Mumbai: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela’ is remembered for the sizzling chemistry between Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh.
The film also featured a special appearance by Priyanka Chopra in the hit song ‘Ram Chahe Leela’.
However, according to the late Saroj Khan, the chartbuster was not part of the original plan.
In an old interview with Talking Cinema, the renowned choreographer revealed that the makers had to scrap a song titled ‘Thappad Se Dar Nahi Lagta, Lagta Hai Pyaar Se’, after Salman Khan reportedly objected to it, leading to a major last-minute change despite days of rehearsals.
“For Ram Leela, I was called to choreograph the song which featured Priyank
a Chopra. I spent 10 days creating and recording the choreography for the song, and I choreographed steps like putting the blouse button, putting the handkerchief at the waist, and the gesture of drying the hair. All this was picturised, but I was asked to stop the rehearsals after 10 days. Before this, the song was called Thapada Se Dar Nahi lagta, Lagta Hai Pyaar Se. After 10 days of rehearsing for the song, I was told to stop because Salman Khan didn’t like the fact that we had taken this line from his film Dabangg,” Saroj said.
She alleged that despite spending significant time developing and rehearsing the choreography, the song was ultimately shelved and that she was not paid for the work.
“They told me that they have to scrap this song, but they told me that they will call me when they will compose another song. They didn’t pay me for those 10 days for which I worked on the song. They didn’t even call me back to choreograph the new song and they asked somebody else to choreograph it. However, they took all the movements that I choreographed and they had recorded in a video and kept it in the song,” she revealed.
‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela’ featured Deepika and Ranveer in lead roles, along with Supriya Pathak, Richa Chadha, Sharad Kelkar, Gulshan Devaiah, Barkha Bisht Sengupta, and Abhimanyu Singh in supporting roles.