Ganesh Hegde Reveals, Sushmita Sen Refused To Lip Sync Mehboob Mere Because Of Suggestive Lyrics
Sushmita Refused To Lip Sync Mehboob Mere
Updated : July 22, 2020 12:52 PM IST
Mehboob Mere was an all time superhit song that had Sushmita Sen dancing to the tunes of it. The actress vowed viewers recently with her appearance on Disney+Hotstar’s Aarya. The ex-Miss Universe who has been an inspiration to many keeps sharing her life with fans and followers through her videos on social media.
Miss Sen has been this towering figure when it comes to feminism and strength. And now, there is yet another instance that proves, Sushmita always managed to take a stand against what she thought was not right.
It was during an interview with HuffPost that Ganesh Hegde revealed that it was because of one particular line in the song, ‘Mehboob Mere’ she refused to lip-sync it. The choreographer has been quoted as saying, "There was a line that went ‘aa garmi le mere seene se (come feel the heat of my bosom)’ and she refused to sing it. She said, ‘I won’t just do it.’ Composer Anu Malik had to change the lines to ‘aa narmi le mere aankhon se (bask in the softness of my eyes)." He added, "It was unheard of at that point of time, to command and extract that kind of respect."
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The choreographer went on to state, "She dominated the screen. I knew that from the first time I choreographed her for a stage performance, and unlike what we did with most actors, we let her dance alone on the stage to Sting’s Desert Rose. It’s a gamble on a massive stage like that, but I knew Sushmita could hold the stage down all by herself."
"But then, there is nothing usual about her. A lot of the dancing, especially the belly dancing moves, she did herself. There’s a trance-like feel to her dancing and in those sequences, I did not do anything. It was mostly her," he told the publication.