Gopi Krishna

Born

1935-08-22

Died

1994-02-18

Birthplace

Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]

Biography

Gopi Krishna was an Indian Kathak dancer, actor and choreographer. In 1952, a seventeen year-old Gopi Krishna became one of the youngest choreographers in Hindi film history. He also set a world record for the longest continuous Kathak dance, at 9 hours and 20 minutes.