Shakti Mohan

Shakti Mohan is an Indian dancer, choreographer and television personality. She is the winner of Zee TV's dance reality show Dance India Dance 2. She has been a judge and captain of Indian reality show Dance Plus since its inception,.^[1]

Shakti Mohan
Mohan in 2013
Occupations	Dancer choreographer
Years active	2009–present
Relatives	Neeti Mohan (sister) Kriti Mohan (sister) Mukti Mohan (sister)

Career

Following her victory in the second season of Dance India Dance, Shakti produced dance-themed calendars for 2012 and 2013.^[2] She was cast in the fictional dance based teen series Dil Dosti Dance (2011) as main lead character. In 2012, she collaborated with the composer Mohammed Fairouz on a BBC-sponsored dance project in New York City.^[3] In 2013, Mohan launched a YouTube channel with dance instruction videos. She was also a contestant and finalist on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (2014).

She then became the judge and mentor in the dance competition reality show Dance Plus for Seasons 1–4 and also judged the show Dance Singapore Dance. Her first song as a choreographer in Bollywood is "Nainowale Ne" in the movie Padmaavat. In 2020, Shakti choreographed a song for Ranbir Kapoor in the film Shamshera directed by Karan Malhotra. The film was released in July 2022.^[4] Shakti has also been a part of a L’Oréal Paris campaign in 2020.

She has appeared in the music videos Kamli (2013), Akh Lad Jaave Nritya Jam (2018), Kanha Re (2018), Aakhri Baar (2019), ‘The Chamiya Song’ (2019) and ‘Saaton Janam’ (2020).

Shakti Mohan, with her brand NrityaShakti for dance production, has produced two webshows on YouTube named Break A Leg Season 1 and 2.^[5] She is the younger sister of the singer Neeti Mohan and elder sister of the dancer and actress Mukti Mohan, also produced a dance music video with her sisters.

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	High School Musical 2	special appearance in song	Appeared in the song "All For One"	[6]
	Tees Maar Khan		Appeared in the song "Tees Maar Khan"	[7]
2012	Rowdy Rathore		Appeared in the song "Aa Re Pritam Pyaarre"
	Sukoon		Album by Vaishali Made	[8]
2013	Dhoom 3	Assistant Choreographer	Song – "Kamli"
2014	Kaanchi	special appearance in song	Appeared in the song "Kambal Ke Neeche"
	Samrat & Co		Appeared in the song "Tequila Wakila"
2018	Padmaavat	Choreographer	Song – "Nainowale Ne"
	Nawabzaade	Item number	Appeared in the song "Amma Dekh"	[9]
2022	Shamshera	Choreographer	Song - "Hunkara"	[10]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009–2010	Dance India Dance 2	Contestant	Winner
2010	Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan
2011–2015	Dil Dosti Dance	Kria Ghai
2011	Preet Se Bandhi Ye Dori Ram Milaayi Jodi	Sonia	Guest
	Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai	Kriya
	Channel V Footloose	Herself
	Dance India Dance 3
2012	Punar Vivah - Zindagi Milegi Dobara
	Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki
2013	India's Dancing Superstar
2014	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7	Contestant	2nd runner-up
	Boogie Woogie	Herself	Guest
	No More Kamzor
	Comedy Nights with Kapil
2015	Thank You Maa
	Dance India Dance Super Moms
	Dance Singapore Dance[11]	Judge
	Dance Plus 1	Mentor
2016	Dance Plus 2[12]
2017	Dance Plus 3[13]
2018	Dance Plus 4
	Kitchen Champion 5	Herself	Guest
2019	Nach Baliye 9
2020	India's Best Dancer
	Dance With Me	Host
2021	Dance Deewane 3	Herself	Guest
	Dance With Me 2	Host
	Dance Plus 6	Mentor	Winning Captain
2022	The Great Indian Murder	Herself	Special appearance in the song "Raskala"
2023	Dance Plus pro	Mentor	Winning Captain

Music videos

Year	Title	Singer	Ref.
2018	Kanha Re	Neeti Mohan	[14]
	Akh Lad Jaave Nritya Jam	Jubin Nautiyal	[15]
2019	Aakhri Baar	Palash Muchhal	[16]
	The Chamiya Song	DJ Bravo, Gaurav Dagaonkar, Rimi Nique	[17]
2020	Saaton Janam	Ishaan Khan, Shambhavi Thakur	[18]
2022	Mud Mud Ke	Tony Kakkar, Neha Kakkar
	Chumma Chumma	Nakash Aziz, Neeti Mohan	[19]
2023	Daayein Baayein	Yasser Desai	[20]
	Savariya	Neeti Mohan	[21]

See also

• List of dancers
• Mukti Mohan

References

1. https://www.pinkvilla.com/tv/news-gossip/dance-plus-6-judge-shakti-mohan-approached-bigg-boss-ott-season-2-find-out-1111823 ^{[bare URL]}
2. Pandey, Chulbuli (18 December 2012). "Dance reality show winner Shakti Mohan launches her own calendar". Mid-Day.
3. "BBC World News Collaborative Culture (Collaboration Culture) Shakti Mohan". U’th Time. 10 July 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
4. "Ranbir Kapoor, Vaani Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt announce release date of Shamshera with power packed video". Bollywood Hungama. 11 February 2022.
5. "PLAYLIST: Shakti Mohan's Break A Leg Season 2 episodes". The Indian Express. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
6. "Five youth shows we miss on television". The Indian Express. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
7. "Dance India Dance: Where are the winners now?". The Indian Express. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
8. "Shakti Mohan biography in hindi, history, information: शक्ति मोहन का जीवन परिचय, पति, परिवार के बारे में जानकारी". दा इंडियन वायर (in Hindi). 31 October 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
9. "'Nawabzaade' song 'Amma Dekh': Brace yourselves for the new zingy dance number featuring Shakti Mohan - Times of India ►". The Times of India. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
10. "Shakti Mohan On Choreographing Ranbir Kapoor In Shamshera: 'Wish Came True'". NDTV.com. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
11. Kaur, Gurveen (24 August 2015). "Dance Singapore tougher to win". The Straits Times.
12. "Judges, Hosts, Contestants : Dance Plus 2016". Danceplus2016.com.
13. "Judges, Hosts, Contestants : Dance Plus 2017". hotstar.com.
14. Roy, Dhaval (22 March 2018). "Neeti Mohan on collaborating with her sisters, Shakti and Mukti: Our collaboration is for life". DNA India. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
15. "Song - Akh Lad Jaave Nritya Jam Featuring Shakti Mohan & Poppin' John (Dance Cover) | Hindi Video Songs - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
16. "Latest Hindi Song 'Aakhri Baar' Sung By Palash Muchhal Featuring Parth Samthaan, Shakti Mohan And Pankaj Sharma | Hindi Video Songs - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
17. "Dwayne Bravo teams up with Shakti Mohan for wedding song, The Chamiya Song". Hindustan Times. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
18. "Watch New Hindi Hit Song Music Video - 'Saaton Janam' Sung By Ishaan Khan and Shambhavi Thakur | Hindi Video Songs - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
19. "Aayush Sharma And Shakti Mohan Shake A Leg To New Chumma Chumma Song". NDTV.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
20. "Shakti Mohan and Himansh Kohli's 'Daayein Baayein' sets Valentine's Day mood". Outlook India. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
21. "Mohan sisters - Shakti Mohan, Mukti Mohan and Neeti Mohan have released their latest track 'Savaria' that celebrates the spirit of Navratri". Outlook India. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.

External links

• Shakti Mohan at IMDb