Choreographer Saroj Khan passes away after cardiac arrest at 71

TIL Desk Bollywood/ Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan passed away after a cardiac arrest on Thursday night. She was 71. Khan was diabetic and had complained of breathing last month, following which she was admitted to Mumbai”s Guru Nanak Hospital.

Over the past weeks she had been suffering from multiple health issues, though she had test negative for Covid-19. She breathed her last at around 1.30 am today. The last rites were performed at Malad burial ground. Few members of her family were allowed at the burial owing to social distancing norms.

Khan won the National Award thrice in her lifetime. In 2003, she received the honour for the song “Dola re dola” in “Devdas, picturised on Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan. In 2006, she was a recipient of the award for all the songs she choreographed in the Tamil film, “Sringaram”. In 2008, she won the award for the song “Yeh ishq haaye” filmed on Kareena Kapoor in “Jab We Met”.