Sneha Mahadevan (DNA; June 4, 2015)

While Ranveer Singh recovered from his arm injury, the shooting of Bajirao Mastani continued without him and Sanjay Leela Bhansali shot the portions that didn’t require the actor’s presence. The dance-off between Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra was one such sequence that was shot in his 10-day absence.

Ranveer recently resumed shooting and asked to see the song, so Bhansali arranged for a special screening of the song in his office. Says the actor, “When Mr Bhansali first mentioned the concept of shooting a combined dance number with Priyanka and Deepika, I was most excited because they are two of the most accomplished dancers that we have in contemporary times. It would be magic to see them on screen together. Mr Bhansali spent weeks setting up the complex choreography of the song along with Remo D’Souza who wanted to display his best work till date on the epic Bhansali canvas. When I saw the song in the edit room, my jaw dropped to the floor. Such perfection in synchronised dance is unprecedented. Credit especially to the two ladies who put in their best efforts into making the song visually and emotionally brilliant.”

He adds, “I could not visit the set during the shoot because of my injury but I was getting reports of the kind of toil that was going into creating the SLB spectacle that one expects. The girls were under a lot of pressure to deliver. I don’t think either of them have been so challenged in any dance sequence but they were more than up to it.”