Shakti Mohan

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Shakti Mohan
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Mohan in 2013
Occupations
  • Dancer
  • choreographer
Years active2009–present
Relatives

Shakti Mohan is an Indian dancer, choreographer and television personality. She is the winner of Zee TV's dance reality show Dance India Dance 2 . She has been a judge and captain of Indian reality show Dance Plus since its inception,. [1]

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Career

Following her victory in the second season of Dance India Dance , Shakti produced dance-themed calendars for 2012 and 2013. [2] She was cast in the fictional dance based teen series Dil Dosti Dance (2011) as main lead character. In 2012, she collaborated with the composer Mohammed Fairouz on a BBC-sponsored dance project in New York City. [3] In 2013, Mohan launched a YouTube channel with dance instruction videos. She was also a contestant and finalist on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (2014).

She then became the judge and mentor in the dance competition reality show Dance Plus for Seasons 1–4 and also judged the show Dance Singapore Dance. Her first song as a choreographer in Bollywood is "Nainowale Ne" in the movie Padmaavat . In 2020, Shakti choreographed a song for Ranbir Kapoor in the film Shamshera directed by Karan Malhotra. The film was released in July 2022. [4] Shakti has also been a part of a L’Oréal Paris campaign in 2020.

She has appeared in the music videos Kamli (2013), Akh Lad Jaave Nritya Jam (2018), Kanha Re (2018), Aakhri Baar (2019), ‘The Chamiya Song’ (2019) and ‘Saaton Janam’ (2020).

Shakti Mohan, with her brand NrityaShakti for dance production, has produced two webshows on YouTube named Break A Leg Season 1 and 2. [5] She is the younger sister of the singer Neeti Mohan and elder sister of the dancer and actress Mukti Mohan, also produced a dance music video with her sisters.

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2010High School Musical 2Item numberAppeared in the song "All For One" [6]
Tees Maar Khan Appeared in the song "Tees Maar Khan" [7]
2012 Rowdy Rathore Appeared in the song "Aa Re Pritam Pyaarre"
SukoonAlbum by Vaishali Made [8]
2013 Dhoom 3 Assistant ChoreographerSong – "Kamli"
2014 Kaanchi Item NumberAppeared in the song "Kambal Ke Neeche"
Samrat & Co Appeared in the song "Tequila Wakila"
2018 Padmaavat ChoreographerSong – "Nainowale Ne"
Nawabzaade Item numberAppeared in the song "Amma Dekh" [9]
2022 Shamshera ChoreographerSong - "Hunkara" [10]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009–2010 Dance India Dance 2 ContestantWinner
2010 Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan
2011–2015 Dil Dosti Dance Kria Ghai
2011 Preet Se Bandhi Ye Dori Ram Milaayi Jodi SoniaGuest
Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai Kriya
Channel V FootlooseHerself
Dance India Dance 3
2012 Punar Vivah - Zindagi Milegi Dobara
Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki
2013India's Dancing Superstar
2014 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 Contestant2nd runner-up
Boogie Woogie HerselfGuest
No More Kamzor
Comedy Nights with Kapil
2015 Thank You Maa
Dance India Dance Super Moms
Dance Singapore Dance [11] Judge
Dance Plus 1 Mentor
2016 Dance Plus 2 [12]
2017 Dance Plus 3 [13]
2018 Dance Plus 4
Kitchen Champion 5HerselfGuest
2019 Nach Baliye 9
2020 India's Best Dancer
Dance With MeHost
2021 Dance Deewane 3 HerselfGuest
Dance With Me 2Host
Dance Plus 6 MentorWinning Captain
2022 The Great Indian Murder HerselfSpecial appearance in the song "Raskala"
2023 Dance Plus pro MentorWinning Captain

Music videos

YearTitleSingerRef.
2018Kanha Re Neeti Mohan [14]
Akh Lad Jaave Nritya Jam Jubin Nautiyal [15]
2019Aakhri Baar Palash Muchhal [16]
The Chamiya Song DJ Bravo, Gaurav Dagaonkar, Rimi Nique [17]
2020Saaton JanamIshaan Khan, Shambhavi Thakur [18]
2022 Mud Mud Ke Tony Kakkar, Neha Kakkar
Chumma Chumma Nakash Aziz, Neeti Mohan [19]
2023Daayein Baayein Yasser Desai [20]
Savariya Neeti Mohan [21]

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