User:Hormuzd Khambata/sandbox

Born: 30-10-1980 Occupation: Choreographer Religion: Zoroastrian Years active: 2004 - present

Hormuzd Khambata is one of India’s leading choreographers, working in the Indian Theatre and Entertainment industry. He has designed and choreographed dance sequences for live events, theatre productions, musicals and award shows.

He is the eldest son of renowned caterers within the Parsi community, Ketayun and Bomi Khambata of Khambata Caterers. After finishing his schooling from J.N. Petit in Pune, he enrolled in a hotel administration and food technology course from Sophia’s in Mumbai. But life had bigger plans for him. After an article in the Bombay Times mentioned that he was a better dancer than a cook, he took his love for choreography professional.

Today, he has been associated with the Filmfare Awards (South), Filmfare Awards (East) and the South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) for many years now. He has also choreographed shows like Grasim Mr. India, Femina Miss India (South), Celebrity Cricket League amongst others on an international and national level.

Magazine Hi! BLITZ covered him in their feature ‘Hi Talent’ and newspaper Bombay Times ran a story on him, noting him as a ‘dynamic dancer Mumbai has to watch out for’.

He has a long history with theatre and musicals in the country, having choreographed hits like Broadway and Beyond, Best of Broadway and Razzmatazz. He is currently the dance director of the theatre musical show ‘Blame it on Yashraj’.

He runs the Hormuzd Khambata Dance Company and works closely with his 25 glamorous dancers who are his ‘trained jewels’. Together, they have performed all over the world, including Germany, Tokyo, Dubai, Sharjah, Thailand, Brazil, Hong Kong and more.

Links/Sources

Hormuzd Khambata choreographs and directs Filmfare Awards South http://www.420tamilcinema.com/2014/03/16/hormuzd-khambata-choreo-n-directed-tamannaah-at-58th-filmfare-awards-south-avi/

Hormuzd Khambata does a charity event (Times of India article) http://mobilepaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=35&sectid=edid=&edlabel=TOIM&mydateHid=09-08-2009&pubname=Times%20of%20India%20-%20Mumbai&edname=&articleid=Ar03501&publabel=TOI

Broadway & Beyond – The musical (choreographed by Hormuzd Khambata) http://www.buzzintown.com/mumbai/events/broadway-beyond-play/id--661730.html http://www.thecityguide.in/Mumbai/South-Mumbai/Nariman-Point/Events/Broadway-Beyond-SFNIAS/EditorsNote/

Hormuzd Khambata choreographs Filmfare Awards East http://sagittariusinc.in/press/Sagittarius_PDF_6729358.pdf

Blame it on Yashraj – Choreographed by Hormuzd Khambata http://islivenkicking.com/events/1800-blame-it-on-yashraj-an-agp-production http://in.bookmyshow.com/alwar/plays/blame-it-on-yashraj-an-agp-production/ET00012632

Magazine article – Pg. 36 http://issuu.com/yazdi/docs/synergyz_-_7/3