TLI Staff
New Delhi: Dabangg is one film that changed the course of Salman Khan’s career and established him as the unstoppable superstar he is today. One thing that made his character Chulbul Pandey quite endearing was the Dabangg hook-step.
It has now been revealed that it was Salman who got inspired from an uncle dancing at a relative’s wedding and suggested the step could be incorporated in the megahit film.
Sajid Khan made this interesting revelation during the grand premiere of Indian Pro Music League (IPML) starting February 26 on Zee TV.
“Salman, I and a couple of friends had gone for a relative’s wedding and that was the first time we all had gone as baaratis, so we were basically dancing on the road with the baarat. A huge crowd gathered, so Mathur uncle tried to make them go away. For that, he started doing a step, where he was twisting his wrists. After that we saw a mamaji and he had a step that he always used to do with his belt. Salman bhai immediately told him, mamaji, aapka step toh gaya. He merged both the ideas and made it into the famous Dabangg hook step and mamaji till date says that Salman has stolen his step,” said Sajid.
Salman Khan, who’s the music league’s brand ambassador gave an electrifying performance to a medley of his songs on the grand night. He also made some interesting revelations about all his friends who are a part of the show.
Meanwhile, this music league will have six teams representing different regions of India, battling it out against each other in a musical championship. Each of these six teams supported by leading Bollywood and sports celebrities will have top playback singers as their captains, one reality show star and one fresh voice.
The likes of Mika Singh, Kailash Kher, Sajid Khan, Shaan, Ankit Tiwari, Javed Ali, Asees Kaur, Bhoomi Trivedi, Akriti Kakar, Payal Dev, Neha Bhasin, Shilpa Rao have been signed on to captain the 6 zonal teams.
Indian Pro Music League, premieres on Zee TV on 26th February 2021 at 8 pm. It will air every Saturday and Sunday at 8 pm