Salman Khan does his best to save choreographer Jay Borade but finally bids a teary adieu
Ankur Pathak (MUMBAI MIRROR; November 6, 2014)

One night in December 1988, a young Salman Khan was driving to his Bandra residence from Worli when he saw a man on the road, bleeding profusely, with an overturned scooter lying nearby. The actor rushed him to Bandra's Bhabha Hospital where the gnash on his head was stitched up. The man was Jay Borade.

Neither knew it but the duo was to meet the next day for the rehearsals of Maine Pyar Kiya, Sooraj Barjatya's directorial debut with Salman in the lead. The songs were choreographed by Jay who went on to work with Salman in Baaghi, Sanam Bewafa, Hum Aapke Hain Koun! (for which he won a National Award) and Hum Saath Saath Hain.

"The night my father died, November 3, Salman met me on the steps of Mount Mary Church. Together we went to the hospital where they had met years ago," recalls Jay's choreographer son Vicky.

Jay was diagnosed with urinal bladder cancer in January and was admitted to a hospital in Borivli. In July, his health deteriorated. "I was all alone and so I called Salman," says Vicky. Salman immediately put his personal doctor on the case and Jay was shifted to Bombay Hospital where he underwent a surgery. Salman took care of the expenses. The operation was successful and Jay was discharged. But on Diwali there was a complication and he couldn't eat anything. "I rushed him to a hospital in Bandra where he passesd away," recalls Vicky.

In 2007, his brother Girish, Sooraj Barjatya's assistant director, had suffered a fatal heart-attack. A few months later, his mother died, leaving Vicky to look after his ailing father, who despite his frail health, continued to take up work. Jay'a last film was Kahin Hain Mera Pyaar (2013).

After his father's death Vicky sent Salman a message. He delayed his Goa trip and immediately dashed down. "He drove with me in the ambulance, teary-eyed because his Masterji was no more," recalls Vicky. 
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Salman Khan was attending the wedding ceremony of his rakhi-sister, Shweta Rohira and Fukrey actor Pulkit Samrat in Goa on Sunday when he heard about choreographer Jay Borade’s demise. Having worked with him in several films, Salman did not waste any time in jetting back to the city to pay his last respects to the dance-meister. He was 77.

Sources said that on landing, the star headed straight to the hospital and accompanied the bereaved family in an ambulance carrying Borade’s body to the morgue. He, however, could not stay till the last rites were performed as he had to leave for the shoot of Kabir Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan in Delhi.

A source who attended the wedding says, “The main rituals had just got over and a party was to follow. But Salman got a call about the death and left for Mumbai immediately.” Borade was the first choreographer to win a National Award for Sooraj Barjatya’s Hum Aapke Hain Kaun. He suffered a serious injury a couple of months ago and was battling for his life. When Salman learnt about his condition, he shifted him to a suburban hospital and got his surgery done. He also ensured that his personal doctor took care of Borade.

Bhupender Sayan, general secretary of Indian Film Dance Directors Association, says: “Salman was taking care of Jay Borade from the time he got to know about his health. While talking to Borade’s son I got to know Salman was in the hospital on Sunday night and accompanied him in the ambulance from the hospital to the morgue.”