Kamal Haasan learns Kathak

The actor has been training under Birju Maharaj for a dance sequence in his upcoming film Vishwaroopam
Wearing a white kurta-pyjama, Kamal Haasan in the 1983 national award winning film, Sagara Sangamam, showed what it takes to be a well-trained classical dancer.
The actor, who worked in a hundred films before he turned 30, is all set to surprise the audience once again,this time in an all new dance form.Haasan is training under leading exponent of the Varanasi Kalka-Bindadin gharana of Kathak dance, Birju Maharaj, for his upcoming film Vishwaroopam.
Birju Maharaj will choreograph a Kathak sequence for Haasan's upcoming Hindi-Tamil bi-lingual.
The dance maestro's last association with cinema was Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas, wherein he choreographed Madhuri Dixit in the Kahe Chede Chede Mohe number. Haasan's Vishwaroopam will mark Birju Maharaj's return to Hindi cinema after nine long years.
A friend of the actor revealed, "Kamal has been performing classical dance pieces in his films on and off. In Vishwaroopam, there was an opportunity to do a full-fledged Kathak dance number.
He immediately got Birju Maharaj on board." Reportedly, Haasan and Birju Maharaj have been practicing the steps for the Shankar Mahadevan composed song for the last two months.
Confirming the story, Kamal Haasan said, "I am indeed doing a Kathak number under the supervision of Birju Maharaj for Vishwaroopam. The dance is an integral part of the script. I thoroughly enjoy watching and performing classical dance forms."