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Saroj Khan

1948 - 2020

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Saroj Khan (born Nirmala Nagpal; 22 November 1948 – 3 July 2020) was an Indian dance choreographer in Hindi cinema. She was born in Bombay State (present day Maharashtra), India. She was best known for the dance form mujra and the first woman choreographer in Bollywood. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saroj Khan has received more than 2,834,967 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Saroj Khan is the 96th most popular dancer (down from 87th in 2019), the 812th most popular biography from India (down from 810th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indian Dancer.

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  • 51.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Saroj Khan ranks 96 out of 116. Before her are Katherine Dunham, Frankie Manning, Dušanka Sifnios, Svetlana Zakharova, Sonal Mansingh, and Jin Xing. After her are Robert Helpmann, Twyla Tharp, Antony Tudor, Rachel Brice, Padma Subrahmanyam, and Agnes de Mille.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Saroj Khan ranks 623. Before her are Lillian Board, Hilarion Kapral, Rubén Glaria, Sharon Stouder, Claude Vivier, and Gennadi Gagulia. After her are Pierre Rapsat, Calistrat Cuțov, Sergio Ahumada, Srgjan Kerim, Lisbeth Korsmo, and Richard Tandy. Among people deceased in 2020, Saroj Khan ranks 635. Before her are Euphrase Kezilahabi, Dejan Dabović, Kevin Dobson, Maurice Moucheraud, Zlatko Portner, and Noël Vandernotte. After her are Luciano Federici, Leonid Potapov, Ernesto Canto, Yawovi Agboyibo, Dennis Ralston, and Bob Gibson.

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In India

Among people born in India, Saroj Khan ranks 812 out of 1,861. Before her are R. D. Burman (1939), Murli Manohar Joshi (1934), Shyamala Gopalan (1938), R. H. Tawney (1880), Karisma Kapoor (1974), and Boman Irani (1959). After her are M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Anjali Devi (1927), Gauri Khan (1970), Ismail Merchant (1936), Jagdish Bhagwati (1934), and Romila Thapar (1931).

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Among DANCERS In India

Among dancers born in India, Saroj Khan ranks 7. Before her are Birju Maharaj (1937), Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918), Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940), Balasaraswati (1918), and Sonal Mansingh (1944). After her are Padma Subrahmanyam (1943), Kapila Vatsyayan (1928), Geeta Kapur (1973), and Vaibhavi Merchant (1975).

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