Michael Jackson
Though, Michael Jackson had no other direct connection with Bollywood apart from the fact that he had once made one music video with A R Rehman. Like millions across the world, celebrities from the Hindi Film Industry are also a fan of legendary Michael Jackson and have mourned his sudden and unexpected death.
Paying rich tributes to the singer, who died of a cardiac arrest at his home in Los Angeles, choreographer Farah Khan said, "I officially had no training in dance and whatever I learnt was by watching Michael Jackson’s videos, especially `Thriller` over and over again. I consider him as my ‘guru’. He was the real motivation behind my becoming a choreographer. Whatever I am today is because of the video Thriller because it was only after watching Thriller that I decided to take up dancing as a profession". She further recalls, “I remember, I had gone for an award show to New York. We were at the same event. I asked the organizers if they could arrange a meeting between us, which they did. It was a surreal experience. I feel really sad today."
Singer Palash Sen said, “I am a huge fan of Michael Jackson. The man gave modern pop an identity and gave all of us lessons in music. He had a unique ability to sing and dance. He truly was the God of pop. Maybe the only singer in history who everyone knows across the globe.”
Many other Bollywood celebrities including actors Sanjay Dutt, Mithun Chakraborty, Javed Jaffrey Prabhu Deva, music composers and singers Shankar Mahadevan and Sukhvinder Singh, directors Anurag Basu, Subhash Ghai, Madhur Bhandarkar and singer Sunidhi Chauhan also remembered the singer and said that they all have been inspired by the legendary singer.
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