Iconic Bollywood choreographer and someone who was lovingly known as ‘masterji’, Saroj Khan has passed away in Mumbai at the age of 71 years. Having directed over 2,000 songs in her illustrious career, Saroj was mostly known for her dance numbers with Madhuri Dixit and Sridevi. Having been in hospital since 20 June, she unfortunately passed away last night.
Khan was admitted to Guru Nanak Hospital in Mumbai after she complained of having difficulty in breathing late on Saturday night, a couple of weeks ago. Since then, thousands of tweets and prayers came pouring in on social media, hoping for the iconic choreographer’s speedy recovery. She was even tested for coronavirus and the result was negative.
“She was admitted to Guru Nanak Hospital in Bandra East for breathing issues. She is doing well now and will be discharged in a day or two. She doesn’t have COVID-19 symptoms. Her report has come out negative,” a relative of Saroj Khan told the media when she was initially admitted to hospital. The 71-year old has choreographed a bunch of hit Bollywood dance videos over the decades.
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Some of them include ‘Ek Do Teen’, ‘Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai’, ‘Dhak Dhak Karne Laga’, ‘Nimbooda’, ‘Dola Re Dola’ and others. It was back in 1948 that she began her career as a child artist at the age of just 3 years. She was unable to recover after having been admitted a couple of weeks back, passing away due to cardiac arrest at around 2am last night. She is survived by her husband, son and two daughter.
The industry woke up to this sad news this morning of the 3-time national award winner passing away. Social media had been buzzing when she was initially admitted to hospital and since the news broke out a couple of hours ago, netizens began pouring in their tributes and condolence messages:
Woke up to the sad news that legendary choreographer #SarojKhan ji is no more. She made dance look easy almost like anybody can dance, a huge loss for the industry. May her soul rest in peace 🙏🏻
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) July 3, 2020
The Mother of Choreography in India & winner of 3 National Award SAROJ KHAN JI is no more.She rules over 40yrs in bollywood and choreographed more than 2000 songs.She was the reason behind the success of Superstars like late SRIDEVI ji & Madhuri Dixit ji
RIP💐💐#SarojKhan pic.twitter.com/Ara0FnzNLu
— P U S H P I T A (@ThePushpitaDas) July 3, 2020
2020 please don’t give any more bad news . So sad to hear about #SarojKhan ma’am . Always dreamt of doing atleast one song Choreographed by her. Your grace and contribution to indian cinema shall always be remembered. May your soul RIP. Strength to the family ❤️
— Rakul Singh (@Rakulpreet) July 3, 2020
Rest in peace Sarojji.. u were an inspiration to many, myself included. Thank you for the songs🙏🏻 #SarojKhan
— Farah Khan (@TheFarahKhan) July 3, 2020
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