'Ranbir was quiet and sat by himself in one corner'

Rajul Hegde in Mumbai

Uma and Gaiti, ace choreographers with 12 years of combined dance and choreography experience, most notably in television commercials and music videos, have choreographed for Remo D'Souza's ABCD that released today. 

Experts in contemporary dance, they have participated in shows such as Channel [V] Footloose, Dance Premiere League, and Jhalak Dikhla Jaa. They conduct dance workshops in Dubai. 

They are personal trainers for Bollywood celebrities Imran Khan, Emraan Hashmi, Dia Mirza, Abhay Deol, Mrinalini Sharma, and Celina Jaitely.

Uma and Gaiti have been working together for almost nine years in Mumbai. The first break came through a music video for Shaan directed by Vikramaditya Motwani. The song was called Na Kehna Nahi Ata. 

Abhay Deol, who was a part of the project, recommended them to Vikram. 

The first film song that they shot was for Ram Gopal Varma's Darna Zaroori Hai. 

 

"We have choreographed one big song called Duhai hai and all the dance school sequences in the film. It was a great experience being a part of this feature with Remo, Prabhu Deva, K K Menon and all of the dancing stars. It was a choreographer's delight."

Uma and Gaiti share some interesting behind-the-scenes details of the stars they have interacted with.

Ranbir Kapoor

We were thrilled when Imtiaz Ali called us for Rockstar. To choreograph Ranbir on A R Rahman's music was an extremely stimulating idea. Nevertheless the song (Phir Se Ud Chala) didn't have scope for dancing as it was real and situational. 

Ranbir was quiet and sat by himself in one corner between takes and that's what stood out for us in the whole shoot: that you wouldn't realise that a huge star like Ranbir was on the set. 

He would be taking guitar lessons whenever he got time.