B. Sohanlal
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B. Sohanlal is a dance director for Bollywood
movies. He was the primary teacher to Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan
.
, Rajasthan
, the eldest of four brothers and a sister. He was trained in Kathak
from the age of four. His younger brother B. Hiralal was also trained in Kathak. Sohanlal and his family left Jaipur to seek their fortune in the South. They settled in Chennai
, capital city of Tamil Nadu
State. He married and settled in Chennai. He has four sons and a daughter. He is considered to be the greatest exponent of Kathak - particularly in Hindi cinema. He encouraged his younger brother B . Hiralal into film choreography. Hiralal later became a popular choreographer in the South film industry.
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
movies. He was the primary teacher to Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan
Saroj Khan
Nirmala Kishanchand Sadhu Singh Nagpal popularly known as Saroj Khan is one of the most prominent Indian dance choreographers in Hindi cinema...
.
Personal information
He was born in the early 1920s in JaipurJaipur
Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....
, Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
, the eldest of four brothers and a sister. He was trained in Kathak
Kathak
Kathak is one of the eight forms of Indian classical dances, originated from Uttar Pradesh, India. This dance form traces its origins to the nomadic bards of ancient northern India, known as Kathaks, or storytellers...
from the age of four. His younger brother B. Hiralal was also trained in Kathak. Sohanlal and his family left Jaipur to seek their fortune in the South. They settled in Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, capital city of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
State. He married and settled in Chennai. He has four sons and a daughter. He is considered to be the greatest exponent of Kathak - particularly in Hindi cinema. He encouraged his younger brother B . Hiralal into film choreography. Hiralal later became a popular choreographer in the South film industry.
Famous choreographies
Some of the best-known films for which he choreographed are:- Jewel ThiefJewel ThiefJewel Thief is a 1967 Indian Hindi film. Produced by Navketan films , the film is directed by Dev's brother Vijay Anand. Music is by S.D. Burman and the lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. The film is a crime thriller, and stars Dev Anand, Vyjayantimala, Ashok Kumar, Tanuja, Faryal, Anju Mahendru,...
- Chaudhvin ka ChandChaudhvin Ka ChandChaudhvin Ka Chand is a 1960 Hindi feature film directed by Mohammed Sadiq. A production of Guru Dutt, the film centers on a love triangle between Guru Dutt, Rehman and Waheeda Rehman, and features music by Ravi. Farida Jalal is a guest appearance in the film, her debut...
- Sahib Bibi Aur GhulamSahib Bibi Aur GhulamSahib Bibi Aur Ghulam is a 1962 Indian Hindi film produced by Guru Dutt and directed by Abrar Alvi. It is based on a Bengali novel, Shaheb Bibi Golam by Bimal Mitra, and is a look into the tragic fall of the haveli-dom and feudalism in Bengal during the British Raj...
- Satyam Shivam SundaramSatyam Shivam SundaramSatyam Shivam Sundaram is an Indian film. Satyam means Truth, Shivam can refer to either Lord Shiva or Eternal and Sundaram means Beautiful.-Plot:...
External links
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0812241/ B. Sohanlal's IMDB page listing the films on which he worked.
- http://desi-galaxy.sabza.org/2008/02/26/the-life-of-a-dancer/ Saroj Khan feature describing her early history with B.Sohanlal