One of India's leading production houses, T-Series, has acquired the rights to produce celebrated choreographer Saroj Khan's biopic.

Nirmala Kishanchand Sadhu Singh Nagpal, better known as Saroj Khan, brought sparkle to Bollywood with her choreography. She was known for several of her successful songs, mostly in the 80s and 90s. In a career spanning around 50 years, she worked with many top actors and created some of the industry's most famous dance sequences.

Bhushan Kumar of T-Series recently acquired rights to her life story from Saroj Khan's children Raju Khan, Sukaina Khan, and daughters of Hina Khan.

Raju Khan, who is a choreographer himself, said that he is glad he followed in his mother's footsteps, and it is an honour for her family that the world can see her story.

As Bollywood's first female choreographer, Saroj Khan was among only a few women who worked behind the camera at a time when nearly all the technicians were men. Saroj Khan joined the industry when she was a 3-year-old child to become a dancer at 10 and soon became an assistant choreographer at the age of 12.

Choreographing for around 3,500 songs in her career span, Saroj Khan gave us several hit dance songs like "Ek Do Teen", "Choli Ke Peechey Kya Hai", "Hawa Hawai", "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga" to songs in films like Devdas, Lamhe, Nagina, Kalank, Chandni, Saawariya, Taal, Beta, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, and many others.

Saroj Khan, who passed away last year, worked with Madhuri Dixit in Kalank and also became a popular face on television as a judge on dance shows like Naach Baliye and Jhalak Dikhla Ja.