What a letdown in the finale!

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AreYaar

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Posted: 13 years ago

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Thanks for the replies, everyone! :-)

Agree with most of the general points being made...I just found it really STRANGE how they suddenly behaved like Raghav didn't even EXIST...I understand they can't pull down a whole epi by focussing on his illness and the show has to go on etc. etc...but the finale is supposed to be a HIGH point...they showed all these random long winded AVs about the journey of the last 4 weeks but they were so INANE...not to mention the pathetic filler comedy and random dancing acts b/w Jay-Marzi etc. etc...they couldn't take out ONE minute to mention WHY Raghav wasn't there? Do these ppl SERIOUSLY don't have an idea about how many ppl watch this show for him or did they choose to suddenly blind themselves to that reality?

@ridz1234: WORD to your point about Raghav's Barfi-like nature...I thought I was the only one who got that vibe from him but nice to know others felt it too...he's like the SUNSHINE of this show...even being ill, that brief appearance of his in the first half to wish Rohan-Faisal for their act or the bit with Soumya mentioning him in the AV...those were the few bits that LIT up the epi briefly for me...THAT is the adorable charm this guy has.

And yes apart from Raghav, Rohan also never really got his due in this show...he's a SUPERLATIVE dancer but instead of using him optimally, EVERY damn week was wasted on an Om-Tanay duet...I"m BEYOND sick of their acrobatic circus acts...why didn't we get more Soumya or Rohan acts? It's really unfair.

@Pallo: LOL I did love the Vrushali dance yaar obviously...they gave her something to do after many weeks...I didn't personally like the song choice much though and as a COHESIVE act overall, it didn't flow THAT well...the dancing styles were too different among the girls I guess but yes Vrushali was super graceful as she always is :-) If Soumya had danced Kathak with Vrushali...*sigh* Just imagine what an act that would have been

I did love Terence's opening act with the kids too...awesome energy! Ahh I'll miss Terence too :((

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Pallavi

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Posted: 13 years ago

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Originally posted by: AreYaar
Thanks for the replies, everyone! :-)

Agree with most of the general points being made...I just found it really STRANGE how they suddenly behaved like Raghav didn't even EXIST...I understand they can't pull down a whole epi by focussing on his illness and the show has to go on etc. etc...but the finale is supposed to be a HIGH point...they showed all these random long winded AVs about the journey of the last 4 weeks but they were so INANE...not to mention the pathetic filler comedy and random dancing acts b/w Jay-Marzi etc. etc...they couldn't take out ONE minute to mention WHY Raghav wasn't there? Do these ppl SERIOUSLY don't have an idea about how many ppl watch this show for him or did they choose to suddenly blind themselves to that reality?

@ridz1234: WORD to your point about Raghav's Barfi-like nature...I thought I was the only one who got that vibe from him but nice to know others felt it too...he's like the SUNSHINE of this show...even being ill, that brief appearance of his in the first half to wish Rohan-Faisal for their act or the bit with Soumya mentioning him in the AV...those were the few bits that LIT up the epi briefly for me...THAT is the adorable charm this guy has.

And yes apart from Raghav, Rohan also never really got his due in this show...he's a SUPERLATIVE dancer but instead of using him optimally, EVERY damn week was wasted on an Om-Tanay duet...I"m BEYOND sick of their acrobatic circus acts...why didn't we get more Soumya or Rohan acts? It's really unfair.

@Pallo: LOL I did love the Vrushali dance yaar obviously...they gave her something to do after many weeks...I didn't personally like the song choice much though and as a COHESIVE act overall, it didn't flow THAT well...the dancing styles were too different among the girls I guess but yes Vrushali was super graceful as she always is :-) If Soumya had danced Kathak with Vrushali...*sigh* Just imagine what an act that would have been

I did love Terence's opening act with the kids too...awesome energy! Ahh I'll miss Terence too :((

Oh totally agree with you and ridz1234 about Raghav being like Barfi. :))) That thought has totally crossed my mind too. And like you guys said, it's just his illuminating presence. He provides so much energy, spontaneity, laughter and goofiness on the show that it can put anyone in a good mood. That's the Barfi like charm of this guy...seriously even 2 seconds of him are worth it...and these people milked his popularity and unique personality/dance style all throughout DID 3 and LM and now this show...and hardly anything when the poor guy falls sick.

And yeah acting like he doesn't even EXIST on this show anymore?! WTH man. He's supposed to be the captain of the Yahoo team...it's just so petty and unprofessional and unfair. Gosh.

Rohan and Soumya both never got their due on this show. Two kids I was looking forward to watching the MOST. As well as Jeet too. He also kept getting stuck with Om with dumb choreographies...really never getting his due. Why do these people have NO kadar for good talent?? Like W*F is this show, really? What a waste of what could've been such an exciting show.

And what was that Pradeep-Vaishnavi duet? Didn't these two already do something like this earlier on too? 😕 How was this any different? 🥱 How many times do we have to watch the SAME thing?

Anyways, Anu, OMG yeah imagine a Soumya-Vrushali duet now. Seriously, jinko saath pair up karna chahiye, unko toh kabhi ni karte. Lost opportunity. :(

But yeah I toh actually did love that group dance on the whole too, yaar. I thought it went well. Was that song actually saying "oh WOMANIYA"?? Um...weird...😕😆 I thought it was some folksy song and I couldn't understand a word of it, so I went and looked it up and apparently the song has some majorly weird lyrics with some major sexual undertones and all. 😲 lol But on the outside, the beats and all sound very folksy and interesting. So I thought these girls used it well...and didn't make it look cheap or anything. Except some of Kruti's expressions...lol.

I actually thought the formations were very good. Even the way they started, where one pops out and then the other. And the way Vrushali was looking at each person as they "popped up". I liked that effect. And then of course...what made me SO happy was all the simple and girly and graceful movements which I haven't seen in FOREVER. 😆 I'm sure that was Vrushali's choreography only...all those walking across the stage gracefully and those tiny little movements and stuff. And this one other part I thought was good too when the four of them were in a horizontal line...and Vrushali starts with her kathak bit and then Kruti, then Vaishnavi and so on. I thought those four styles were very well shown there.

Of course if they had included a better dancer like Soumya, this act would've been much better because you couldn't really make out the Kuchipudi bits as well.

What I found interesting too, was how there were bits where all four girls were doing the same moves essentially...but each one of them were doing it in a different classical style which I thought was interesting. The idea was just so interesting and as I said, so pure and well intentioned. Not gimmicky, so I enjoyed it for that reason.

And interesting too, how in some areas all four girls were essentially doing the same moves...but Vrushali was so much better...just so much more graceful and expressive obviously. I was toh only watching her. I'm just in awe of the way this girl even STANDS on stage yaar...like her postures and all. SO professional and experienced and just SO graceful. Most dancers associated with DID, all can DO steps...all kinds of crazy steps...but only a few can make an IMPACT with the smallest of things. Attract the audience with the smallest of nuances in their dancing. That's what makes them stand out. And that's the thing NOBODY appreciates anymore, really. Circus like stunts dikhado jitne marzi.

But OHH you liked that little Raghav-Soumya AV moment too? LOL I KNEW you would notice that. Aww, it was so adorable na? These two were being themselves as always. 😆 Yaar, I toh would be happy just watching behind the scenes moments of these guys...Raghav, Soumya and Rohan.

And yeah I agree with this one poster above too, that how the heck did the result even get determined? 😕😆 There wasn't any scoring or anything...what was the point exactly? It was all so dumb. And yeah the final takkar, even I thought Ruturaj and Dharmesh were better even though I liked Rohan separately. Nothing made any sense...I guess it was all decided as usual. 🥱 But at least they could've shown everything convincingly...but no...itna bhi kasht kaun kare.

And oh yeah I also loved Terence with the kids too. This guy has energy equivalent to, if not more, than the KIDS even. 😆 It's a treat to watch him dance too. Aww I SO wish Raghav wasn't sick and he would've performed and we could've seen a Terence-Raghav bonding moment too. *sigh* SO many things we wanted to see but didn't get to...:(

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AreYaar

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Posted: 13 years ago

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@Pallo: LOL wow a whole thesis on that dance...you really loved it I can tell. Well personally the song choice put me off to begin with...secondly I don't personally think the KADAKPANAA required came through for most of the other classical forms...the costumes were not matching up either...only Vrushali in a ghaghra for her Kathak bit just oddly stood out compared to the similar looking costumes of the other three...I personally feel this act wasn't a very well PLANNED act if their attempt was to show various classical styles...it requires better choreography to BLEND various styles in a cohesive way...to me personally that didn't come through...they were graceful, yes...formations were good, sure...but to me there should be a THAAP in this classical dancing...that Soumya has...that even Binny-Amrita did in a classical medley they did a while back...the postures should show CLEARLY.

A genuinely good act is a combination of everything from great song choice, good choroeography to good execution...to me overall that didn't come through in this one...all they were doing was twirling around mostly and half of the time the steps weren't showing up clearly enough...ek PLEASANT quality that should be in your FACE, a kashish to hold the audience...missing in everyone except Vrushali in this act...Kruti looked like she just rinsed/repeated what she did in the previous DKS...she seemed off balance in some bits too.

So yeah I have to post this act to explain why postures need to show CLEARLY for the classical dance to be appreciated...to me today's dance was a hodge-podge in many ways

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3hymoJ27Hw[/YOUTUBE]

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Pallavi

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Posted: 13 years ago

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Ahh...I see your point now. 😆

LOL I write a thesis about everything yaar...mera kya hai. :P lol But yes, I did genuinely love this act...simply because it was refreshing. Again, the song choice didn't bother me because I really couldn't understand a word of the lyrics...and the beats sounded nice to me and went with the dancing also. *shrugs* And now that I do know the lyrics...I am actually appreciating the dance even more because of the interesting way in which this song was used. And the way the dance came across as so sweet.

But see, the intention of this act WASN'T to show the different classical styles. That's what I felt anyways. I never even thought that was the actual intention. The dance styles were just a medium to dance to the song...the outer styling in a sense...that's the intention I got anyways.

That Binny-Amrita act you posted...yeah I love that act too...but that was a DIRECT attempt at showing the different dance styles. There wasn't really any creativity there as much either...it was just a plain and simple and effective attempt of showing the different dance styles. And the song choice too, is a pretty standard song for a classical performance. But yeah both Binny and Amrita danced well.

I think this act was more folksy and more dancing just TO that song...not so much really even SHOWING the different dance styles directly. It wasn't so direct. I think it's actually harder to choreograph to this song too. That "dheem ta dare" song is much easier to choreograph classical on. So that idea itself was interesting to me. And this song has such changing beats and highs and lows, I thought the dance MOVES in themselves were choreographed well.

Yeah you make a good point about the KADAKNESS. Yeah, you're def. right...that could've been better for sure. And yeah agree about the repeated steps...even some of Vrushali's movements were repeated. And yes, classical dancing especially should attract you...with the dancers' face expressions and all too. Which yeah, nobody was doing except Vrushali.

But I guess I have my own reasons for liking this act...😆...oh I also liked that bit where the music goes, "ho hoo" or something..and all the girls do this hopping kind of move. On that "hiraniya" part. That back and forth travelling and the interactions between the girls were cute there.

YAAR...after a long time...especially due to Raghav's absence I actually liked an act on this show...especially watching Vrushali dance just gives me this JOY and inspiration...which I just can't expect anyone else to get. 😆 Especially those movements of simply TRAVELLING on stage...nobody does that anymore yaar...using that stage with dance steps.

I feel the act was well planned out actually. It was the execution that wasn't perfect. Even the little interactions between the dancers...like the whispering in the ears and the teasing. And the formations too. There WERE details yaar...and they went with the song...it wasn't executed to the T though, for sure.

But yeah...anyways...I understand there were too many little glitches bothering you, so you couldn't enjoy the performance on the whole, which makes sense.

And yeah that clarity wala point...that toh I've only seen with Soumya...*sigh*...that girl just has this unbelievable BALANCE between grace and that crispness that no one else can touch. It's just a God given gift and talent. Just so special.

Edit: Oh and yeah good point about the costumes. I'm starting to understand more why you didn't like this act so much. I guess it all seemed jumbled...more effort def. could've been made to clarify the dance steps/the overall performance. And yeah more thought could've went into the costumes also because each of the girls just wore their own outfits. Even though they were fitting with the respective dance styles, still more attempt could've been made to match the costumes.

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Posted: 13 years ago

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I have a lot to write in here

agree with LOT of your points.

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AreYaar

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Posted: 13 years ago

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Originally posted by: pigbelly4myfeet

Edit: Oh and yeah good point about the costumes. I'm starting to understand more why you didn't like this act so much. I guess it all seemed jumbled...more effort def. could've been made to clarify the dance steps/the overall performance. And yeah more thought could've went into the costumes also because each of the girls just wore their own outfits. Even though they were fitting with the respective dance styles, still more attempt could've been made to match the costumes.

Ahaa! You see it too now! lol...I do understand the rest of your points yaar and I'm not saying that this performance was similar in intention to the Binny-Amrita one but you understand what I mean about the blending now, right? Either they should have made ALL the girls do a similar style with similar costumes or not had SO many ppl doing the act and maybe just two...one Bharatnatyam, one Kathak...but having three VERY similar looking styles on one end and then Kathak standing out oddly on the other end just looked strange to me personally.

In the case of Binny-Amrita's performance, Geeta very smartly gave them costumes that BLENDED elements of the costumes of each type of dance they were doing...

In this performance, each classical style should have stood out DANCING-wise before COSTUME-wise...but to me the costumes were distracting firstly and I do feel that the choreography didn't blend in the styles well together...that is the lack of planning there...it was a nice performance otherwise.

Here's a pic that you'll like I guess😆

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Posted: 13 years ago

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Dissapointment is the word for Superkids Finale...

What lacked basically was some serious dancing...

Saturday..

1) I loved Rohan-Faisal Duet, seems like Kruti majorly choreographed it but the highlights were added by Raghav...:) the Bench Moment was simply Raghav's Creative Mind Thinking , I can bet on it. Rohan doing Contemporary always makes me excited because we have hardly seen him doing this and secondly Rohan is soo sharp with his Extentions , his timing , his steps completion and most of all his Grace ...he just force me to notice him .

2) Faisal solo was really Fabulous, I guess this has to be Faisal's 2nd performance which i actually enjoyed after his audition one . Out and Out Raghav's choreography again . The initial Lyrics part was beautifully interpretated , loved the "Yadon ke suli gad jaati hain " part , but I agree with Anu , Gusaoing Geeta's photo in the act was total uncalled one. It really brought the entire act for ME.

Rani..what to say..at one point of time she used to be my fav actress and watching her doing those cheap postures on Saturday was erm...below the belt. Bloody hell its a Kids show damn it..!! Kuch toh tamiz rakho , that too the Actress like her ...sheeesshhh...too bad .

I really got angry when Bipasha had come to promote Raaz..but atleast she behaved sophistically...Rani madam toh...How Despo these ppl get to promote thier movie...sheee...

Sunday...

1) I really liked the Girls Group Act...actually ek toh I love that Song...and to watch a Classical Act being performed on it was a real Surprise. Vrushali actually held my 90% of the attention . What Grace this Girl has ...Woww...Her Graceful Walk..her Nazaakat, her play with Eyes was Mesmerizing...

Kruti at times had some horrible Expression, so I was completely put off...Vaishnavi Dress was not at all Mohiniataam Style , It had a Weird cut coz of which her Shorts were visible and hence it dint made it look Traditional..Shalini sorry I just could't notice her ...Missed Soumya Terribly here...How fool these people are leaving such s Grace full dancer behind a performing ...like pigfatbelly I would have loved to see Vrush-Soumya Act...I guess Soumya would have easily beaten Vrush in grace dept there .

2) Takkar

Out of the Entire Four: Dharmesh, Rutu , Prince and Rohan . It was out and out Rohan for me who was the BEST amongst all. Dharmesh was doing his TYPICAL moves nothing new, Rutu Bollywood dint had that Wow Factor , Prince I dont what the hell was he doing ...I was like Ek toh dhag ka step kar gadhe. Rohan with his Sau Dard hain Solo really kept me glued , again Raghav's choreography and fabulous execution by Rohan . I really really LOVED the DILNASHEEN part...Raghav's what Genius man..!!! When actually Rohan made the Dil ...it reminded me of those Valentines day Heart Gift's...heheh..how they beat...that was eaxct representation Rohan did there . Loved Loved Loved it .

I agree with Anu , the initial Prince-Rohan part , Rohan did looked Lost , It looked as if he was just formally doing those steps and have something else goin in mind , his Face just showed this but later when the solo part started Rohan was back in his Element .

Gonna terribly miss Raghav, Rohan and Soumya . These 3 never got appreciated for their Pur Talent . Zee Tv toh kept Utilizing Raghav for his Talent , They very well know how popular Raghav is but never appreciated him...Amongst all the Kids from S1 and S2 , Rohan is the 1 who is Sharp , Crisp and just does't leave any Beat . Just liek how Raghav describes him "Beat ko pakadta ahian, Lyrics ko pakadta hain"...what Sharpness this Kid has ...wow..Sometimes He used to just amaze me , how easily he used to do those tiny tiny hand movement , like each and every muscle of his hand is moving to the Beat ...Soumya has to be the most Graceful dancer of all thye Girls from DID . Her flowy movements , her delicacy was something that made me her fan. Lastly Raghav , like how Terence says 8th Wonder he truely is , Amazing Talent...Out of all monotonous Dance Style , Hip Hop, popping locking , this guy comes with his own Unique Style which actually is of International Level . Raghav's sense of music is something that just left me wondering ...how can one represent something like this . I always thought Terence has great music sense , I have to say Raghav beats him here just because of his Creativity and I am sure had Raghav not been ill, Terence would have been sooo Proud to see Raghav like this . Raghav has to be the best Gem of the Toli combining all seasons...

One more to add...In DID S3...apart form Raghav , Pradeep was my secong fav ...but in superkids he simply dissapointed me ...I dint at all liked his any of the performance neither his solo nor his duets with Vaishanavi . His duet with Vaishnavi superhero was exactly what were they trying to potray ...I just dint got it ..moreover the song selection "Kurbaan huaa" was so random ...so backing story ...no proper justification to characters...what was exactly vaishanavi in that act...A damsel in Distress..A heroine what was she ??? Super Dissapointed Pradeep...

Best Solo- Raghav (Raat baki hain)

Best Duet : Raghav-Rohan (Khoon Chala)

Best Group Act : Yahho Team's Laavni

Best Takkar : Soumya-Vaishanavi

I guess If Raghav would not ahve been ill, Takkar would have been between Dharmesh-rutu and Raghav-Rohan . Shyaa...missed this last chance to see the R-Square Magic...

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AreYaar

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Posted: 13 years ago

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@Shakti_rock: I did like the Rohan-Faisal duet too and Faisal's solo as well but honestly to me personally that FEEL was not there to THAT level...I'm not being paranoid or biased but without Raghav, THAT level of feel is hard to achieve...

And I'm just BEYOND sick of the other team copying Raghav's choreography in EVERY second choreography...case in point Jeetu's...and the sad part is that they just CAN'T do JUSTICE to that choreography.

The FEEL that Raghav captures is SO unique...and the reason why Rohan is called Raghav's parchhaayi is cuz that SPECIAL feel more often than not comes WITH Raghav or when Raghav is closely involved in the choreography...Raghav being ill took away a lot of that VIBE of Team Yahoo in my opinion...by the last epi they just became a MEHH team to me just like any other team...like Wakaao is timepass...what made Yahoo special was all gone.

This entire competition they did not let any of the other contestants like Vrushali speak even ONCE...such a haphazard way they put all this together...Shreya was SO annoying as a choreographer and 90% of the epis were filled with stupid comic gags that bored me beyond death.

In these last two solos, Rohan's sau dard bit, yes I could see Raghav's stamp all over it...SUPERB choreography...but that SPECIAL energy was missing...to me atleast...and I'd really wanted to see Terence-Raghav interact one last time here atleast :(( *sigh*

I kept waiting for atleast ONE act to elevate this all from the mundane but that didn't happen...otherwise toh this is like any other dance show that I can watch for timepass...that special waali baat nahin thi sadly.

Rani's disgusting dance on that dreamum song was in VERY poor taste...🤢 I'm totally put off her now.

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Posted: 13 years ago

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I was really hoping for a Rohan-Soumya duet in the finale, can't believe they wasted so much time on all the random fillers like the Jay-Marzi gay drama, Geeta-Farah-Mithun love triangle, Shreya-Jay takkar. I wonder if they (Mithun, Geeta, Marzi) only come up with
such ideas .
I personally thought that a Rohan-Soumya duet would have been thousand times better than a Rohan-Faisal duet, firstly coz Rohan-Faisal already performed together ,that too recently, secondly coz Rohan and Soumya are the only contestants on the show who complement each other like no other pair on the show does..
They create this magic whenever they come together, something that went missing when Soumya was paired with Faisal. :P
I am really gonna miss Raghav, Rohan and Soumya- the three most special people on the show, who share a special bond.

Edited by dazey - 13 years ago