Indian Film Dance Directors Association felicitates Choreographers

Indian Film Dance Directors Association (IFDDA) hosted an event to felicitate the veteran and present day choreographers on the occasion of Choreographers' Day on Jan 9. Present at the event were choreographers Vaibhavi Merchant, Saroj Khan, Farah Khan, Ahmed Khan, Remo D'Souza, Terence Lewis, Longinus Fernandes, Shruti Merchant, Umesh Jadhav, Seemaa Desai, Madhav Kishan, Baba Harman, Cinoo Kumar, and many more. IFDDA committee members Pappu Khanna, Rajendra Suvanam, Jay Borade and Bhupendra Sayan (Bhupi) and other members welcomed all the choreographers and made sure the arrangements were proper.

The event began with the Chief Guest of the evening Hema Malini lighting up the diya along with the members of the association. The award function started with the AV of the work done by late as well as the present day choreographers. The families of Late Choreographers Shri Satyanarayan Master, Shri Badri Prasad, Shri Surya Kumar, Shri Benjamin Herman, Shri Sohanlal B, Shri Hiralal B, Shri Gopi Kishan, Shri P.L. Raj, Shri Sohanlal Khanna, Shri Manohar Naidu, Shri Suresh Bhatt, Shri Kamal, Shri Subal Sarkar and Shri Sachin Shankar collected the awards on their behalf for their contribution in the field of choreography.

The New-Age Award winning choreographers included Ahmed Khan, Bosco & Caesar, Remo D'Souza, Longinus Fernandes, Ganesh Hegde, Ganesh Acharya, Shruti Merchant, Habiba Rehman, Bhushan Lakhandhari, Umesh Jaadhav, Bhupendra Sayan (Bhupi), Pappu Khanna, Ricky Gupta, Ram Devan, Kannu Mukherji, Narendra Pandit and Deepali Vichare.

Jay Borade, Shiamak Davar, Saroj Khan, Farah Khan, Vaibhavi Merchant and Chinni & Rekha Prakash were felicitated as National Award Winning Choreographers.

The event ended with a small speech from Hema Malini and a small photo session of her with all the committee members and choreographers.

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