Ganesh Hegde lauds Sushmita Sen for breaking norms onscreen, recalls 'Mehboob Mere' shoot

Choreographer Ganesh Hegde is all praises for Bollywood beauty Sushmita Sen as he recalled shooting song 'Mehboob Mere' for 2000 film Fiza which featured Hrithik Roshan and Karisma Kapoor in le roles. He spoke to an international daily and recalled how actor h been a trendsetter in those days. He said that Sen dominated screen with her presence and commanded respect with her personality and choices off-screen.

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Ganesh Hegde shared an anecdote about item song 'Mehboob Mere' in particular as he shared that Sushmita Sen h refused to shoot and lip-sync for song as lyrics were very suggestive. She me composer Anu Malik change lyrics before she could go ahe with shoot. original track reportedly h line 'aa garmi le mere seene se' (come feel heat of my bosom) which was later changed to ‘aa narmi le mere aankhon se (bask in softness of my eyes)’.

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Hegde recalled how Sushmita h been very particular about her projection on screen and said that Main Hoon Na actor broke rm for item numbers at that time. He shared that her trance-like moves, including belly dancing, in song Mehboob Mere h been her own style of dance. He went on to claim that she could hold an entire st down all by herself and shared how he h gambled by letting her dance to Sting's popular romantic song 'Desert Rose' on st.

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Return of Aarya

Meanwhile, Sushmita is currently riding high on praise for Aarya. actor h me a comeback with Disney+ Hotstar web series. She played titular role of a woman who gets involved in drug mafia after her husband’s death and is forced to take charge of her family. Director Ram Mhwani recently anunced second season of show in an interactive session on Instagram.

"w in season two, what will Aarya want... obstacles we are going to put in her way so that you can root for her more. Watch out for season two," Mhwani said revealing that team is alrey working on an idea for show's sophomore run.

Aarya premiered last month and was well-received for its taut narrative and effective performances. season one also featured Chandrachur Singh, Namit Das, Manish Chaudhary and Sikander Kher. 

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