Choreographer Bosco Martis recently opened up about his close bond with actress Katrina Kaif. In an interview, he recalled the time when she was dismissed as a “zero dancer” when she was starting, which is what made her put everything into improvement. Talking to Siddharth Kannan, he recalled a story from the sets of the film ‘Race,’ highlighting Kat’s dedication as an actor and dependability as a human being.
Bosco said that he was unwell at the time and needed two days to complete the song ‘Race Saanson Ki.’ But none of the other actors were available to shoot. “Bipashu Basu was busy, Ameesha Patel was busy… I needed two days from an actor to film the song. Kat said, ‘You take three days, but we will rehearse’.”
Bosco continued, “One day, I was on set and wanted Katrina to be there. Her manager comes up to me and tells me, ‘There’s a gentlemen here, he wants to speak to you’. This gentleman was standing there, and he was like, ‘This is so exciting, I’m so excited to see this. Sorry, I’ve just come to ask your permission to take Katrina for three hours’.” Bosco was confused, and then Katrina’s manager told him who the man was. “That was Jean Paul Gaultier. Jean Paul Gautier had personally come to seek permission for Katrina, he said he would make sure she’s back in a couple of hours.”
This, Bosco said, highlights Katrina’s “dedication.” “She really enjoys dancing,” he said, adding that they shot the song ‘Teri Ore’ in six hours. Bosco also praised the actress for the way she handled being called a ‘zero’ on the set of ‘Partner.’ “Actors are fragile, and the job of the choreographer is to comfort them and make them feel safe. I had that connection with Kat.”