3 minutes of readingChennaiFebruary 5, 2026 08:30 pm IST
Choreographer Shakti Mohan has put an end to the long debate on whether she performed or not. Katrina Kaif stunts in the song “Kamli” from Dhoom 3 once and for all. The choreographer spoke about Katrina’s dedication to her craft and revealed how the actor insisted on taking every step despite receiving bruises all over his body.
When asked if she did Katrina Kaif’s stunts in the song, Shakti said, “Has anyone seen me doing stunts in the reality show Dance India Dance? So if I have to be a body double of Katrina Kaif, don’t I have to have a very different kind of skin tone? My skin tone and height don’t match hers. How can I be her body double?”
Clarifying how Katrina While performing all the steps of the song herself, Shakti said, “I was helping Vaibhavi Merchant during the song. This was before I started working as a choreographer. Then, Katrina had to do the song solo and they needed someone to teach her the moves. We rehearsed for a month and a half. And I had to do the dance in one take.”
Shakti added that Katrina’s performance put pressure even on the choreographers. “This was a crazy experience for me because when Katrina came along, suddenly there was so much pressure on everyone that you had to dance like her even though I was a professional dancer. I’ve been doing this my whole life. And Katrina was like, ‘I’m not going to give up.’ She performed all the steps one after the other except all the acrobatics. Just for the stunt, they got twice as many as France. His body double in that song actually settled in India and got married here,” Shakti said.
Recalling that Katrina got hurt while shooting for the song, Shakti said, “There were so many things that a body double could do instead, but Katrina insisted on what she wanted to do. There was a very difficult step where you had to do the back bow, but she didn’t give up. She had bruises all over her body. She is very hardworking. Also, after the shoot was over, she sent me a bag to my house with a very nice note.”