Gopi Krishna(1935-1994)

Gopi Krishna was a renowned Kathak dancer and choreographer. He also studied Bharatnatyam. In 1952, at the age of seventeen, Gopi Krishna became one of the youngest choreographers in Hindi film history when he was hired to choreograph dances for Madhubala in [Link=tt0130993]Saqi[/link]. In 1955, he appeared in his first movie Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje, a movie which helped revive interest in classical dance. He also choreographed [link =tt0268342] Grahasti (1963)[/link], Dastaan (1972), Mehbooba (1976), Umrao Jaan (1981), and Naache Mayuri (1986). In 1975 the Indian government awarded him India's fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shri. He set a world record for the longest continuous Kathak dance at 9 hours and 20 minutes.