Kruti Mahesh

Kruti Mahesh Midya is an Indian dancer and choreographer known for her work in Hindi Cinema.

She is a recipient of the National Film Award for Best Choreography for the song "Ghoomar" from Padmaavat (2018), together with Jyoti D.Tommar, and has received the Filmfare Award for Best Choreography for "Dholida from Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022). Her best works are in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013), ABCD 2 (2013), Bajirao Mastani (2015), A Flying Jatt (2016), Race 3 (2018), Street Dancer 3D (2019), Shyam Singha Roy (2021), and Maja Ma (2022). Terence Lewis has been her mentor since joining his team in Dance India Dance and has assisted Remo D'Souza along the way before becoming an independent choreographer.

Kruti Mahesh
Kruti Mahesh
Kruti Mahesh Midya
Born
NationalityIndian
OccupationChoreographer
Years active2009–present
StyleClassical, Bollywood, Hip Hop

Early life and career

Born into a Tamil Brahmin family in Matunga, Mumbai, Kruti joined dance class as a 5-year-old and performed her Arangetram at the age of 14. She attended Mumbai University and, after graduation, travelled to London, where she attended London South Bank University, obtaining a Masters in Forensic Science, and then returned to Mumbai due to her father's health issues. Her father encouraged her to pursue her passion for dance, which inspired her to compete in dance contests. She also worked as an embryologist at a clinic.

She was a contestant on Dance India Dance Season 2 (2009), joining Terence Lewis and gaining her recognition. She continued to be part of dance shows, serving as a skipper in DID Li'l Master season 2 under the team Kruti Ke Kracters and Om Chetri from her team, finishing as the runner-up of the show. She became part of Dance Ke Superkids, and was the choreographer along with Prince Gupta for Team Yahoo, which was led by Raghav Juyal, and the team won the competition with Faisal Khan, Soumya Rai, Rohan Parkale, Om Chetri, Jeet Das, Shalini Moitra, and Tanay Malhara as contestants in their team. She has been trained in Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, and Ballet.

She assisted Remo D'Souza in the song "Balam Pichkari" from Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. She continued assisting him in several films, among which were "Pinga" and "Deewani Mastani" in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani. The success of the songs led Bhansali to offer her independent choreography for his next film, Padmaavat. The song eventually became "Ghoomar", which was based on a traditional folk dance that originated in Rajasthan under the same name. Ghoomar, traditionally performed by the Bhil tribes was later adopted by the Rajputs. Jyothi D. Tomar, an exponent in ghoomar worked with her on the project. The song and its dance, where Deepika Padukone who featured as a Rajput princess, danced to it, received widespread critical acclaim. She received the National Film Award for Best Choreography at the 66th National Film Awards along with Tomar and won several awards for best choreography.

She choreographed all the songs from Race 3 along with Rahul Shetty and Remo D'Souza and also in Street Dancer 3D, where two of its songs, "Illegal Weapon" and "Nachi Nachi" received Filmfare nominations for Best Choreography. "Gharmi" was another dance number from the film by her that featured Nora Fatehi. "Ghani Cool Chori", a garba from Rashmi Rocket' and the Punjabi dance number "Jee Ni Karda" from Sardar Ka Grandson were among her other songs. She choreographed Sai Pallavi in the song "Pranavalaya" from Shyam Singha Roy. The dance number which had elements of Bharatanatyam, Odissi and Mohiniyattam, became popular upon release.

She collaborated with Bhansali in Gangubai Kathiawadi' for the songs "Dholida" and "Jhume Re Go" based on Garba, danced by Alia Bhatt which met with critical acclaim. She received the award for the Best Choreography for "Dholida" at the 68th Filmfare Awards.

She collaborated with Madhuri Dixit in the film Maja Ma (2022) for the song "Boom Padi", a foot tapping Garba in a festive setting and worked on a Bhangra track for the Punjabi film, Godday Godday Chaa.

Discography

Year Film Song Notes
2013 Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani "Balam Pichakari" Debut
2013 ABCD 2 "Sun Saathiya"
2015 Bajirao Mastani "Pinga", "Deewani Mastani"
2016 A Flying Jatt "Toota Joh Kabhi Tara Sajna", "Bhangra Paa", "Flying Jatt"
2018 Padmaavat "Ghoomar", "Ek Dil Ek Jaan", "Holi Song"
2018 Race 3 All songs with Rahul Shetty and Remo D'Souza
2019 Malaal
2019 Commando 3 "Ankhiyan Ladavan"
2019 Kalank
2020 Indoo Ki Jawani
2020 Street Dancer 3D "Lahore", "Garmi", "Illigal Weapon 2.0", "Mile Sur", "Muqabla 2.0" with Rahul Shetty
2021 Tuesdays and Fridays
2021 Sardar Ka Grandson "Jeeni Karda"
2021 Rashmi Rocket "Ghani Cool Chori"
2021 The Empire
2021 Shyam Singha Roy "Pranavalaya"
2022 Gangubai Kathiawadi "Jhume Re Go", "Meri Jaan", "Dholida"
2022 Maja Ma "Boom Padi"
2023 Jubilee "Dariyacha Raja", "Vo Tere Mere Ishq Ka"
2023 Baharla Ha Madhumaas
2023 Godday Godday Chaa "Allarhan De"

Television appearance

Year Show Notes
2009 Dance India Dance Season 2 Contestant
2011 Dance Ke Superkids Skipper
2012 Dance India Dance Lil Masters Skipper
2014 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Choreographer
2021 Mi Honar Superstar Judge

Awards

Year Category Award Song Film Notes
2019 National Film Award for Best Choreography National Film Awards "Ghoomar" Padmaavat with Jyothi D. Tomar
Best Choreography Zee Cine Awards
Best Choreography Screen Awards
IIFA Award for Best Choreography International Indian Film Academy Awards
2023 Best Choreography Filmfare Awards "Dholida" Gangubai Kathiawadi
2024 Best Choreographer Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar "Baharla Ha Madhumas" Maharashtra Shahir

References

Kruti Mahesh at IMDb

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