Mohanlal does a rumba

Choreographer Sandip Soparrkar has made the South superstar do a western jig in the Malayalam film ‘Aakashgopuram’

South superstar Mohanlal, who played a significant role in Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Company’ and  is now playing Sanjeev Kumar’s counterpart in RGV’s ‘Sholay’  remake, has defied  his sober image to indulge in a western jig.

Latino-Western dance choreographer   Sandip Soparrkar (of ‘Jhalak Dikhla Jaa’ and ‘Holiday’  fame) has made Mohanlal dance to his steps in the upcoming Malayalam movie ‘Aakashgopuram’. It is directed by K P Kumaran.

Sandip revealed reluctantly,  “All I can say is that Mohanlal has startled me with his dance .  He has swung to rumba and waltz music.” Sandeep adds, “He later revealed to me that he is a trained kathak dancer.”

Apparently, Mohanlal plays an elderly architect who is infatuated with a  young woman.  The dance sequence has him wearing a suit and wooing her. Incidentally, in the film ‘Vanaprastham’, released a few years ago, Mohanlal had played the role of a kathak dancer.