Says Mukund, "He'd ask me, 'Are you happy? Did I get it? Varun was tenser than I was. Mukund especially praises Dhawan, who was regular at the rehearsals. The biggest task, say Suresh and Vernon, was to make the Indian cast compelling dancers who could take on real international groups seen in ABCD 2. It was an embarrassing and funny moment." Once we removed them, there was a foul smell. Some of us were wearing old smelly socks. At the check-in counter of the airport, we didn't know you have to remove the belts. Says Mukund, "We were bindaas and awaara (free-spirited) types. In fact, six members of Fictitious - Chandan, Pawan, Pravin, Mohan, Rohit and Nikhil - are acting in the film as member of the group which has been renamed Mumbai Stunners. Out of the 10 dancers, seven members were travelling abroad for the first time. Hiranandani's script has retained some of the adventures of the group. Three years after their trip to Las Vegas in 2012, the film hits the screen now.
He met Tushar Hiranandani, the scriptwriter, to recount their terpsichorean journey. "I knew it would not go to waste," says Mukund. After D'Souza saw a show reel of their trip to Vegas, he was convinced that their story needed to be retold. The 10-member crew was disappointed but Mukund and Monteiro knew that their efforts won't go unnoticed. "Instead, I was told that if we finished in top three and or won the competition, then we would have been covered." "I was hoping that we would be received (with fanfare) at the airport in Mumbai because I had dropped a message to a few media persons," says Mukund.
"Our morale was down," says Mukund, whose father is a builder.īack home though, only a few knew of their accomplishment abroad.
Things became bad to worse for the group after a disappointing stint in the reality show Chak Dhoom Dhoom.
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"They said that we don't know how to dance and that we just throw people around," says Mukund, who adds that Fictitious was inspired by, and never imitated, Philippine All Stars. Accused of copying routines of Philippine All Stars, which Mukund and Monteiro cite as their idol, Fictitious Group may have garnered fame and success but respect of the dance community was harder to earn.Īn internet backlash saw dance enthusiasts attacking them on Orkut as 'copycat' and videos uploaded on YouTube showed the similarities in the routines of the two groups. Apart from choreographing six songs including Bezubaan Phir Se and the climax dance number, Mukund also gets credit as an assistant director in ABCD 2.įictitious' journey to the top was difficult, says Mukund. Mukund and Monterio's fairytale journey from a rehearsal room in Vasai, to Las Vegas, where they became the first Indian group to compete at the World Hip Hop Championship, is the inspiration for part two of choreographer-director Remo D'Souza's popular dance film, ABCD (2013).
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The hip hop group is best known for its stylish choreography full of awe-inspiring moves and competing in India's Got Talent, which they won in their second attempt - in season three -under the moniker 'Suresh & Vernon Group'.
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