Simran Ahuja’s ‘Dance Like a Goddess‘ is a boon for pandemic-Navratri’s non-mass Garba
Simran Ahuja has played Garba for 18 yrs and won 18 consecutive Garba Queen titles in India and America. She won her first title in 2000 “Queen of Sankalp” which is the biggest title in the country. She is the author of the first book in the world on Garba Dance form, titled ‘Nine Nights Navratri’, unveiled by Former Chief Minister of Gujarat, Smt Anandiben Patel. Simran happens to one of the very few Indians invited by BBC London for an interview in regards to the book. She is the queen of Bruhad Mumbai Gujarat Samachar (2005), one of the most prestigious titles in the country. In 2007, she won three Queen titles- Queen at Preeti Pinky, Queen of Aces & Best Dressed at Sankalp.
She has officially won 2 back to back titles the same evening in 2012- Queen at Korum, Best Dancer at Morphosis. Her achievements have a global reach. In 2011, she was declared as the Best Dancer in Florida & America. She was the Cultural Ambassador of Navratri in Paris for 2 years. Brand Ambassador for Asia’s Biggest Navratri Utsav at Country Club Dubai, since 5 yrs., and was on the cover page of ‘Salt N Peppa’ Dubai Magazine as the ‘Dancing Queen’… She was also a part of the jury at all the prestigious Navratri Celebrations., including India Fest at the USA.
With each success got her press coverage of live pictures in 100s of renowned publications worldwide, including yesterday. She is probably every girl envy on the professional forefront with so many accomplishments under her belt. However, Simran’s personality screams modesty, humility, and sobriety. Achievers like Simran is necessary in a world full of duality.
“Dance like a Goddess is a caption by The Times of India Group in 2014 and that’s why the name of the film is Dance like a Goddess. Dance has always been my passion. Never in my life, I thought I will come across an opportunity where I will be able to share my journey with my fans. It feels unreal!” Further adding “Working with Brahmanand S Singh ji is a dream come true. A national award winner showcasing my story is a compliment in itself” and “Mr. Ajit Khairpuri Ji from Hongkong, who is extremely passionate about living life as a Celebration, gave his instant yes to the story, my kind Thanks to him”
Simran Ahuja, a Fashionista, a diva beyond bounds, Ms. India 2013, with her intro to this beautiful dance-form of Garba, life has never been the same for her again. Multifaceted Magnificence or a A multitude of Resonating Talent, are the idioms that strike the mind when one mentions this distinguished achiever. A masterful Craftswoman in so many immeasurable assorted genres, that even the best in the business take inspiration and pay respects in utter admiration.
An entrepreneur at Aviation, An Illustrious Author, A Folk Dance Icon, A Brand Ambassador to numerous Entities, Recipient of Countless Prestigious Awards including the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Award and the BRICS Award. An eminent Doctor in Naturopathy and an International Yoga Icon with Distinguished letters from the Honorable Prime Minister of India’s Office, recognizing her exceptional contribution to Yoga and Fitness across the world, popularly known as Simran Ahuja Yoga Lover. As the Cultural Ambassador at Paris, she takes the Cultural Dance of India to several countries and has been Judging several Competitions all across the globe including the USA. Having won 18 consecutive Folk Dance titles in India and America, she’s known as the ‘Queen of Garba Dance’. Apart from her diverse and innumerable accomplishments, she’s also an Academic Scholar with a Master’s Degree in Finance. Her achievement has paved a way for an entire generation of women to embark upon. They have become a reason for girls to believe that with sheer determination and perseverance, you can try to reach out for the sky. She’s someone who is a flag-bearing epitome of the belief that passion is life and if lived to the fullest, nothing is impossible
During her journey towards incredible success and fame, she has always been a girl who has broken cliches on all accounts of life and still continues to live life like a Queen, who is meant to conquer unstoppably. She began her 2020 quest by Hosting tremendously enterprising events such as Reliance Digital Filmfare Awards, Mahabiz 2020-Atlantis Dubai, Mauritius 2020 Concert with Legendary Singer Udit Narayan Ji, Spectacular Filmfare Technical Awards 2020, Amazon FILMFARE Awards 2020, Nykaa Femina Beauty Awards, Sol Lions Gold Awards, AMEA Conference, Dubai, Filmfare Style, and Glamour Awards; 5th Dham at Cambodia and Malaysia, Jewelry Show at Dubai,.and the Spectacular IIFA 20, which was held September 2019.. Apart from her Forte of Anchoring, she has also bestowed the honor of being the Brand Ambassador for Retro Gym. She was also the Proud Recipient of the extremely Admired World Book of Records 2020 and Embarked upon yet another journey of her life with a Debut release of her 1st feature Film, ‘ Zindagi Tumse’. All was going uphill, until Covid- 19 pandemics struck the world really hard.
While the pandemic made most of the world anxious, Simran benchmarked and explored new avenues, altering her approaches to make adversity look like opportunity and as they say ” Fortune always has and always will favor the brave”. The flamboyant and ever so resolute Simran uncovered the mantra to overcome this challenge and explored her Health and Wellness expertise to give the world some peace at this point of time. As Brand Ambassador to Country Club, she conducted incessant Yoga sessions, which were both healing and inspirational for people from Japan, United States of America, South America, United Kingdom, and numerous other Countries around the world. She amassed a massive 0.2 million in the audience on her live streaming videos. While giving society peace and calm, she kept zeal for Anchoring alive and imparted magnificent service in hosting a shows with the India Business Group Chamber of Commerce, where fruitful discussions helped on keeping the
over anxious audience informed about the present scenario of business on a global level. Just when one thought all of this was more than what a human can settle-for, she was roped in as a Celebrity Anchor with TV Asia, USA, Mexico, and Canada, where Simran has interviewed and is still interviewing celebrated personalities such as Sonu Sood, Talat Aziz, Zareen Khan, Anuradha Paudwal, Usha Uttup, Anu Malik, Abhay Deol in the previous 6 months of her tenure. Not many are Blessed with the passion in life, to achieve so much and still have an unrelenting thirst for more. It is this inexorable rigor of Simran Ahuja that was duly honored recently, as she was conferred as Grand Marshal for India Independence Day at California, USA. An honor which is bestowed only to those who are extraordinary in existence.
Spirituality is very close to her heart as she anchored the show for His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ji under the guidance of the Respected Hinduja family and Dada J. P Vaswani Ji and the Brahmakumaris on Healing our Earth YouTube Channel. Simran Ahuja, A true woman of substance, who truthfully personified the thought with her remarkable deeds that she still has ” Miles to go before she sleeps”
Simran Ahuja says “With no mass Garba happening this year, our film ‘Dance Like a Goddess’, becomes a feast for the millions of Garba hungry dance lovers. A special mention to Neha Ajit Khairpuri ji & Brahmanand S Singh ji for trusting me with their vision. And for all others too, a sense of sheer exhilaration to see this amazing dance form as a life-journey, with spectacular dance ho and a brand new delightful Garba song’, Deewani, Garba Ni.“