Choreographer Ahmed Khan got his big break in the industry at the age of 19 with Ram Gopal Varma`s Rangeela. Until then, he had been assisting ace choreographer Saroj Khan. Everything changed for him when Varma offered him the position of choreographer for Rangeela, along with pay on par with the top choreographers of the 1990s.

Ahmed Khan recalls being offered Rangeela at 19

Speaking to The Print, Ahmed Khan recalled how much Varma offered him for the film. “As an assistant to Saroj Khan, I was being paid Rs 500 per day for a song. Ram Gopal Varma offered me Rs 25,000 per song. I made Rs 1.5 lakh, and the first thing I did was buy a car.”