A glimpse of the choreographinization in the 1990's - Tu Shayar Hai (Saajan, 1991)
While flipping through the Indian movies channels on a lazy Friday afternoon, I stopped at one which was playing the 1991 blockbuster move "Sajaan" starring Madhuri Dixit, Salman Khan & Sanjay Dutt, all looking ridiculously young, innocent but beautiful! I happened to stop right at time to watch the visualisation of the song "Tu Shayar Hai...Main teri shayari" picturised on Madhuri doing a stage performance at a show.
When you listen to the song alone at present time, you would not really imagine a dance number on it. But I was surprised at how it was managed to do so.
Barring the slightly atrocious costumes (and vital statistics) of the side dancers, the set and the overall choreographinization was quite impressive for a 1991 movie.
One of the key points that came to my notice was the fact that as compared to now, the movements were far more graceful, subtle and delicate. There were pauses and breaks when there was a need for it and there were the right movements at the other times (*1). I would say that the balance of the right pauses and resuming the same does matter a lot as if you watch a video with constant movement, it tends to be quite a sore eye. This particular piece clicked for me for this very reason. It was pleasing to watch. Not sure who is the choreographer for this piece, but from the dance style, it would probably be Saroj Khan.
Another aspect of the older choreographies that I particularly enjoy is indicative dancing which I noticed in this video too. My opinion - its enjoyable to see dance movements that indicate the message of the song. Certain words that are put in the form of dance.
So, here's what's clicked for me and what’s not, and my overall opinion about this choreographinization,
Costumes
Side dancers - Atrocious is an understatement (*2). But I should not complain because this has improved too well to the liking of many actors (some of them look and dance better than the leads!!!).
Lead dancer Madhuri Dixit - Three sets of costumes (*3). My favourite was the second one in blue. Because there were a lot of leg movements. The costumes for her were a smart blend of leggings and skirts (*4). I particularly liked the peacock earrings she wore with the last costume (*5).
Set
Pretty set, as you can never go wrong with white. The broken glass circle piece at the centre stage gave a nice touch (*6). Lighting was decent too.
Overall synchronization
Not so much with the side dancers but when you have such a beautiful and graceful dancer as a lead, you don’t really tend to look at anything else.
Reference Markeys
*1
Between 0:36 – 1:07 of the video link.
*2
When you listen to the song alone at present time, you would not really imagine a dance number on it. But I was surprised at how it was managed to do so.
Barring the slightly atrocious costumes (and vital statistics) of the side dancers, the set and the overall choreographinization was quite impressive for a 1991 movie.
One of the key points that came to my notice was the fact that as compared to now, the movements were far more graceful, subtle and delicate. There were pauses and breaks when there was a need for it and there were the right movements at the other times (*1). I would say that the balance of the right pauses and resuming the same does matter a lot as if you watch a video with constant movement, it tends to be quite a sore eye. This particular piece clicked for me for this very reason. It was pleasing to watch. Not sure who is the choreographer for this piece, but from the dance style, it would probably be Saroj Khan.
Another aspect of the older choreographies that I particularly enjoy is indicative dancing which I noticed in this video too. My opinion - its enjoyable to see dance movements that indicate the message of the song. Certain words that are put in the form of dance.
So, here's what's clicked for me and what’s not, and my overall opinion about this choreographinization,
Costumes
Side dancers - Atrocious is an understatement (*2). But I should not complain because this has improved too well to the liking of many actors (some of them look and dance better than the leads!!!).
Lead dancer Madhuri Dixit - Three sets of costumes (*3). My favourite was the second one in blue. Because there were a lot of leg movements. The costumes for her were a smart blend of leggings and skirts (*4). I particularly liked the peacock earrings she wore with the last costume (*5).
Set
Pretty set, as you can never go wrong with white. The broken glass circle piece at the centre stage gave a nice touch (*6). Lighting was decent too.
Overall synchronization
Not so much with the side dancers but when you have such a beautiful and graceful dancer as a lead, you don’t really tend to look at anything else.
Reference Markeys
*1
Between 0:36 – 1:07 of the video link.
*2
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