Sweet
surprises
are
made
of
actors
best
known
for
their
dramatics
taking
us
by
surprise
by
shaking
a
leg
on
screen.
Sukanya
Verma
points
to
some
instances.
Jaideep
Ahlawat
The
Jewel
Thief
star
has
become
the
talk
of
the
town
ever
since
he
showed
off
his
killer
moves
in
the
heist
drama
co-starring
Saif
Ali
Khan.
Known
for
his
intense,
author-backed
portrayals,
Jaideep
Ahlawat
grew
up
admiring
dancers
like
Mithun
Chakraborty
and
Govinda
was
known
for
burning
the
dance
floor
in
his
college
days.
Vicky
Kaushal
Vicky
Kaushal
didn’t
start
out
in
conventional
leading
man
roles,
preferring
to
establish
himself
as
an
artist
before
mainstream
checklist
beckoned.
And
so
when
Bad
Newz
tossed
a
groovy
Tauba
Tauba
in
his
direction,
the
man
was
only
too
happy
to
demonstrate
his
dancing
star
swag.
Naseeruddin
Shah
When
it
comes
to
acting,
there’s
no
one
more
serious
than
Naseeruddin
Shah.
His
body
of
work
is
choc-a-block
in
meaningful
roles
and
milestones.
But
when
it
comes
to
letting
his
hair
down
for
a
role,
the
man
is
more
than
happy
to
dance
a
storm.
Be
it
his
iconic
Oye
Oye
moves
around
Sonam
in
Tridev…
…Or
doffing
a
hat
at
bawdy
80s
aesthetics
along
with
Vidya
Balan
in
Ooh
La
Lala
for
The
Dirty
Picture, Naseer’s
quite
a
hotstepper.
Shabana
Azmi
Fellow
parallel
cinema
powerhouse,
Shabana
Azmi,
too,
broke
out
of
her
National
Award
winning
imagery
to
perform
a
typical
Bollywood
style
lavani
moving
her
hips
alongside
’80s
poster
girls
Parveen
Babi
and
Zeenat
Aman
in
the
Charlie’s
Angels-inspired
Ashanti.
Irrfan
Khan
There’s
not
a
meaty
role
in
the
world
Irrfan
couldn’t
sink
his
teeth
into.
Although
Jhatka-matkas
wasn’t
his
thing,
the
hilariously
accurate
parody
of
Every
Bollywood
Party
Song
in
All
India
Bakchod’s
viral
video
where
he
swoons
to
nightclub
cliches
in
his
inimitable
sassy
style
is
satire
at
its
jazziest.
Richa
Chaddha
Think
Richa
Chaddha,
think
chutzpah.
But
for
those
oblivious
to
her
trained
Kathak
dancer
roots,
the
actor’s
dramatic
display
as
a
jilted
courtesan
performing
an
emotional
mujra
in
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali’s
opulent
OTT
series
Heeramandi
proved
to
be
a
delightful
surprise.
Rajkummar
Rao
The
star
of
serious
fare
like
Shahid,
Newton
and
Trapped
started
out
teaching
drama
and
dance
to
kids
in
a
school.
The
man’s
rolling
in
rhythm
and
didn’t
waste
any
chance
sharing
his
shimmying
skills
with
the
world
as
soon
as
the
opportunity
presented
itself
over
the
course
of
movies
like
Dolly
Ki
Doli,
Bareilly
Ki
Barfi,
Stree
and
Stree
2.
Shakti
Kapoor
Perhaps
his
villainy
and
comic
chops
are
so
overpowering
that
Shakti
Kapoor’s
rocking
dancer
went
unnoticed.
Be
it
his
dance
off
opposite
Sanjay
Dutt
in
Rocky,
band
member
gusto
in
Dance
Dance,
bhangra
romp
in
Adharm
or
step-by-step
coordination
with
Govinda
in
Raja
Babu,
Shakti’s
bounce
deserves
a
mention.
Sharmila
Tagore
Though
never
really
the
dancer
like
her
classically
trained
contemporaries
Asha
Parekh
or
Waheeda
Rehman,
Sharmila
Tagore
sure
made
heads
turn
when
her
coy
1960s
heroine
frolicked
about
in
itsy-bitsy
costumes
to
perform
a
seductive
cabaret
in
An
Evening
in
Paris.
