Rahul Shetty

Rahul Shetty is an Indian dancer and choreographer known for his dance numbers in Hindi cinema with best works in '' ABCD 2'' (2015), '' A Flying Jatt'' (2016), ''Race 3'' (2018), '' Baaghi 2'' (2018), ''Zero'' (2018), ''Housefull 4'' (2019), ''Street Dancer 3D'' (2020) and '' Heropanti 2'' (2022). He has frequently worked with Tiger Shroff. He collaborated with Prabhu Deva in "Happy Hour" from '' ABCD 2'' along with Paul Marshal and in ''Street Dancer 3D'' for "Muqabla 2.0". He in association with Kruti Mahesh, received Filmfare nominations for Best Choreography for the tracks "Illegal Weapon" and "Nachi Nachi" from ''Street Dancer 3D''. Ahmad Khan and Remo D'Souza have been his mentors.

Early life and career

Shetty hails from Mangaluru and relocated to Mumbai to pursue his passion for dancing. He started dancing at the age of 6 and became a child artist for a year in the show ''Kya Masti Kya Dhoom'' on Star Plus. He was a contestant in the ''Dance India Dance Doubles (DID Doubles)'' with Roza, which gained him recognition. He then became part of shows like '' Krazzy Kiya Re'' and ''Nach Baliye''. He then teamed up with a fellow contestant from ''Dance India Dance'', Paul Marshal Cardoz, and formed the duo Rahul N Paul. They popularised lyrical hip-hop on Indian television shows along with another ''Dance India Dance'' contestant, Raghav Juyal. They served as the captains for the show ''DID Lil Masters season 3'' under the team Rapchik Punters. Sadhwin Shetty, from their team, advanced to be one of the finalists of the show.

He is an engineer turned dancer. He has worked with international artists, and he conducts various dance workshops in the country. He assisted Ahmad Khan and Remo D'Souza in several films notably ''Raabta'' for the song "Main Tera Boyfriend" and ''Nawabzaade'' for the song " High Rated Gabru".

He collaborated with Tiger Shroff starting in 2014, beginning with " Zindagi Aa Raha Hoon Main" assisting Ahmad Khan, becoming an independent choreographer for Shroff's films '' A Flying Jatt'' and '' Baaghi 2'', and then joining '' Heropanti 2''. He worked in Shroff's single music videos "Vandematharam" and "Poori Gal Baat" featuring Mouni Roy.

He worked with Prabhu Deva in ''ABCD 2'' (2013) on the song "Happy Hour" and also danced along in the video with Paul Marshal Cardoz. He choreographed all the songs for the film ''Street Dancer 3D'' (2020), particularly with Prabhu Deva in Muqabala 2.0 reprised from ''Humse Hai Muqabala'' (1994). In the song, which was originally choreographed by Raju Sundaram, Shetty made sure that his name was also in the credits.

His other single music videos to hit were "Chamiya" featuring Shakti Mohan and Dwayne Bravo, "Kurta Pajama" with Tony Kakkar and Shehnaaz Gill and "Garbe Ki Raat" with Bhoomi Trivedi, Rahul Vaidya and Nia Sharma.

Discography

Film

Singles

Television appearances

* ''Kya Masti Kya Dhoom'' contestant
* ''Dance India Dance Doubles (DID Doubles)'' (2011) Contestant
* '' Krazzy Kiya Re'' contestant
* ''Nach Baliye'' choreographer
* '' India's Best Dancer (Hindi season 1)'' (2020) Judges Challenge episode Guest

* '' Dance Plus pro'' (2023) captain

Film appearances

* '' ABCD: Any Body Can Dance'' (2013) as Rahul

References

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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Indian dancers
Indian choreographers