Legendary
choreographer
Saroj
Khan
passed
away
yesterday
on
July
3,
2020,
at
the
age
of
71
due
to
cardiac
arrest.
The
sad
news
of
the
dance
maestro’s
demise
resulted
in
television
and
Bollywood
industry
taking
to
social
media
to
offer
condolences
and
sharing
their
memories
with
her.
In
the
same
vein,
Kashmera
Shah,
in
a
recent
interview
with
ETimes
TV,
fondly
remembered
'Masterji’.
Kashmera
shared,
"Saroj
ji
choreographed
two
songs
for
me
and
shooting
for
both
the
songs
were
very
different.
My
song
in
'Vaastav'
was
my
debut
dance
number.
I
was
completely
new
and
nobody
knew
me
as
a
dancer.
When
they
cast
me
for
the
song,
Saroj
ji
would
come
to
the
rehearsals
and
in
fact
in
Nach
Baliye,
the
first
four
episodes
were
done
under
her
guidance
for
Krushna
and
me.
Raju
and
Shabana
were
her
assistants
and
they
had
choreographed
our
songs
under
her
guidance.
She
was
very
strict
because
that
time
she
was
going
through
a
very
good
period.
When
Saroj
ji
would
be
happy,
she
would
choreograph
and
be
so
happy
on
the
sets,
I
would
just
sit
down
and
look
at
her.
For
me
I
was
doing
a
dance
number
for
the
first
time.
That
was
a
very
positive
experience
of
working
with
Saroj
Khan.
I
got
to
learn
so
much
from
her,
especially
the
expressions.
She
was
a
beauty
in
giving
expressions.
She
would
explain
it
so
well."
She
then
went
on
to
add,
“Later,
she
met
Krushna
Abhishek
and
me
at
a
competition,
Ustaadon
Ke
Ustaad.
First
episode
she
got
really
angry
with
us
because
we
had
put
on
some
weight.
But
the
song
we
did,
we
did
a
good
job
and
she
stood
up
and
clapped.
She
said
if
you
can
dance
like
this,
put
on
as
much
as
weight
you
want.
It
doesn't
matter.
The
only
way
to
impress
her
was
with
your
hard
work..
She
knew
Krushna
and
I
were
good
dancers,
but
she
also
liked
us
because
we
worked
hard
on
our
acts."