For art's sake or fun, dance is easily one of the most vibrant languages of expression. Needless to say, it has greatly influenced Hindi cinema and its undying obsession with musicals and celebratory sequences. And so, even today, the aptitude to romp poses as one of the foremost requirement among an actor's credentials.
Considering the medium's impact on our movies, it's not surprising to notice some of our top stars with extraordinary dancing prowess have essayed a professional performer on celluloid as well.
While in the past the likes of Waheeda Rehman, Madhubala and Vyjyanthimala foot it to perfection in Guide, Mughal-E-Azam and Amrapali respectively, others like Asha Parekh, Hema Malini, Sudha Chandran and Sridevi set the stage on fire with some hot-stepping action in Caravan, Abhinetri, Naache Mayuri and Chaalbaaz.
The men aren't far behind either. If Mithun Chakravarthy demonstrated some inspiring footwork in Disco Dancer and Dance Dance, Govinda channeled the Michael Jackson within with his free-styled moves in Street Dancer.
On that note, here's a look at Bollywood actors playing reel-time dancers in recent times.
Shahid Kapoor, Chance Pe Dance
After working with director Ken Ghosh on Ishq Vishk and Fida, Shahid collaborates again to work on Chance Pe Dance, a young musical featuring him as an aspiring actor struggling to make it big in Bollywood.
Meanwhile in order to make some living, he starts giving dance lessons to a bunch of difficult kids.
Now that mustn't have been too difficult for the Kaminey star. It might be recalled how he used to do something along the same lines in Shiamak Davar Institute for the Performing Arts.
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