Save the last dance

Lata Khubchandani

He choreographed the classy waltz on Aamir Khan and British actress Rachel Shelley in the Oscar nominated Lagaan.

He also executed Shelley's sequences in the popular O re chori track in the same film.

A fitness guru, Lewis is responsible for keeping the rich and the famous in good shape. Actress Madhuri Dixit, Gauri Khan (Shah Rukh Khan'w wife) and Reena Datta (Aamir Khan's wife) are some of the prominent names in Lewis's clientele.

Terence is now moving towards fresher pastures with his choreographing skills. "I was given a call by Reena who I have known for a long time. They wanted to include an 18th century waltz. None of the other choreographers knew anything about it."

Aamir wanted the exact dance steps performed during the period. "I started researching and discovered that the period they were looking at had the Viennese waltz. I started researching over the Net, joined some classes and learnt the waltz."

Lewis taught Paul Blackthorne (played Captain Russell in Lagaan), in addition to Rachel Shelley and Aamir Khan.

Impressed with Lewis' dedication and hard work, Aamir offered him to do Rachel's scenes in the song O re chori. " I was in Bhuj [on location in Gujarat] with them for some time."

His dance and fitness academy seems to have become the focus of Bollywood today. Right now, he is training Amisha Patel, Suzanne Khan (wife of Hrithik Roshan), and sisters Malaika and Amrita Arora.

Terence has also modelled for Globus ad, Airtel, Levi's commercials.

Up next, Lewis' choreography expertise will be seen in Rajat Barjatya's Uff Kya Jadoo Yeh Mohabbat Hai. "I have also choreographed four songs in a film directed by Sujoy Ghosh called Jhankar Beats. It is a modern story about three couples, their relationships and how a common love for music smoothens things them I have choreographed four important songs for them."

Apparently director Sujoy Ghosh saw one of his shows and signed him on immediately. The film stars Juhi Chawla, Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose, Rinke Khanna, Shayan Munshi and Riya Sen.