TIL Desk Bollywood/ Let’s not mince words. Jacqueline Fernandez is a very beautiful girl with a svelte figure. But she is no Madhuri Dixit. Not by a long shot. When Madhuri danced, the world stood still, and not just to stare but also to wonder how such graceful movements could flow out of such diminutive limbs. “Ek do teen” in “Tezaab” is the ultimate iconic ‘item’ number. It oozes the elixir of enchantment.
Cut to Jacqueline Fernandez, whose repertoire and range of facial expressions go from A to B as opposed to Madhuri’s A to Z. She is dressed like Madhuri was in the original song, though the costume, as expected, is a lot skimpier.
But that’s about it. There is none of Madhuri’s bridled comehitherness in Jacqueline’s all-out act of brazen seduction. Alarmingly, the new version of “Ek do teen” has added a whistle to the dancer’s treasure trove of titillation. It sounds disturbingly like a clarion call for the male gaze to fall lustfully on the dancer. Not a very elegant way to get attention.
