Stars ka tadka – Saroj Khan

simran March 21, 2008 20

Tadka trivia

Nirmala Sadhu Khan, aka Saroj Khan, the dance master of the Indian Film Industry, is a known name today. But what isn’t known is her painful history. Her family was forced to leave Pakistan post partition. Her father changed her very name to shield her from their orthodox relatives. She was forced to work as a child; child artiste, group dancer, assistant dance master and finally dance master. Married off to a 43 year old father of 4, when she was just 13, Saroj Khan gave birth to her first child Raju Khan at age 14 in 1963. In 1965, she gave birth to a daughter who died within eight months of marriage. But Saroj Khan had to report to work the very next day. Her first husband refused to give his name to her children (she had a second daughter with him). She got her first break in 1974, but got recognition only in 1983. She thanks her second husband immensely, and lives with his first wife without any problem. There is much beyond the name Saroj Khan, which one might not know, but after dancing to life’s tunes for quite a while, she turned the tide around, and now makes the whole world dance. We are sure, even you must be saying to her now “Masterji!, Naachte rahiye, aur nachaate rahiye… (Keep dancing and keep making us dance too.)”

20 Comments »

  1. aysha khan April 4, 2008 at 4:59 pm - Reply

    i love her the way she dance and dress up very nice but very sad story any way god bless her.

  2. aysha khan April 4, 2008 at 5:00 pm - Reply

    i like her my 10 year watches her show all the time

  3. sukaina khan March 31, 2009 at 4:04 am - Reply

    Sorry to who ever this concern. This is the daughter of Saroj Khan herself. U have made a few mistake’s let me correct it for u.
    Yes my mother went throught hell lots of pain’s in her life. No she was not forced to work as a child; child artiste, group dancer, assistant dance master and finally dance master but she had no choice but to work because she had 4 sister’s and one brother to look after and she had a widow mother to look after also. Her father died with cancer as her 1st husband. The person she married off was 43 year old father of 4, when she was just 13, Saroj Khan gave birth to her first child Raju Khan at age 14 in 1963. In 1965, she gave birth to a daughter who died within eight months and then she Delivered a healthy baby girl named Cuckoo Khan who is her own dress disinger for her Clothes and for her Group and some times also for her Artists. Her first husband refused to give his name to her children (she had a second daughter with him). She got her first break in 1974, but got recognition only in 1983. She thanks her second husband Sardar Roshan Khan immensely, and for the information she does not live with his first wife but she does not have any problem with her too. Yes then she had again a baby girl from him in 1983 who is called Sukaina Khan who is the daughter of Mr.Sardar Roshan Khan and Mrs. Saroj Khan. There is much beyond the name Saroj Khan, which one might not know, but after dancing to life’s tunes for quite a while, she turned the tide around, and now makes the whole world dance. We are sure, even you must be saying to her now “Masterji!, Naachte rahiye, aur nachaate rahiye… (Keep dancing and keep making us dance too.)”
    Yes, this is the really story of my Mother Life…
    I Sukaina Khan as made a few change’s if any promble’s plz do let me know by adding Comment’s…
    Thank You!!

    • pam August 23, 2012 at 7:17 pm - Reply

      was cuckoo khan married for d second time?if yes to whom?what had been her reasons for she leavng her first husband n getting married for d second time ?

  4. Aishaa May 1, 2009 at 2:30 pm - Reply

    I ADMIRE YOUR MOM, AND NO ONE COULD EVER TELL BY LOOKING AT HER THAT SHE HAD SO MANY HARDSHIPS IN THE PAST. i THINK SAROJ KHAN IS THE BEST CHOREOGRAPHER EVER, SHE COMPOSES BOTH WESTERN AND INDIAN DANCES SO WELL. I WISH HER ALL THE BEST. I AM 24 YEARS OLD AND I HAD A VERY BAD EXPERIENCE WHICH BROKE ME TOTALLY BUT AFTER READING YOUR MOM’S STORY, I FEEL BETTER AND HOPEFUL THANK YOU.

  5. Indian May 12, 2009 at 5:56 pm - Reply

    Thanks for all the answers, but what I am keen to know is the religion she follows?

    I wonder whom would Nirmala Khan pray, Allah or Krishna?

    Many Thanks

  6. mila October 27, 2009 at 2:44 pm - Reply

    Hi,

    Does anybody know the emailadress of Saroj Khan?

  7. bondhu November 26, 2009 at 5:39 pm - Reply

    Now I can understand why she is so rude,hard. Because of her painful life she is now like a iron woman.

  8. rakaish January 27, 2010 at 1:28 pm - Reply

    Answer to “indian”
    yeas she is preety much muslim and she pray for Allah. she already declaired in many interviews.
    Sukhaina if u r reading it, u and your mother looks very pretty in current “nadia Khan show”
    and thanks for starting institute in Dubai.

  9. Nilofar Sonia Rasheed February 18, 2010 at 1:30 am - Reply

    Hi! Sukaina, please e-mail me at your earliest or give me your e-mail address please as I need to contact you as soon as possible.

    Thank you,

    Nilu
    Camarillo, Ca

  10. Nilu February 21, 2010 at 5:06 am - Reply

    I tried to contact you as its important to speak with you. I am sure you know what I need to talk to you about. I will not specify the details on this site. Thanks! I am sure you contacted the appropriate person regarding our conversation.By the way people in the US are huge fans of your mum :)

  11. Nisha Dutia April 7, 2010 at 5:47 pm - Reply

    Hi Sukaina Nisha here…do u remember me?? we studied in the same class…try recollecting Nisha Dutia from Dubai.

    Let me know ur email add so we can keep in touch mine is nishadutia@hotmail.com

    Tc

  12. Rekha Pandey Mishra May 18, 2010 at 2:09 pm - Reply

    Hello mam,

    i really respect you after knowing this much.
    i always knew that you are a dancer know also but the respect level has changed.
    i really admire you as a person.
    you againg proved that ladys are the strongest power on this earth.

  13. rahul kumar June 10, 2010 at 12:07 am - Reply

    hello madema. I am rahul. a boy of 12 years and I was born in italia.mi dance.se like she can learn to breck dance .. learn what you pay for? answer me on my masenger counted, the contact is rahul_playboy98@yahoo.it .. his answer will be yes or no but answer me. aspetero your response bye bye

  14. syed yousuf alain July 20, 2010 at 2:28 am - Reply

    Salam miss sukaina khan,if u want to correct the matter so please go to saroj khan wikipidia any how take care allah hafiz…….

  15. jigyasa November 23, 2010 at 5:47 pm - Reply

    i like your dancing step i never miss your nacelle WA program

  16. mohammed wasif July 25, 2011 at 6:13 pm - Reply

    Salaam guddi,
    how r u?
    Hope u r fine thr.
    Remmber me.
    Wasif here.
    I got d news of kuku.
    But i was not thr.
    And its really very defficalt 2 acpt it 4r me.
    Hows khushi,bittu,aaryan,guddu,mama,And maa?
    I hope thy all r also fine.
    Guv love 2 all and salaam to maa.
    Love 2 u sis.
    Take care
    may ALLAH bless u all.
    Ur welwisher bhai
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  17. mohammed wasif July 25, 2011 at 6:20 pm - Reply

    Salaam guddi,
    how r u?
    Hope u r fine thr.
    Remmber me.
    Wasif here.
    I got d news of kuku.
    But i was not thr.
    And its really very defficalt 2 acpt it 4r me.
    Hows khushi, bittu, aaryan, guddu, mama, And maa?
    I hope thy all r also fine.
    Guv love 2 all and salaam to maa.
    Love 2 u sis.
    Take care
    may ALLAH bless u all.
    Ur welwisher bhai
    wasif.
    my email add is
    mohd_wasif143@yahoo.in
    plz mail me ur email id.

  18. RAJU KHAN November 8, 2011 at 11:33 pm - Reply

    Who was Munir Khan…..????
    He was also the husband of Saroj Khan….!!

  19. pam August 23, 2012 at 7:20 pm - Reply

    y had cuckoo married for d second time n if she had what had been d reasons to it?

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