website years_active birth_place nationality relatives article_title name occupation
shrutimerchant.in 2003 - present mumbai , maharashtra , india n vaibhavi merchant -lrb- sister -rrb- shruti merchant
 shruti merchant choreographer , propreitor - quintessence entertainment productions , producer/director - taj express - the musical
shruti merchant

shruti merchant is an indian choreographer .
she is the younger sister of vaibhavi merchant .
she is the granddaughter of late shri b.hiralal , one of the four lal brothers namely b.sohanlal , b.hiralal , b.chinni lal and b.radheshyam .
he was a renowned film choreographer and was one of the founding fathers of classic bollywood cinema songs .
he brought the strong , vehement jaipur style of dance to indian cinema and rightfully commanded respect for several decades in the indian film industry .
shruti is trained in indian classical dance , kathak and bharatnatyam .
she began her career assisting her sister vaibhavi merchant .
she has assisted her in films like jab tak hai jaan , dhoom 3 , aiyaa , kurbaan , dil bole hadippa , dilli 6 , luck by chance , rab ne bana di jodi , dostana , thoda pyaar thoda magic , bhootnath , tashan , aaja nach le , jhoom barabar jhoom , tara rum pum , dhoom 2 , umraojaan , krrish , buntyaurbabli , dilmaange more , swades , veer -- zara , , dhoom , fida , lakshya , muskaan , baghban , kuch na kaho , kal ho na ho , devdas , etc. .
shruti has choreographed the steps for the climax track ` koi pathar se na mare ' in the film aaja nach le which won many accolades .
she made her debut as a choreographer and won the big entertainment award for best choreographer for `` thug le '' from `` ladies vs ricky bahl '' .
and made her tv debut as a judge on zee tv 's dance reality show `` dance india dance -- season 4 '' in 2013 .
for five years she toured countries like usa , canada , australia , new zealand , switzerland , u.k , germany , italy , france , spain , netherlands , romania , south africa , china , singapore , thailand , etc. with the theatrical musical `` the merchants of bollywood '' as the assistant choreographer .
the story of the show is based on the life of her sister ms. vaibhavi merchant and her grandfather late shri b.hiralal .
in january 2011 she started her own entertainment production company `` quintessence entertainment productions '' with the aim to bring commercial theatre into the indian entertainment market .
she produced and directed india 's first international theatrical musical production `` taj express '' .
the show had its premiere at the jamshed bhabha theatre -lrb- ncpa -rrb- mumbai on 10 july 2011 and its world premiere in singapore at the esplanade theatre between june 2012 .
following that it toured china in december 2012 till january 2013 , completing over 25 shows in 10 different cities in china .
it also performed at the `` 15th turkish state theatre sabanci international adana theatre festival '' in march 2013 .
the show toured taiwan performing at the taipei national theater between 21 -- 28 july 2014 .
in june 2013 she produced and choreographed her second theatrical musical `` taj express the bollywood musical '' which performed under the name `` bollywood express '' completing over 45 shows in 36 cities in france in november - december 2013 .
in 2014 it performed at the 50th annual festival international de carthage in tunisia and at bangkok 's 16th international festival of dance & music .
the show toured in russia in october - november 2014 performing over 15 shows in 13 cities .
it completed its 2014 schedule with its return tour to france completing over 23 shows in 15 cities .
shruti merchant has got a die hard fan from france .
she 's adopted in france when she was 7yrs old .
her real parents were died in india , jalandhar punjab .
her french family name is `` masson '' but she always used her real parents name which matched with shruti merchant .
suman real family name was `` merchant '' .
she loves shruti a lot when she has seen her on dance india dance season 4 as judge .
she 's connected on twitter with shruti merchant .
