From Hip-Hop To Bharatnatyam: How Radhika Apte, Nora Fatehi & Kriti Sanon Became Dance Divas
On the occasion of International Dance Day, we take a look at Bollywood’s most gorgeous divas who are also talented and trained dancers to boot. Scroll down for interesting details...
April 29 marks the
celebration of International Dance Day across the globe. Most Bollywood films
are incomplete without a dance sequence. We also have several really talented
dancers in the industry, who have taken formal training in a gamut of dance
forms.
The new crop of actors are spending a great deal
of time and effort in learning contemporary dance forms. Let us have a look at
few Bollywood actresses who are incredible at dancing, and have formal training
to back their skill...
Kriti Sannon
The svelte actress is making waves with her choices of films. She is touted to
be one of the toughest competitors to other actresses of her age.
Her latest film Bareilly Ki Barfi showed her in
a very different avatar which the audience loved it. In the film she was
performing break dance which looked very cute but not many are aware she is a
trained Kathak dancer.
So far audience has seen her performing to Bollywood dance numbers in the film but it would be delight to see her in a dance form that excels.
Nora Fatehi
The Indo-Canadian dancer, model and actress Nora Fatehi is a popular face on various social platforms especially on YouTube and Instagram owning to her amazing dancing skills.
She is a self-taught dancing sensation, and has become a viral star because of her mesmerizing dance moves. She performs easily in various dance forms like Belly Dance, Hip Hop, Free Style and Pole Dancing. She has much dance numbers to her credit both in South and Hindi films as well as in music videos.
She started off her dancing career at an early age which her family realised it when she was just a kid. It's always a pleasure seeing her grooving to the tune of dance music.
Radhika Apte
Radhika Apte’s name has been associated with the Indie genre. She was recently seen playing Akshay Kumar’s wife in the social drama Padman.
Most of her films don’t give her much space to perform on dance tracks or look glamorous. But very few people the dusky actress is trained Kathak dancer and she also received training in contemporary dance forms in London.
It would be an eye popping experience for the audience to see this brilliant actor doing song and dance sequence in a film.
Taapsee Pannu
Tapsee has proven her acting versatility in films like Pink, Naam Shabana, Judwaa 2 and over two dozens of films down south.
Before stepping into the film industry and modelling, Taapsee was a trained Bharatnatyam dancer.
She pursued her love for dancing while she was a kid and performed in various inter-school dance competitions.
Richa Chadha
Richa Chadha is an actress who lets her work speak for herself. Not many people know that the lady is a trained Kathak dancer. Though fans haven't seen much of her dancing skills on screen, but they will surely be dazed by her dance prowess.
It’s a fact she is also a well-trained dancer. Other than Kathak Richa has also learnt Street Jazz from celebrated choreographer Ashley Lobo.