Saroj Khan

Who they were

Personal life She was born Nirmala Nagpal. Her parents, Kishanchand Sadhu Singh and Noni Singh, migrated to India after partition of India . She started her career as a child artist at the age of three with the film Nazarana as baby Shyama, [ 1 ] and was a background dancer in the late 1950s. She learnt dance while working under film choreographer B. Sohanlal , whom she married at the age of 13 while he was 43 years and was already married with 4 children which she did not know at the time of marriage.

Saroj Khan was an Indian dance choreographer in Hindi cinema. She was best known for the dance form mujra and the first woman choreographer in Bollywood. With a career spanning over forty years, she choreographed over 3000 songs and received several accolades, including four National Film Awards and record eight Filmfare Awards for Best Choreography.

Path and career

Awards / honours: Filmfare Award for Best Choreography, Filmfare Award for Best Choreography, Filmfare Award for Best Choreography, and Filmfare Award for Best Choreography.

Career Khan moved to choreography, first as an assistant choreographer and later getting her break as an independent choreographer, with actress Sadhana 's Geeta Mera Naam (1974). However, she had to wait many years to receive acclaim, which came with her work with Sridevi ; their songs together such as Hawa Hawai in Mr India (1987), Main Teri Dushman, Dushman Tu Mera in Nagina (1986) and Mere Haathon Mein in Chandni (1989), and later her collaborations with Madhuri Dixit ,

Death Khan was admitted to Guru Nanak Hospital at Bandra, Mumbai on 17 June 2020, because of breathing difficulties, and died of cardiac arrest on 3 July 2020 at the age of 71. [ 1 ] ^ "Choreographer Saroj Khan passes away" . The Indian Express . New Delhi. 3 July 2020 . Retrieved 3 July 2020 .

Why this date

Saroj Khan appears on our July 3 calendar for 2020 as a death entry.