Actress, with Anil Kapoor and Salman Khan, will be the first guest on the ‘Dhak-Dhak’ girl’s new dance reality show
Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; May 17, 2018)

Madhuri Dixit is all set to return to the small screen in June as judge on a dance reality show, Dance Deewane, along with director Shashank Khaitan of Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, Badrinath Ki Dulhania and Dhadak and choreographer Tushar Kalia. Mirror has learnt that the actress’s first guests on the show will be her Hum Aapke Hai Koun! hero Salman Khan, while his Race 3 co-stars, Jacqueline Fernandez and Anil Kapoor, will accompany him.

A source from the show reveals that the shoot will take place in the coming week at a Mumbai studio. “Madhuri and Jacqueline will be performing on the Tezaab chartbuster, 'Ek Do Teen' which Jackie recreated for the Tiger Shroff and Disha Patani hit Baaghi 2. Anil and Madhuri too will go down memory lane with Beta’s 'Dhak Dhak'. Salman and Madhuri are expected to perform on a Hum Aapke Hai Koun song but details of the act are yet to be finalised.”

The show will have three categories of participants — under-13, under-35, and 35 and above. The three best contestants in each category will compete for the winner’s title.

Madhuri and Anil will soon be seen together on the big screen in Indra’s Kumar’s Total Dhamaal. Interestingly, in a recent interview to Mirror, the ’90s diva had revealed that they will be recreating the hit track from Subhash Ghai’s Karz, “Paisa Ke Paisa” for their laugh riot.

Meanwhile, Salman is slated to begin shoot for his own TV game show Dus Ka Dum today that goes on air in June.

Ahmed Khan on why Sajid Nadiadwala decided to repeat an actor-director duo for the first time in his 30-year career even before their first project’s release
Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; March 29, 2018)

Choreographer-turned-director Ahmed Khan was taken by surprise when producer Sajid Nadiadwala offered him the sequel to his 2016 action-thriller Baaghi. He worked on the script for eight months and another few months on the action along with Kaecha from Thailand who is a master in rigging, cables, grips and gadgets, brothers Ram-Lakshman from the South and Shamsher Khan who guided them on underground street fights.

“Tiger and I wanted to work together and what better than Baaghi 2. It was a lot of hard work, particularly the action scenes, but Tiger was game for all stunts, whether it was underwater, on a chopper or fighting off 200 men. And despite the hectic schedule, working with him was beautiful. He’ll always be my No. 1 hero,” says Ahmed.

He goes on to inform that when Sajid saw the rushes during the editing, he pronounced the film “mindblowing”. A delighted Ahmed unable to believe his ears, kept wondering if he was sure. “Sajid bhai asked me to wait for five days, then, suddenly called Tiger and me to his office and told us he was signing us for Baaghi 3. He has never done something like this before in his 30-year career and it showed how much confidence he has on us,” exults the filmmaker. “I have started designing the action for Baaghi 3 but I haven’t decided on the script yet. Sajid bhai comes up with story ideas and asks us to take our pick. We’ll do this after the release of Baaghi 2 after which we’ll decide on the heroine.”

Quiz him on the similarities between the original and the sequel and he informs that apart from the title, Tiger is called Ronny even though the characters are very different. “In Baaghi 3 too we will retain the name but that Ronny will have a different story,” he avers.

Meanwhile, he’s open to directing music videos, pointing out that it was “Dheere Dheere Se Meri Zindagi” with Hrithik Roshan and Sonam Kapoor, “Phir Se” with the Big B and Amruta Fadnavis and “Zindagi Aa Raha Hoon” with Tiger that brought him into the limelight. “I’d love to do another one, it’ll be a good break,” he smiles.

Meanwhile after the Sunny Leone starrer, Ek Paheli Leela, Ahmed is in discussions to produce another film. “After Baaghi 2’s release I will dive into it,” he asserts, adding he has also written a few scripts.

Prod him on the feedback to the recreated version “Ek Do Teen”, with Jacqueline Fernandez stepping into Madhuri Dixit’s shoes, and he says, “When you rework such a big song, it will be either loved or not. We got lots of hits online and whether good or bad, it’s publicity. The song has grabbed eyeballs, no doubts about that,” he signs off.

MUMBAI MIRROR (March 23, 2018)

Rubbishing reports that she is upset with the recreated version of “Ek Do Teen” in Baaghi 2, veteran choreographer Saroj Khan has showered blessings on the fi lm’s team and appreciated their efforts for the special number that features Jacqueline Fernandez.

Source close to the dance master, who choreographed the original song featuring Madhuri Dixit in Tezaab, reveal that she has, in fact, liked the recreated version of the song and is all praises for director Ahmed Khan and choreographer Ganesh Acharya.

Coincidentally, Ahmed Khan was the assistant choreographer on Tezaab under the guidance of Saroj Khan, while Ganesh Acharya had featured as a background dancer in the 1988 song.

The recreated version, which was flagged off by Saroj Khan herself, comes as a tribute to Tezaab director N Chandra, Saroj Khan and Madhuri Dixit from Baaghi 2 producer Sajid Nadiadwala and director Ahmed Khan. “I’m extremely happy and proud of Ahmed and Ganesh for paying us a tribute through this song. They have all my blessings,” Saroj Khan said.

Meanwhile, a source close to the development further revealed, “There was no question of legal action. There is no competition here and there should be no comparison as every individual is different. There’s no question of which version is better as the new song is a tribute to the original team of 'Ek Do Teen'. The entire Baaghi 2 team has worked very hard on it.”