Vijay Ganguly (born 1980) is an Indian choreographer known for ''

Jagga Jasoos ''Jagga Jasoos'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language musical adventure comedy film written and directed by Anurag Basu, and produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur, Basu and Ranbir Kapoor. It stars Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, and tells the story of a teena ...

'' (2017), ''

Andhadhun ''Andhadhun'' () is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language black comedy crime thriller film co-written and directed by Sriram Raghavan. It stars Tabu, Ayushmann Khurrana, Radhika Apte and Anil Dhawan. The film tells the story of a blind piano player ...

'' (2018), '' Stree'' (2018) and '' Love Aaj Kal'' (2020). He won the 2018 Filmfare Award for Best Choreography for the song "Galti Se Mistake" in ''Jagga Jasoos'', for which he also won the 2018

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for Best Choreography and 2017

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for Best Choreography.

Biography

Vijay Ganguly was born in 1980 to his father

Anil Ganguly Anil Ganguly (26 January 1933 – 15 January 2016) was an Indian film director and screenwriter, who worked in Hindi cinema from 1970s to 2001. He is best known for Jaya Bhaduri starrer, ''Kora Kagaz'' (1974) and the Rakhee Gulzar, Rakhee st ...

, a film director. He is a younger brother of actress

Rupali Ganguly Rupali Ganguly (born 5 April 1977) is an Indian actress best known for her work in Star Plus show '' Anupamaa''. Prior to ''Anupamaa'' , she is best known for her portrayal of Monisha Sarabhai in the cult sitcom '' Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai''. Bor ...

Career

Vijay Ganguly acted in a few films as child artist including ''

Saaheb ''Saaheb'' () is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Anil Ganguly. It is a remake of the 1981 Bengali film ''Saheb'' directed by Bijoy Bose. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Amrita Singh, Raakhee, Deven Verma, Utpal Dutt, Biswajit, V ...

'' (1985), ''

Sadak Chhap ''Sadak Chhap'' is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language action drama film produced and directed by Anil Ganguly. It stars Jackie Shroff, Padmini Kolhapure, Richa Sharma (actor), Richa Sharma in pivotal roles. Cast * Jackie Shroff as Shankar * Padmini ...

'' (1987), and ''

Dushman Devta ''Dushman Devta '' is a 1991 Bollywood action drama film directed by Anil Ganguly, starring Dharmendra, Dimple Kapadia, Aditya Pancholi, Sonam in lead role. The music director of the movie was Bappi Lahiri. Plot A small town in rural India is ...

'' (1991). He started his career as an assistant choreographer in 2005 with the film ''

Bunty Aur Babli ''Bunty Aur Babli'' () is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Shaad Ali and written by Jaideep Sahni, based on a story by Aditya Chopra, who serves as producer under the Yash Raj Films banner. The film stars Abhishek Ba ...

'', and later worked as assistant choreographer in films including ''

Taare Zameen Par ''Taare Zameen Par'', also known as ''Like Stars on Earth'' in English, is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language drama film produced and directed by Aamir Khan. The film stars Khan himself, along with Darsheel Safary, Tanay Chheda, Sachet Engineer, Vip ...

'' (2007), ''

Yuvvraaj ''Yuvvraaj'' () is a 2008 Indian drama film directed and produced by Subhash Ghai. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Zayed Khan, Katrina Kaif and Boman Irani. ''Yuvvraaj'' is a musical story of a fragmented family of three brothers who t ...

'' (2008), and '' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol'' (2011). He began his career independently as choreographer in 2013. He has choreographed many songs including "Nachenge Saari Raat" from ''

Junooniyat ''Junooniyat'' () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri. Produced by Bhushan Kumar under his T-Series banner, it stars Pulkit Samrat and Yami Gautam. The film released worldwide on 24 ...

'' (2016), " Mere Rashke Qamar" from ''

Baadshaho ''Baadshaho'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film written by Rajat Arora and directed by Milan Luthria. It stars Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Ileana D'Cruz, Vidyut Jammwal, Esha Gupta and Sanjay Mishra (actor), Sanjay Mishra ...

'' (2017), and the album ''

Tumhari Sulu ''Tumhari Sulu'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Suresh Triveni and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Tanuj Garg, Krishan Kumar, Atul Kasbekar and Shanti Sivaram Maini under the banners of T-Series and E ...

'' (2017). He rose to prominence after his works for the song "Galti Se Mistake" from ''

'' (2017), which also won him many accolades. He has been trained in

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and hip hop.

Filmography

As Choreographer

* ''

Atrangi Re ''Atrangi Re'' () is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language romantic fantasy comedy drama film directed by Aanand L. Rai and written by Himanshu Sharma. Produced by T-Series Films, Colour Yellow Productions and Cape of Good Films, the film stars Dhan ...

'' (2021) * ''

Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan ''Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan'' () is a 2020 Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Hitesh Kewalya and produced by Aanand L. Rai, Himanshu Sharma, Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under the banners Colour Yellow Productio ...

'' (2020) * '' Love Aaj Kal'' (2020) * ''

Bhangra Paa Le ''Bhangra Paa Le'' () is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film, directed by debutant Sneha Taurani and produced by Ronnie Screwvala. It stars Sunny Kaushal and Rukshar Dhillon. Initially planned to release on 13 September 2019 and the ...

'' (2020) * '' Bala'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2019) * '' Kesari'' (2019) * ''

Badhaai Ho ''Badhaai Ho'' (; ) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Amit Ravindernath Sharma and produced by Sharma, Aleya Sen and Hemant Bhandari under Chrome Pictures and Vineet Jain under Junglee Pictures. It stars Ayushmann ...

'' (2018) * ''

'' (2018) * '' Stree'' (2018) * ''

'' (2017) * ''

'' * ''

Hate Story 3 ''Hate Story 3'' is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language erotic thriller film directed by Vishal Pandya. Produced by T-Series, it stars Sharman Joshi, Karan Singh Grover, Zareen Khan and Daisy Shah, with Priyanshu Chatterjee in a pivotal role. Writte ...

'' (2015)

As Chief Assistant Choreographer

* ''

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag ''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'' () is a 2013 Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra from a script written by Prasoon Joshi. The story is based on the life of Milkha Singh, an Indian athlete and Olympian who w ...

'' (2013) * ''

Zokkomon ''Zokkomon'' is an 2011 Indian Hindi-language superhero film released by Disney World Cinema, written and directed by Satyajit Bhatkal. Starring Darsheel Safary in the lead role, ''Zokkomon'' is Disney's fourth involvement in a production for ...

'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2009) * ''

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi ''Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'' (), also known as ''RNBDJ'', is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Aditya Chopra and produced by him and his father Yash Chopra under their banner of Yash Raj Films. The film stars ...

'' (2008) * ''

Little Zizou ''Little Zizou'' is a 2008 Indian drama film written and directed by Sooni Taraporevala. ''Little Zizou'' is a comedy about how two battling Mumbai families finally come to terms. ''Little Zizou'' won the "Rajat Kamal" of 'National Film Award f ...

'' (2008) * ''

'' (2007) * '' I See You'' (2006) * ''

'' (2005)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* 1980 births Living people 21st-century Indian dancers Dancers from Maharashtra Filmfare Awards winners Indian choreographers {{DEFAULTSORT:Ganguly, Vijay