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Saroj Khan

Born November 22, 1948 · Mumbai, Maharastra, India

Died July 3, 2020 · aged 71

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 a…

Known For

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge · 1995

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

MovieComedyDrama

Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood fiancé. Raj leaves for India with a mission at his hands, to claim his lady love under the noses of her whole family. Thus begins a saga.

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India · 2001

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

MovieAdventureDrama

The year is 1893 and India is under British occupation. In a small village, the tyrannical Captain Russell has imposed an unprecedented land tax on its citizens. Outraged, Bhuvan, a rebellious farmer, rallies the villagers to publicly oppose the tax. Russell offers a novel way to settle the dispute: he challenges Bhuvan and his men to a game of cricket, a sport completely foreign to India. If Bhuvan and his men can defeat Russell's team, the tax will be repealed.

Guru

MovieDramaRomance

A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay in 1958, and rises from its streets to become the biggest tycoon in India.

Devdas

MovieDramaRomance

In 1900s India, Calcuttan zamindar Devdas Mukherjee — unable to marry his lover — takes up alcohol and the company of a courtesan to alleviate the pain.

Fanaa

MovieActionDrama

Zooni Ali Beg is a blind Kashmiri girl who travels without her parents for the first time with a dance troupe to Delhi to perform in a ceremony for independence day. On her journey, she meets Rehan Khan, a casanova and tour guide who flirts with her. Although her friends warn Zooni about him, she cannot resist falling in love with him and he takes her on a private tour of New Delhi. But there is more to Rehan than meets the eye and Zooni will have to make a heartbreaking decision.

Agneepath

Agneepath · 2012

MovieActionCrime

When his father is lynched by a mob after being framed by a gangster, a young boy leaves his village along with his pregnant mother and flees to Mumbai. He takes up a life of crime and swears to avenge his father. A remake of the 1990 film.

Chaahat

Chaahat · 1996

MovieDramaRomance

Roop and his father come to the city for medical treatment where Reshma falls in love with Roop. However, Roop loves Pooja but when Reshma threatens to kill herself, Roop agrees to marry her.

Karm Yodha

Karm Yodha · 1992

Sameer returns to his city and witnesses a murder. Later, he and his family are attacked thinking that the dead victim has shared a secret with him.

Filmography

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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge · 1995

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

MovieComedyDrama

Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood fiancé. Raj leaves for India with a mission at his hands, to claim his lady love under the noses of her whole family. Thus begins a saga.

Choreographer

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India · 2001

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

MovieAdventureDrama

The year is 1893 and India is under British occupation. In a small village, the tyrannical Captain Russell has imposed an unprecedented land tax on its citizens. Outraged, Bhuvan, a rebellious farmer, rallies the villagers to publicly oppose the tax. Russell offers a novel way to settle the dispute: he challenges Bhuvan and his men to a game of cricket, a sport completely foreign to India. If Bhuvan and his men can defeat Russell's team, the tax will be repealed.

Choreographer

Guru

MovieDramaRomance

A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay in 1958, and rises from its streets to become the biggest tycoon in India.

Choreographer

Devdas

MovieDramaRomance

In 1900s India, Calcuttan zamindar Devdas Mukherjee — unable to marry his lover — takes up alcohol and the company of a courtesan to alleviate the pain.

Choreographer

Fanaa

MovieActionDrama

Zooni Ali Beg is a blind Kashmiri girl who travels without her parents for the first time with a dance troupe to Delhi to perform in a ceremony for independence day. On her journey, she meets Rehan Khan, a casanova and tour guide who flirts with her. Although her friends warn Zooni about him, she cannot resist falling in love with him and he takes her on a private tour of New Delhi. But there is more to Rehan than meets the eye and Zooni will have to make a heartbreaking decision.

Choreographer

Agneepath

Agneepath · 2012

MovieActionCrime

When his father is lynched by a mob after being framed by a gangster, a young boy leaves his village along with his pregnant mother and flees to Mumbai. He takes up a life of crime and swears to avenge his father. A remake of the 1990 film.

Choreographer

Chaahat

Chaahat · 1996

MovieDramaRomance

Roop and his father come to the city for medical treatment where Reshma falls in love with Roop. However, Roop loves Pooja but when Reshma threatens to kill herself, Roop agrees to marry her.

Choreographer

Karm Yodha

Karm Yodha · 1992

Sameer returns to his city and witnesses a murder. Later, he and his family are attacked thinking that the dead victim has shared a secret with him.

Choreographer

Koyla

A village girl agrees to a marriage to a king she has never met after he sends her a photograph of himself. But the man in the photograph is not the king but his most loyal slave, the handsome but mute Shankar.

Choreographer

Baazigar

Baazigar · 1993

MovieCrimeThriller

A young man with a vendetta against a business tycoon seduces and kills his eldest daughter and then proceeds to his younger daughter but she begins to suspect her new lover's ulterior motive.

Choreographer

Darr

MovieThrillerAction

A woman is caught between one man's love and another man's obsession. She fears one and fears for the other. One stands for love and the other for life. Who will she choose?

Choreographer

Kalank

MovieDramaRomance

In Pre-Independent India, circa 1945, the elite, opulent and solemn world of the Chaudhry family, and the wild, mysterious and musical underbelly of the town, Hira Mandi, clash when Roop Chaudhry encounters Zafar, a daredevil from Hira Mandi, unleashing deep-buried truths, secrets of betrayal and affairs that threaten to bring both worlds crashing down.

Choreographer

Fiza

MovieDramaRomance

In 1993 Fiza's brother disappears during the riots in Mumbai. In 1999 Fiza is tired of waiting and goes looking for him.

Choreographer

Anjaam

MovieCrimeDrama

After mistaking a flight attendant's attention for love, a wealthy, spoiled man becomes obsessed with her and soon tears her life apart.

Choreographer

Jab We Met

Jab We Met · 2007

MovieDramaComedy

A depressed wealthy businessman and a spunky carefree young woman embark on an unexpected journey that changes their lives.

Choreographer

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam · 1999

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

MovieComedyDrama

A newly-wed man discovers that his wife is in love with another man and decides to unite them. Ignoring the ridicule he might have to face for this, he takes his wife to Italy in search of her love.

Choreographer

Chamatkar

Chamatkar · 1992

MovieRomanceComedy

When Sunder loses everything, he seeks refuge in a graveyard, where he befriends a ghost.

Choreographer

Pardes

MovieDramaRomance

Kishorilal wants an Indian bride for his westernised son. He gets him engaged to Ganga, his friend's daughter, and brings her to USA. But she shares a deeper bond with Arjun, Kishorilal's foster son.

Choreographer

Badal

MovieActionCrime

Badal is a victim of the 1984 riots, brought up by a terrorist. Badal aims to kill the treacherous police officer who had killed his parents and his loving sister. He takes shelter in the house of an honest police officer and falls in love with a minister's granddaughter. Will he be able to accomplish his revenge?

Choreographer

Daddy

MovieFamilyDrama

An audio company and dance school owner is a very rich man but also gullible. He gets married to the girl he loves; but loses all his money to his scheming friends. They lose their daughter to a heart disease following which his wife leaves him.

Choreographer

Na Tum Jaano Na Hum

Na Tum Jaano Na Hum · 2002

Na Tum Jaano Na Hum

MovieRomanceDrama

Esha and Rahul start a letter based friendship that blossoms into love. They don't exchange names or pictures. Her parents would like Esha to marry Akshay who's eager to tie the knot, so Esha is forced to make a decision...

Choreographer

Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola

Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola · 2013

Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola

MovieComedyDrama

Harry is an industrialist who loves his daughter Bijlee, and the bond they share with Harry's man friday, Matru. Bijlee's plan to wed the son of a politician, however, brings twists and turns in the lives of Matru, Bijlee and Mandola.

Choreographer

Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi

Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi · 2019

Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi

MovieHistoryDrama

Story of Rani Lakshmibai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and her resistance to the British Rule.

Choreographer

Ishkq in Paris

Ishkq in Paris · 2013

MovieComedyRomance

Akash and Ishkq meet on a train from Rome to Paris and spend a romantic evening in the city.

Choreographer

Boogie Woogie Woo

Boogie Woogie Woo

Boogie Woogie Woo

This charity show and competition was held in Anand city, Gujarat, to encourage and motivate young children.

Judge