India’s Best Dancer judge Terence Lewis was recently a victim of social media trolling after his morphed video touching Nora Fatehi inappropriately went viral. The video showed the choreographer touching the actress-dancer inappropriately on her bums. While Nora Fatehi and Geeta Kapur had spoken up earlier about it, Terence had remained silent. However, the choreographer has finally broken the silence around the controversy and spoke about the whole fiasco. He said that he had the utmost respect for Nora and is not so depraved that he would resort to such things.
Speaking to an entertainment portal, Terence Lewis said, “Why would I do something of that sort two weeks after shooting for a very intimate sequence with her? Thankfully, throughout my life I have got enough love and attention from the opposite sex to not feel depraved. I have the highest respect for Nora Fatehi. That kind of thing would only tickle a 17-year-old. I am 45.”
He further said that it was a moment of reverence as the judges were giving a standing ovation to Shatrughan Sinha, who had come on India’s Best Dancer as a special guest. He said, “ There were four cameras around. Why would I do something of that sort when I know I am being covered from every possible angle. And you think Nora and I would be expressionless after such a thing. Any woman would react immediately to it. She is the most dignified person, and instantly cleared it out on social media.”
Terence also said that the video clearly looked morphed. He said, “Honestly, when I first saw the video, I did not bother much. The use of effects was so clearly visible, any intelligent person would see through it. In today’s times, there are memes made on every celebrity. It was a naughty memer at work, and I did not care. However, in a matter of four-five hours I started getting trolled on social media. I got these hateful comments. Now, I have a very humble following of 1.5 million and my followers are very sensible and dignified.”
Just after the incident, Terence had taken to his Instagram handle and shared a picture of him carrying Nora in his arms, from one of their dance performances. He shared the photo without directly commenting on the video. Instead, he posted a story about a Zen master and his disciples, who come across a damsel in distress.
Terence wrote, “A Zen Master and his disciples of monks were walking in the Himalayas back to their monastery. On their way to the monastery they had to cross the river Ganga flowing fully though less violently. There was an young beautiful maiden in distress, sitting close to the banks, whose village was just across the river. She was scared to cross the river by herself so she asked the elder monk to help her cross the river. “Sure” said the Zen Master and held her up in his arms. They crossed the river and he let her down gently as she went to her village after thanking the Master. The younger monk wasn’t taking this all easily. He looked little worried.The monks came to their monastery after couple of hours of difficult walk in the hills, but the younger monk was still not settled. Sensing it the Guru asked him what the matter was. The young monk said “Master, we have sworn of not touching a woman, but you carried her in your arms, you tell us not to think of women but you touched her” complained the disciple.
The Zen Master smiled n replied “I carried her across the river and left her on the other side. Are You Still Carrying Her ? Thank you @norafatehi for being the most elegant, dignified n classy guest judge & for your implicit trust in me! (sic).”
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Nora was quick to comment on his post and wrote, “Thank you Terrence! In today’s time of social media video morphing and photoshop effects for meme purposes.. I’m glad you have not let it bother you and you have remained poised and dignified! This too shall pass you and Geeta ma’am have been so respectful with me and have made me feel so loved and accepted as a judge on the show, its been a great life learning experience! Stay blessed (sic).”
Meanwhile, Nora Fatehi who appeared as a substitute for Malaika Arora has now bid the show goodbye. She had penned a note on Instagram saying, “Shoutout to the Queen @malaikaaroraofficial thank u for trusting me to fill in for you on Indias Best Dancer, it was a beautiful experience! Im so grateful for the opportunity! I Was initially scared to fill in such big shoes as no one can take your place queen but the entire team welcomed me with open arms and for that im humbled! We are all so so happy for your recovery may you stay always blessed And may you continue to kill it with your legendary aura, elegance and garminess for many many more years to come! (sic).”
On the work front, Terence Lewis has worked for many blockbuster films like Lagaan, Jhankaar Beats and Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela. Meanwhile, Nora will be next seen with Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt in the much-anticipated biographical film, Bhuj: The Pride of India.
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