QUETTA: Bollywood star Tiger Shroff said on Saturday he would be happy to meet 10-Pakistani schoolboy Subhan Sohail, after an Arab News story showed the boy’s breakdancing skills.
The Indian actor, martial artist and dancer took to Twitter after learning the 10-year-old has been inspired by his work.
“Hope to meet him someday,” Shroff said in a post that went viral.
Sohail, who lives with his family in Degari Kahan village in Kech district of Balochistan, was six years old when he started to learn dancing.
Four years later, has become a household name in his home province since a video of him in his school uniform breakdancing went viral after a teacher shared it on social media.
When Sohail saw Shroff’s reaction to the Arab News story about him, he recorded a video message for him.
“Tiger Shroff, I am very, very happy that you have expressed your wish to meet me, and I also wanted to meet you,” he said. “Arab News has conveyed my voice to you and now I desperately want to meet you. I love you Tiger Shroff.”
Sohail has never taken any professional lessons and has been learning new skills by watching online videos
“Subhan used to watch TV and videos at home and that inspired him,” his father, Sohail Ismail, told Arab News. “He would watch films of Tiger Shroff and say ‘I will be Tiger Shroff.’”
On a regular day, Sohail said he spends two hours after school practicing.
Lately, performing in public has become his favorite activity.
“Initially, I was shy and hesitant to dance in public,” he said. “Then my family supported me and emboldened me to perform at school and family events.”
Amul Sakin Baloch, a teacher at the dancer’s school for the last 11 years, said her young student was a “hero,” entertaining others with his unique talent.
“I first uploaded his dance video on social media after which many people requested me to share it again because they loved his performance,” Baloch told Arab News. “Now he has become a dance icon for the whole province of Balochistan.”
