Fighter credit row: Hrithik Roshan takes action to give choreopgraphers their due | Report

Bosco Martis recently called out the makers of Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone starrer Fighter for not mentioning choerographer's names in a film or a song's promo. The choreographer called out the hypocrisy of filmmakers for mentioning the names of music directors, lyricists, and singers but not choreographers. Now, as per a report by Mid Day, Hrithik Roshan has taken action against this issue and has asked the makers to include the name of the choreographers.

What did Hrithik Roshan say to Fighter makers?

After Bosco Martis called out the makers of Fighter, Hrithik Roshan spoke to the director of the film, Siddharth Anand to get the names of the choreographers added to the credits of the song Ishq Jaisa Kuch. The track now mentions the choreographers team, including Bosco-Caesar, Remo D’Souza and Piyush-Shazia.

The report by Mid Day stated that Hrithik Roshan was not comfortable with the idea of choreographers not getting their due in the industry as he is a dancer himself. Following this, Bosco took to his Instagram handle to thank Hrithik Roshan and the media for supporting him.

What was Bosco Martis' demand for the choreographers?

On December 28, Bosco Martis shared a video of himself and his disciples shaking a leg on the Fighter song Ishq Jaisa Kuch. Along with the video, he shared an ‘oath for the future choreographers’. He noted, “It’s been 22 years we have been doing choreography and still find it a struggle to put our names on any promotional material of movies. Where the song and dance are celebrated by the nation and also worldwide (sic).” Continuing, Bosco mentioned that he has shared several videos and reels for dance enthusiasts and feels ‘sad’ when they have to push their names themselves.

He added, “I have shared so many reels of aspiring dancers and the ones who love to dance on our songs we have choreographed. But sometimes it’s so sad to say that nobody knows who has choreographed the song till we don’t push our names. Off late we felt the heat when we could not see our names on promotional material of the song where the music director is mentioned and not the choreographer (sic).“ Meanwhile, the film will release on January 25, 2024.