Saroj Khan was a legendary dancer and many Bollywood celebrities were trained under her. Unfortunately, we lost her as she passed away on Friday due to cardiac arrest. She was 71 years old.
In an interview to ETimes, her daughter Sukaina said, “She was getting offers to work, but at the same time, because of her age and health she wanted to take a back seat. But still she was doing a couple of jobs. She had actresses learning with her, including Alizeh Agnihotri, Ananya Panday, Sara Ali Khan, Saiee Manjrekar – all these girls were training under her. So she considered herself very lucky and connected to Bollywood equally. She went into TV very soon. And I think Bollywood started accepting the fact that she liked TV more than Bollywood, whereas Bollywood was in her blood. She couldn’t leave Bollywood at all.”
She also said that, “Everybody was in touch. Madhuri ma’am, Subhash ji, Jackie ji, Govinda sir, everybody kept calling her up and called me too. They would ask me about her health and how she was doing. When they heard the news, they were all shell shocked like we were. We didn’t expect something like this coming our way.”
Several members of the film and television industries paid tribute to Saroj with heartfelt messages. In an emotional Instagram video, Govinda said that he hopes her soul is at peace. Recalling their first meeting, he said in Hindi, “I came to you, wanting to learn dance. But I didn’t have money. And you told me, lovingly, we’ll worry about that later.”
Saroj Khan has choreographed dances in numerous Bollywood films. She was indeed a real gem and losing her is one of the biggest losses of Bollywood.
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