Former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen can’t stop raving about aerial silk and owes her recent weight loss and svelte look to this art form. Actors Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif enthralled audiences with their sexy moves while swinging from a cloth and professing their love for each other in the song Malang from last year’s blockbuster Dhoom 3. Aerial silk, thanks to its aesthetical and fitness, is not only being lapped up by choreographers in dance reality shows and movies but also by common people who want to get fit. It is gaining so much prominence that last month, Airplay, a two-day event celebrating aerial movements such as acrobatics, aerial silk, slack-lining, aerial yoga and pilates, was organised by three outfits — Natura, Dancers Alliance and Capoeira De Ouro at Sitara Studio in Dadar.

Aditi Deshpande performs the aerial silk without a harness, but using solely her strength and skill