Bollywood choreographer Shiamak Davar says he always knew actor Sushant Singh Rajput — who once worked as a backup dancer in his troupe — had it in him to make it big.
“When Sushant wanted to take up engineering, I told him, ‘Why don’t you take up acting? You’re fun, you have a good understanding of the craft’. I felt there was something special about him back then,” Davar said.
“He said, ‘I don’t know... education is important for me’. I said, ‘Just try. If you fail it is okay, but at least try’. He listened to me and then he got a TV role in Pavitra Rishta and then he went on to do films,” Davar said.
Rajput made his film debut with Kai Po Che, and was last seen on screen in M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story.
“In Dhoni, he was fabulous beyond words,” Davar said. “The thing is that he is a very natural actor and that’s what I like about him. I knew somewhere that this boy had something.”
To top that, Davar — who has also trained actors Shahid Kapoor and Varun Dhawan — said Rajput was always a good dancer.
“It is so important in the industry nowadays. I am very proud of him and of where he has reached. I am more proud of him as he hasn’t forgotten the faith I had in him. He has always, in every way, spoken about me as a teacher. Just shows the kind of person he is,” said the choreographer, who has trained top Bollywood stars including Shah Rukh Khan.
