The 71st National Film Awards ceremony is being held in Delhi on Tuesday, September 23, with Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Vikrant Massey, Karan Johar, among others, in attendance to receive the prestigious honour. At the ongoing ceremony, choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant won the National Film Award for Best Choreography for the Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt starrer Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani song Dhindora Baje Re.
SRK & Rani Capture Vaibhavi Merchant As She Wins National Film Award
Dressed in an elegant ethnic outfit, Vaibhavi received the award from the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, at New Delhi's Vigyan Bhawan. Shah Rukh Khan and Vaibhavi's best friend Rani Mukerji couldn’t stop beaming with pride as they recorded her special moment on their phones.
This marks Vaibhavi's second National Film Award, having first won Best Choreography in 1999 for the song Dholi Taaro Dhol Baaje from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.
Vaibhavi Merchant On Dhindora Baje Re
Earlier, talking about Dhindora Baje Re, Vaibhavi said that the song for her become something very unique.
"Right before that song, a lot of people called me even for Dola Re Dola, the Kathak version between two male performers. So many classical Indian male performers came up to me and told me how happy they were with the way we did it. The fact that I made Ranveer Singh and Tota Roy Chowdhury, who are not classical performers, look like that, they were very impressed," she told Hindustan Times.
