Star Plus’ highly anticipated show Rajjo marks the debut of Alia Bhatt-esque Celesti Bairagey. The show is expected to feature her as an athlete. While we’ve gotten a glimpse of what the series is all about in the recent promos, our audiences are unaware that it will feature a powerful and exciting Shiv Tandav from female protagonist Celesti. In an exclusive conversation with Bollywood HungamaCelesti revealed the biggest challenges she faced as a non-professional dancer and of course the heavy costume used for her on-screen performance.
EXCLUSIVE: Celesti Bairagey reveals she wore a heavy shell skirt for the Shiv Taandav in Rajjo; says “I couldn’t wear it after a while”
The actress, who confessed that she is not a professional dancer, will be seen performing the famous Tandav dance in Rajjo. The dance form is quite difficult and she will see it perform at Dhol for a Maha Aarti sequence of Lord Shiva. Speaking of the challenges she faced, Celesti Bairagey said: “I am not a professional dancer. And it was Shivji ka Taandav. So you cannot afford to make a mistake because it is devotion. Your postures must be correct and you expressions must be good too. In addition, I had to perform on a large dhol. It was a large one that constantly vibrated, even though it had a balancer underneath. With a damaru in one hand, in the midst of an extremely cold climate, with a shaky dhol, I had to dance to it, it was one of the biggest challenges I faced during the shoot.”
She continued: “I had practiced it in Mumbai before I left for the outdoor shoot with some dancers and our choreographer Rahul Malla Sir. However, when we started shooting, everything was so different. Everything had changed, from the climate to the costume.”
But that was not the only difficulty she faced. Celesti also revealed details of her costume and how difficult it was to dance in such a heavy skirt full of shells. “Apart from the cold climate, the skirt that Rajjo sees wearing for the dance scene is quite heavy. The bottom of the skirt is layered with shells making it extremely heavy to wear. In fact, I think I shot almost an entire episode of the show in that skirt. Besides dance, you will also see me wearing the skirt for an underwater scene, a rain scene where I am running and several such scenes. In fact, I wore the skirt for so long that I couldn’t wear it anymore after a while. In addition, at the end the skirt was completely worn out and in such a bad condition that it tore.”
She concluded her memory of the costume, adding, “I know the skirt isn’t in good condition, but I’ve told the show’s team to keep it. Maybe we can put it up for auction in the future,” she joked. .
Rajjo will launch on Star Plus on August 22, 2022 and will air on the channel at 7 p.m. and will be available on Disney+ Hotstar.
Also read:: Alia Bhatt look-alike Celesti Bairagey talks about the launch of her debut show Rajjo on Shravan Somvaar; says “I’m a big devotee of Lord Shiva on the show so it’s really special to me”
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