1. Saroj Khan was best known for the dance form mujra and the first woman choreographer in Bollywood.
22 Facts About Saroj Khan
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Saroj Khan died on 3 July 2020 of a sudden cardiac arrest.
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Saroj Khan started her career as a child artist at the age of three with the film Nazarana as baby Shyama, and was a background dancer in the late 1950s.
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Saroj Khan learnt dance while working under film choreographer B Sohanlal, who 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.
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The couple have one child together: a daughter, Sukaina Saroj Khan, who is known to run a dance institute in Dubai.
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In 2014, Saroj Khan worked with Madhuri Dixit again in Gulaab Gang.
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Saroj Khan was on the advisory board of Rishihood University.
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Saroj Khan appeared on a reality dance show as a member of the jury in the first season of Nach Baliye, which aired on STAR One along with two other judges.
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Saroj Khan appeared in the second season of the same show.
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Saroj Khan has recently been a judge for the show Ustaadon Ka Ustaad, which is aired on Sony Entertainment Television.
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Saroj Khan appeared on the 2008 show Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan, which was aired on NDTV Imagine.
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Saroj Khan appeared on Sony's Boogie Woogie from December 2008 as one of the judges, along with Javed Jaffrey, Naved Jaffrey and Ravi Behl.
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Saroj Khan judged the dance reality show Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan.
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Saroj Khan appeared in Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah as a judge in a dance competition.
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Saroj Khan won three National Film Awards and eight Filmfare Awards, the most recognition of any choreographer.
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Saroj 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.
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Saroj Khan was the recipient of the most National Film Awards for Best Choreography with three wins.
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Saroj Khan was the first recipient of the Filmfare Award for Best Choreography.
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Saroj Khan went on to have a hattrick at the Filmfare Awards winning consistently for 3 years from 1989 to 1991.
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Saroj Khan held the record for winning the most Filmfare Awards for Best Choreography, winning 8.
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The Saroj Khan Story is a 2012 Indian documentary film on Khan's life directed by Nidhi Tuli and produced by Public Service Broadcasting Trust.
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In October 2014, Saroj Khan reportedly got upset after being parodied in Happy New Year.