Salman Yusuff Khan

Salman Yusuff Khan

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Salman Yusuff Khan Profile

  • Name:
  • Salman Yusuff Khan
  • Born:
  • June 12, 1985

Salman Yusuff Khan Biography

Salman Yusuff Khan is famous as the winner of dance reality show Dance India Dance Season 1. His music videos for Bollywood movies – Wanted and Rakth Charita became instant hits. He has also choreographed a few celebrity dancers for the dancing reality show – Jhalak dikhlajaa which include Yaana Gupta and Isha Sharvani. In 2013, he won Dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 6) with Drashti Dhami. Same year he debut Bollywood with ABCD: Anybody can dance, a movie based on Dance, directed by Prabhu Deva. His second movie, Freedom is slated to release in 2014. He has also choreographed four songs for the movie.

 

Salman was born on 12 June 1985 in a Muslim family in Bangalore. He did schooling at International Indian School Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. Later he took Mechanical Engineering degree from Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore. He dreamt to become a famous dancer and took formal training in salsa and hip hop and later performed with many dance troupes. When his career took off, many advised to change his name as it looks similar to actor Salman Khan’s. But he didn’t and now he has reached a position where people have started to mention him as dancer Salman Khan or Choreographer Salman Khan. The reality show, Jhalak Dikhla Jaa made him a huge star.

 

But very often he has been linked with his co-stars whom he has trained for the reality shows. Yaana Gupta and Isha Sharvani were the first two artists and most recently, his dancing partner of the last season of the show, Drashti Dhami has also been linked with him. But as usual, he has denied all those rumours. Right now, he prefers to choose any reality dancing show if he feels interested and also wants to test his acting caliber with wide range of roles offered. He wants to equal in both these sectors.

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Updated: January 21, 2014

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