Cabaret (2016) actor Richa Chadha has picked up a new hobby. An essential belly dance track in her upcoming film, Shakeela, introduced her to a form she didn't know she'd begin to harbour a keen interest in. Having learnt the art for a song in the biopic of the adult star sensation, Chadha has now decided to continue her education in the art.

Come third week of May and she will jet off to Kazakhstan to learn a tribal art form of belly dance. "I came across this form while researching for Shakeela. The more I read, the more fascinated I became," she says. Interestingly, the sequence includes a blend of Asian and Middle Eastern belly dance forms. "A group of gypsy dancers had travelled to the Eastern coast of India, and [created a blend] of Odissi and Kalbelia forms with it."