The legendary choreographer Saroj Khan took her last breath on early Friday morning due to cardiac arrest. She was not keeping well for sometimes, which is why she was admitted to Guru Nanak Hospital in Bandra. As she complained about breathing, the mandatory COVID-19 tests were taken. The results were negative.
Saroj died at the age of 71. “She passed away due to cardiac arrest at around 2.30 am at the hospital,” her nephew Manish Jagwani told PTI.
In an interview with Mid-day, last year, Saroj Khan expressed her concern about no work offers. When Salman Khan heard of trouble and came to her rescue. He promised her to sign one of his films.
“When we met, Salman asked me what I was doing nowadays. So I told him honestly that I don’t have any work [film offers], and that I am teaching Indian classical dance to young actresses. Upon hearing that, he said, ‘Now, you will work with me’. I know he is a man of his word, so he will keep his promise,” she had said.
In one of her interviews, she also complained about how the new age actress can not match with her moves. “I became so popular that actresses started fighting over me. Now, the time has come when they don’t want me. I have very sharp movements in my dancing which actresses nowadays find it hard to do,” she had said on an interview with Rediff, a few years ago.
Her last work was with Madhuri Dixit in Tabaah Hogaye, which was a part of Karan Johar’s Kalank (2019).
