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"When I came on board, I was under the impression that I would be choreographing a song. I began rehearsals keeping that in mind. But Mani had a different vision and suggested that we stylise the escape
sequence," Deboo says. His name had been suggested to Ratnam by cinematographer Santosh Sivan who had worked with Deboo in MF Husain's Meenaxi and Vishal Bharadwaj's Omkara.
"The sequence was a bit tricky because of the waterfall and the sharp drop in the cliff," says Deboo. He, however, is impressed with Aishwarya's professionalism. "She had to shoot the sequence twice, once for the Hindi version with Abhishek (Bachchan) and then with Vikram for the Tamil version." Both the male actors, adds Deboo, bring in different energies into the sequence.
Meanwhile, Deboo is in talks with the organisers of the Commonwealth Games to choreograph or perform for the opening ceremony.
SOURCE:http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Escape-Artist/619402
Background Info:
WHo Is AStaad Deboo?
Astad Deboo (born 1947) is an Indian contemporary and modern dancer and choreographer, who employs his training in Indian classical dance forms of Kathak as well as Kathakali to create a dance form that is unique to him, and become a pioneer of modern dance in India [1]. Through his long and illustrious career, he has worked with various prominent performers such as Pina Bausch, Alison Chase and Pink Floyd, and performed in many parts of the world [2][3][4]
He has been awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1996 and Padma Shri in 2007, awarded by the Government of India.[5]
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