‘Only Nora Fatehi could pull off those dance moves in Garmi, it didn’t look vulgar’: Choreographer Kruti Mahesh

She added, “If it was somebody else, I wouldn’t have had them do it. It was only because it was Nora and she’s capable of making something like that… Nora. Otherwise it didn’t make sense.” The choreographer revealed that Nora also pushes her to do something new and challenging because as a dancer, she’s willing to take up those risks.

Nora Fatehi in Street Dancer 3D song Garmi.

“In African dances, what you see right now and call ‘twerking,’ it’s their folk style, it’s what they do as street folk, it’s their way of expression. So, if you’re going to watch it with a certain mindset, then I’m sorry but films are not meant to be watched like that. It’s someone’s vision,” said Kruti.

“Garmi”, sung by Badshah and Neha Kakkar, featured Nora Fatehi alongside Varun Dhawan. Produced by Remo D’Souza Entertainment and Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series, Street Dancer 3D is a dance film also starring Shraddha Kapoor, Raghav Juyal, Aparshakti Khurana, Sonam Bajwa, Upasana Singh, Zarina Wahab, and Manoj Pahwa among others.

Kruti Mahesh has also choreographed Shraddha in “Sun Sathiya” from Remo’s 2015 dance film ABCD 2, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra in “Pinga” and Deepika in “Deewani Mastani” from Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 2015 period romance Bajirao Mastani, Alia Bhatt in “Meri Jaan” and “Dholida” from Bhansali’s 2022 period drama Gangubai Kathiawadi, and Wamiqa Gabbi in “Vo Tere Mere Ishq Ka” from Vikramaditya Motwane’s 2023 period show Jubilee on Prime Video India.

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Kruti also won the National Film Award for Best Choreography for choreographing Deepika in “Ghoomar” from Bhansali’s 2018 hit period drama Padmaavat. She choreographed the folk-pop song alongside Jyothi D Tomar, an exponent of Rajasthan’s folk dance ghoomar. Kruti has most recently choreographed Trisha Krishnan in “Sugar Baby” from Mani Ratnam’s Tamil crime thriller Thug Life.