Arshad Warsi returns to choreographing after 20 years

Before he became an actor, Arshad Warsi was a choreographer -- and
he returns to choreographing after 20
years with his forthcoming film Calling Mr Joe B Carvalho in which he
directs a song.

Arshad says dance is his passion.

"I am enjoying it and it feels good.
Dancing is my passion and I enjoy dancing.
It has been ages since I did my kind of
dance. So I am enjoying it now. I have
done the choreography, movements, and
body language," the 45-year-old said.

Calling Mr. Joe B Carvalho is a comedy that also stars Shakti Kapoor,
Soha Ali Khan,
Geeta Basra and Javed Jaffrey, among
others.

Arshad, who made his acting debut in
1996 with Tere Mere Sapne, now hopes to choreograph at least one song in each of
his films.

"I felt I won't be able to do it. But now I
feel like choreographing at least one song
in every film like Prabhudheva," he said. Arshad used to choreograph
for plays and
jazz performances and accepts that dance
today has completely changed. However,
it is not tough to adapt to the current
trend.

"I had never done film songs, I used to do
English, modern jazz and plays. I did just
one film, the title credit role track of Roop Ki Raani Choron Ka Raja.
It was very different. Definitely, the trend has
changed, what happened then and what
happens today is completely different,"
Arshad said.

"But if you are a dancer, then it is not
tough to adapt. A dancer is a dancer. if I
can do jazz, then I can also do modern
jazz, break and Hindi dance also. Give me
anything, I can even do Bharatnatyam if
taught," he added.

In 1991, Arshad won the Indian dance
competition and later went on to bag the
fourth prize in the modern jazz category in
1992 World Dance championship held in
London.

He even opened a dance school called Awesome .