Katrina Kaif 'Worked Insanely, Had Bruises' Says Shakti Mohan, Clarifies She Was NOT Her Double In 'Kamli'

A while ago, a video went viral across social media platforms featuring Shakti Mohan doing the stunts in Kamli, the song from Dhoom 3 which was performed by Katrina Kaif. This led to netizens believing that Shakti Mohan was Katrina’s body double in the song and performed all the tricky stunts instead of the actress. Shakti Mohan has now dismissed these rumours and clarified that she was the choreographer’s assistant on set and cannot do a flip herself.

When Shakti was asked about the viral video in conversation with Mirchi Plus, she said, “Haan mereko pata hai, yeh reel mereko bohot logo ne bheji ki aap body double ho. I’m like, ‘Just think.’ How will I be body double? Just look at my skin colour. Look at her skin colour, look at her height. I was assisting Vaibhavi ma’am and people can see also in the making ki main ma’am ke saath khadi hoon and she’s dancing.”

She added, “One of my friends, Emily from Paris, she’s the body double on this. Although many of the routines, which were very challenging, Katrina was insisting that I want to do it. She was working insanely, she had bruises. There are things like flipping and all which nobody can get. Even after months and months of work you cannot get, those are the things that Emily did. But I don’t know who cooked up this story that I’m the body double. How? I can’t do a flip. Have you ever seen me do a flip in life?”

From Kala Chashma to Kamli, Katrina Kaif has always managed to captivate viewers with her unmatchable dancing prowess. However, there was a time when the actress claimed that she could not dance. Speaking to Bollywood Bubble years ago, Katrina said, “Honestly, I could not dance. It’s not that, ‘Oh they said that about me. Hmmm’. No, I couldn’t dance. That was a fact. They were just stating the very obvious fact that was in front of them. I’ve said it many times before. This is me in the beginning (flailing her arms) hands everywhere.”

Katrina was convinced that she was not a good dancer and was never going to be good at it. However, Bosco Martis told her otherwise. “’You are a good dancer. You have it in you, but you have to work on it.’ So, once I felt the confidence that I am a good dancer, I just had to figure out the way and then everything changed for me,” the actress shared.