A recent podcast with choreographers Remo D’Souza, Ganesh Acharya, Shakti Mohan and others, talking about them not getting credit on YouTube for many of their choreographed songs, has once again put the spotlight on the credit debate.

Weighing in on the issue, actor-choreographer Mukti Mohan says it isn’t just choreographers — even their assistants never get credit.

“The steps we see in a number — so many times, it’s the assistants who do that but their names are nowhere to be found,” she rues, lamenting that her work as an assistant choreographer for Padmaavat (2018) and Shamshera (2022), didn’t get any recognition.

But more shockingly, Mukti reveals that the name of her elder sister, singer Neeti Mohan, was omitted from the YouTube credits for Chal Tere Ishq Mein for Gadar 2 (2023).

“The credits had the actors, directors, and producers names, but her name was neither on the title nor in the credit list,” she says, adding that the power of social media and audience’s advocacy got Neeti her rightful recognition.

“She was quite upset and her morale went down. But thankfully, fans do figure out. Soon, people started commenting under the YouTube video, asking the label and production house to add Neeti’s credit because they easily recognized her voice.”