Ganesh Hegde, a well-known choreographer, has been working for Bollywood over the years. Recently, he has choreographed two songs, ‘Va Va Voom’ and ‘Dishoom Dishoom’, for Zoya Akhtar‘s period musical ‘The Archies’.
In an interview with Hindustan Times, the choreographer spoke about the dance forms in ‘The Archies’ and shared his experience of working with Shah Rukh Khan and his daughter Suhana Khan.Ganesh revealed that Zoya wanted to work with him even for ‘Luck By Chance’, but it didn’t work out then. He is glad she came back to him for ‘The Archies’.
Talking about the songs, Ganesh said that he always tries to do something different with his songs. Whenever he gets a song, he tries to make it look spectacular. Since he started his career as a dancer in 1991, he has used these different forms of dance, from Broadway to hip-hop to break-dance to Indian classical and folk. That came in handy when he had to design the rock and roll songs in ‘The Archies’. There was a skating song that Jim Carrey did solo back in the 1980s. When he watched it, he wondered when we’d be able to do a song like this.
Ganesh also said that he told Shah Rukh that Suhana was so much like him. She never gives up and keeps rehearsing. Even when he tells her to stop, she keeps doing it because it’s very clear that she wants to nail every step with perfection. There’s a lot of similarity between her and Shah Rukh because both are so hardworking and disciplined.
Ganesh revealed he never used to compliment Suhana because he knew she had a level she wanted to achieve. Shah Rukh had visited the rehearsals of ‘The Archies’. The actor told Ganesh that Suhana complained to him that he didn’t compliment her. He told her that Ganesh never complimented him either, because once you receive a compliment, you feel complacent.
In an interview with Hindustan Times, the choreographer spoke about the dance forms in ‘The Archies’ and shared his experience of working with Shah Rukh Khan and his daughter Suhana Khan.Ganesh revealed that Zoya wanted to work with him even for ‘Luck By Chance’, but it didn’t work out then. He is glad she came back to him for ‘The Archies’.
Talking about the songs, Ganesh said that he always tries to do something different with his songs. Whenever he gets a song, he tries to make it look spectacular. Since he started his career as a dancer in 1991, he has used these different forms of dance, from Broadway to hip-hop to break-dance to Indian classical and folk. That came in handy when he had to design the rock and roll songs in ‘The Archies’. There was a skating song that Jim Carrey did solo back in the 1980s. When he watched it, he wondered when we’d be able to do a song like this.
Ganesh also said that he told Shah Rukh that Suhana was so much like him. She never gives up and keeps rehearsing. Even when he tells her to stop, she keeps doing it because it’s very clear that she wants to nail every step with perfection. There’s a lot of similarity between her and Shah Rukh because both are so hardworking and disciplined.
Ganesh revealed he never used to compliment Suhana because he knew she had a level she wanted to achieve. Shah Rukh had visited the rehearsals of ‘The Archies’. The actor told Ganesh that Suhana complained to him that he didn’t compliment her. He told her that Ganesh never complimented him either, because once you receive a compliment, you feel complacent.
