Aruna Irani Recalls Her Childhood Friendship & Bobby (1973) Shoot Days With The Legendary Saroj Khan

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In an exclusive interview with senior most journalist Bharathi S Pradhan for Lehren, the evergreen Aruna Irani talks about her childhood friendship & unbreakable bond with Hindi Film Industry's top choreographer & dancer Saroj Khan. Aruna recalls how she once recommended Saroj's name to Sagar Sahab (Ashok Kumar's assistant) & Subhash Ghai for choreographing songs in their movies and also reveals an unheard tale from the sets of Raj Kapoor's Bobby (1973) movie in turn calling her friend Saroj Khan the greatest of all time. #arunairani #sarojkhan #bobby #rajkapoor #subhashghai #arunairaniinterview #sarojkhandance #podcast

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00:00How did you get to sleep in the night shooting?

00:06We were going to sleep in the night shooting.

00:08We were going to sleep in the night shooting.

00:11We were going to sleep in the night shooting.

00:14We were going to sleep in the trolley.

00:16Let's go, Saroj.

00:19I saw a song before,

00:21and the whole song was made in one breath.

00:24How big it was.

00:25It was about 7 or 8 minutes.

00:27Wow.

00:28You can see Saroj.

00:30It was very good.

00:31They took everything.

00:33Then I said,

00:34I don't see.

00:35The dance is good.

00:37But it has no sense of camera placing.

00:40You have a very special relationship with Saroj Khan.

00:47Yes, Saroj Khan.

00:50I remember that when Saroj went to sleep,

00:54I called you.

00:56And you told me about a story.

00:58Yes.

00:59About how…

01:00And then how…

01:01I think she was there on Bobby's set.

01:04And then she came…

01:05Hannah?

01:06Oh, she was a great dancer.

01:07And then you introduced her to Subhash Ghai.

01:10I know.

01:11Yes.

01:12Tell me about that.

01:13You know that.

01:14Few people know.

01:15I and Saroj.

01:16Saroj and I know one of the other people.

01:19When we worked in junior school,

01:23we would pick a car.

01:26We would pick me from Grand Road.

01:28We would pick Saroj from Wurli.

01:30We would pick Saroj from Saroj.

01:31Saroj was a child.

01:32We were a child.

01:33And then we would pick up theевой dream.

01:35And we would all go together.

01:36And now we went to the play.

01:38We would always have a family called night shooting.

01:40BBB.

01:41So, we had sleep.

01:42And we would have sleep.

01:43And so, the kids, the kids would have to sleep.

01:45They would have to sleep in the trolley.

01:47They would go in the trolley.

01:48It was a one.

01:49So, we would leave the horse,

01:50and we would have to tear down our direction.

01:52Or we would have to take the short word to our family.

01:53So, in the trolley.

01:54We slept in a trolley.

01:56So, we saw this very nice time.

01:59We saw that my weakness and his weakness.

02:04So it was a good one.

02:07We became friends.

02:10Then we started dancing.

02:13He was an assistant and she was a very good girl.

02:17So, he said that Haruna, you can recommend my name.

02:21So I had a Sagar who was the secretary of Ashok Kumar.

02:30He made a film and I contacted him.

02:34So I told him that you can see Saroj.

02:38He took everything.

02:40Then I told him not to give it.

02:43He gave a dance.

02:45But he had no sense of camera.

02:48I told him, look, Sagar, you have given him a chance.

02:52Where will it happen?

02:54It will not happen.

02:56Then I recommended it to Subhash Ji.

03:00I told him, look, Subhash Ji, tell me.

03:03He doesn't have any understanding of the camera.

03:06I am doing the camera.

03:09I said, this is a very good thing.

03:12Normally, the dance director is left with camera placing.

03:17So he did it.

03:19And his songs were super great.

03:21And our Saroj was super great.

03:23That's right.

03:24And Aruno, what happened between you?

03:26Do you remember that something happened in Bobby's time?

03:29Saroj and you?

03:31Nothing happened.

03:32Nothing happened.

03:33Nothing happened.

03:34Never happened.

03:35Nothing happened.

03:36Nothing happened.

03:37Something happened.

03:38No.

03:39Actually, that song was Phasa.

03:41That song was Phasa.

03:43And she was an assistant in that.

03:48Oh, okay.

03:49So, Anlal Ji, we tell them,

03:52we can do it.

03:53We can do it.

03:54We can do it.

03:55We can do it.

03:56We can do it.

03:57We can do it.

03:58We can do it.

03:59We can do it.

04:00We can do it.

04:01We can do it.

04:02And I can do it.

04:03But, we can do it.

04:04But, we can do it.

04:05With expression.

04:07With everything.

04:08I didn't feel like I was standing up and I was going to hustle.

04:12I'm sorry.

04:13I won't be doing it.

04:14I feel like I was going to do it.

04:15That's how I feel.

04:16I feel so much.

04:17I feel so much.

04:18And then, somebody had come and Rajsab wanted her to dance or something.

04:45dance or something no?

04:47No, no. Distributors came before.

04:49Correct. Yes.

04:51So Raj ji said,

04:53let's go, Saroj.

04:55He saw a song before

04:57and he did the whole song in one breath.

05:01How big it was.

05:037 or 8 minutes.

05:05And with so many changes.

05:07But

05:09When the distributors came on set

05:11Bobbi

05:13So Saroj Khan used to.

05:15She had to do the producer.

05:17Correct.

05:19We are doing what we are doing.

05:21We are doing.

05:23Correct.

05:25So she said to me,

05:27Oh my God.

05:29Because she did love her.

05:31That's true. She was not excited.

05:33God bless her soul.

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