Pappu Khanna Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Some Lesser Known Facts About Pappu Khanna

• Pappu Khanna is an Indian choreographer who mainly works in Bollywood.

• Pappu received training in Kathak from his guru Badri Prasad Awasthi for around 11 years.

• He has also learnt group dance from a dance academy for one and a half years.

• He began his career in the early ’80s as a slow dancer in a Gujarati film.

• Pappu started his career as a choreographer with a Punjabi film. He choreographed songs for the Punjabi films Lambhardarni (1976) and Sarpanch (1982). Later, he started receiving offers to act in the films.

• Pappu was a part of group dance in films like Don (1978). He was picturised playing the flute in the song Ee Hai Bambai Nagariya Tu Dekh Babua from the film.
  

  Pappu Khanna playing the flute in Don

• Pappu has choreographed the songs for films like Damini (1993), Guddu (1995), Ghatak (1996).
  

  Pappu Khanna working on the choreography of a song

• He has also worked as a choreographer in the Bollywood films Nikaah (1982), Jai Kishen (1994), Lal Baadshah (1999), and Babuji Ek Ticket Bambai (2017).
  

  Pappu Khanna on the set of a film

• He choreographed the songs of the Marathi film “Kay Re Rascalaa” in 2017.

• In 2017, he was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Academy Award for his contribution to the Indian film industry as a choreographer.
  

  Pappu Khanna with Dada Saheb Phalke Academy Award

• Khanna’s daughter won the crown of Mrs India Queen in 2019.
  

  Pappu Khanna’s daughter crowned as Mrs India Queen 2019

• Pappu has also worked as a choreographer in many Bhojpuri films.

• Khanna has choreographed the dance steps for many Bollywood stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Akshay Kumar, and Shah Rukh Khan.
  

  Pappu Khanna teaching dance steps to Jeetendra

• His first salary as a choreographer was Rs. 101.

• Pappu loves watching cricket.

• He has founded a dance academy named Dance Sensations in Andheri, Mumbai.

• In 2021, Khanna appeared in The Kapil Sharma Show along with the cast of the Punjabi film Bhoot Uncle Tussi Great Ho (2021).
  

  Pappu Khanna on the sets of The Kapil Sharma Show