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Mumbai, June 10 (IANS) This weekend, Sony Entertainment Television’s homegrown dance actuality present, ‘Indias Best Dancer 3’, celebrates ‘Cinema Ke 110 Saal, Bemisaal’.

Paying tribute to the unbelievable journey of Indian cinema, the contestants, together with their choreographers will dance within the footsteps of trailblazers like Raj Kapoor, Kishore Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, and Amitabh Bachchan, in addition to Bollywood’s iconic pairs reminiscent of Dharmendra and Hema Malini, Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, amongst others.

Adding an additional dose of leisure to this extravaganza would be the acclaimed filmmaker and choreographer, Farah Khan.

Honouring the individuals behind the scenes, who’ve contributed as a lot as the celebs to the success of Indian Cinema, the present will see Manoj Desai, government director of Mumbai’s G7 multiplex and Maratha Mandir Cinema, Ranjit Dahiya, founding father of the Bollywood Art Project, and Reshma Pathan, the primary stuntwoman within the Indian movie trade.

Bollywood Art Project’s Ranjit Dahiya has been beautifying the streets of Mumbai with gigantic portraits of movie stars throughout generations, and on ‘India’s Best Dancer’, he’ll discuss his love for Bollywood.

“My journey was not easy; there were a lot of struggles,” he says. “When I started the project, I didn’t have enough money, but I had the dream of doing something in Mumbai so that people would come to this city to watch Bollywood.”

Dahiya continued: “Bombay is known as ‘Cinema Ki Nagri’, but there was no representation of Bollywood, hence I wanted to change that and create something. And now, I have been making Bollywood paintings for the past 11 years, with more than 40 murals across India till date.”

Commending Dahiya’s ardour, Sonali Bendre, Bollywood star and one of many three judges, says: “Earlier, film posters used to be painted but with evolving times, the trend of painting faded away and digital posters came into the picture. But today, you reminded us of those days. You are a very talented artist and your work is truly amazing.”

Farah Khan provides: “Whenever I pass the sea link and see your painting, I always wish that one day you will make a painting of one of my films, maybe ‘Om Shanti Om’.”

Making the night memorable for the particular company, Terence Lewis, the contestants, and Dahiya will go on to bop to the enduring music ‘Khaike Paan Banaras Wala’.

This weekend, tune into ‘India’s Best Dancer 3′ at 8 p.m. and have fun ‘Cinema Ke 110 Saal, Bemisaal’ on Sony Entertainment Television.

–IANS
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Update: 10-June-2023