Riteish fulfills Madhuri's wish on TV show

Bollywood's dancing diva Madhuri Dixit-Nene, who is a judge on "So You Think You Can Dance 'Ab India ki Baari'", got a chance to fulfill her dream of dancing to a Marathi song when actor Riteish Deshmukh appeared on the popular dance reality show.

Riteish, who came to the show to promote his forthcoming film "Housefull 3", shook a leg with Madhuri to the popular song "Jhingat" from the hit Marathi film "Sairat".

"I am really grateful to Riteish for making me dance with him as it was my long-standing wish to dance like this to a Marathi song. It was an entertaining shoot with 'Housefull 3' team that was filled with lots of laughter and madness," Madhuri said in a statement.

On the show, Riteish was joined by his "Housefull 3" co-stars Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Jacqueline Fernandez and Lisa Haydon.

Directed by Sajid-Farhad, "Housefull 3" is slated to release on June 3.

Besides Madhuri, the show, which an Indian version of the internationally acclaimed reality format "So You Think You Can Dance", also features choreographers Terence Lewis and Bosco Martis as judges.

--IANS

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