‘Salman Khan danced more perfectly than Govinda in Partner, he practiced a lot,’ recalls composer Sajid: ‘Bhai usually doesn’t do that much’

Sajid remembered with a laugh that Salman Khan was quite impressed by Govinda’s dancing skills and knew that he had to practice a lot. “Salman bhai said Govinda is a very good dancer. He said he’ll have to practice a lot,” the composer said. He added that Salman has danced even more perfectly than Govinda in some of the songs in Partner as he had practiced a lot. “If you watch the songs of Partner, you will notice that Salman is dancing more perfectly than Govinda. Even though Salman bhai usually doesn’t do that much, he would just move on the beat but because Govinda was there, he practiced too much,” he said.

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Partner featured songs like “Soni De Nakhre”, “Do You Wanna Partner”, “You’re My Love”, among others and were quite popular at the time.

Wajid Khan, of the Sajid-Wajid duo, passed away in 2020. The family issued a statement saying that he died due to cardiac arrest. “Our dearest Wajid passed away at the age of 47 due to a cardiac arrest on 1st of June at 00:30 am in Surana Sethia hospital. He had a successful kidney transplant last year and he was undergoing treatment for a throat infection,” the statement read.