Viral Video: Desi Man Dances In Skirt On New York Streets To Saami Saami From Pushpa. Watch

Viral News: An Indian man is going viral on social media for dancing in a skirt on the streets of New York, US. Jainil Mehta is a Gujarati man who lives in New York and dances for a living. He is a choreographer who is often seen dancing on the streets of New York City to Bollywood songs while wearing a flowy skirt. Recently, the Indian dancer posted a video on his Instagram where he can be seen grooving to the popular song Saami Saami by Sunidhi Chauhan from the hit film Pushpa. The video was posted a few days ago and it has gone viral with over 2.6 lakh views and 32,000 likes.

The video shows Jainil dancing in Brooklyn’s DUMBO (short for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) while wearing a shirt, a yellow dupatta around his waist, and a beautiful ghagra skirt. Jainil recreated the dance moves from the song like a pro and even attracted hundreds of people who were watching him perform for the video. His expressions and dance steps were on point as he twirled in a skirt and danced his heart out without a care in the world.

In an Instagram, Jainil shared his story of how he started dancing in skirts at a young age and how his family supported him to pursue his passion.

“I began my dance journey when I was 7. I used to steal my mother’s dupattas and skirts, lock the room, play some romantic music and twirl. I never realised why I locked myself up – probably because I felt it was strange for men to wrap around a skirt or cloth around the waist. I started wearing skirts in my dances. Dance has always made me feel secure and known and this was the perfect way for me to face my fear and the society.”

Watch the viral video below:

In another post, Jainil talked about his journey from a kid who loved dancing in his mother’s skirts in a locked room to a professional dancer in the US. “At 18, I moved to LA to study dance professionally. Even though I learnt mixed forms, I never abandoned my thought of wearing skirts. During my education, I learnt to be more free in my thoughts & speech. So, I randomly decided to use social media to face my fear of wearing skirts & started posting my videos. I thought, ‘I want to be that carefree child again’. Unknowingly I’d also become the voice of so many men who supported gender neutral clothing, couldn’t talk about it,” he wrote in the caption.

He added, “It was a bold move but when during one of my shoots on the streets, an Indian family just stopped by & watched me with pride in their eyes & said that, ‘people like you make us proud of our culture!’, that was enough for me to keep going!”

“Today, I’m living my dream life in NYC, doing what I love the most for a living -create & perform! Well, it wasn’t an easy journey, but all I want to say is that – ‘People will always ask questions, so why not answer with some flair & grace to their stereotypes?'”