Street Dancer3D….All The Right Moves

The trailer  of  Remo D Souza’s Street Dancer 3D proves  there is no substitute  to  the masala  entertainer.And when  it comes  to   films about dancers and dancing  there is  no substitute  to  Remo d’Souza. Remo is  to jiving feet what  Rohit Shetty  is to crashing  cars.

The adrenaline rush  in the trailer  of Street Dancer is  so  steep  it feels like  an invitation to join in  for a deep-dive into  boogie  nights.

Varun Dhawan  and Shradha Kapoor have come  together  earlier for Remo’s other dance film.  The  USP  this time is, they  are competitive dancers  from the  two sides of  the  border. Varun is  Indian, Shradha is Pakistani. Couldn’t you tell from her  nose ring? In  our cinema all Pakistani girls wear  nose rings and all Pakistani men  refer to one  another as  ‘Janaab’.

Street Dancer uses dance instead of  cricket as  the  tie  that binds the two  countries. I think that’s a truly inspiring idea  to  nail a  plot. As a choreographer Remo has the most fun when he is choreographing group dancers. The  desi troupe dancing to  a  new pulse-pounding  version of  the anthemic  Miley sur mera  tumhara looks like the  climactic highlight  of  a film that promises to  show the  two nations in a competitive  spirit without getting into the dark politics that  divides the two countries.

 I  think a film that shows India and Pakistan rising above politics, somersaulting  in  the air and then landing gracefully on its feet, is  the need of the hour.This Republic day it is time to let  the differences  dissolve as everyone gets the dancefloor for a  film that  promises  thumping  entertainment. When  Prabhudheva joins in, it is time to seriously dance till you  drop.

Remo d’Souza tells me he  considers Prabhudheva his lucky mascot. No matter what, Prabhu has  to be  in Remo’s  films. Besides Prabhudheva, dancing and competing with rival dance groups,the one trait that binds all of Remo’s cinema is….the  quest for  new dance steps. Every  move that Varun and Shradha make in Street Dancer 3D looks  unique,  untried.Sexily inviting.

 Wah,  Janaab!