Meena Iyer (BOMBAY TIMES; August 6, 2014)

International hip-hop dancer Salah Benlemqawanssa, popularly known as Spider Salah, will feature in the upcoming film Mad About Dance.

Says actor-director Saahil Prem, about getting the French artiste on board, “Salah is the best dancer in the world. Having him in this film is the best thing I could have ever asked for."

Interestingly, not many had encouraged the debutant director when he expressed a desire to cast Salah in the film. However, his persistence paid off. He recalls, “I wrote to him for almost a year, but his manager kept sending regrets. Finally, we left for our first schedule in the UK and when one of our main dancers fell ill, I decided to make a last-ditch attempt to get Salah on board. And to my utter amazement, he agreed."

The world-renowned artiste, says Saahil, has not only played an important cameo in MAD, but also choreographed some dance sequences in the film.