{"id":325755,"date":"2026-03-12T10:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T10:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/325755\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T10:08:08","slug":"shakti-mohan-refused-to-be-paid-for-padmaavat-song-says-sanjay-leela-bhansali-is-very-strict-even-if-you-breathe-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/325755\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakti Mohan refused to be paid for ‘Padmaavat’ song, says Sanjay Leela Bhansali is very strict: ‘Even if you breathe…’ | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Shakti Dancer and choreographer Shakti Mohan<\/a> who started out with ‘Dance India Dance<\/a>‘ has come a long way after the reality show. Shakti has managed to create her own niche over the years. In a recent interview, Shakti opened up about landing her first big choreography opportunity with filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali<\/a> for the ‘Padmaavat’ track featuring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone. She also shared what it was like working with the renowned director, describing him as \u201cvery strict.\u201dDuring a conversation with Hauterrfly, Shakti recalled how overwhelming the opportunity felt. She said, \u201cMy first song as a choreographer was with Sanjay Leela Bhansali. It was \u2018Nainowale Ne\u2019 from the film Padmaavat. There, I freaked out because I got the chance to work with Bhansali in my first song as a choreographer.\u201d <\/p>\n

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The choreographer also revealed that she chose not to take any payment for the project, considering it a priceless learning experience. \u201cI refused to be paid for that song. I told him that \u2018I should pay you because I\u2019m learning from you.\u2019 It was a big deal for me. So, when he spoke about money, I said, \u2018Please, mat dijiye mujhe.\u2018 I will always do it for free for him because you are getting to work with such a genius.\u201dShakti went on to describe Bhansali\u2019s intense work style, noting that everyone around him needs to stay alert on set. \u201cYes, he is very strict. Even if somebody breathes around him, he will turn and give them a look. For three hours, people would just hold their breath and stand beside him. He has a vision of each and everything, and even if the light is dim on one leaf, he has to correct it. Everyone has to be very patient for that process.\u201dSpeaking about her experience working with Deepika, Shakti explained that most of their interaction happened directly on set due to the actor\u2019s tight schedule. \u201cMy interaction with Deepika was directly on the set and there were no rehearsals because she was shooting all the time. We were teaching her dance steps on set. There was a dance sequence where she had to perform it on a stone in the middle of the lake while holding a bow and wearing a saree. It was so challenging. That had so many takes, but in the end, it was removed from the song, but the rest of the romantic bits were there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dancer and choreographer Shakti Mohan who started out with ‘Dance India Dance‘ has come a long way after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,175680,504,156,175679,111,139,69,175681,505,31448,26779,153124],"class_list":["post-325755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-dance-india-dance","tag-deepika-padukone","tag-entertainment","tag-naino-wale-ne","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-padmaavat","tag-ranveer-singh","tag-sanjay-leela-bhansali","tag-shahid-kapoor","tag-shakti-mohan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}