Ahmed Khan Comments On Ek Do Teen From Baaghi 2 Says We Were Ready For Criticism

Baaghi 2 director Ahmed Khan says the team was ready for criticism from the word go when they decided to recreate the chartbuster Ek Do Teen for their film.

The original song was picturized on Madhuri Dixit and the new version features Jacqueline Fernandez. The reworked version has been a topic of much discussion on social media.

Given that Ahmed is a choreographer himself, asked if he is creatively satisfied with the video, he told IANS: “Firstly, I did not choreograph the song. It has been done by the great dancer-choreographer Ganesh Acharya. I did not interfere with his work.

“Having said that, from the moment we zeroed down on the song Ek Do Teen, we were ready for the criticism.

“I did not attend any rehearsal of the song, I did not show my power of being the director when the song was choreographed. I know you would be thinking that as a director I green-lit the final take. But we must not forget that it is an experiment… All feedback of such work cannot be positive. We are here to take the praise and bashing.”

Ek Do Teen became a rage when it first featured in the 1988 film Teezab, directed by N Chandra. The song was then choreographed by Saroj Khan.

Emphasising the reason behind recreating the song, Ahmed said: “The intention behind recreating any song is to revisit the memory of some of the cult classics like this, and keeping the new generation connect with it.

“Our youngsters have a strong connection with the lead pair of the film, Tiger Shroff, and Disha Patani. When they watch the song in this film, they get to know about an old song that our generation grew up watching.”