‘Besharam Rang’ choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant opens up about working with Deepika Padukone for SRK-starrer ‘Pathaan’

ANI

Mumbai, December 14

‘Besharam Rang’ is the first track from ‘Pathaan’, which raised the temperature on the Internet as soon as it was released. The lady behind the song and many more such songs is ace choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant. Recently, she opened up about working with Deepika Padukone on the song.

The song was released on Monday, which is composed by Vishal-Sheykhar with lyrics by Kumaar. The peppy track showcases sizzling chemistry between Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone.

The music video begins with visuals of Deepika in a golden monokini grooving to the beats. SRK can be seen in a beach shirt sporting a man-bun in the video.

Merchant, is known to present the hottest versions of leading ladies on screen – Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in ‘Kajra Re’ from ‘Bunty Aur Babli’, Katrina Kaif in ‘Kamli’ from ‘Dhoom 3’ and now scintillating Deepika in ‘Besharam Rang’.

She shared the experience of doing the first song with Deepika and how she made it special with her choreography.

Talking about the same, she said, “In my body of work, I have probably consciously made an effort to ensure that the female leads are always presented very aesthetically. For instance, with Ash (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) in ‘Kajra Re’, I made it a point to kind of enhance the expressions in the way she did her adaakari. In ‘Kamli’ with Katrina again, I kept in my mind what Katrina would look great doing.”

Merchant added, “One must always study the actor they are choreographing for it doesn’t matter if the movement looks great on me or my assistants, but it must look fantastic on the actor.”

The choreographer continued, “Strangely, I’ve never been able to choreograph something for Deepika until ‘Besharam Rang’. So, this is my first song with Deepika and I knew I had to do something really special for this one. It was very endearing for me to see her approach me and say finally we get to work with each other. I said Deepika, I truly want to make this very special for you because this is our first and I don’t want to shoot a better song than this for you in future.”

She says, “I wanted to go all out to present her in a way that she has never been presented before. I must give it to Shaleena Nathani for the costumes. Deepika has a great rapport with her and I was pleasantly surprised to see her being so comfortable in her own skin. She owns the song and she is looking gorgeous in every frame,” Merchant said.

She added, “Deepika put in a lot of hard work to look the way she is looking in the song. She had an entire crew – dietitian, her physical trainer and the stunning costumes by Shaleena. I was mighty impressed with the way she just approached all the costumes. So, I think that really triggered a certain style in which this song was shot.”

‘Besharam Rang’ was shot in Spain’s most gorgeous coastal towns Mallorca, Cadiz and Jerez. Shah Rukh Khan portrays a gun-toting spy with a licence to kill in the upcoming action-thriller film, which is set to release on January 25, 2023, in three languages.

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