Saroj Khan Death: Shah Rukh Khan Remembers His ‘First Genuine Teacher In Film Industry’: She Taught Me How To Do The Dip
Shah Rukh Khan mourned the death of Saroj Khan, and called her his first teacher in the film industry. Saroj Khan had taught him how to do the ‘dip’ for film dancing
The nation woke up to the heartbreaking news of legendary Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan’s demise. She passed away on July 3, after suffering a cardiac arrest. Known to be the finest choreographer in Bollywood, Saroj Khan had a career span of 40 years, during which she worked with the topmost actors in the film industry such as Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Kareena Kapoor Khan, among others. Social media has been flooded with posts mourning her demise, and now Shah Rukh Khan also took to Twitter to remember the late choreographer.
In his tweet, Shah Rukh Khan referred to Saroj Khan as his first genuine teacher in the film industry. He also revealed that it was her who taught him how to do a dip while dancing. Calling her the most caring, loving persona he has ever met, Shah Rukh Khan thanked her for looking after him all these years. SRK’s tweet read, “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.”
Saroj Khan had choreographed Shah Rukh Khan in his 1993 film Baazigar. One of her old videos that is going viral on social media shows Saroj Khan talking about how she gave SRK his iconic arms pose.
She can be seen saying, “We were shooting Baazigar in Mauritius. He (SRK) takes name of land and sky, there's a back shot and he opens his arms. Then he turns and reveals name on his chest by opening his shirt. I gave him this action there." ALSO READ: Saroj Khan Death: Did You Know The Late Choreographer Had Converted To Islam And Was A Hindu By Birth?
Thank you #SarojKhan Ma'am For The Iconic Signature Pose that Made Millions of People fall in Love With SRK. Bollywood would be Incomplete without you #Masterji @iamsrk
— Team Shah Rukh Khan Pune 🇮🇳 (@teamsrkpune) July 3, 2020
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