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Saroj Khan

1948 - 2020

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Saroj Khan (born Nirmala Nagpal; 22 November 1948 – 3 July 2020) was an Indian dance choreographer in Hindi cinema. She was born in Bombay State (present day Maharashtra), India. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Saroj Khan is the 104th most popular dancer (down from 96th in 2024), the 1,086th most popular biography from India (down from 812th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Indian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Saroj Khan ranks 104 out of 116. Before her are Antony Tudor, Twyla Tharp, Kapila Vatsyayan, Rachel Brice, Agnes de Mille, and Padma Subrahmanyam. After her are Marianela Núñez, Isabelle Duchesnay, Anastasia Volochkova, Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Sergei Polunin, and Tamara Rojo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Saroj Khan ranks 752. Before her are José Navarro, Georgia Engel, Leonid Levin, Sue Monk Kidd, Lynne Thigpen, and Wolf Blitzer. After her are Jim Crawford, Anthony Moore, Charles D. Walker, Dennis Prager, Stan Bowles, and Paul LePage. Among people deceased in 2020, Saroj Khan ranks 795. Before her are Narinder Singh Kapany, Attila Horváth, Hassan Abshir Farah, Ebru Timtik, Maryna Bazanova, and Julie Felix. After her are Angela Buxton, Filippos Petsalnikos, Nasser Shabani, Michel Roux, Anton Coppola, and Zoe Caldwell.

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In India

Among people born in India, Saroj Khan ranks 1,086 out of 1,861. Before her are Sheela (1945), Rashid Khan (1968), Dorabji Tata (1859), Rabri Devi (1956), Sanjay Leela Bhansali (1963), and Leila Seth (1930). After her are Padmaja Naidu (1900), Geetanjali Shree (1957), Gulshan Kumar (1956), Ashok Gehlot (1951), Silk Smitha (1960), and Sudha Chandran (1965).

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Among DANCERS In India

Among dancers born in India, Saroj Khan ranks 9. Before her are Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940), Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918), Balasaraswati (1918), Sonal Mansingh (1944), Kapila Vatsyayan (1928), and Padma Subrahmanyam (1943). After her are Geeta Kapur (1973), and Vaibhavi Merchant (1975).

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