming here, partying
01:14:20She gets addicted
01:14:22My mom said if you are ready
01:14:24Get married
01:14:26I said I am not that kind of a guy
01:14:28I don't party, I don't drink, I don't smoke
01:14:30I don't like going out of function
01:14:32She said actually you are 40 year old
01:14:34My mother said
01:14:36In a 22 year old's body
01:14:38I got married
01:14:40We got married
01:14:42You have two lovely children
01:14:44And one of them
01:14:46Is ready to become an actor
01:14:48Azan Khan
01:14:50He is 23
01:14:52And he is ready this year
01:14:54So
01:14:56He has got some offers
01:14:58And one I am producing with him
01:15:00And I wanted to ask you
01:15:02How did Shaira feel
01:15:04When I heard that
01:15:06Two times you escaped death
01:15:08Oh yeah
01:15:10Man
01:15:12More than you, Shaira must have
01:15:14She was
01:15:16I was shooting for Feroze Nairwala
01:15:18And we were shooting
01:15:20In Twin Towers
01:15:22Below it
01:15:24I have taken a shot of that
01:15:26That is the last time
01:15:28You must have seen in any film
01:15:30We left from there
01:15:32Came here and
01:15:34The next
01:15:36I was going for a shoot
01:15:38We were going to fly
01:15:40And last moment the shoot got cancelled
01:15:42And I had seen my hotel room
01:15:44We get our hotel rooms
01:15:46In Bali
01:15:48Oh when the tsunami hit
01:15:50So we get the hotel room
01:15:52I got my suite room
01:15:54I wanted near the water
01:15:56And both the times Shaira was not supposed to come with me
01:15:58This time also she was not supposed to
01:16:00Because he was very young
01:16:02So I said I will go and come
01:16:04I said I want this suite
01:16:06And believe you me
01:16:08That was the suite which was completely gone
01:16:10In the tsunami
01:16:12It was wiped out
01:16:14How does it feel?
01:16:16You feel you are a cat
01:16:18I was going to say
01:16:20I am a dog by nature
01:16:22And a cat by life
01:16:24Nose in the air
01:16:26So
01:16:28Maybe I smell like a dog
01:16:30And escape like a cat
01:16:32It happened twice
01:16:34And
01:16:36Six times I escaped from home
01:16:38From Shaira
01:16:40But do you
01:16:42Does that make you introspect
01:16:44And feel how did this happen
01:16:46No I don't believe in
01:16:48I don't believe in good luck
01:16:50Bad luck
01:16:52I don't believe in
01:16:54I should sit like this
01:16:56But did you think
01:16:58About
01:17:00I just missed death by a few seconds
01:17:02You don't feel it
01:17:04Your neighbors make you feel it
01:17:06Shaira
01:17:08Oh god
01:17:10Friends
01:17:12So
01:17:14Then you realize
01:17:18So welcome back to your third life
01:17:20Thank you
01:17:22And
01:17:24Wish you all the best
01:17:26I hope you have many many more lives
01:17:28Thank you so much
01:17:30And we are waiting to see
01:17:32Welcome
01:17:34You will love the film
01:17:40Welcome back
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