Actor Kratika Sengar, who has been an ardent fan of Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit right since she was knee-high, still remembers how she used to perform to her sensuous Koli number from the film Sailaab in front of the mirror as a starry-eyed teenager.

Little did she know that she'll have the privilege of performing to the song - 'Hum Ko Aajkal Hai Intezaar Koi Aaye Leke Pyaar' -on national television and express all her adulation for her favorite silver screen goddess just a few years down the line.

With Kratika's character Aarti in Zee TV's Punarvivaah going out on a vacation with screen hubby Yash (Gurmeet Chaudhry) to Mumbai, the couple is shown to be staying in a beachside villa where they bump into fishermen folk and our leading lady is coaxed into joining the Koli ladies in their dance.

When given a choice as to whether she'd like to dance to popular Koli numbers like Galyaat Saakhli Sonyachi or Dolkar Dariyacha Raja, it was Kratika who put her foot down and told producer Shashi Mittal that she wanted to dance to Madhuri's famous Koli song.

Kratika said, `It's been a dream come true to perform to one of my top 5 Madhuri favorite numbers. There's no one who can dance like her. She's simply incomparable and truly magical when she dances.

"Her dance is fluid and graceful, her sensuality is moderated by an inherent innocence and her expressions elevate her dance to an art form."

"So, it is indeed brave on my part to even attempt to dance to a Madhuri song. But, all I can say is that I have danced with love in my heart for a woman I have idolized as I grew up!` she said.