Popular film editor Aarif Sheikh, who won the National Award for 'Samay When Time Strikes' and who has been the man behind the edits of acclaimed movies like 'Makdee', 'Maqbool', 'Taxi No. 9211', 'Parzania' and 'The Blue Umbrella', is making his debut as a director with 'Let's Dance' releasing June 19, 2009.

"Although dancing is the DNA of the film, I was very sure that my story needed to be solid. It needed to hold on its own. Although I was working with mostly new artists, I never had any trouble extracting performances, as all my actors were perceptive," says Aarif.

Introducing the US born and bred dancing sensation Gayatri Patel, the film has the debutante playing a simple but determined dance teacher, who on her path to fame, changes course, to motivate a group of underprivileged kids. "Gayatri is simply fab in dance and that's why we call her 'the dancing tornado'. I couldn't have had a better dancer than her for a film like this," quips Aarif.

"I'll never forget 'Let's Dance'. It's imbedded in my soul. Every shot, every scene, every creative decision of mine," says an excited Aarif.