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Saroj Khan

Born
Nov 22, 1948 · Aged 71
Died
Jul 3, 2020
Place of birth
Mumbai, Maharastra, India
Gender
Female
Movie credits
3
TV credits
4

Biography

Saroj Khan (born Nirmala Nagpal; 22 November 1948 – 3 July 2020) was an Indian dance choreographer renowned for creating iconic dance sequences over a career spanning more than six decades in Hindi cinema. She choreographed routines for over 300 films, shaping the movement language of mainstream Bollywood and influencing generations of performers and choreographers. Khan began her career at the age of three as a child artiste in Nazarana (1952), later transitioning to background dancing. She apprenticed under master choreographer B. Sohanlal before establishing herself as an independent…