10 Bollywood Dancers Turned Directors And Their Highest Grossing Films!
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- Authors: Zinia Bandyopadhyay (Editorial Team)
The Indian film industry would be incomplete without the song and dance sequence that make up for a significant part in the film. Choreographers are those talented bunch of people who make the dance sequences in our films look straight out of a dream. They use their talent to orchestrate the dance and make sure that everyone just shakes their legs perfectly.
But there are times when the choreographers have tried film-making. Yes, a lot of Bollywood directors have started as choreographers. In fact, many successful directors today have had their claim to fame as directors. While at times, they are able to make a hit film, many choreographers have failed to translate their magic when they donned the director's hat.
Here is a list of 10 Bollywood choreographers turned directors and their highest grossing films:
- 1/10
Farah Khan- Happy New Year
Farah has made a number of Bollywood films including Main Hoon Na, Om Shanti Om and also the forgettable Tees Maar Khan. But Happy New Year was the record-shattering blockbuster!
- 2/10
Remo D'Souza - Race 3
Remo D'souza helmed Salmn Khan's Race 3 and the film was a rage. It grossed 169 crores at the box office and became his biggest hit!
- 3/10
Prabhu Deva- Rowdy Rathode
Prabhu Deva knows the formula for a total paisa vasool film. His highest grossing film so far has been Rowdy Rathod!
- 4/10
Ganesh Acharya- Money Hai Toh Honey Hai
Ganesh Acharya too tried his hand at direction, but failed miserably. His film Money Hai Toh Honey Hai was a flop.
- 5/10
Ahmed Khan - Baaghi 2
Ahmed Khan delivered his biggest hit as a director with Tiger Shroff and Disha Patani starrer Baahi 2. The action drama is also the first 100 crore film of both him and Tiger Shroff.
- 6/10
Chinni Prakash- Ghoonghat
The famous and award-winning choreographer had made just one film- Ghoonghat, which flopped miserably at the box office
- 7/10
B.H Tharun Kumar- Nayee Padosan
He has B.H. Tharun Thaur made his directorial debut with Nayee Padosan which was a remake. While it made decent collection at the box-office, all his later films failed to impress the audiences.
- 8/10
Guru Dutt- Pyaasa
Guru Dutt began his career as an assistant director and a choreographer. It was much later that h became a director and an actor.
- 9/10
Uday Shankar- Kalpana
The master of classical dance had made just one film with his wife- Kalpana.
- 10/10
Kamal Master- Chahoonga Main Tujhe
The choreographer turned filmmaker to launch his son Irrfan Kamal. However, it was such a disaster that both their careers came to an end!
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