Vrushali Chavan is an Indian dancer, choreographer, actor and dance director. She is best known for working in the 2013 dance film ‘ABCD: Any Body Can Dance’ directed by Indian Choreographer Remo D’Souza. In the film, Vrushali Chavan has a guest appearance as Vrushali. He is famous for choreographing dance numbers in Bollywood films. He has choreographed dance numbers for famous actors in Bollywood including Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Ajay Devgn and many more.
Vrushali teaches choreography to the actors of the film ‘Happy New Year’
Wiki/Biography
Vrushali was born on Sunday, 15 January 1984 (age 38 years; in 2022) in Mumbai. His zodiac sign is Capricorn. He went to Sheth MA High School in Andheri West, Mumbai. She was a very studious child at school, and to get her to participate in extracurricular activities, her parents enrolled her in dance classes. They changed her school because it was too far away, and there was no time left to attend dance classes. She studied various dance forms from Nalanda Nrityakala Mahavidyalaya in Mumbai. He completed his high school at St. Blaise in Andheri West, Mumbai, which is close to his home. Her parents are very supportive of her pursuing a career in dance. He went on to study for a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts for five years at Cosmopolitan College in Mumbai.
Vrushali performed Bharatanatyam for the first time in front of her parents
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 3”
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Family
Vrushali belongs to a Marathi family in Mumbai.
Parents & Siblings
His father’s name is Pandurang Chavan, a pyrotechnician, and his mother’s name is Madhuri Chavan. He has a younger brother named Prasen Chavan.
Vrushali with her parents and grandmother
Vrushali with her younger brother, Prasen
Career
Dancer
Vrushali says that she did not choose dancing, dancing chose her. When the auditions for ‘Dance India Dance’ opened, her brother, Prasen, filled an online audition form for her and urged her to go to the audition and sing any song. In 2009, Vrushali auditioned for the first season of the dance TV show ‘Dance India Dance’ (DID) where she was selected and became part of Terence Lewis’ team. He became famous after being a contestant on the show.
Vrushali performs on the ‘Dance India Dance’ stage
Choreographer
After being a contestant on the TV show ‘Dance India Dance,’ she got the opportunity to choreograph dance acts in many reality dance shows. She started her career as a choreographer in the show ‘Dance India Dance: Li’l Masters’ in 2010. Farah Khan, who is an Indian filmmaker and choreographer, was a judge on the show and asked Vrushali to be her assistant after seeing her performance with famous Bollywood choreographer Geeta Kapur. The first song he choreographed as an assistant was ‘Fevicol Se’ from the 2012 film ‘Dabangg 2.’ In 2010, she worked in the reality dance show ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’ season 4 where she worked as a choreographer for actor Dayanand Shetty. In 2015, she guided in ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’ season 8 where her partner was Ashish Chaudhary, who is an actor. He is known for his choreography in many popular Bollywood films including ‘Chennai Express’ (2013), ‘Happy New Year’ (2014), ‘Bajirao Mastani’ (2015) and many more.
Vrushali as choreographer in ‘Dance India Dance Li’l Champs’
actor
She made her acting debut with the Bollywood film ‘ABCD: Any Body Can Dance’ where many dancers/participants from DID were cast alongside Indian choreographers Prabhu Deva and Ganesh Acharya. She has worked in the 2011 Indian comedy sitcom ‘Best of Luck Nikki’ where she played the role of Preeti Piyush Prasad Pandey. In 2018, she was cast as the lead alongside Ishtiyak Khan in the short drama film ‘Prem Gajra Ani Chilli Chicken’ directed by Sharad Malhotra; she plays Ishtiyak Khan’s wife Indu.
Vrushali on the poster of the 2018 short film, ‘Prem Gajra Ani Chilli Chicken’
In 2019, she acted in the short film ‘Pablo’ where she played the role of a mother to a 7-year-old boy. She plays the supporting character of Veena Shankar in the 2021 Marathi suspense thriller web series ‘Anuradha.’
Facts/Trivia
- Vrushali was just five years old when she joined a dance class to learn Bharatanatyam. She studied Bharatanatyam until she was in seventh grade.
- In an interview, she shared that the biggest turning point in her life was participating in ‘Dance India Dance.’ He never imagined that he would make his career in dance.
- About a year before auditioning in ‘Dance India Dance,’ she participated in an Indian television dance show called ‘Boogie Woogie’ but was not selected.
- She had the opportunity to be a judge in regional reality TV shows, Nachale Bindhani and Khallas Dance Ekach Chance.
- He has choreographed songs in several Marathi films such as 31 Divas, Wada, Cheater, Ti Sadhya Kay Karte, Autograph, Shikari, and Shutter.
- At the Filmfare Jio Awards (Marathi) 2018, Vrushali Chavan was nominated for the Best Choreography award for the song ‘Parikatha’ from the Marathi film ‘Ti Saddhya Kay Karte.’
- She often conducts workshops on theater, acting, and dance.
Vrushali Chavan’s Instagram post about promoting a dance workshop
- In 2020, she did an Instagram Live chat called ‘Gupshup With Vee’ with many actors, actresses, life coaches and dancers including Sharad Kelkar, Himanshu Ashok Malhotra, Amruta Khanvilkar, Terence Lewis, Uma Rele and many more.
- In an interview, she shared that she was going to open her own dance academy because many people during the pandemic asked her when she was going to start taking dance classes.
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