Shakti Mohan is an Indian dancer, choreographer and television personality. She is the winner of Zee TV's dance reality show Dance India Dance 2. She has been a judge and captain of Indian reality show Dance Plus since its inception,.

Early life

Shakti Mohan was born to Kusum Mohan and Brijmohan Sharma. Shakti Mohan is originally from Delhi.
She was aspiring to become an IAS officer before her appearance on Dance India Dance (DID). 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

Following her victory in the second season of ''Dance India Dance'', Shakti produced dance-themed calendars for 2012 and 2013. She was cast in the fictional dance based teen series ''Dil Dosti Dance'' (2011) as main lead character. In 2012, she collaborated with the composer Mohammed Fairouz on a BBC-sponsored dance project in New York City. In 2013, Mohan launched a YouTube channel with dance instruction videos. She was also a contestant and finalist on ''Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'' (2014). She then became the judge and mentor in the dance competition reality show ''Dance Plus'' for Seasons 1–4 and also judged the show ''Dance Singapore Dance''. Her first song as a choreographer in Bollywood is "Nainowale Ne" in the movie ''Padmaavat''. In 2020, Shakti choreographed a song for Ranbir Kapoor in the film ''Shamshera'' directed by Karan Malhotra. The film was released in July 2022. In 2013, Mohan launched a YouTube channel with dance instruction videos. She was also a contestant and finalist on ''Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'' (2014). She then became the judge and mentor in the dance competition reality show ''Dance Plus'' for Seasons 1–4 and also judged the show ''Dance Singapore Dance''. Her first song as a choreographer in Bollywood is "Nainowale Ne" in the movie ''Padmaavat''. In 2020, Shakti choreographed a song for Ranbir Kapoor in the film ''Shamshera'' directed by Karan Malhotra. The film was released in July 2022. Shakti has also been a part of a L’Oréal Paris campaign in 2020.She has appeared in the music videos ''Kamli'' (2013), ''Akh Lad Jaave Nritya Jam'' (2018), ''Kanha Re'' (2018), ''Aakhri Baar'' (2019), ‘The Chamiya Song’ (2019) and ‘Saaton Janam’ (2020).Shakti Mohan, with her brand NrityaShakti for dance production, has produced two webshows on YouTube named ''Break A Leg'' Season 1 and 2. Shakti has also been a part of a L’Oréal Paris campaign in 2020.She has appeared in the music videos ''Kamli'' (2013), ''Akh Lad Jaave Nritya Jam'' (2018), ''Kanha Re'' (2018), ''Aakhri Baar'' (2019), ‘The Chamiya Song’ (2019) and ‘Saaton Janam’ (2020).Shakti Mohan, with her brand NrityaShakti for dance production, has produced two webshows on YouTube named ''Break A Leg'' Season 1 and 2. Shakti has also been a part of a L’Oréal Paris campaign in 2020.She has appeared in the music videos ''Kamli'' (2013), ''Akh Lad Jaave Nritya Jam'' (2018), ''Kanha Re'' (2018), ''Aakhri Baar'' (2019), ‘The Chamiya Song’ (2019) and ‘Saaton Janam’ (2020).Shakti Mohan, with her brand NrityaShakti for dance production, has produced two webshows on YouTube named ''Break A Leg'' Season 1 and 2. She is the younger sister of the singer Neeti Mohan and elder sister of the dancer and actress Mukti Mohan, also produced a dance music video with her sisters.