Sandip Soparrkar, the renowned choreographer recalls his first photoshoot with Raymond

Sandip Soparrkar, who made his debut as a choreographer with the film ‘Zubeidaa’ in 2001, has impressed us with his unique Latin and Ballroom dance steps in numerous Bollywood films like ‘Mangal Pandey’ (2005), ‘Kites’ (2010), ‘Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji’ (2011), ‘7 Khoon Maaf’ (2011) and many more.

Soparrkar has worked with several popular stars like Hirthik Roshan, Ameesha Patel, Dino Morea, Kajol, Tabu, Manisha Koirala, Sonam Kapoor, Neha Dhupai, Priyanka Chopra, etc. After being quite popular in the industry, he has also judged many dance reality shows like ‘Dance India Dace L’il Masters’ (2010), ‘Jhalak Dikhla Jaa’ (2013-2017) and ‘Dance Muqabala’ (2018).

He remembered his first work as a model in his teenage days with the renowned fabric company, Raymond, the 57-year-old choreographer and has shared a picture of the photoshoot, where we can see he was wearing a cream coloured shirt along with off-white suit and black tie and a specs in his hand. It was shot in 1980 by the then very renowned photographer Amir Char.

He wrote on Instagram, “Remembering the time…when I modelled for the most renowned Mens brand…Raymond..i was their first teenage model…this shoot ignited my love for suits.”