Directed by: Aarif Sheikh
Cast: Gayatri Patel, Ajay Chaudhary, Aqib Afzaal, Sugandha Garg, Asif Basra, Abhaas Yadav, Nikuunj Padaya, Paras Arora and Anjan Srivastav
Suhani (Gayatri Patel) is a passionate young dancer, who dreams of becoming a movie star. Living with her best friend Anoushka (Sugandha Garg), Suhani teaches dance at a rented hall owned by Sharmaji (Anjan Srivastav).
Meanwhile, 14 year old street kid Aftab (Abhaas Yadav), also a gifted dancer, has never dreamt of being anything in life.
Dance crazy Gayatri
While Suhani can see nothing beyond starring in a music video, Aftab cannot see beyond spending his life on the mean streets of Mumbai with his brother Ali (Nikuunj Padaya) and friend Kallu (Paras Arora).
Moved by the talent possessed by these street kids, Suhani wants the world to give them their due.
Enter Neil (Ajay Chaudhary), who not only falls head-over-heels in love with Suhani but also decides to help her realise her dreams of becoming a dancing star.
The only thing that’s stopping Neil from winning her love is popular video director Rehaan Jones (RJ). He is more determined to make Suhani the next superstar in this moving drama.
The heroine of Let’s Dance, debutante actress Gayatri Patel is no novice to the world of dance. She is trained in Kathak and is also in Yoga.
Shifting base from America to Bollywood to pursue acting, Gayatri first spent time taking tips from theatre actors Satyadev Dubey and Makrand Deshpande.
She also did an acting workshop with Veena Mehta and played the role of Ophelia in Neeraj Kabir’s play Hamlet.
She also did three music videos for Venus opposite Inder Kumar and Jugal Hansraj, till one day, National Award winning editor Aarif Sheikh decided to launch her as the lead in his directorial debut Let’s Dance.
Musical score has been composed by Vipin Mishra and National Award winner Tarali Sharma.
The dance numbers have been choreographed by Saroj Khan and other well known dance choreographers.
These include Longinus Fernandes of Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire) and Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na fame, Rajiv Goswami of Veer-Zaara and Dhoom fame and Pappu-Malu of Saawariya fame.
Previewed by Manish Gajjar
´óÏó´«Ã½ Bollywood Correspondent
