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{{Short description|Indian dancer and choreographer (1948–2020)}}
{{Fan POV|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Saroj Khan
| image = Saroj Khan in March 2020 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Khan in 2020
| image_size =
| birth_name = Saroj Kishanchand Sadhu Singh Nagpal
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1948|11|22}}
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay State]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|7|03|1948|11|22|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mumbailive.com/en/bollywood/bollywood-famous-choreographer-saroj-khan-passes-away-52236/ | title=Renowned Choreographer Saroj Khan Passes Away Due To Cardiac Arrest | publisher=Mumbai Live | date=3 July 2020 | access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| occupation = Choreographer
| years_active = 1958–2020
| spouse = {{plainlist|
*{{marriage|[[B. Sohanlal]]|1961|1965|end=separated}}
*{{marriage|Sardar Roshan Khan|1975}}
}}
| children = 4
| website =
}}

'''Saroj Khan''' (born '''Saroj Kishanchand Sadhu Singh Nagpal'''; 22 November 1948 – 3 July 2020)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/saroj-khan-dead-6473463/ | title=Choreographer Saroj Khan passes away | work=The Indian Express| date=3 July 2020 | access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref> was an Indian dance [[Choreography (dance)|choreographer]] in [[Bollywood|Hindi cinema]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/saroj-khan-passes-away/articleshow/76761141.cms | title=Ace choreographer Saroj Khan passes away due to cardiac arrest in Mumbai | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=3 July 2020 | access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref> She was best known for the dance form [[mujra]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Madhuri to break into mujra only once when Varun enters kotha in Kalank, Saroj Khan gives spoilers|url=https://english.newsnationtv.com/entertainment/bollywood/madhuri-to-break-into-mujra-only-once-when-varun-enters-kotha-in-kalank-saroj-khan-gives-spoilers-218542.html|access-date=2020-07-21|website=News Nation English|date=24 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Natasha Coutinho|date=Aug 24, 2018|title=Madhuri Dixit, Saroj Khan reunite for a mujra|url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/madhuri-dixit-saroj-khan-reunite-for-a-mujra/articleshow/65523544.cms|access-date=2020-07-21|website=Pune Mirror|language=en|archive-date=21 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721055652/https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/madhuri-dixit-saroj-khan-reunite-for-a-mujra/articleshow/65523544.cms|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-24|title=Kalank: Madhuri Dixit's mujra song to be choreographed by Remo and Saroj Khan|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/240818/kalank-madhuri-dixit-mujra-song-choreographed-by-remo-and-saroj-khan.html|access-date=2020-07-21|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=India com Viral News|date=2020-07-03|title='Mother of Dance': Netizens Mourn the Demise of Choreographer Saroj Khan, Say 'Another Legend Gone'|url=https://www.india.com/viral/mother-of-dance-netizens-mourn-the-demise-of-bollywood-choreographer-saroj-khan-say-another-legend-gone-4074112/|access-date=2020-07-05|website=India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News {{!}} India.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=India com Viral News|date=2020-07-05|title=Amul India Pays Doodle Tribute to 'Mother of Dance/Choreography in India' Saroj Khan|url=https://www.india.com/viral/amul-india-pays-doodle-tribute-to-mother-of-dance-choreography-in-india-saroj-khan-4076092/|access-date=2020-07-05|website=India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News {{!}} India.com|language=en}}</ref> and the first woman choreographer in Bollywood.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Bhagat|first=Shalini Venugopal|date=2020-07-03|title=Saroj Khan, Choreographer Who Made Bollywood Sparkle, Dies at 71|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/world/asia/saroj-khan-dead.html|access-date=2020-07-07|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> With a career spanning over forty years, she choreographed over 3000 songs and received several accolades, including four [[National Film Awards]] and [[List of Filmfare Award records#Most awards for Best Choreography|record]] eight [[Filmfare Awards]] for [[Filmfare Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]].

==Personal life==
She was born Nirmala Nagpal. Her parents, Kishanchand Sadhu Singh and Noni Singh, migrated to India after [[partition of India]]. She started her career as a child artist at the age of three with the film ''Nazarana'' as baby Shyama,<ref name="Encyc">{{cite book|author1=Gulzar|author2=Govind Nihalani |author3=Saibal Chatterjee |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT597|access-date=13 June 2013|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|pages=573}}</ref> and was a [[background dancer]] in the late 1950s. She learnt dance while working under film choreographer [[B. Sohanlal]], who she married at the age of 13 while he was 43 years and was already married with 4 children which she did not know at the time of marriage.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.orissapost.com/birthday-girl-saroj-khan-married-a-43-year-old-man-at-the-age-of-13/ | title=Birthday girl Saroj Khan married a 43-year-old man at the age of 13 | work=Orissa Post| date=22 November 2019 | access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref>

After having three children (including one that died as an infant),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/hindi/when-saroj-khan-buried-her-eight-month-old-daughter-and-went-to-shoot-for-dum-maro-dum-song-hours-later/videoshow/76806182.cms|title=When Saroj Khan buried her eight-month-old daughter and went to shoot for 'Dum Maro Dum' song hours later|website=The Times of India|access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref> the couple separated; after their separation, she married businessman Sardar Roshan Khan in 1975 and changed her name after converting to Islam. The couple have one child together: a daughter, Sukaina Khan, who is known to run a dance institute in [[Dubai]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.abplive.com/entertainment/movies/saroj-khan-death-her-original-name-was-nirmala-nagpal-first-marriage-at-the-age-of-13-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-late-choreographer-1276595| title=Saroj Khan Death: Her Original Name Was Nirmala Nagpal, First Marriage at the Age of 13, Here's All You Need To Know About The Late Choreographer! | publisher=Abp News | date=3 July 2020 | access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref>

==Career==
Khan moved to choreography, first as an assistant choreographer and later getting her break as an independent choreographer, with actress [[Sadhana Shivdasani|Sadhana]]'S ''[[Geeta Mera Naam]]'' (1974). However, she had to wait many years to receive acclaim, which came with her work with [[Sridevi]]; their songs together such as ''Hawa Hawai'' in ''[[Mr. India (1987 film)|Mr India]]'' (1987), ''Main Teri Dushman, Dushman Tu Mera'' in ''[[Nagina (1986 film)|Nagina]]'' (1986) and ''Mere Haathon Mein'' in ''[[Chandni (1989 film)|Chandni]]'' (1989), and later her collaborations with [[Madhuri Dixit]], starting with the hit "[[Ek Do Teen (song)|Ek Do Teen]]" in ''[[Tezaab]]'' (1988), ''[[Thanedaar#Tamma Tamma Loge|Tamma Tamma Loge]]'' in ''[[Thanedaar]]'' (1990)<ref name="times.com">{{Cite web | title = 'Tamma tamma loge' got okayed in the 48th take: Saroj Khan| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Tamma-tamma-loge-got-okayed-in-the-48th-take-Saroj-Khan/articleshow/20221574.cms | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130923072259/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-23/news-interviews/39474489_1_saroj-khan-sanjay-dutt-madhuri-dixit-nene | url-status = live | archive-date = 23 September 2013 | date =23 May 2013 | work = [[The Times of India]]| access-date = 13 June 2013 }}</ref> and ''Dhak Dhak Karne Laga'' in ''[[Beta (film)|Beta]]'' (1992) are hailed as iconic Bollywood dance numbers. Thereafter, she went on to become one of the most successful Bollywood choreographers.<ref name="Encyc"/><ref name="tribune12">{{Cite web |author = Shoma A. Chatterji | title =Diva of Dance| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20121028/spectrum/main2.htm | work =The Tribune | date =28 October 2012 | access-date = 13 June 2013 }}</ref>

In 2014, Khan worked with Madhuri Dixit again in ''[[Gulaab Gang]]''.<ref name="times">{{Cite web | title = Madhuri is still superb: Saroj Khan | url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Madhuri-is-still-superb-Saroj-Khan/articleshow/20198605.cms | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130611032630/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-22/news-interviews/39444524_1_indian-dance-saroj-khan-choreographer | url-status = live | archive-date = 11 June 2013 | date =22 May 2013 | work = [[The Times of India]] | access-date = 13 June 2013 }}</ref> She was on the advisory board of Rishihood University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rishihood.edu.in/board-of-advisors/|title=Board of Advisors|publisher=Rishihood University|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-19|archive-date=25 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525165339/https://rishihood.edu.in/board-of-advisors/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Television appearances===
Saroj Khan appeared on a reality dance show as a member of the jury in the first season of ''[[Nach Baliye]]'', which aired on [[STAR One]] along with two other judges. She also appeared in the second season of the same show. She has recently been a judge for the show ''Ustaadon Ka Ustaad'', which is aired on [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)]]. She appeared on the 2008 show ''[[Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan]]'', which was aired on [[NDTV Imagine]]. She choreographed for this show. She appeared on Sony's ''[[Boogie Woogie (Indian TV series)|Boogie Woogie]]'' from December 2008 as one of the judges, along with [[Javed Jaffrey]], [[Naved Jaffrey]] and [[Ravi Behl]]. She was a judge on the third season of a popular show – ''[[Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa]]'', which began on 27 February 2009 and was aired on [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)]] alongside former ''[[Nach Baliye]]'' judge [[Vaibhavi Merchant]] and actress [[Juhi Chawla]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} She also judged the dance reality show ''[[Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan]]''.

In 2012, ''The Saroj Khan Story'', a documentary produced by PSBT and [[Films Division of India]] and directed by Nidhi Tuli was released.<ref name="exp">{{Cite news | title = She's the Dancing Queen | url = http://www.indianexpress.com/news/she-s-the-dancing-queen/931031/0 | work =The Indian Express| date = 1 April 2012 | access-date = 13 June 2013 }}</ref><ref name="mid-day">{{Cite news |title = The real 'Dhak Dhak' girl | url = http://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/2012/jun/150612-Mumbai-Guide-The-real-Dhak-Dhak-girl.htm | publisher = MiD DAY | date = 15 June 2012 | access-date = 13 June 2013 }}</ref>

She appeared in ''[[Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah]]'' as a judge in a dance competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.movietalkies.com/news/saroj-khan-to-appear-in-taarak-mehta-ka-ooltah-chasmah/|title=Saroj Khan To Appear In 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chasmah'|website=Movie Talkies|date=2 April 2012 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>

She won three [[National Film Awards]] and eight [[Filmfare Awards]], the most recognition of any choreographer.<ref name=":0" />

Her son Raju Khan is a choreographer and producer.

== Death ==
Khan was admitted to Guru Nanak Hospital at Bandra, [[Mumbai]] on 17 June 2020, because of breathing difficulties, and died of [[cardiac arrest]] on 3 July 2020 at the age of 71.<ref>{{cite news |title=Choreographer Saroj Khan passes away |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/saroj-khan-dead-6473463/ |place=New Delhi |date=3 July 2020 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=3 July 2020 }}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Film
!Notes
!Ref.
|-
| 2026
| ''[[Hum Mein Shahenshah Koun]]''
| Posthumous release
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019
|''[[Kalank]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi]] ''
|
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|-
|2016
|''[[Byomkesh Pawrbo]]''
|Bengali
|
|-
|2015
|''[[Tanu Weds Manu Returns]] ''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014
|''[[Gulaab Gang]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Kochadaiiyaan]] ''
|Tamil
|
|-
|2013
|''[[ABCD: Any Body Can Dance]]''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
|''[[Rowdy Rathore]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Agent Vinod (2012 film)|Agent Vinod]]''
|
|
|-
|2010
|''[[Khatta Meetha (2010 film)|Khatta Meetha]]''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2009
|''[[Life Partner]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Love Aaj Kal (2009 film)|Love Aaj Kal]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Delhi-6]]''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |2007
|''[[Jab We Met]]''
|Won the National Film Award for Best Choreography
|
|-
|''[[Namastey London]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Guru (2007 film)|Guru]]''
|Won the Filmfare Award for Best Choreography
|
|-
|''[[Goal (2007 Hindi film)|Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Saawariya]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Sringaram]] ''
|Won the National Film Award for Best Choreography
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2006
|''[[Don (2006 Hindi film)|Don - The Chase Begins Again]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Fanaa (2006 film)|Fanaa]]''
|
|
|-
|2005
|''[[Mangal Pandey: The Rising]] ''
|
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|-
| rowspan="3" |2004
|''[[Veer-Zaara]]''
|
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|-
|''[[Swades]]''
|
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|-
|''[[Kuch Naa Kaho]]''
|
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|-
|2003
|''[[Dhund (2003 film)|Dhund: The Fog]]''
|
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|-
| rowspan="2" |2002
|''[[Saathiya (film)|Saathiya]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Devdas (2002 Hindi film)|Devdas]]''
|Won the Filmfare Award for Best Choreography & National Film Award
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2001
|''[[Lagaan|Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India]] ''
|Won the Filmfare Award for Best Choreography
|
|-
|''[[Hum Ho Gaye Aapke]]''
|
|
|-
|2000
|''[[Fiza]]''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1999
|''[[Taal (film)|Taal]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam]]''
|Won the Filmfare Award for Best Choreography & American Choreography Award
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1998
|''[[Soldier (1998 Indian film)|Soldier]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Vinashak|Vinashak - Destroyer]] ''
|
|
|-
|''[[Choodalani Vundi]] ''
|Telugu
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1997
|''[[Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Pardes (1997 film)|Pardes]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Iruvar]]''
|Tamil
|
|-
|1996
|''[[Khamoshi: The Musical]] ''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1995
|''[[Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge]] ''
|
|
|-
|''[[Raja (1995 film)|Raja]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Yaraana (1995 film)|Yaraana]]''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1994
|''[[Hum Hain Bemisaal]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Mohra]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Anjaam]]''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |1993
|''[[Baazigar]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Anmol]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Tholi Muddu|Tholi Muddhu]]''
|Telugu
|
|-
|''[[Aaina (1993 film)|Aaina]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Khal Nayak|Khalnayak]] ''
|
|
|-
|''[[Darr]]''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1992
|''[[Beta (film)|Beta]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Vishwatma]]''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1990
|''[[Awaargi]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Thanedaar]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Sailaab (1990 film)|Sailaab]]''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1989
|''[[Chandni (1989 film)|Chandni]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[ChaalBaaz|Chaalbaaz]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Nigahen: Nagina Part II]]''
|
|
|-
|1988
|''[[Tezaab]]''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1987
|''[[Kizhakku Africavil Sheela]]''
|Tamil
|
|-
|''[[Mr. India (1987 film)|Mr. India]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Hifazat (1987 film)|Hifazat]]''
|
|
|-
|1986
|''[[Nagina (1986 film)|Nagina]]''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1983
|''[[Hero (1983 film)|Hero]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Thai Veedu]]''
|Tamil
|
|-
|1974
|''[[Geetaa Mera Naam|Geeta Mera Naam]]''
|
|
|-
|1970
|''[[Dupatta (1970 film)|Dupatta]]''
|as stage dancer (Punjabi Movie)
|
|}
;As writer
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* ''[[Veeru Dada]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Khiladi (1992 film)|Khiladi]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Hum Hain Bemisaal]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Nazar Ke Samne]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Chhote Sarkar (1996 film)|Chhote Sarkar]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Dil Tera Diwana (1996 film)|Dil Tera Diwana]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Daava]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Judge Mujrim]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Bhai Bhai (1997 film)|Bhai Bhai]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Hote Hote Pyar Ho Gaya]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Benaam (1999 film)|Benaam]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Khanjar: The Knife|Khanjar]]'' (2003)
{{div col end}}

==Awards and recognitions==
[[File:The President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting the Best Choreography Award for the year 2002 to SAROJ KHAN for the number 'Dola re Dola' in 'Devdas' for her creation of captivating dance movements to reflect the spirit of the.jpg|thumb|Khan receiving the [[National Film Award for Best Choreography]] for ''[[Dola Re Dola]]'' by President [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] in December 2003.]]

Khan was the recipient of the most [[National Film Award for Best Choreography|National Film Awards for Best Choreography]] with three wins.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=India com Entertainment|date=2020-07-03|title=Saroj Khan Passes Away at 71: Here's a List of Her Best-Choreographed Songs of The Dance Maestro|url=https://www.india.com/entertainment/saroj-khan-passes-away-at-71-heres-a-list-of-her-best-choreographed-songs-of-the-dance-maestro-4074024/|access-date=2020-07-03|website=India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News {{!}} India.com|language=en}}</ref>

Khan was the first recipient of the [[Filmfare Award for Best Choreography]]. Filmfare instituted this award after watching the excellent choreography and audience response in Khan's song "Ek Do Teen" from ''[[Tezaab]]''. Khan went on to have a hattrick at the Filmfare Awards winning consistently for 3 years from 1989 to 1991. She also held the record for winning the most Filmfare Awards for Best Choreography, winning 8.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-03 |title=A look at veteran choreographer Saroj Khan's list of awards and honours |url=https://zeenews.india.com/people/a-look-at-veteran-choreographer-saroj-khans-list-of-awards-and-honours-2293285.html |access-date=2020-07-03 |website=Zee News |language=en}}</ref>

''The Saroj Khan Story'' is a 2012 Indian [[documentary film]] on Khan's life directed by Nidhi Tuli and produced by [[Public Service Broadcasting Trust]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Movie review |url=http://www.psbt.org/screening/movie_review/427 |website=psbt.org |access-date=27 May 2021 |archive-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411120339/http://www.psbt.org/screening/movie_review/427 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== [[National Film Awards]] ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Film
!Nominated work
!Category
!Result
!Ref.
|-
|2003
|''[[Devdas (2002 Hindi film)|Devdas]]''
|"[[Dola Re Dola]]"
| rowspan="3" |[[National Film Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]]
|{{Won}}
|<ref name="50thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/50nfa.pdf|title=50th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=14 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
|2006
|''[[Sringaram]]''
|All songs
|{{Won}}
|<ref name="53rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/53rd_nff_2006.pdf|title=53rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=19 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
|2008
|''[[Jab We Met]]''
|"Yeh Ishq Haaye"
|{{Won}}
|<ref name="55thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/55th_nff_2007.pdf|title=55th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref>
|}
'''[[Filmfare Awards]]'''
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Film
!Nominated work
!Category
!Result
!Ref.
|-
|1989
|''[[Tezaab]]''
|"[[Ek Do Teen (song)|Ek Do Teen]]"
| rowspan="8" |[[Filmfare Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]]
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|1990
|''[[ChaalBaaz]]''
|"Na Jaane Kahan Se"
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|1991
|''[[Sailaab (1990 film)|Sailaab]]''
|"[[Humko Aaj Kal Hai Intezaar]]"
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|1993
|''[[Beta (film)|Beta]]''
|"Dhak Dhak Karne Laga"
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|1994
|''[[Khalnayak]]''
|"Choli Ke Peeche"
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|2000
|''[[Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam]]''
|"Nimbooda Nimbooda"
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|2003
|''[[Devdas (2002 Hindi film)|Devdas]]''
|"[[Dola Re Dola]]"
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Guru (2007 film)|Guru]]''
|"[[Barso Re]]"
|{{Won}}
|}
'''[[IIFA Awards]]'''
* 2000 – [[IIFA Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]]: ''[[Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam]]'' for the song "Nimbooda Nimbooda"
* 2003 – Best Choreography: ''[[Devdas (2002 Hindi film)|Devdas]]'' for the song "[[Dola Re Dola]]"
* 2019 – [[IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award|Lifetime Achievement Award]]
'''[[Zee Cine Awards]]'''
* 2003 – [[Zee Cine Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]]: ''[[Devdas (2002 Hindi film)|Devdas]]'' for the song "[[Dola Re Dola]]"

'''[[American Choreography Awards]]'''
* 2002 – Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film: ''[[Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India]]'' (2001)

'''[[Nandi Awards]]'''
* 1998 – Nandi Award for Best Choreographer: ''[[Choodalani Vundi]]''

'''Kalakar Awards'''
* 2011 – 19th Annual Kalakar Achiever Award for Outstanding Contribution in Dance Choreography

== Controversies ==
In October 2014, Khan reportedly got upset after being parodied in ''[[Happy New Year (2014 film)|Happy New Year]]''.<ref>Subhash K Jha (28 October 2014) [http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-saroj-khan-angry-after-being-spoofed-in-happy-new-year-2029629 Saroj Khan angry after being spoofed in Happy New Year]. DNA India</ref> The spoof character was played by [[Kiku Sharda]]. [[Farah Khan]] denied having spoofed Saroj. Farah had earlier allegedly spoofed [[Manoj Kumar]] in her 2007 film ''[[Om Shanti Om]]''.<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/i-have-not-spoofed-saroj-khan-in-happy-new-year-farah-khan/ I have not spoofed Saroj Khan in ‘Happy New Year': Farah Khan]. ''The Indian Express''</ref><ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/farah-khan-we-have-not-shown-saroj-khan-in-happy-new-year-225152-2014-10-30 Farah Khan: We haven't shown Saroj Khan in Happy New Year]. India Today</ref>

In April 2018, Khan made statements defending the practice of [[casting couch]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-24|title=Saroj Khan defends casting couch in Bollywood, says it at least provides livelihood|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/saroj-khan-casting-couch-5149516/|access-date=2020-07-21|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> stating that the film industry provides people employment and "doesn't [[rape]] and abandon" them. Following an online backlash, she apologised for her comments.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Goyal|first=Divya|date=24 April 2018|title=Saroj Khan's Shocker on Casting Couch: At Least Film Industry Gives Work, Doesn't Rape And Abandon|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/saroj-khans-shocker-on-casting-couch-its-age-old-at-least-film-industry-gives-work-1841832|access-date=3 July 2020|publisher=[[NDTV]]}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Indian women in dance]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Bollywood Hungama person|saroj-khan}}
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