B. Dhananjay

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B. Dhananjay
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Born (1981-09-08) 8 September 1981 (age 42)
Bengaluru, India
OccupationChoreographer
Years active1993–present

B. Dhananjay (born 8 September 1981) is an Indian film choreographer and actor who works predominantly in the Kannada Film Industry. He appeared as one of the lead actors in the movie Uppu Huli Khara directed by Imran Sardhariya. [1] [2]

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Career

Imran Sardhariya was the director of the movie Uppu Huli Khara and Dhananjay B was one of the heroes. [3] His introduction song was sung by Actor Sudeep. [4] Director Imran Sardhariya said Sudeep's voice sounded divine. [5] As a goodwill gesture more than 400 dancers took part in the song as one of their own was turning hero. [5]

After turning choreographer he has so far choreographed more than 40 songs. He trained Vinay Rajkumar grandson of actor Dr Rajkumar for the movie Ananthu vs Nusrath. [6] The song "MareteHoyite" from the movie Amar (2019 film) was a hit.[ citation needed ] He choreographed the song "kuttu kuttu kuttappa" which had Sharan (actor) and Apoorva grooving for the movie Victory 2. The song topped the charts at time of its release. [7]

Choreography

FilmSongYearLanguageNotes
2017Kannada
Ananthu vs Nusrath "iga tane jaariyagide"2018Kannada
Victory 2 "Kuttu Kuttu Kuttappa"2018Kannada
Rugged "Ninne Preetisuve"2019Kannada
Padde Huli "7 songs"2019Kannada
Amar "Maretuhoyite"2019Kannada
Adyaksha in America "All Songs"2019Kannada

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