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Saroj Khan is a Actor, Scriptwriter, Assistant Director and Choreographer born on 22 november 1948

Saroj Khan

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Birth name Nirmala Kishanchand Sadhu Singh Nagpal
Birth 22 november 1948 (75 years)
Awards Filmfare Awards

Nirmala Kishanchand Sadhu Singh Nagpal popularly known as Saroj Khan (born 22 November 1948) is one of the most prominent Indian dance choreographers in Hindi cinema. She choreographed more than 200 films.Saroj Khan was born to Kishanchand Sadhu Singh and Noni Sadhu Singh. She is married to a Muslim, Sardar Roshan Khan and that is where her last name Khan comes from.

Best films

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
(Choreographer)

Usually with

Alka Yagnik
Alka Yagnik
(18 films)
Shahrukh Khan
Shahrukh Khan
(17 films)
Subhash Ghai
Subhash Ghai
(4 films)
Kumar Sanu
Kumar Sanu
(13 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Saroj Khan (60 films)

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Actress

ABCD
ABCD (2013)
, 2h23
Directed by Remo D'Souza
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films
Actors Prabhu Deva, Kay Kay Menon, Lauren Gottlieb, Salman Yusuff Khan, Saroj Khan, Remo D'Souza
Roles G.A.
Rating62% 3.148683.148683.148683.148683.14868
After having a bitter disagreement with his friend and manager Jehangir Khan (Kay Kay Menon) about the latter's blatant abuse of power and influence to win a dance competition called "Dance Dil Se" for his team JDC (Jehangir Dance Company), the choreographer of the dance company, Vishnu (Prabhu Deva), quits his job. At first he wants to return home to Chennai, but his friend Gopi (Ganesh Acharya) persuades him to stay in Mumbai with him. One day, he observes several young men using parkour to evade the police. They turn out to be proteges of Gopi, but despite their obvious raw talent, they lack the discipline required to become serious artists; they demonstrate this disastrously at a local event for a politician, wherein they set the stage on fire. After witnessing the same young men showing their dancing abilities at Ganpati Chaturthi to beat their rival neighborhood. Vishnu decides to start his own dance group with them; ultimately preparing them to compete in "Dance Dil Se". However, the lack of discipline among the dancers and rivalry between the two factions in the group led by D (Dharmesh Yelande) and Rocky (Salman Yusuff Khan) leads to multiple creative and emotional blocks. Initially, only Rocky and his gang are willing to attend the free classes, but soon D and his friends gravitate towards the studio.
Yun Hota To Kya Hota
Directed by Naseeruddin Shah
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on the September 11 attacks, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Disaster films, Films about hijackings
Actors Konkona Sen Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Jimmy Shergill, Ayesha Takia, Paresh Rawal, Saroj Khan
Roles Amma
Rating63% 3.196763.196763.196763.196763.19676
The story revolves around a group of people who were not connected to each other in any way other than by ill fate. These were people from different parts of India who had traveled to the US and now were boarding the ill-fated flights that crashed into the Twin Towers and Pentagon on 9/11. The story tells us about the horror of the hijack and some of the incidents that occurred on board during those horrific minutes. Some of the characters in the film die in the accident.
Rangeela
Rangeela (1995)
, 2h22
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Aamir Khan, Jackie Shroff, Urmila Matondkar, Gulshan Grover, Rajeev Mehta, Avtar Gill
Roles Herself (Choreographer)
Rating73% 3.6975953.6975953.6975953.6975953.697595
A street-toughened orphan by the name of Munna (Aamir Khan) is befriended by some kind folks, whose effervescent daughter Mili (Urmila Matondkar) soon grows to be his best buddy. Both gravitate toward the Mumbai movie industry. While Mili finds occupation as a movie extra, Munna earns his livelihood selling movie tickets in the black market.
Baharon Ki Manzil
Genres Thriller
Actors Meena Kumari, Dharmendra, Rehman, Anwar Hashmi, Tun tun (Uma Devi Khatri), Farida Jalal
Rating70% 3.5167253.5167253.5167253.5167253.516725
Darjeeling-based Roy family consists of Subodh, his wife, Nanda, and their daughter, Nalini. On the occasion of Nalini's engagement ceremony with Mohan, a number of celebrations take place, including fireworks, which result in Nanda's accident, she passes out, is treated for minor injuries, and is allowed to recuperate. The next morning she wakes up claiming that she is Radha; that Nalini is not her daughter; and that Subodh is her brother-in-law. She also states that she is to get married to Ram Kumar of Bombay. Fearing that his wife is losing her sanity, Subodh first summons their family doctor, Dr. Verma, and then a Psychiatrist, Dr. Rajesh Khanna. Rajesh conducts some tests on Nanda and concludes that her brain activity is normal. Then Nanda sees a dead woman's body in her closet, which subsequently disappears when the others arrive; she also tries to kill herself - in vain. On her insistence, Subodh and she travel to Bombay to unravel this mystery - to no avail, and they return home. Then Nanda recalls a dressmaker named Glory D'Silva, and Rajesh undertakes the journey to Byculla, Bombay, and brings Glory back - who positively identifies Nanda and states that Radha, Nanda's sister, and her parents were all killed in a fire 16 years ago.
Shadow
Shadow (1952)
, 2h30
Directed by V. Shantaram
Genres Drama
Actors Sandhya Shantaram, V. Shantaram, Lalita Pawar, Saroj Khan
Rating59% 2.9768352.9768352.9768352.9768352.976835
Tired of his life Deepak (V. Shantaram), a boat man, tries to commit suicide. However his inner voice stops him. As he's reurning home he gets hit in the eye by a bullet, blinding him. The accident has been caused by Saloni (Jayshree), a young lady also called Chhoti Rani (Young Queen), while she's out on a hunt. She takes him home with the view of getting him treatment. While staying in the big mansion Deepak soon falls in love with Saloni, who reciprocates his feelings. However this is not liked by the older Queen, Badi Rani (Lalita Pawar) as she wants Saloni to marry Vinod. She sends Deepak for eye treatment with Kishori (Sandhya), one of the maids in the house, whose voice is similar to Saloni's voice. Badi Rani dies, and when Saloni refuses to marry Vinod, he tries to rape her. While she's trying to escape, both are killed. On regaining his eyesight Deepak realises that Kishori, who has fallen in love with him is not Saloni. He returns to the mansion to be told about Saloni's death. He spends his days lighting a lamp on the shrine he builds for Saloni at the place where she died.

Scriptwriter

Benaam
Benaam (1999)
, 2h15
Directed by T L V Prasad
Genres Drama, Action, Horror
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Aditya Pancholi, Ashish Vidyarthi, Harish Patel, Kiran Kumar, Johnny Lever
Rating47% 2.3673352.3673352.3673352.3673352.367335
Benaam is an Action entertainer and Mithun playing the lead role.
Hote Hote Pyar Hogaya, 2h19
Directed by Firoz Irani
Origin Inde
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Jackie Shroff, Kajol, Atul Agnihotri, Ayesha Jhulka, Aruna Irani, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Rating50% 2.518522.518522.518522.518522.51852
Pinky (Kajol) and Bunty (Atul Agnihotri) are in love with each other, and plan to marry. However, their respective families strongly oppose to this marriage, as their life-partners have already been picked for them. Pinky's dad, (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) has plans her to get married to Arjun (Jackie Shroff); while Bunty's parents, have picked Shobha (Ayesha Jhulka) as his bride. Bunty and Pinky decide to accept their parents' choices, and then eventually divorce their respective partners. Both of them get married by their parents' will. Afterwards, both Pinky and Bunty try to make their best to ruin their own family life.
Daava
Daava (1997)

Directed by Sunil Agnihotri
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Akshay Kumar, Naseeruddin Shah, Raveena Tandon, Akshay Anand, Tinnu Anand, Mohan Joshi
Roles Writer
Rating41% 2.0680652.0680652.0680652.0680652.068065
Inspector Arjun is an honest and diligent police officer. He has an older stepbrother named Bhishma, and a younger brother named Suraj. While Bhishma lives with their mother in the village, Arjun and Suraj live in the city. Suraj gets employed at a poultry farm, but finds out that this is just a front for drugs like cocaine. His attempts to get this information to the police and his brother are in vain, as he is captured by the owners of the poultry farm, who owe their allegiance to notorious gangster Dhaman Chamunda. When Dhaman comes to know about Suraj, he decides to teach Arjun and Bhishma a lesson – first by splitting them up over the property they own in the village, then by framing Bhishma for the death of Suraj. With anger and hostilities reigning high amongst the two remaining brothers, the Chamunda Brothers decide to take full advantage of this situation, and watch in glee as the two brothers go against each other, in a fight to death. Bhishma and Arjun clear their misunderstandings but when their stepmother is killed by the Chamunda Brothers they unite and kill them one by one until eventually destroying their empire.
Chhote Sarkar
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Govinda, Shilpa Shetty, Dilip Sinha, Aruna Irani, Sadashiv Amarapurkar, Kader Khan
Rating48% 2.424662.424662.424662.424662.42466
Amar Saxena (Govinda) is a businessman, and the Managing Director of prestigious Khaitan Fans Ltd., India. One day while leaving from a board meeting, he meets a beggar named Jagmohan, who calls him Rohit, and asks him to return home to his ill wife, Seema. Amar denies being Rohit, but feels sorry for him and gives him some money, which Jagmohan declines to accept. Curious at his refusal, Amar offers to help. He visits the hospital and gets to meet Seema, and ends up falling in love with her. What he does not know that Jagmohan and Seema are plainclothes police officers, who have been assigned to arrest him for the murder of Ram Kumar Saxena, Amar's uncle. Using his wits, Amar manages to convince the Court that he is of unsound mind, and thus escapes being imprisoned, and ends up in an asylum. From here Amar must figure out who has framed him for a murder he did not commit, and why Seema and Jagmohan were so intent to incriminate him.
Hum Hain Bemisaal, 2h32
Directed by Deepak Bahry
Actors Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Shilpa Shirodkar, Madhoobala Shah, Gangasani Rami Reddy, Pran Krishan Sikand
Rating48% 2.414542.414542.414542.414542.41454
Tuti Shah murders Kishan to defend his anti-social business and trap Kishan's friend D'souza (Pran) in his murder. D'Souza gets life imprisonment. D'Souza seven years old son Michael (Sunil Shetty)runs away in frustration when his best friend and Kishan's son Vijay Sinha (Akshay Kumar) also kicks him out for being the son of his father's murderer. Time passes away. D'Souza comes out from jail and meets father of the church. Father informs him that he could not trace out his son Michael but according to his wish he had made police inspector to his friend Kishan's son Vijay Sinha with the help of the money he used to send from the jail. D'Souza decides to bring the truth of the murder of Vijay Sinha's father to his knowledge by getting Tuti Shah arrested. At the same time Tuti Shah comes to know about deprived Michael and his sympathy and attachment towards the poor. He black mails Michael emotionally and gets his rival Bakhshi Jang Bahadur killed by Michael. During his attack a hotel dancer Maria (Madhoo) loses her eyesight by the flames of Michael's pistol. Michael himself feels responsible for this accident and without disclosing his identity starts helping and taking care of Maria. Both fall in love each other Now the motto of Michael's life is to get Maria's eyesight back. Tuti Shash again black mails Michael emotionally. He offers him money for the operation of Maria's eyes and asks to kill his another enemy Inspector Dharam Das in exchange. But in this deal Tuti Shah deceives Michael. On the other side Inpsector Vijay Sinha chasing Michael for both the murders and wants to arrest the mafia don Tuti Shah also. To defend a pick pocket Meena (Shilpa Shirodkar) from hoodlums Inspector Vijay Sinha himself falls in love with her. Inspector Vijay Sinha arrests Tuti Shah red-handed but fails to do anything against him as a lawman. He resigns from his service and decides to eliminate Tuti Shah. Now D'Souza, Michael and Vijay Sinha are at one side and Tuti Shah and his personal army on the other side.
Khiladi
Khiladi (1992)

Directed by Abbas-Mustan
Genres Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Akshay Kumar, Ayesha Jhulka, Deepak Tijori, Prem Chopra, Sharat Saxena, Anant Mahadevan
Roles Story
Rating70% 3.547743.547743.547743.547743.54774
Two friends wage bets for money and fun. There comes a time where they race to win the biggest bet, for they know that their lives depend on it.
Veeru Dada
Veeru Dada (1990)

Actors Dharmendra, Amrita Singh, Aditya Pancholi, Farah Naaz, Om Shivpuri, Sadashiv Amarapurkar
Rating49% 2.498522.498522.498522.498522.49852
Widower Chandrakant lives poor lifestyle in India along with his daughter, Rekha, who runs a Yoga Class while he works as a Watchman with Jaidev and his family, which consists of his wife, son, and two brothers, Mahadev and Shahdev. One night Mahadev returns home to find Jaidev and his entire family killed, he informs the Police, who arrest Chandrakant, try him in Court where he is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. Rekha then meets with wealthy Amit Anand and both fall in love. Amit's dad wants a dowry of 50 Lakhs Rupees, and Rekha is unable to come up with this sum. She comes to the aid of Veeru who is on the run from the Police, and a grateful Veeru makes her his sister, and agrees to arrange for the dowry. Shortly thereafter Rekha finds out that her dad has escaped from prison and is in the clutches of Mahadev and Shahdev, who plan to feed him to a man-eating Cheetah. Watch what happens when Rekha finds out that Veeru was the one who handed over her dad to the two vengeful brothers.