Shakti Mohan


Shakti Mohan is an Indian dancer and television personality. She is the winner of season 2 of Zee TV's dance reality show Dance India Dance and has been a captain in Dance Plus from 2015 to 2019. She was also a contestant and finalist on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in 2014. Her first song as a choreographer in Bollywood is "Nainowale Ne" in the movie Padmaavat. She owns her own dance brand called Nritya Shakti. She was also the judge and mentor in the dance competition reality show called Dance Plus for Seasons 1-4. She is the younger sister of the singer Neeti Mohan and elder
sister of the dancer and actress Mukti Mohan.

Early life

Shakti Mohan was born to Kusum Mohan and Brijmohan Sharma. Mohan is originally from Delhi but has lived in Mumbai since 2006. She studied at a boarding school, and has an MA in political science from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She has three sisters, Neeti, Mukti and Kriti Mohan.
She was aspiring to become an IAS officer before her appearance on Dance India Dance. A trained contemporary artist, she graduated with a diploma in dance from Terence Lewis Dance Foundation Scholarship Trust in 2009. Her first big achievement was winning the second season of DID. In her childhood, Shakti received a serious injury and doctors said that she might not be able to walk again, but with the support of her family, she overcame her injury.

Career

Dance career

Following her victory in the second season of Dance India Dance, Shakti produced dance-themed calendars for 2012 and 2013. In 2012, she collaborated with the composer Mohammed Fairouz on a BBC-sponsored dance project in New York. She also produced a dance music video with her sisters. In 2013, Mohan launched a YouTube channel with dance instruction videos.

Music videos

She appeared in the music videos Akh Lad Jaave Nritya Jam, Kanha Re, Aakhri Baar and ‘The Chamiya Song’

Web shows

Shakti Mohan, with her brand NrityaShakti, has produced two web shows on YouTube named “Break A Leg” Season 1 and 2.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Dance Academy

Nritya Shakti