It is very difficult to come up with new things in action genre. I try what all I can change and give something different; I try my best to do whatever I can in the same space.
If I could put in 100 per cent effort to make a film, then a dance film would require that I put in 200 per cent. Making a regular film is much easier.
It's fun matching steps with younger actors. It gives me the confidence to keep going.
I'm very camera shy, but I realise it's important to promote films.
My parents hail from a village near Mysore.
I like Mysuru Palace, which is always a great place to visit.
We named the film 'Action Jackson' because our hero, Ajay Devgn, is known as 'AJ,' and we thought it would be a good idea to use the initials and extend it into the title 'Action Jackson,' as Ajay is doing both action and dancing in the film.
When I went to the sets of 'ABCD,' I felt younger. Surrounded by so many young dancers, I, too, became a dancer again.
I would cringe when asked to dance. I still remember having to wake up early from Class VI to learn Bharatanatyam. I hated it.
I just feel that if people write about a film, then they should also write about audience's response.
I make films for people to smile, laugh, and have fun.
I had been choreographing and dancing for a good 12 years before I did 'Que Sera Sera' for Boney Kapoor. I did it for two reasons - one, I shared a good rapport with Boney, and the more important reason, Madhuri Dixit.
A lot of heroines ask me to make the dance steps easier.
Madhuri did the moonwalk in 'Que Sera Sera' perfectly. We didn't think it would become so iconic.
'Que Sera Sera' had a very unusual rhythm. It was a challenge for me to pick up Rahman's beats and translate them into dance steps.
When I was building my career as a choreographer, acting just happened.
It is not easy for a dancer to be accepted as an actor. But I worked my way up through hard work and by God's grace.
It isn't easy to create a dance show, and it's different from choreographing for films... You need a lot of stamina and practice.
I think dance is my extension. There is nothing that I can imagine without dance.
When I work in a film like an actor, I do not interfere or try to use my seniority or impose anything on the filmmaker.
