Meet Shahrukh Khan

Vaibhavi Merchant, who has choreographed for Shah Rukh Khan in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, has teamed up with him after four years. It was Veer-Zaara (2004) that she had last worked with him on a film set and Shah Rukh was 39-year-old then. But this ace dancer says that age has neither limited King Khan’s energy nor his enthusiasm to perform and learn new things.
“Shah Rukh is like wine, he only gets better with age. He is settling benchmarks for himself and others with every film. Look at Om Shanti Om what he has done to his body and looks. He is someone who always looks to push himself. I worked with him in Veer-Zaara four years before and these years haven’t really affected him at all. He is fitter and if I may say so a better dancer too,” says Vaibhavi.
She adds, “Shah Rukh puts in a lot of hard work while dancing. No one can match his enthusiasm and energy to learn and deliver new things. He is always ready to do something. He’s a bundle of energy. I’m not used to much rehearsal before taking the shot and Shah Rukh is like always rehearsing his steps till the last minute. Other actors might not want to exert himself or herself the way Shah Rukh does but that is how he is. He has a wonderful way of rehearsing. You will always find him (Shah Rukh) with a coffee mug in his hand and even while he’s doing his steps. When he is ready, he simply does it so smoothly that you wonder how easily he pulled it off.”
Vaibhavi adds that seeing Aditya Chopra and King Khan work alongside each other was a treat.
“If you are in a film that has a SRK and Adi combo, can you ask for anything better? They are always at ease with each other. They are more friends than professionals and it is this rapport that just weaves a magic. They are always into what they are doing. They are improvising, there is so much creativity at work that you enjoy being in there. It is this camaraderie that has created those lovely films (Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Mohabbatein in which Aditya Chopra was the director and Shah Rukh Khan the actor),” she says.

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