Mansi Aggarwal is an Indian filmmaker, writer, producer and choreographer who has written, directed, produced films and choreographed songs in Indian film industry. She is best known for choreographing the song, "Bharat Mata ki Jai", from the movie ''

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'' that starred actor Emraan Hashmi - the song gained a lot of popularity and became a hit in India. She has worked with path breaking actors -

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in the movie ''Dev D''. She has been nominated for the Filmfare award for the song "Bharat Mata ki Jai" from ''Shanghai'' starring the actor Emraan Hashmi, the song was loved by the audience and became popular in India. The song "Suno na Sangmarmar" from the movie Youngistaan was also nominated for Stardust and Filmfare awards. She also choreographed commercials for big brands like Nykaa, Biba, Zandu Balm, etc. She was published as the youngest choreographer in the eminent magazine ''Femina''. In 2018, she made her debut as a writer-director with her first short film ''The Handbag'', which was posted on ‘Humara Movie’ YouTube channel. She came with her second film ''Raani'', which got selected for Lift Off Global Networks, London and was also screened at the Darbhanga International Film Festival. It was a finalist at the Golden Jury International Film Festival and won the Best Actor award at the same. ''Raani'' released on Disney Hotstar and is streaming on

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. The films ''The Handbag'' and ''Raani'' were produced under the banner Yin Yang Films.

Early life and career

Mansi was born on 10 June 1984 and raised in Delhi where she also took training in Indian classical dance, Kathak. Her

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training started when she was only 7 years old and she later became a Visharad (graduate) in the dance form. She studied Economics at Hansraj College in Delhi University and after finishing her graduation she opened her dance institute in Delhi—Mansi Dance Creations Her career in Bollywood movies started when she was first spotted by the film director, Anurag Kashyap, during a dance performance in Delhi. Anurag offered her to choreograph the critically acclaimed film, ''Gulaal''. However, the movie got delayed and Mansi shifted her focus to academics until Anurag came to her for the second time with the proposal of choreographing Abhay Deol-starrer, ''Dev D''. Mansi is married to cinematographer Arindam Bhattacharjee.

Choreography in Indian Film Industry

Mansi has choreographed the following Bollywood movies:

Filmography as Director, Producer and Writer

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aggarwal, Mansi Living people Indian women choreographers Indian choreographers Indian film choreographers Women artists from Delhi Dancers from Delhi Indian female dancers 21st-century Indian women artists 21st-century Indian dancers 1984 births