Overview
- Ahmed Khan recounts that Saroj Khan blessed him to choreograph Rangeela, telling him she "wasn't getting the vibe" from A. R. Rahman's music.
- He says Ram Gopal Varma offered him the job after Saroj Khan’s dates did not align and warned he might turn to a South choreographer if Ahmed declined.
- Khan describes Rahman’s first Hindi film score as strikingly different for the time and says Varma’s rule‑breaking edit style shaped his approach.
- Varma urged him to be “full‑blown” and capture “the frenzy of a young boy,” which Khan credits with pushing him toward more experimental choreography.
- In a separate recollection from the same interview, Khan says Jackie Shroff spun Urmila Matondkar so forcefully during "Hai Rama" that she bruised, noting both actors committed to the sequence.