Vaibhavi Merchant is regarded as one of the best choreographers in Bollywood film industry who has been able to make her own mark in spite of getting tough competition from her fellow counterpart Farah Khan and Saroj Khan. She is presently working as a judge in a dance reality show, "Nach Baliye 3". Vaibhavi Merchant was born on 1976.
She shot into fame with the song "Kajra Re" from "Bunty aur Babli". She made the actors and actresses dance to her tunes with the movies "Dhoom" and "Jhoom Barabar Jhoom". Vaibhavi Merchant is a very organized individual who has practically taken the industry by storm with her works.
She is the granddaughter of Hiralal Merchant who was a famous choreographer in his times. She is also the niece of Chinni Prakash who is also a well-known choreographer. With her first film "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam", she won the National Award for the song "Dholi Taro Dhol Baje" shoots on Salman Khan and Aishwariya Rai. A few years later, she once again created magic when she choreographed the song "Kajra Re" for the film "Bunty Aur Babli". She made Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya sway their hips,and with such wonderful dance steps, she danced her way to the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Award.
Vaibhavi Merchant has also choreographed Madhuri Dixit for her latest movie, "Aaja Nachle". She has expressed her joys, satisfaction and immense pleasure working with Madhuri Dixit. Today she is involved with lots of work. She has Yash Raj Films` "Tashan" and Aamir Khan`s "Ghajini" up her sleeve. Dance guru Prabhu Deva has approached Vaibhavi for choreographing his film. She has also choreographed the Australian musical "The Merchants of Bollywood" which was a musical written by Toby Gough about her family.
Apart from being involved in cinema, Vaibhavi Merchant has also been involved in stages as well. She has done choreography for over 100 films. Some of her significant contributions in Hindi cinema include, "No Entry", "Neal n` Nikki", "Madhoshi", Lagaan", "Veer Zaara", "Chehraa" and so on. Her showbiz career has been always on the rise and with her excellent work in Hindi cinema she has immensely contributed in the enhancement of dance sequences and techniques for the viewers to get an enthralling experience. In years to come she will rule the dancing world as being done by another great danseuse Saroj Khan for many years. She is although considered a great choreographer, however, in times to come, she will further make everyone to admit that she is the best.
