Veteran Choreographer Saroj Khan left for her heavenly abode on 3rd July 2020.
Khan made the world groove to her moves for over six decades. Best known as Bollywood’s first woman choreographer, Saroj choreographed over 3000 songs in her career. She was a proud recipient of three national awards and eight Filmfare awards.
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On her 3rd death anniversary, we recall an incident when she playfully slapped Shah Rukh Khan for complaining about too much work.
With god’s grace, in the active years of Saroj, SRK had a lot in his kitty and one day he spoke of it in front of Saroj. He said he was ‘pareshan’ because of work overload and what the choreographer did to him is a tale for the ages. SRK revisited this incident during the promotion of his film Dilwale.
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King Khan said, “Unhone aise thappad maara yaha pe (pointed towards the back of his head). Beta ek baat yaad rakhna as an artist kabhi yeh mat complain karna ke zyada kaam hai.. kyunki jab nahi hota toh woh complain bohot badi hoti. Har cheez ki complain karo yeh mat karna.. Isiliye main koshish karta hu jitna ho jaye, ban pare, utna kar saku aur khushi se kar saku.”
(She slapped me and said that as an artist, never complain about too much work. As you will be distraught when you don’t have work. Hence, I try to do as much as I can, and do it happily)
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Saroj passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest and is survived by her husband, and three children, Hamid Khan, Hina Khan, and Suknya Khan.
On her death, Shah Rukh tweeted in her memory, “My first genuine teacher in the film industry. She taught me for hours how to do the ‘dip’ for film dancing. One of the most caring, loving & inspiring persona i have ever met. Will miss you Sarojji. May Allah bless her soul. Thank u for looking after me.”
Yesterday, actor Saif Ali Khan issued a statement remembering Saroj on her death anniversary.
Saroj choreographer Saif in his debut film, 1993’s Parampara followed by Aashik Awara the same year. He shares, “A song with her often became real art, with every beat and step requiring an emotion and expression… That era is gone and that music is over.”
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“But all of us who have had the privilege of being instructed on set by that great lady will never be able to hear a Hindi film song without thinking of how she has made the greatest names in Bollywood from Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi to Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit, dance to her tunes”.
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