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Exclusive | Rahul Roy reacts to viral dance video with content creator, which left internet asking ‘kya majboori thi?’

A video of actor Rahul Roy dancing with an unknown Instagram creator has gone viral, evoking extreme reactions on the internet. The actor speaks up.

Published on: Apr 29, 2026, 21:24:21 IST
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‘Why, Rahul Roy?’ is a question many have been asking on social media since Tuesday. It all began when a video, featuring the actor alongside an unknown creator, went viral on Instagram.

A video featuring Rahul Roy with an Instagram creator has left his fans puzzled.
A video featuring Rahul Roy with an Instagram creator has left his fans puzzled.

The video shows him and the creator, who goes by the handle Dr Vanita Ghadage Desai, dancing to Tere Dar Pe Sanam, a song belonging to the 1993 film Phir Teri Kahaani Yaad Aayi featuring Rahul opposite Pooja Bhatt.

Rahul Roy has been an actor for close to four decades now. He had a dream debut in the form of Aashiqui (1990), which has acquired a cult status. He went on to star in Mahesh Bhatt's horror film Junoon and Gumrah among others. He won the reality show Bigg Boss in 2006, and was most recently seen in Kanu Behl's directorial Agra.

 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rishabh Suri

Rishabh Suri is an Assistant Editor, film critic, and professional overthinker of plot points. He writes for HT City, keeping pace with an industry where news cycles expire long before the popcorn gets cold. He completed his graduation in English Honours from Kirori Mal College, followed by a Master’s degree in English Literature-effectively training his brain to over-analyse classic texts before applying those exact same skills to 3-hour Bollywood blockbusters. He got into the profession when he had barely graduated from college and has been at HT ever since. At HT, Rishabh reviews films with a simple rule: skip the dense academic jargon and get straight to the point. Beyond reviews, as Assistant Editor, he helps navigate the broader circus of showbiz, tracking everything from OTT shifts to sudden box office panics. In a beat driven by loud PR machinery and carefully scripted answers, Rishabh prefers cutting through the noise to focus on how stories get made and why trends shift. When he isn’t writing against a deadline, he is usually sitting in a dark theater, compulsively memorising dialogues. For Rishabh, analysing movies isn't just a day job- it’s a habit he couldn't turn off even if he tried.

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