Naz Choudhury

Naz Choudhury
Naz Choudhury at the Dhamaka Concert, O2 Arena, London
Born	UK
Nationality	British
Occupation	Bollywood dancer, choreographer, artistic director, producer
Years active	1997-present

Naz Choudhury is a British Bollywood dance specialist, show producer and artistic director from East London.

Choudhury recently made history as a Nobel Peace Prize Concert performer. He led his team of Bolly Flex dancers alongside a great mainstream cast including Queen Latifah, Steven Tyler, and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, who performed for the joint award winners Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi. This event was expected to be broadcast across 120 countries and was predicted to be seen by over a billion people.

Choudhury’s most popular achievement is choreographing and performing in the first Bollywood act on the BBC's hugely popular dance show Strictly Come Dancing, which was seen live by over 10 million people and brought Bollywood to the show for the first time. Most recently also choreographed the Bollywood segment with Will Young and Karen from the Strictly pro's.

His most notable achievements came after his appearance on Dragons' Den in 2010, at the age of 26. He created super hit productions such as Bollywood Showstoppers and the Dhamaka Concerts.

In 2011 he took his dance company Bolly Flex to Sky 1's Got To Dance, receiving standing ovations and gold stars from all the critics. He then took Bolly Flex on tour across the UK and Europe. They were the first Bollywood dance company to play the Royal Opera House. In 2012 he directed and produced the Dhamaka Bollywood Concert with Flex FX Production, featuring Atif Aslam performing live with Bollywood dancers Bolly Flex.

2013 Naz created Bollywood Showstoppers with Bipasha Basu,Atif Aslam,Malaika Arora Khan, Shaan and Bolly Flex which took place at The O2 Arena London and the LG Arena (Birmingham) in April 2013. The event was attended by over 18,000 people. He also produced a charity show called Eid Masti 2013 at London’s Wembley Arena with Shafqat Amanat Ali alongside a range of stars from Pakistan on 20 October 2013. In 2014,Bollywood Showstoppers became the biggest British Bollywood production as Naz put together a huge lineup of superstars to sell out the O2 Arena. The lineup of 2014 included Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Jacqueline Fernandez, Mika Singh, Ali Zafar, classical dance sensation Leena Patel and Bolly Flex. The show also featured Yo Yo Honey Singh. The show received rave reviews and all the stars performed exceptionally. This was without a doubt one of Naz Choudhury's most successful achievements since the beginning of his career.