'Wasn't difficult to make Aishwarya Rai-Hrithik Roshan look cool': Choreographer Shiamak Davar on 14 years of 'Dhoom 2'

It's been 14 years since Sanjay Gadhvi directorial Dhoom 2 released. The hit film had an ensemble cast including Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu and Uday Chopra. Dhoom 2 was known for his action-packed sequences, chartbuster songs and amazing dance performances by Hrithik and Aishwarya. Now, choreographer Shiamak Davar who was the man behind the amazing dance sequences took a trip down the memory lane and spoke at length about the shooting process.

Shiamak stated, "In Dhoom: 2, I had Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan. Being probably the coolest dancers ever, it wasn't very difficult for me to make them look cool because they are cool and I love the fact that I was given a chance to work. I'm very grateful that people find it like a benchmark in the industry for dance. I think I owe a lot to my dancers because when your dancers and the stars look good, then I as a choreographer look good."

Talking about choreographing Hrithik and Aishwarya, Davar went on to say, "You see I'd worked with Aishwarya in Taal and before she became Miss World and I'd worked with her already in a Sufi jazz piece, so she was already quite close to understanding my style & delivering it really well. Hrithik was very new to what I do, but the best part about Hrithik was that he is just so natural and my kind of style on him worked so well."

The veteran choreographer went on to say, "I think he also quite excited with the fact that he could do such a different, unusual kind of work from what he was normally doing which is a very strong Bollywood dance. Suddenly, we were to put a little bit of jazz and contemporary. It was quite a thought process to see him and Aishwarya interpret the song. I was very, very happy that they both did a good job. I was very proud of them because when they both came in together and it was electrifying!"

Shiamak concluded by talking about how Dhoom 2 dance songs still resonate with the youth. He said, "The reason it resonates with the youth today is that the movements are still very current and fresh. I think the choreography which I did was anyway something very unique and not very regular, even for that time."