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Choreographers Farah Khan and Bosco Martis look back at the actor’s early struggles and her breakthrough<\/p>\n

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Katrina Kaif has become one of Bollywood\u2019s most recognisable dance performers over the years, but choreographer Bosco Martis has revealed that she was once dismissed as having no dancing ability at all.<\/p>\n

Speaking on a podcast hosted by Bosco and Caesar, the two choreographers looked back at Katrina\u2019s early career and how she evolved into a performer known for some of Hindi cinema\u2019s biggest dance numbers.<\/p>\n

Bosco recalled an incident from the start of Katrina\u2019s career, when a choreographer dismissed her dancing outright despite her efforts. \u201cShe worked very hard, but a choreographer told Katrina, \u2018You are zero in dance, so you should quit,\u2019\u201d Bosco said.<\/p>\n

He suggested the harsh assessment may have pushed Katrina to work harder and prove her critics wrong. Fellow choreographer Farah Khan, reacting to the story, said she doubted Katrina had truly started from nothing. \u201cOh, poor thing! She wouldn\u2019t have remained a zero. She must have been a four or five,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Farah pointed to Sheila Ki Jawaani<\/em> as the moment everything changed for Katrina as a dancer. \u201cAfter Sheila Ki Jawaani,<\/em> she became a nine or 10,\u201d she said, noting that Katrina went on to headline dance numbers such as Chikni Chameli<\/em> and Kala Chashma<\/em>. Bosco described the song as a \u201cgame changer\u201d for the actor.<\/p>\n

She also recalled that when she first worked with Katrina on Just Chill<\/em> from Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya<\/em>, the actor was not yet seen as a dancer to watch.<\/p>\n

Katrina has spoken in the past about being told she could not dance, saying the criticism left her doubting whether she would ever become good at it. She has credited Bosco with reassuring her at the time that she could dance but needed to keep working on her craft, encouragement that helped shift her approach.<\/p>\n

Bosco and Caesar went on to choreograph her for Touch Me<\/em> from Race<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Katrina\u2019s later filmography included several of Bollywood\u2019s most popular dance sequences, among them Kamli<\/em>, Swag Se Swagat<\/em>, Afghan Jalebi<\/em> and Nachde Ne Saare<\/em>, alongside Chikni Chameli<\/em> and Kala Chashma<\/em>.<\/p>\n

She was last seen on screen in Merry Christmas<\/em> in 2024 and has since stepped back from films to focus on motherhood.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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