Gulabo Sapera

Gulabo Sapera (a.k.a. Gulabo or Dhanvantri; born 1973) is an Indian dancer from Rajasthan, India.[1]

Gulabo Sapera
Sapera in 2016
Born
Rajasthan, India
OccupationDancer
Years active1980 – present
SpouseSohan Nath

Personal life

Gulabo was born in 1973 in the nomadic Kalbaliya community. She was the seventh child of her parents.[2] Gulabo Sapera became a celebrity dancer later in life.[3]

In 2011, Gulabo featured in the reality television show Bigg Boss as contestant no. 12.[4] On the show, she told the audience that she had been buried alive right after her birth, to be rescued by her mother and aunt.

Awards
  • The Government of India awarded her the Padma Shri in 2016.[5]
  • Bharat Gaurav Award 2021[6]

Television
Year Shows Role Channel Notes
2011Bigg Boss 5Celebrity ContestantColors TVEvicted Week 2, Day 14

References
  1. "गुलाबो ने कहा, नहीं करेंगे सरकारी कार्यक्रम" (in Hindi). Dainik Bhaskar. 22 April 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  2. Thierry Robin and Véronique Guillien (2000) Gulabi Sapera, danseuse gitane du Rajasthan, ISBN 2-7427-3129-6
  3. Soparrkar, Sandip (28 September 2017). "Kalbeliya dancer who charms". The Asian Age. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. "Jonty Rhodes and Navjot Singh Sidhu may still join Bigg Boss 5". DailyBhaskar.com. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  5. "Padma Awards 2016". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  6. "Bharat Gaurav Award". Bharatgauravaward.com.
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