Raju Khan: My Mother is the Ultimate Choreographer

'Filmmaking has changed. Choreography has changed accordingly,' says veteran Choreographer Saroj Khan's son Raju Khan who is basking in the glory of his dance moves in Hrithik Roshan's 'Krrish'. He has choreographed over 1500 songs and has also won a national award for Lagaan. He is starting on his directorial venture Showbiz under Mahesh Bhatt's banner. 'I can't talk about 'Showbiz' right now as we are still at the scripting stage and it won't be proper to say anything about it,' he says.

His views about his first love Choreography are rather radical. 'There was a time when along with the lead pair, dozens of chorus dancers gyrated their bellies needlessly. Songs then were meant as a breather where people went out and smoked. Today, the duration of a film has been curtailed. Mostly songs that add to the story are kept so the choreography has to be more meaningful and it has to take the story forward. I think the ego should go out of a dancer to make the song look more plausible. He doesn't have any other option if he wants to be around for long,' he says. And what's his opinion on her mother who is instrumental in the success of Madhuri Dixit and Sridevi? 'I sincerely feel she is the ultimate Choreographer. She actually knows what it means to make musical steps according to her own liking.'

The new generation of Choreographers is ruling the roost right now. They are young, hip and prone to fast-success. Maybe they should take a cue from Raju Khan's long-n-successful career and aspire for a longer career rather than doing too many things simultaneously.

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