{"id":49545,"date":"2025-08-07T04:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T04:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/49545\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T04:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T04:34:11","slug":"isha-koppikar-recalls-being-humiliated-by-south-choreographer-in-her-debut-film-these-girls-come-from-bollywood-they-dont-know-anything-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/49545\/","title":{"rendered":"Isha Koppikar recalls being humiliated by South choreographer in her debut film: ‘These girls come from Bollywood, they don\u2019t know anything’ | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Isha Before establishing herself in Bollywood with roles in films like Shah Rukh Khan\u2019s Don and Ram Gopal Varma\u2019s Company, Isha Koppikar<\/a> faced a bruising start to her acting journey in the South film industry. In a recent interview, the actor opened up about being humiliated by a choreographer during her debut Telugu film W\/o V. Vara Prasad (1997), where she had appeared in a song sequence.Sharing the incident, Isha<\/a> told Digital Commentary, \u201cIt happened in South. And it was just the beginning. I already had two films. So, it was before Bollywood. When I was on the set, there was a lot of dance. You know South dance. They’re not easy.\u201dThe choreographer, she recalled, publicly shamed her on set in front of the entire unit, accusing her of being a clueless Bollywood import. \u201cHe told me in front of everyone, \u2018These girls come from Bollywood. They don\u2019t know anything. I don\u2019t know why they take them… If you don\u2019t know dance, then why did you come here?\u2019\u201d\u2018I cried in my van… then I called Usha ji\u2019Isha said she was devastated by the criticism. \u201cI felt very bad. I felt humiliated. I went into my make-up van and I cried.\u201d But instead of letting the moment defeat her, she turned it into a motivator. \u201cI took it as a challenge. I said next time when I come to the South, I will dance very well. I will not give anyone a chance to speak like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Remember \u2018Khallas\u2019 girl Isha Koppikar? Diva clicked at airport, asks paps \u2018Neend nahi aati?\u2019<\/p>\n

Determined to improve, she reached out to Saroj Khan\u2019s assistant Usha ji. \u201cI told Usha ji, \u2018I want to learn dance. You come and teach me all the songs of Saroj ji.\u2019 She took out time and came to my house in Mahim and taught me daily.\u201d Isha trained on classic Bollywood numbers like Taal Se Taal Mila and Mujhe Rang De, which she says covered all the major moves used in the industry.How Khallas changed the gameDespite all the dance training, Isha notes that ironically, her breakthrough item number Khallas in Company didn\u2019t have too much choreography. \u201cIf you look at it, there is not much dance in Khallas, but people felt that I know how to dance. Because I had gained confidence. A lot of confidence.\u201dShe credited Khallas director Ram Gopal Varma and choreographer Ganesh Acharya for giving her the confidence to shine. \u201cRamu came to me and said, \u2018I have made this set for you. You should feel that this is your father\u2019s set. I want such an attitude.\u2019 So I said, \u2018Okay. If it is my father\u2019s, then I will bring the same attitude.\u2019 And then Khallas happened and magic happened.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before establishing herself in Bollywood with roles in films like Shah Rukh Khan\u2019s Don and Ram Gopal Varma\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,4057,42025,42027,134,42029,42022,42028,42023,344,8080,42024,42026],"class_list":["post-49545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bollywood","tag-bollywood-dance","tag-choreographer-humiliation","tag-entertainment","tag-isha","tag-isha-koppikar","tag-khallas","tag-khallas-song","tag-movies","tag-south","tag-south-film-industry","tag-w-o-v-vara-prasad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}