A Quote by Thiagarajan Kumararaja
I watched 'Disco Dancer' when I was very young. I have always loved its songs.
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I grew up watching 'Disco Dancer'. I watched it some 20 times as a kid.
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While growing up in Australia I didn't watch many Bollywood films, but the ones I watched, I loved them, especially the songs and dancing. And Hrithik Roshan is my favourite because he is such a fabulous dancer.
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I always wanted to be a dancer. I danced for maybe 16 years. So I would have loved to have been a dancer in the past.
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Ironically, I grew up watching Indian movies as a kid in Russia. I am quite familiar with Bollywood. I grew up watching 'Disco Dancer;' I watched it some 20 times as a kid.
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