Astad Deboo

Astad Deboo’s Tryst With Bollywood

Astad Deboo who passed away on December 10, had little to do with Bollywood. He did choreograph for M F Husain in Meenaxi A Tale Of two Cities. But that was hardly Bollywood. More mainstream was Mani Ratnam’s Raavan. The contemporary and modern Indian classical dancer was lured into the deep jungles of Athirappilly, Kerala, by filmmaker Mani Ratnam to teach the lovely Aishwarya Rai Bachchan some unconventional steps. Aishwarya who was shooting for Raavan with her husband Abhishek Bachchan, was required to do a climactic dance sequence for which the Padma Shri fusion dance choreogra | Click Here...