Geeta Kapoor is an Indian choreographer and television personality. Currently she is judging “India’s Best Dancer”, a dance reality show on Sony TV along with Malaika Arora and Terence Lewis.

Career

Kapoor started her career when she joined the troupe of noted Bollywood choreographer

Farah Khan Farah Khan Kunder (born 9 January 1965) is an Indian film director, film producer, actress, dancer and choreographer who works predominantly in Hindi films. Khan has choreographed dance routines for more than a hundred songs in over 80 films, w ...

at the age of 15. She later assisted Farah Khan in many films, including

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'' () also known as ''KKHH'' or ''K2H2'', is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language musical romance film written and directed by Karan Johar and produced under Dharma Productions. It stars the popular on-screen pair of Shah Rukh Kh ...

, Dil Toh Pagal Hai,

Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham ''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...'' (Sometimes Happiness, Sometimes Sadness), also known by the initialism ''K3G'', is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language family-drama film written and directed by Karan Johar and produced by Yash Johar. The film stars ...

Mohabbatein ''Mohabbatein'' () is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film that was written and directed by Aditya Chopra and produced by Yash Chopra of Yash Raj Films. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Aishwarya Rai, and ne ...

Kal Ho Na Ho ''Kal Ho Naa Ho'' (, ), also abbreviated as ''KHNH'', is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Nikhil Advani, written by Karan Johar with dialogue by Niranjan Iyengar, and produced by Yash Johar. The film stars ...

Main Hoon Na ''Main Hoon Na'' () is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language masala film written and directed by Farah Khan in her directorial debut. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Sunil Shetty, Amrita Rao and Zayed Khan, and follows Major Ram Sharma, ...

, and

Om Shanti Om ''Om Shanti Om'' (transl. ''Peace Be With You'') is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language fantasy romance film written and directed by Farah Khan, co-written by Mayur Puri and Mushtaq Shiekh, and produced by Gauri Khan under the banner of Red Chillies E ...

, and the musical

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(2004). She led choreography in many Bollywood films, including

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(2000), Asoka (2001), Saathiya (2002),

Heyy Babyy ''Heyy Babyy'' is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language comedy film produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and directed by Sajid Khan. It stars Akshay Kumar, Fardeen Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Vidya Balan, Juanna Sanghvi and Boman Irani. The core storyline of t ...

(2007),

Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic ''Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic'' (English: ''A Little Love, A Little Magic'') is a 2008 Indian fantasy comedy-drama film with Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji in lead roles, and Rishi Kapoor and Ameesha Patel in supporting roles. The child artists incl ...

(2008), Aladin (2009),

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' (2010),

Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya ''Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya'' () is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Mandeep Kumar and produced by Kumar S. Taurani. The film features the real-life couple Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza in lead roles. Diljit Do ...

(2011), and

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(2012). She has also choreographed award ceremonies and concerts like Temptation Reloaded, and has also choreographed the opening ceremony of Pepsi IPL 2013. She started out as a secondary background dancer in many song sequences such as the song 'Dum Tara' of

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, 'Tujhe Yaad Na Meri Aaye' from the movie Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, and 'Gori Gori' from Main Hoon Na, using a mix of classical and modern dance moves. Starting in the late 1990s she performed in movies such as '' Nayak''. She also appeared in

Kuch Kuch Locha hai ''Kuch Kuch Locha Hai'' (), previously titled ''Patel Rap'', is a 2015 Bollywood comedy film directed by Devang Dholakia and starring Sunny Leone, Ram Kapoor, Evelyn Sharma and Navdeep Chhabra in lead roles. The film is loosely inspired by th ...

. Kapoor made her television debut with the reality show ''

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(

season 1 Season One may refer to: Albums * ''Season One'' (Suburban Legends album), 2004 * ''Season One'' (All Sons & Daughters album), 2012 * ''Season One'' (Saukrates album), 2012 See also * * * Season 2 (disambiguation) * Season 4 (disambiguati ...

)'' on

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in 2008, with co-judges choreographers Terrence Lewis and

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Mithun Chakrabarty Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, producer and politician who predominantly worked in Hindi and Bengali language films. He is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of three ...

was the grand master. She trained a group which was called Geeta Ki Gang. In 2009, she appeared on the ''

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'' of ''

'', along with choreographers Terrence Lewis and

as judges and mentors. They trained 18 contestants in dance forms like

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, acrobatics, mid-air dancing, contemporary, Bollywood and hip-hop. She made a special appearance in the show DID Lil Masters, in which her mentor

and Sandip Soparkar were the judges, during auditions as well as in a special episode. She also acted as the judge of DID Doubles along with choreographers

Marzi Pestonji Marzi Pestonji (born 30 October 1979), fondly known as ''Udi Baba'' (a positive surprise), also popularly known as Master Marzi, is an Indian dancer and choreographer. He was one of the judges of Zee TV’s reality dance show ''Dance India Danc ...

and Rajiv Surti. She judged the '' third season'' of the highly acclaimed show ''

'' along with Terrence Lewis, and

. In 2012, she was seen judging the second season of DID Lil Masters along with

. Kapoor was then seen as a judge of Dance Ke Superkids along with Farah Khan and Marzi. She is a judge on '' Super Dancer Chapter 4'' alongside

Shilpa Shetty Kundra Shilpa Shetty Kundra (born Ashwini Shetty; Née Shetty; 8 June 1975) is an Indian actress who works mainly in Hindi-language films. Shetty made her screen debut in the thriller ''Baazigar'' (1993) which garnered her nominations for two Filmfa ...

and Anurag Basu.

Television

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Filmography

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