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Tuesday, August 25, 1998
Dare Devil's Jig
Sujata Assomull
Malaika Arora has just come back from a long trip to the States in time for the release of Mani Ratnam's Dil Se, in which she makes a guest appearance. Yes, she's the Chhaiyan Chhaiyan girl who dances on top of a moving train along with Shah Rukh Khan. "I am really excited about watching the film," she says. Malaika was in the States shooting a campaign for Benzer. And although she is best known for her modelling assignments, dancing is her first love. "I have been dancing all my life," she says. She started ballet as a young child and then did some Bharat Natyam and jazz-ballet.But Malaika was apprehensive about the movie, though she is only doing one song in this film. "Apparently, they were looking for a girl for this song. I already knew Farah (Khan), the choreographer, and after she saw my Gur Naal Ishq Mitha video, they called me up. But I was not sure about it at first." Her friends and family persuaded her to take the offer. "I thought I would do it just for fun since I quiteliked the idea of dancing on a moving train. I love challenges," says the model-turned-veejay who is known to be a daredevil and is always game for a few risks. "I have even tried bungee jumping and love going underwater and diving with the sharks." But Malaika doesn't know if she will do another film. "I am not really into commercial cinema." Though she did enjoy her beau Arbaaz Khan's Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya. And while the two are slated to tie the knot later this year, she has no plans on giving up her career for matrimony. "I am already booked for quite a few ramp shows later this year. But I think I might cut down on my ramp work, and concentrate on press work. I love being in front of the camera." Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.

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