Why Ahmed Khan roped in Ganesh Acharya instead of Saroj Khan for Ek Do Teen remake

20 Mar 2018

Jacqueline Fernandez s Ek Do Teen (reprised version) dropped yesterday and has become a talking point since then. Before the release of the song, Jacqueline Fernandez rushed to Madhuri Dixit to seek her blessings and Baaghi 2 director Ahmed Khan paid the legendary choreographer Saroj Khan a visit before filming the reprised version of Khans iconic Madhuri Dixit song. It was only the proper thing to do. I consider Sarojji my guru. When we were thinking of which number touse forJacqueline Fernandezs dance number, many songs like Saat sumundar paar (Vishwaatma ) and Aao na gale lagao na (Mere Jeevan Saathi ) cameup for consideration. When we decided to add an item song at the last minute, we were sure of two things. That there was space for it inthe plot. And that we wanted only Jacqueline to do it. Jacky, says Ahmed, was overthe moon when she was offered this dance number. When she heard it was Ek Do Teen shefreaked out. It iseverybodys favourite. When we thinkof an item song, we think of Ek do teen asthe baap of all them all. I quickly paid Sarojji a visit. But we did not invite her to do the choreographyfor the new version of Ek Do Teen fortwo reasons. One, because we wanted a new treatment to the song. And two, because Sarojji is now getting old and is also likely to run out ofpatience on the sets. Ahmed Khan saysheinsteadinvited Ganesh Aacharya todo the dance steps. It is an entirelynew interpretationofthe iconic song, not meant to challenge the original. Rather, ours is a homage to the original. We made sure that Jacquelines costume wasa close replica of Madhuris costume. We have incorporated Madhurissignature stepthe palm and fingers perpendicular to the forehead accompanied by a trot backwardsinto our version. But therest of the steps are by Ganesh. One changefromtheoriginal that may not go down well with the architectsofthe original is the voice. Alka Yagniks vocals in the original song have been replaced by Shreya Ghosal. Explains Ahmed Khan, Alkaji wasthe heroinesvoice inthe 1990s and 2000s. Shreya Ghosalisthe heroines voice today. We wanted Jacqueline to havethe heroines voice. We didnt wantour Ek Do Teen to be treated as an item song. Ahmedhopes to show the new version of the song to Saroj Khan, Madhuri Dixit andthe Tezaab director N Chandra. We need theirblessings. Our song is possibleonly because of them, says Ahmed emotionally. Also Read: HOT! Jacqueline Fernandezs SIZZLING avatar from Baaghi 2s Ek Do Teen will make you go Dhak-Dhak