Geeta Kapoor

Geeta Kapur is a well known Bollywood choreographer and a judge on television dance reality show. She started her career when she joined the troupe of noted Bollywood choreographer Farah Khan at just 15, later she went on to assisting her in many films like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai ,Dil Toh Pagal Hain, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Mohabbatein, Kal Ho Na Ho, Main Hoon Na, Om Shanti Om, etc and even the musical Bombay Dreams (2004), and and has lent choreography to many Bollywood films like Fiza (2000), Asoka (2000), Saathiya (2002), Heyy Babyy (2007) and Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008), Alladin (2009),Tees Maar Khan's Sheila Ki Jawani (2010), Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya (2011), Shirin Farhad Ki Nikal Padi (2012). Geeta Kapoor has also choreographed award ceremonies, concerts like Temptation Reloaded and has also choreographed the opening ceremony of Pepsi IPL 2013. Starting out as a secondary, background dancer in many song sequences (e.g., song 'Dum Tara' of Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Song 'Tujhe Yaad Na Meri Aaye' from movie Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Gori Gori from Main Hoon Na), she stood out through her persistence on some a mix of classical and modern dance moves. Starting in the late 1990s, through her connections in the Hindi movie industry, she got some early projects to impart her dance skills in movies such as 'Nayak'. She also appeared in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai for about 5 seconds. Geeta Kapur made her television debut with the reality show Dance India Dance on Zee TV in the year 2008, where her co-judges were choreographers Terrence Lewis and Remo D'Souza and Mithun Chakrabarty was the grand master .She trained a group which was called Geeta Ki Gang. She has been judging DID since then and various other dance reality shows too.