Tushar Kalia (born 7 March 1986/87) is an Indian choreographer, dancer and actor. He is the winner of Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 12 (2022). He specialises in ''

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'', '' Kalari'' and '' Contemporary'' dance forms. Kalia participated in the dance reality shows, ''

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'' (2013) and ''

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'' (2014) as a choreographer. He was also the stage director of the reality show ''

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'' (2015—2016) in its 6th and 7th season.

Personal life

In 2022, Kalia got engaged to model, Triveni Barman in presence of family members and close friends and further plans to get married this year.

Career

Kalia started his career as a choreographer in

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after his first break in

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's film ''

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'' and judged the dance reality show ''

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''. He also choreographed in films like ''

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'', '' War'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Kalia began his dancing and directing Shri Santosh Nair, the creative director of Sadhya Unit of Performing Arts. He is also trained under Canadian choreographer, Brandy Leary for Ariel technique dancing. Kalia has performed with international choreographers for a production in

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, titled, ''Motherland''. He also appeared as an actor in Hindi feature film, ABCD: Any Body Can Dance.

Filmography

Television

Films

Music video

Awards

References

External links

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