Terence Lewis: 'Lagaan' was very difficult because I was inexperienced

Terence Lewis likes to call himself a practising dancer. Lewis, who impressed audience with Lagaan by bringing contemporary dance forms to Bollywood. Talking about his beginning with Lagaan, he says that when he started working in Lagaan, he had no clue about camera angles during dance.
According to reports, reminiscing about Lagaan, he said, "Lagaan was very difficult simply because I was inexperienced.I didn't know a thing about camera. I knew dancing but nothing about camera so it was very difficult because I was wondering how I am going to shoot this. Fortunately, Anil Mehta and Ashutosh Gowariker were there. Ashutoshji said, 'Don't worry so much. You dance and we will shoot.' I was okay but then wondered how long can I continue like this? So I observed them taking the shots and learnt the camera angles, the cut point, editing, when to cut and when to close up etc."

He added, "The sensibility was taught by them made me realise that you need to have those small things in place if you want to become a film choreographer. So it is not about choreography or dancing, it is about capturing it on camera the element you want to show."