By Hindustan Times
The Ala Barfi track from upcoming Ranbir Kapoor-Priyanka Chopra starrer have been garnering rather a lot of attention.
And Ranbir’s panchee (bird) step within the video too has gained popularity. Few know that the step has a narrative of it’s own. Director Anurag Basu reveals, “One of the members of our unit, Sikander, would do that particular step whenever he got drunk. It’s become very talked-about with the solid and crew because that is the one step he does. Funnily enough, he goes on for an hour or so sometimes.
How did it make it to the song then?
“The night before we started shooting for ‘Ala Barfi’, there has been a celebration in my room, so everyone was there and in high spirits. Sikander started doing this step and everybody burst into laughter,” narrates Anurag.
“So the day we started shooting, Ranbir was imagined to dance in a marriage procession and we were wondering what step to place. That’s when Ranbir came as much as me and said, ‘Dada, we should always use the step Sikander does. It's going to look fabulous.’ And that’s how we got this idea.”
After they zeroed in at the step, they decided to let the unit member choreograph it himself.
Anurag says, “He was just a little shy and conscious to do the step in front of us, but eventually we made him do it. Finally, once he showed it to us, we started filming it.”
