Kunal took it personally ( Gaurav)

Misunderstood: Gaurav Chopraa and Narayani Shastri

You'd expect that every contestant to have been voted out on Nach Baliye 2 would have a fair and equal opportunity to zip back into the contest via the Wild Card round.

However, that doesn't seem to be the case. That's why Gaurav Chopraa and Narayani Shastri pulled out from the round but later reversed their decision as they didn't want to be labelled spoilsports.

Villainous act
Narayani and Gaurav were compelled to change their script one day before their performance, which aired on Monday. Their original act was to begin with clippings of Malaika Arora and Kunal Kohli looking disappointed at their ouster. But the channel later requested them to make changes, which the couple brought in hastily.

Interestingly, it seems their defiant act went against them. Chopraa and Shastri believe that the judges took their lines 'Hero end mein aake villain ki band bajata hai' personally. Kohli even confronted Gaurav with, "Why are you calling us villains?"

That bit was edited out from the episode by the channel. After the act, Gaurav explained to Saroj Khan that they did not mean offence. He even told her about the clippings they were debarred from using. Saroj, however, did not have much to say in return.

The damage was done. The couple received only 22 points. A friend of the couple said, "The production house and the channel cannot deny forcing Gaurav and Narayani to change their script, because Gaurav even has the messages stored on his phone. The orders came from the production house, who said that the channel wanted it that way."

Getting personal
When contacted, Gaurav was shocked that we had learnt about the incident. Reluctant to talk about it at first, he finally relented and said, "That 'villain line' was not in our original script. A few hours before the act, we were informed that we couldn't use those clippings. We argued, but to no avail. Since the track was ready, we had to substitute something in that place."

Gaurav added that the clippings were the motivation behind their performance. "Consequently, their omission hampered our performance. The night before, when we should have been relaxing with a cool frame of mind, we were making changes in our choreography. What's worse, I think the judges misunderstood our act and thought that we were directing ire against them. Kunal made it obvious that he had taken it personally. And pray, why was I asked by Rajeshwari Sachdev who the villain was? Wasn't that an instigating question?"

The couple was also dissed for performing in anger. Gaurav said, "We had chosen a song that was joshila, so obviously we had to dance with josh. We were dancing to Jaan mein dum and not to Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein khayal aata hai."

Courtsey MIDDAY