Amitabh Bachchan Remembers His Bond With Saroj Khan And Gets Emotional

2020 is just becoming hard to digest… We have seen the deaths of legendary actors like Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor and after a month, young actor Sushant Singh had hanged himself and gave a huge shock to B-Town.

Bollywood is slowing recovering from these deaths… But the sudden demise of ace choreographer Saroj Khan again made the industry go teary-eyed.

Amitabh Bachchan who had a good bond with this choreographer turned emotional and penned down a note on his Instagram page…

In this post, Amitabh Bachchan dropped a throwback image of Saroj Khan who is seen laughing out loudly holding Big B. Amitabh also left a heartfelt note beside this post, "You rest .. you rest well .. you rise .. you realise the hours .. you seek the elixir .. you devour .. you get to connect ..

… and ..

.. you be informed in this communicative world ..

Saroj Khan has died ..

.. and an entire history of time races before you in the cerebrum ..

She was a sprightly young enthusiastic dance assistant to one of the major dance directors of the time .. of the time when I was just beginning .. of the film 'Bandhe Haath' with the heart throb of millions Mumtaz .. with the director OP Ralhan .. Mumtaz's grace and acceptance to agree to work with this newbe .. she a stratospheric Star , me a nobody ..

.. and Saroj ji in the crowd of dancers in a song .. her subtle grace when she moved .. at one point I saw her , quite alarmingly , finding the foetus had shifted in her stomach and she simply unabashedly pushed it into place , and carried on .. dancing ..

.. and then over the years .. she excelled and attained the podium title of Dance Director .. or as the language changed , the Choreographer of film .. her moves becoming famous for each artist she worked with .. and when she would see an artist give a good shot under her care .. she would call her or him aside .. and ..

.. give a rupee coin .. as a gesture .. as a pat on the back .. a 'shagun' ..

.. many many years later .. during the song sequence of a film I was doing .. I became the recipient of that coin .. an immense achievement ..

Saroj ji .. you gave us and the industry , rhythm, style, grace of movement and the art of converting the lyrics in a song to a meaning in dance ..

.. on a chance meeting many many years ago she paid me my best compliment ..

she was living in Dubai then from marriage and when DON was released she said

" I saw the film and then after, I would go to the theatre where it was released, at the time when your song 'khaike paan.. was on , see it and come out .. I used to do it regularly every day .. I would tell the usher to let me in just to see the song and leave .. that is how much I enjoyed your dance moves .." !!

coming from her was the ultimate ..

.. a legacy has passed away"

Through this post, Amitabh ji reminisced his bond with Saroj Khan and made us know how she gave the industry the rhythm, style and dance with all her awesome movements. He also remembered a few movies in which Saroj Khan choreographed and also doled out how humble she was on the sets. Be it a newbie or an ace actor, she would be the same and calmly does her work with much ease…

RIP Saroj Khan… An era comes to an end with your demise, still we always love you to the core!!!