Saroj Khan Biography, Age, Husband, Children, Family, Caste, Wiki & More

Nirmala Kishanchand Sadhu Singh Nagpal, known by her professional name ‘Saroj Khan’ is one of the best dance choreographers from India, working in Hindi cinema. This lady had made almost all the Bollywood stars to dance on her steps. She has choreographed over 2000 songs.

 

She began working at the very young age of 3.She worked as a child artist and played a character of ‘Shyama’ in the movie Nazarana. She entered in the field of dancing and started working as a background dancer in 1950.She got dance lessons from her future husband B. Sohanlal. She later moved to choreography and started working as an assistant choreographer. Geeta Mera Naam was her first film in which she choreographed independently in 1974.She struggled for the time but the song ‘Hawa Hawai’ featuring Sri Devi from movie ‘Mr. India’ gave her name and fame.Later she worked for movies Nagina and Chandni.She bounced back with a famous hit song choreography featuring Madhuri Dixit,’ Ek Do Teen’ from movie Tezaab in 1988. Songs ‘Dhak Dhak Karne Laga’ from movie’ Beta’, ‘Tamma Tamma Loge’ from movie ‘Thanedaar’ were her one of the best songs from the 1990s. After that, she never looked back and made her place on the list of successful choreographers of the era.

 

She also worked in both the seasons of the dance reality show ‘Nach Baliye’ as a jury member which was telecast on ‘STAR One’.” Ustaadon Ka Ustaad” was her show on Sony Entertainment Television as a judge.She then worked in’ Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan’ for NDTV Imagine. She was the judge along with Naved Jaffrey, Javed Jaffrey, and Ravi Behl on the show Boogie Woogie on Sony Entertainment Television.The popular show ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’ had her as a judge in 2009 along with Juhi Chawla (actress) and Vaibhavi Merchant (choreographer).