We are expecting the world from Aishwarya Rai’s upcoming number in Fanne Khan. Rendered by Sunidhi Chauhan, it will feature Ash as the Indian version of Madonna. And director Atul Manjrekar has roped in a choreographer to do full justice to it – Frank Gatson Jr, who has worked with pop sensations like Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez and Rihanna.
The award-winning dancer and creative director will do full justice to the project at hand and present Ash like never before. After all, we are talking about Gatson here, who had hit the headlines with Michael Jackson’s ‘Smooth Criminal’, and went on to choreograph 17 videos for Beyoncé, besides being the director-choreographer of three of her world tours. Frank, who has also worked with Toni Braxton and Usher, apparently was excited at the opportunity to work with Aishwarya whom he knows of and came on board immediately.
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Director Atul explains that Aishwarya plays a huge pop icon in his upcoming musical-drama, who is extremely popular with the youngsters. “Her character is a fabulous dancer and singer who performs on the global stage. While fleshing out her character, we began referencing a bunch of choreographers who do international live shows. Frank is among the best in the world and we decided to approach him.”
This will be no ordinary song sequence. It will be an exciting portrayal of Ash’s character’s tours. It will cover three-four acts and will be shot over eight-10 days in Mumbai. No wonder it is pegged as the biggest song of Aishwarya’s career. As the tone of the film has been kept realistic, the song will be suitably choreographed as well, informs Atul, who is thrilled to be working with the cast he always desired. Fanne Khan, which is produced by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Anil Kapoor and Bhushan Kumar, also stars Anil Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao and Divya Dutta.
The film, which is set to release on August 3, is based on the Oscar-nominated Dutch film Everybody’s Famous! Ash is set to get even more famous after her international number, we can safely predict!
