Actors Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif have been creating quite the buzz for the release of their upcoming film Tiger 3. The film’s song Leke Prabhu Ka Naam was also released recently, marking Salman Khan and Arjit Singh’s first collaboration and the end of their nine-year feud. While the song received mostly positive reactions, a lot of netizens compared it to Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone’s Besharam Rang from the film Pathaan. Interestingly, both songs are choreographed by Vaibhavi Merchant.
Speaking to the Hindustan Times about these opinions, Vaibhavi said, “See, when I was introduced to Rubai, Deepika’s character in Pathaan, my brief was just that she’s supposed to entice the Pathaan character. There was no info about her backstory. It was her intro song. So I just approached her as a femme fatale. She’s Bo Derek from James Bond.”
“Deepika had also done a bunch of traditional roles, like Padmaavat. So when she came into Besharam Rang, she wanted to go all guns blazing. So I didn’t want to shoot it like a typical Hindi dance song. I wanted it to be languid like a chic fashion video. Something I did with Katrina in the Dhoom 3 title track. But Zoya is very different from Rubai. She’s the wife of Tiger and the mother of a 10-year-old. So it’s all character-driven. Rubai is meant to entice Pathaan, and Zoya is dancing with her husband. She’s just celebrating,” she added.
Talking about the differences between Katrina and Deepika, Vaibhavi said, “Katrina comes from a place of anxiety. She wants to make sure she doesn’t disappoint anybody. Deepika came in as the completely opposite. She’s a quiet worker. She did her rehearsals silently. She does her homework. Katrina also does her homework, but she’s like, ‘Dekho, dekho, main apna homework karke aayi hu.’ She needs a sign-off from me on everything, including her costumes. Deepika worked on her costume herself. Katrina is that frontbencher who’s a teacher’s pet. She’s very hands-on. Deepika is that mid-bencher who comes with a certain ease.”
Tiger 3, directed by Maneesh Sharma, will be released in theatres on November 12 this year.
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