{"id":122706,"date":"2022-11-22T13:45:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T08:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=122706"},"modified":"2022-11-22T02:09:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T20:39:25","slug":"saroj-khan-a-tribute-to-legendary-choreographer-on-her-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/movies\/saroj-khan-a-tribute-to-legendary-choreographer-on-her-birthday","title":{"rendered":"Saroj Khan: A Tribute To Legendary Choreographer On Her Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Famous for her choreography in films like Devdas, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Jab We Met, Guru, and many other popular Bollywood films, Saroj Khan, A.K.A Masterji, was a renowned choreographer in the Hindi film industry. In her career of more than forty years, she has choreographed about 2000 songs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Her famous works include Dola Re Dola, Ek Do Teen, Barso Re, Choli Ke Peeche, and Nimbooda Nimbooda. She had her way of choreography and mastered the dance form of Mujra. She took her last breath in 2020, but her legacy will be forever remembered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Let\u2019s know more about the legendary Saroj Khan in detail:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Early Life and Family<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Born on November 22 1948, Saroj Khan was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra. She was the daughter of Kishanchand Sadhu Singh and Noni Sadhu Singh. Her real name was Nirmal Kishanchad Sadhu Singh, and she moved to India from Pakistan during the partition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At the age of 13, she married Sohanlal, who was a dance teacher. Both had two children, Hamid Khan (popularly known as Raju Khan) and Hina Khan. After her first husband left her, she married Sardar Roshan Khan. With him, she had a daughter named Sukaina Khan. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At 71, she died due to a heart attack on July 3, 2020, in Mumbai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Career in Bollywood<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After working in several films as an assistant choreographer, Saroj Khan made her independent choreography debut with 1975s Mausam. But she got her to break in 1983 with Subhash Ghai\u2019s Hero. Popularly called \u2018Masterji\u201d, she was the first woman choreographer in the film industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After her first break, she choreographed the famous Nagin Dance of Sridevi in 1986, Ek Do Teen for Madhuri Dixit in Tezaab, and Choli Ke Peeche in Khalnayak. Dhak Dhak Karne Laga in Mr India and Tamma Tamma Loge in Thanedaar were her popular songs from that decade. She also wrote a few films like Khiladi, hum Hain Bemisaal, Veeru Dada, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Career as a judge of reality shows<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">She also appeared as a judge n reality shows like Nah Baliye, Ustaadon Ka Ustaad, Boogie Woogie, and Jhalak Dikhla Jaa. She also hosted her show titled Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Awards and Accolades<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Saroj Khan has won many awards in her lifetime for her fantastic work as a choreographer. Here is the list of awards she has won for her work:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">National Award for Best Choreography for \u201cDola re Dola \u201d in Devdas (2003)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">National Award for Best Choreography for Sringaram (2006)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">National Award for Best Choreography for \u201cYeh Ishq Haaye \u201d in Jab We Met (2008)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Filmfare Award for Best Choreography for \u201cEk Do Teen\u201d in Tezaab (1989)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Filmfare Award for Best Choreography for \u201cNa Jaane Kahan Se\u201d in ChalBaaz (1990)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Filmfare Award for Best Choreography for \u201cHumk Aaj Kal Hai Intezaar\u201d in Sailaab (1991)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Filmfare Award for Best Choreography for \u201cDhak Dhak Karne Laga\u201d in Beta (1993)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Filmfare Award for Best Choreography for \u201cCholi Ke Peeche\u201d in Khalnayak (1994)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Filmfare Award for Best Choreography for \u201cNimbooda Nimbooda\u201d in Hum DIl De Chuke Sanam (2000)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Filmfare Award for Best Choreography for \u201cDola Re Dola\u201d in Devdas (2003)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Filmfare Award for Best Choreography for \u201cBarso Re\u201d in Guru (2008)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">American Choreography Award for Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film for Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2002)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nandi Award for Best Choreography for Choodalani Vundi (1998)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Zee Cine Award for Best Choreography for \u201cDola Re Dola\u201d in Devdas (2003)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Indian International Film Academy Award (IIFA) for \u201cNimbooda Nimbooda\u201d in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Indian International Film Academy Award (IIFA) Lifetime Achievement Award (2019)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">19th Annual Kalakar Achiever Award for Outstanding Contribution in Dance Choreography (2011)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Famous for her choreography in films like Devdas, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Jab We Met, Guru, and many other popular Bollywood films, Saroj Khan, A.K.A Masterji, was a renowned choreographer in the Hindi film industry. In her career of more than forty years, she has choreographed about 2000 songs.\u00a0 Her famous works include Dola [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21831,"featured_media":127027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12190,10028,12339,11411,11315,9,12279],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-122706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-actors","8":"category-bollywood","9":"category-dance","10":"category-entertainment","11":"category-india","12":"category-movies","13":"category-popular"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122706"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127020,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122706\/revisions\/127020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}