The tune “Chaiyya Chaiyya” from Mani Ratnam’s movie Dil Se One of probably the most iconic Bollywood numbers. Although Shahrukh Khan has given many memorable songs, however he has seen energetic dance on high of the practice with Malaika Arora. “Chaiyaa Chaiyya” Will all the time be particular. But, capturing for the tune was not simple for choreographer Farah Khan.
Farah, in an earlier interview with Bollywood Hungama, recalled searching for permission to shoot “Chaiyya Chaiyya” at Ooty railway station. But the officers refused to shut the railway station for 4 hours. That’s when the movie’s director Mani Ratnam prompt capturing it over a shifting practice and Farah instantly agreed “Didn’t know how and what we would shoot!”
The workforce discovered an alternate monitor between Ooty and Coonoor and a special practice to shoot for 4 days and as Farah advised it, it was a “great experience”.
The workforce together with SRK and Malaika shot the tune with out utilizing any harness and safety. Farah mentioned, “I used to be requested concerning the security precautions. I used to say that if a few of them fell, I’d take additional dancers with me (laughs)! Thankfully nobody was there throughout the capturing of the tune. The accident did not occur. We did not have a clue. We did not get the practice to rehearse beforehand. We simply obtained on it and we had been like ‘let’s begin capturing’.
farah He additionally shared how Shah Rukh was excited to shoot “Chaiyya Chaiyya” on high of a practice and even wished to climb the chimney of the practice. “He also wanted to climb over the chimney of the train. We had to drag him down,” mentioned the choreographer-director.
“Chaiyya Chaiyya” was composed by AR Rahman and sung by Sukhwinder Singh and Sapna Awasthi. Gulzar penned the lyrics of the chartbuster.
Dil Se, starring Preity Zinta and Manisha Koirala, was launched on August 21, 1998. The movie not too long ago accomplished 24 years of its launch.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
