29th April marks the celebration of International Dance Day across the globe. Bollywood is one such industry that inherits various dance forms depicting it onscreen since ages. Bollywood industry is known for presenting unique dance style, and the majority of the films being made here is incomplete without a dance sequence. Several actors are blessed with the skills of shaking their leg and impressing the audiences even the fact that it's an imperative integral part of Hindi cinema. Nowadays, younger actors are spending a great deal of time and effort in learning newer forms of dances. Let us have a look at few names of Bollywood actresses who are also incredibly trained dancers that may not be known to all!
Taapsee Pannu: Bharatnatyam
Actress Taapsee Pannu is a brilliant actor, that is a known fact. She has proven her acting versatility in films like Pink, Naam Shabana, Judwaa 2 and over two dozens of films down south. Before stepping into the film industry and modeling, Taapsee was a trained Bharatnatyam dancer. She pursued her love for dancing while she was a kid and performed in various inter-school dance competitions. Her flawless dancing skills are often seen in her films. We would love to see this dancing diva once while performing Bharatnatyam in any of upcoming films.
Richa Chadha: Kathak & Street Jazz
Actress Richa Chadha is an actress who is known for speaking her mind in any forum other than showcasing her acting skills on silver screen. She is also known for her bundles of talents like singing, writing books and scripts, producing short films and now venturing as a director with a short film. Other than donning the cap with multiple talents she is also a trained Kathak dancer. Though we haven't seen much of her dancing skills on screen, it’s a fact she is also a well-trained dancer. Other than Kathak Richa has also learned Street Jazz from celebrated choreographer Ashley Lobo.
Nora Fatehi: Belly Dance, Hip Hop, Free Style, Pole Dance
The Indo-Canadian dancer, model and actress Nora Fatehi is a popular face on various social platforms especially on YouTube and Instagram owning to her amazing dancing skills in various forms of the art and also her sketches she does. She is a self-taught dancing sensation has become a viral star because of her mesmerizing dance moves. She performs easily in various dance forms like Belly Dance, Hip Hop, Free Style and Pole Dancing. She has much dance numbers to her credit both in South and Hindi films as well as in music videos. She started off her dancing career at an early age which her family realized it when she was just a kid. It's always a pleasure seeing her grooving to the tune of dance music.
Radhika Apte: Kathak & Contemporary
Radhika Apte’s name has been associated with indie genre films since the time she began her career in Bollywood. She was recently seen playing Akshay Kumar’s wife in social drama driven film Padman. Most of her films don’t give her much space to perform on dance tracks or look glamorous. But very few people know that the dusky actress is trained Kathak dancer and she also received training in contemporary dance form in London. It would be an eye-popping experience for the audience to see this brilliant actor doing song and dance sequence in a film.
Kriti Sanon: Kathak
The svelte figured actress is making waves with her choices of films she is doing in Bollywood. She is touted to be one of the toughest competitions to many other actresses of her age. Her latest film Bareilly Ki Barfi showed her in a very different avatar which the audience loved it. In the film, she was seen breaking into breakdance which looked very cute but not many are aware she is a trained Kathak dancer. So far audience has seen her performing to Bollywood dance numbers in the film but it would be a delight to see her in a dance form that excels.
