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Vaibhavi Merchant is a Actor and Choreographer Indian born on 17 december 1970
Vaibhavi Merchant is an Indian dance choreographer working in Bollywood films. She is best known for her choreographic work in numerous Bollywood films.
She is the granddaughter of choreographer B. Hiralal, and the elder sister of Shruti Merchant.
She began her career by assisting her uncle Chinni Prakash. She had her acting debut in the Malayalam film Snehapoorvam Anna.
Her first solo work was the choreography for the song "Dhol Baaje" for the film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. She won a National Film Award for her work. She took a short break from the industry and then returned with the song "'O Ri Chhori'" in the 2001 film Lagaan. The then performed "Kajra re...." from Bunty Aur Babli (2005) that fetched her several awards. She continued to choreograph selected numbers in films such as Devdas (2002 Hindi film), Baghban, Fida, Dhoom, Veer Zaara, Aaja Nachle and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Dhoom 3. She also choreographed the Australian musical The Merchants of Bollywood , a musical written by Toby Gough about her family.
She has been a judge on the television dance show Nach Baliye 3, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 3), Zara Nach Ke Dikha 2, and Just Dance.
(2001)
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She is the granddaughter of choreographer B. Hiralal, and the elder sister of Shruti Merchant.
She began her career by assisting her uncle Chinni Prakash. She had her acting debut in the Malayalam film Snehapoorvam Anna.
Her first solo work was the choreography for the song "Dhol Baaje" for the film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. She won a National Film Award for her work. She took a short break from the industry and then returned with the song "'O Ri Chhori'" in the 2001 film Lagaan. The then performed "Kajra re...." from Bunty Aur Babli (2005) that fetched her several awards. She continued to choreograph selected numbers in films such as Devdas (2002 Hindi film), Baghban, Fida, Dhoom, Veer Zaara, Aaja Nachle and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Dhoom 3. She also choreographed the Australian musical The Merchants of Bollywood , a musical written by Toby Gough about her family.
She has been a judge on the television dance show Nach Baliye 3, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 3), Zara Nach Ke Dikha 2, and Just Dance.
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Student of the Year (2012)
, 2h26Directed by Karan Johar
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Shahrukh Khan
Roles Dance Competition Judge
Rating53%
The retired Dean of St. Teresa College, Yogindra Vashist (Rishi Kapoor), lies gravely ill in hospital. As some of his former students gather at his deathbed, Kaizaad "Sudo" Sodabottleopenerwala (Kayoze Irani), Tanya Israni (Sana Saeed), Jeet Khurana (Sahil Anand) and Shruti Pathak reminisce about their student years in St. Teresa College ten years before, and the events that led up to the present day.
Snehapoorvam Anna (2000)
Actors Vaibhavi Merchant, Nedumudi Venu, Poornima Bhagyaraj, Innocent, Bindu Panicker, Cochin Haneefa
Roles Anna
Anna (Vaibhavi Merchant) is her father's (Innocent) only daughter. He has the dream of marrying her to someone according to his wish. However, she falls in love with a boy and this shakes the relationship between the daughter and father.
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Tiger Zinda Hai (2017)
, 2h41Origin Inde
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Spy films, Politique, Political films
Actors Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Girish Karnad, Paresh Rawal, Sudeep, Angad Bedi
Roles Cinematography
Rating59%
À la fin de Ek Tha Tiger, Tiger décide de disparaître des radars au profit de sa vie amoureuse. Mais les temps sont durs. Des indiens sont pris en otage en Irak par une organisation terroriste. Personne ne semble à la hauteur de la crise. Mis à part Tiger !
Sultan (2016)
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Sports films, Combat libre
Actors Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma, Randeep Hooda, Amit Sadh, Parikshit Sahni, Marko Zaror
Roles Choreographer
Rating70%
Autour du sultan Ali Khan (Salman Khan), un lutteur qui a des problèmes dans sa vie professionnelle et personnelle. D'un petit lutteur de l'Haryana, le Sultan atteint une renommée mondiale en gagnant les Jeux du Commonwealth de 2010 à Delhi, les Championnats du Monde de la FILA de 2011 à Istanbul, et les jeux Olympiques de Londres de 2012.
Dhoom 3 (2013)
, 2h52Origin Inde
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Bollywood, Films about autism
Actors Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra, Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu, Rani Mukherjee
Roles Choreographer
Rating54%
In the year 1990, Iqbal Haroon Khan (Jackie Shroff) runs The Great Indian Circus in Chicago, which has fallen on bad times. Anderson's (Andrew Bicknell) bank — Western Bank of Chicago —, which has lent money to Iqbal Khan, decides to close down the circus when Khan is unable to repay the loan. Young Sahir (Siddharth Nigam), the little son of Iqbal Khan, pleads with Anderson not to shut down his father's circus, as he and his father would soon be able to turn the corner. But Iqbal Khan's presentation before the bankers and Sahir's pleas don't help. Iqbal Khan commits suicide in front of the heartless Anderson, leaving Sahir devastated.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)
, 3h7Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Athletics films, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor, Rebecca Breeds, Dalip Tahil, Meesha Shafi, Dev Gill
Roles Choreographer
Rating81%
The film starts in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where a coach says "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag!" The story is taken back to the memories of the childhood days of a young boy which haunted him, resulting in him dropping to fourth. Partition of India in 1947 caused chaos which resulted in mass religious violence in Punjab in British India, killing the parents of Milkha Singh (Farhan Akhtar). He reaches Delhi and later meets his sister there. Living in impoverished refugee camps, Milkha soon makes friends and survives by stealing along with his friends. He falls in love with Biro (Sonam Kapoor), but she asks him to live a life of honesty.
Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012)
, 2h55Directed by Yash Chopra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma, Anupam Kher, Neetu Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor
Roles Choreographer
Rating67%
Samar Anand (Shahrukh Khan), a major in the Indian Army, defuses a bomb in Ladakh without fear or regard for his safety. Akira Rai (Anushka Sharma), a Discovery Channel filmmaker, dives into a river in Ladakh on a dare and soon regrets it after learning she has plunged into freezing water. Samar, who happens to be by the shore, rescues her. Samar gives her his jacket and leaves without retrieving it. Later, Akira finds his diary in the jacket pocket and begins reading.
Ek Tha Tiger (2012)
, 2h12Directed by Kabir Khan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Ranvir Shorey, Usha Uthup, Girish Karnad, Roshan Seth
Roles Choreographer
Rating56%
An agent code-named "Tiger" (Salman Khan) – India's top spy and an officer of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) – is conducting a mission in northern Iraq. Tiger is forced to kill one of his own men who has defected to Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He subsequently kills many ISI agents in his escape from Iraq.
Student of the Year (2012)
, 2h26Directed by Karan Johar
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Shahrukh Khan
Roles Choreographer
Rating53%
The retired Dean of St. Teresa College, Yogindra Vashist (Rishi Kapoor), lies gravely ill in hospital. As some of his former students gather at his deathbed, Kaizaad "Sudo" Sodabottleopenerwala (Kayoze Irani), Tanya Israni (Sana Saeed), Jeet Khurana (Sahil Anand) and Shruti Pathak reminisce about their student years in St. Teresa College ten years before, and the events that led up to the present day.
Game (2011)
Directed by Abhinay Deo
Origin Inde
Genres Thriller
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Kangana Ranaut, Gul Panag, Sarah-Jane Dias, Jimmy Shergill, Boman Irani
Roles Choreographer
Rating52%
Kabir Malhotra (Anupam Kher) is a billionaire tycoon who invites four people to his island home in Greece, by sending a different letter to each. The four people, who have never met before, are:
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)
, 2h33Directed by Zoya Akhtar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Musical films, Road movies, Bollywood, Buddy films
Actors Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif, Kalki Koechlin, Naseeruddin Shah
Roles Choreographer
Rating81%
At the beginning of the film, Kabir (Abhay Deol) proposes to Natasha (Kalki Koechlin). Their families meet at the engagement party where Natasha learns that Kabir is planning a three-week bachelor road trip to Spain with his school friends Imraan (Farhan Akhtar) and Arjun (Hrithik Roshan). Kabir explains that the three have a long-standing pact, and that during the road trip, each of them will have to pick an adventure sport, which all three will try together. Initially, Arjun is reluctant to take trip as he does not want lose his pay for missing work. It is later revealed that Arjun's ex-girlfriend left him due to his workaholism & obsesion with money. Imraan has an additional personal agenda on the trip: to find his biological father Salman Habib (Naseeruddin Shah), an artist in Spain.
Don 2 (2011)
, 2h26Directed by Farhan Akhtar
Origin Inde
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta, Kunal Kapoor, Boman Irani, Om Puri
Roles Choreographer
Rating70%
The film opens five years after the ending of the first film, with Don (Shahrukh Khan) narrating the story. The European drug cartel bosses meet in the French Riviera to discuss a new threat emerging from Asia: Don is jeopardising their business by undercutting their prices, and the bosses decree that Don must die. Living in Thailand for the last five years, he goes to a remote settlement to pick up a shipment of cocaine. Instead of the expected uneventful transaction, Don fights his way out. He returns to Malaysia, surrendering to Roma (Priyanka Chopra) and Inspector Malik (Om Puri). Don is sentenced to death and sent to prison, where he meets old rival Vardhaan (Boman Irani). He offers Vardhan a partnership, and they escape from prison after poisoning the other inmates.
Dil Bole Hadippa! (2009)
, 2h28Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Sports films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Cricket films, Musical films, Bollywood, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Shahid Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee, Anupam Kher, Dalip Tahil, Rakhi Sawant, Sherlyn Chopra
Roles Choreographer
Rating47%
Veera (Rani Mukerji) is a young woman who lives in a small village but dreams of playing cricket in the big league, being extremely talented in the game. Veera works in a nautanki and dances with the star performer, Shanno (Rakhi Sawant), an arrogant and conceited woman.
Luck by Chance (2009)
, 2h36Directed by Zoya Akhtar
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about films
Actors Farhan Akhtar, Alyy Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Juhi Chawla
Roles Choreographer
Rating70%
Young actor Vikram Jaisingh (Farhan Akhtar) arrives in Mumbai to make it as a Bollywood film star with the help of Abhimanyu (Arjun Mathur), an actor friend from his hometown, and their mutual friend Sameer, who works in a studio props department.
Bhoothnath (2008)
, 2h31Directed by Vivek Sharma
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Rajpal Yadav, Rajpal Yadav
Roles Choreographer
Rating63%
The story focuses on Aman Sharma a.k.a. Banku (Aman Siddiqui), who has recently shifted into an old bungalow in Goa, with his parents, Aditya (Shah Rukh Khan) and Anjali (Juhi Chawla). His father Aditya is an engineer on a cruise line, and therefore moves with his cruise. They are made aware that the bungalow is haunted, but they disregard this. Banku is enrolled in St. Francis High School, and Anjali hires a kindhearted and comedic drunken thief, Anthony (Rajpal Yadav), as a servant to clean the house. One night, Banku goes down to the living room to have some ice-cream when he sees a shadow on the wall. Frightened, he calls out to his mother, before seeing that the bowl in which he was having ice-cream has vanished. Later, Banku returns and passes a sleeping Anjali to investigate. He then sees the ghost of Kailash Nath (Amitabh Bachchan) and then they start arguing on whether Kailash is a ghost or an angel (according to Banku, who constantly persists that Nath is an angel rather than a ghost). Banku nicknames him Bhootnath as Kailash says that he is a bhoot (ghost) and also says that "Nath" is his last name.