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Gayatri Patel dons director’s hat

After her debut film ‘Let’s Dance’ fell flat at the box-office actress Gayatri Patel is nowhere to be seen. Above that she had two films in hand to scale the miles in Bollywood but unfortunately they also got shelved, reason – the touted Recession.

Gayatri Patel gets felicitated at The All India Achiever’s Convention for her outstanding performance

Mumbai, 23rd September, 2009: After dancing her way to excellence in her debut movie Let’s dance it’s now time for her to be acknowledged for her outstanding effort. And as truly quoted “Hard efforts are paid off well”, Gayatri’s hardwork has been recognized by the committee of the All India Achiever’s Award Convention. She has been awarded the honor of “ARCH OF EXCELLENCE AWARD” in recognition of her commendable accomplishments in the field of Entertainment and Performing Arts (cinema). The award function would be hosted by All India Achievers Conference on Thursday, the 24th of September, 2009, at Hotel The Leela Kempinski, Mumbai.

Ajay wants to quit Palampur!

Palampur express may come to a jarring stand halt, as Palampur boy Ajay has expressed his displeasure with the way serial is shaping up, so much so that he plans to quit the show.

‘Gayatri Patel is the best dancer since Madhuri Dixit’

Some films take a roaring start with awesome initials and some grow on the audiences and get better known with word-of-mouth publicity. ‘Let’s Dance’ falls into the second category.

‘Let’s Dance’ compared to ‘Jaane Tu…’, ‘Slumdog… and ‘Rock On’

After a slow start, petite debutante Gayatri Patel’s film ‘Let’s Dance’ has picked pace, mostly with good reviews and strong word-of-mouth publicity.

‘Let’s Dance’ has “the understated romance of ‘Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na’, the fleeting emotions of ‘Slumdog Millionaire and the mood of ‘Rock On’,” states film reviewer Martin D’Souza in Glamsham.com. The film is gathering appreciation with kids and dance fans and has got the newbie Gayatri some rave reviews for her dancing abilities.

I am here to stay: Gayatri Patel

Gayatri Patel’s debut film Let’s Dance has opened to a good response across the country. An excited Gayatri spoke to us about her film and her journey so far.

She began at the tender age of seven when she was signed up for a local Indian dance competition in Alabama in the US and decided that she was going to win the trophy. She did win it that year, the next year and the year after that, until they stopped the competition. While in the US, Gayatri graduated from high school and went to university in Atlanta, Georgia. Here, she won the Miss India-Georgia title and later emerged the first runner-up at Miss India USA pageant. She says. “I have formal training in Kathak and currently I’m learning under Vijayshri Chaudhary who is Pandit Birju Maharaj’s student. My strongest training in is Kathak which I have utilized in my hip- hop and western dance forms. I have grown up learning jazz and ballet in America. I use my classical dance forms as a root to western dance forms.”

Gayatri is the dancing diva of GenX, says Malaika

When the gorgeous Malaika Arora graced the ‘Let’s Dance’ music release with her friend and the film’s co-star Aqib Afzaal at JW Marriott this week, she might not have expected much of the event. But after she saw the film’s heroine Gayatri Patel give a scintillating live dance performance, she was spellbound. When she came up on stage to release the music, Malaika was all praise for Gayatri and even went on to state, “she’s the dancing diva of GenX”.

Let’s Dance Music released at the hands of Malaika Arora Khan

Music of Advait Entertainment Pvt. Ltd’s maiden film ‘Let’s Dance’ released on June 10, 2009 at the hands of pretty dancing sensation Malaika Arora Khan on the music label of K Sera Sera. Composed by Vipin Mishra and National Award winner Tarali, it’s music is fresh, melodious and contemporary.

National Award-winning editor directs dance extravaganza

Popular film editor Aarif Sheikh, who won the National Award for ‘Samay – When Time Strikes’ and who has been the man behind the edits of acclaimed movies like ‘Makdee’, ‘Maqbool’, ‘Taxi No. 9211’, ‘Parzania’ and ‘The Blue Umbrella’, is making his debut as a director with ‘Let’s Dance’ releasing June 19, 2009.

Bollywood’s new import from America!

Since time immemorial, Bollywood has had icons known for their dance and styles. Be it Neetu Singh, Vaijayanti Mala, Padmini, Helen, Waheeda Rehman, Asha Parekh, Hema Malini, Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty or Urmila Matondkar, we’ve idolised their dance. But it’s been quite a few years now, the industry has seen a new dancing sensation.