Is Aditya Chopra behind Rani's TV debut?
Filmmaker shares good relationship with channel
Rani Mukerji was the last name announced by Sony TV to be the judge in the
ongoing dance reality show, "Dance Premier League" (DPL).
Was it Aditya
Chopra's reference that got her the show?
Sony TV and Yash Raj Films
(YRF) share a very good business relationship.
It seems that just two
days before Sony made the announcement about Rani being part of the show, the
channel signed an agreement with YRF for producing exclusive fiction and
non-fiction content for the channel. So now, Aditya Chopra and his talented team
at YRF will be working as producers to create exclusive content for Sony TV.
Incidentally the timing of both the agreements was quite interesting.
YRF's deal with Sony and Rani being part of DPL happened almost simultaneously.
We wonder whether Rani came as a packaged deal for Sony as part of the
agreement with YRF?
Meanwhile, while shooting for the second episode of
DPL, Rani communicated with one of the participants using sign language that she
had learnt five years ago for her movie "Black", in which she played a deaf and
mute character.
One of the contestants on the show, Vishal, who was
considered one of the best, was unfortunately deaf. After his performance, when
it was the judges' turn to comment, all of them spoke but Vishal could not
understand a word.
That's when Rani conversed with him in sign language
and even congratulated him for being different. While everyone danced on the
sound, Vishal had danced guided by his instincts and that's what impressed
Rani.
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