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A sneak-peek into the celebs of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 3

by Tellywatch News Desk

Feb 27, 2009, Mumbai

The third season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa - Dancing with the Stars has twelve well-known personalities like the veteran cricketer, commentator and cricket analyst Mohinder Amarnath (with Lilian), the girl-next-door Parul Chauhan (with Deepak), versatile actor Ram Kapoor (with Marischa), the super model Gauhar Khan (with Hanif), television's heartthrob Karan Singh Grover with (Nicole), silver screen actress Bhagyashree (with Toby), magician Ugesh Sarcar (with Tina), the starlet Monica Bedi (with Javed), the Chak De girl Shilpa Shukla (with Nishant), musician Anand Raj Anand (with Rozita) and the Punjabi Indian rapper Hard Kaur (with Savio).

These twelve celebrities are paired with highly skilled dance partners who are accomplished choreographers. They will train, support and compliment the
celebrities some of whom may have never even danced before, but all of them have never learned all of these dance forms for sure.

It's an all woman panel of judges this year with the dynamic dance guru, Saroj Khan, the chirpy bollywood beauty, Juhi Chawla and the passionate choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant.

This popular dance show will be hosted by the stunning Shweta Tiwari and dashing Shiv Pandit who will be instrumental in motivating and encouraging the celebrity-choreographer duos week after week. The show is produced by BBC Worldwide Productions India for Sony Entertainment Television.

ANAND RAAJ ANAND & ROZITA RAJPUT

ANAND RAJ ANAND
Anand Raj Anand has multi-faceted skills - writing lyrics, composing and singing. His love for music and desire to create his own identity brought him to Mumbai which heralded his struggle in the industry. After a long fight the musician recorded seven songs out of which three were used in the film Masoom. One of Anand's creations 'Chota Baccha Samajhke…' became an instant hit and he was flooded with offers. Anand composed some good melodies for films like Major Saab, Qila, Pardesi Babu and Ek Hindustani. At a time when the industry is flooded with new beats and remixes, Anand has adapted to the market's requirements and yet retained the unique quality of his music. He now moves a step further from composing to dancing to tunes in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3.

ROZITA RAJPUT
She is a professional dancer from Mumbai and has been teaching Bollywood dance style for 4 years now. Her favourite dance forms are Bollywood, Salsa and Hip-hop.

BHAGYASHREE & TOBY FERNANDES

BHAGYASHREE

Bhagyashree shot to fame as Suman, the nave and youthful girl from the hit Bollywood blockbuster Maine Pyaar Kiya. However, her career took a back seat when she settled down for marital bliss. But as people rightly say, once an actor always an actor, Bhagyashree returned to the big screen in Humko Deewana Kar Gaye and since then there has been no looking back. Not new to the dancing routine, she is all set for her reality television debut and take the acid test in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3.

TOBY FERNANDES

Toby is the winner of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 1 with Mona Singh and trained Sonali Kulkarni in season 2. He teaches Salsa, Jazz and Contemporary Dance to his pupils for the last 16 years. A self trained dancer, Toby has worked with the Japanese event team and choreographed a dream project for the only Space Park in the whole of Asia. He has also choreographed shows for singers like Suneeta Rao, Mehnaz, Shaan, Leslie Lewis, Anu Malik etc.

GAUHAR KHAN & HANIF HILAL

GAUHAR KHAN

Intelligent, smart and gorgeous are just a few a words to describe Gauhar Khan, a supermodel, who with flamboyance does what she is best at… walking the rampA graduate from Anupam Kher's school of acting, Gauhar is fully prepared to explore the world of cinema too

Gauhar, also a former Miss India, is the sister of popular television actor Nigaar Khan. This svelte beauty now follows the footsteps of her elder sister by joining the league on television for the very first time with Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3.

HANIF HILAL
Hanif is an all rounder with a strong understanding of International style of Ballroom Dance in India, some of these include Latin American Ballroom, Free Style, Jazz, Bollywood, Rumba, Samba, Jive, Cha – Cha, Paso Doble, Waltz and Boogie. He also conducts Latin American Ballroom Dance workshops and has performed at various corporate events, pageants and competitions. He was also associated with the training of Femina Miss India participants in the year 2005 and trained Pooja Bedi in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 1.

HARD KAUR & SAVIO BARNES

HARD KAUR

Hard Kaur aka Taran Kaur Dhillon is popularly known as the Punjabi Indian rapper who shot to fame with the song Glassy. Her song Move your body from Johnny Gaddaar became an instant hit and ruled the music charts. Since then Hard Kaur, has sung numerous songs in films like Ugly Aur Pagli, Singh Is Kinng, Kismat Konnection and Bachna Ae Haseeno.

Working hard and determined to live her dream of being successful, she moved to London to study at the London School of Music. Strong and very talented, Hard Kaur is prepared to face the music, yet again!

SAVIO BARNES

Savio has been in the industry for 5 years and started his career choreographing music videos and shows for the Band of Boys. He has choreographed for various shows 'He – Man', Mr. Universe, Femina Miss India 2004 and a dance reality show. His work can be seen in films like Honeymoon travels, Budha Mar Gaya and Loot. Savio has also worked on shows with musicians like Shankar Mahadevan, Richa Sharma, Kailash Kher and has done a world tour in 2008 with Kailash Kher, Aatif Aslam and Richa Sharma.

KARAN SINGH GROVER & NICOLE ALVARIS

KARAN SINGH GROVER

Karan Singh Grover originally from Delhi, spent his childhood in Saudi Arabia and then came back to India to pursue a Degree in Hotel Management. But as the saying goes…destiny had a different plan for him and he landed himself into the world of acting! His career in television kick started with shows like Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Solhah Singaar, C.I.D. before rising to popularity with the role of the cute Dr. Armaan Mallik from Dill Mill Gaye.

Karan is flirtatious, fun-loving and avails every opportunity of playing pranks on people. He has always explored new directions of displaying his talent, this time he is even more eager to shake a leg and add on to his achievements with Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3.

NICOLE ALVARIS
Nicole is trained in Latin Ballroom, Salsa, Merengue, Ramba, Samba, Cha Cha, Jive, Paso Doble, Waltz, Foxtrot and Tango. She has been instrumental in training the Femina Miss India and Grasim Mr. India Contestants for two consecutive years and has been teaching dance for over 5 years. Last season's Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa saw Nicole train popular actor Ronit Roy to her tunes.

MOHINDER AMARNATH & LILIAN MENDES

MOHINDER AMARNATH

Mohinder 'Jimmy' Amarnath, the legendary Indian Cricketer is now a cricket analyst. Known for his fighting spirit he was dropped from the Indian team on several occasions and every time he fought his way back with sterling performancesAmarnath is noted for his personality, courage and determination. He strikes back to try the unusual only on Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 3

LILIAN MENDES

Lilian has been in the profession for the last 8 years and has started a dance school 'Dance Planet' which specializes in Salsa, Jive and Bollywood. She recently choreographed Nach Baliye and works on various shows and conducts workshops for Corporates.

MONICA BEDI & JAVED SANADI

MONICA BEDI

Monica Bedi started her career with Taj Mahal, a Telugu film and then went on to do a lot more films both in mainstream Hindi and Telugu. However, it was her association with Abu Salem that caught national and international headlines. But her participation in Bigg Boss 2, her elimination and the consequent return as the wild card entrant brought the real Monica close to the audiences. After her successful stint in the reality show, Monica's aspiration of making it big on the small screen has seen new heights and she is now ready to make her presence felt on Jhalak Dikhala Jaa 3.

JAVED SANADI

Javed was seen sizzling with Sandhya Mridul to reach the finals of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 2. He has been teaching dance for 7 years and specializes in Cha Cha, Salsa, Rumba, Samba, Jazz, Folk Dance and Ballet. His favourite style is Latin American dance.

PARUL CHAUHAN & DEEPAK SINGH

PARUL CHAUHAN

This young and enthusiastic girl from Lucknow came to Mumbai a few years ago leaving her engineering course mid way only to make it big in the city of dreams! She was hugely motivated by her brother's friend to try modeling and her very first attempt won her the lead role in 'Sapna Babul Ka Bidaai'. Today she is a household name and is loved for her character of the dark skinned 'Ragini'.

Parul is full of energy, zest and modesty. She strongly believes in 'simple living and high thinking' and is not one to be deterred by competition. Watch this simple saree clad girl in a new avatar, move from drama to dance, only on Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 3.

DEEPAK SINGH

Deepak is the winner of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 2 with Prachi Desai. He has been teaching dance forms like Salsa, Samba, Cha Cha, Jive, Waltz, Bachata, Meregue and Bollywood for more than 7 years. His favourite dance style is Salsa and Bollywood.

RAM KAPOOR & MARISCHA FERNANDES

RAM KAPOOR

Charismatic actor Ram Kapoor is best known for essaying the role of 'Jai Walia'. His character not only gained immense popularity among the masses but has also won him numerous awards. Originally Ram went abroad to study film making but instead landed up joined the Stanislavski Method Acting Academy in Los Angeles. It was friend Ekta Kapoor who cast him in her shows but the show Ghar Ek Mandir put him in the forefront. Ram is known for his modesty and dedication at work. And now the actor now moves ahead to try the unknown – dancing and shaking a leg on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3.

MARISCHA FERNANDES

Marischa was seen training the hockey coach and non-dancer Mir Ranjan Negi last season. She is a choreographer–dancer who has been teaching dance for the last 11 years. Her passion for life comes through dance forms like Salsa, Jive, Waltz, Cha Cha, Disco, Hip Hop, Jugalbandi, Jazz and Bollywood.

SHILPA SHUKLA & NISHANT BHAT

SHILPA SHUKLA

Shilpa Shukla is best remembered for playing the character Bindiya, a daring no-nonsense girl from the SRK starrer Chake De IndiaEven after having delivered strong performances in Khamosh Pani and Hazaron Khwaishein Aisi it was Chak De India that brought her into the limelight

Nevertheless, this theater artist has proved her mettle as an actress and is now excited to try something new with Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3.

NISHANT BHAT

Nishant who has been in the industry for 2 years and started his career by working on A R Rehman Concerts and Award nights. He has choreographed for various fiction shows as well as reality shows like Jasuben Jayantilal Ki Joint family, Aaja Mahi Ve, Nach Baliye, Shava Shava and Yeh Shaam Mastani. He is undoubtedly one of the most enthusiastic and youngest choreographers on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa this season.

UGESH SARCAR & TINA SACHDEV

UGESH SARCAR

The young kohl-eyed, curly-haired Ugesh Sarcar was born and brought up in Bangalore. Like his father Professor M C Sarcar, Ugesh was introduced to magic at a very early age. There is nothing magical in the world but Ugesh can create simple magic with ease. He is an ordinary man with extraordinary powers, a real person with real magic. He believes that the solution to any problem lies in the presentation and innovation. It is not what you do but how you do it. He always wanted to be 'different' and stand out from others, in his profession and otherwise, this 'games ka jadugaar' is now set to try something new.

TINA SACHDEV

No less than a model, Tina has done a few commercials for Fanta and performed at shows abroad. She has been teaching dance for more than 2 years at Sway – a popular dance academy. Tina is well trained in dance forms like Bollywood, Ballroom, Salsa, Jazz, and Hip-hop of which she enjoys Salsa, the most.

JUHI CHAWLA (JUDGE)

A former Miss India, Juhi Chawla is perhaps one of the bubbliest and most attractive actresses seen on the Hindi film screen in the last two decades. She won the audiences heart with her warmth, natural acting and down to earth attitude.

Her work has been appreciated in the numerous commercially successful films, from Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak & Darr to Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke, which earned her the Filmfare Best Actress Award, to Yes Boss, Ishq and most recently Luck By Chance. She also gained critical recognition for her strong performances in films like Jhankaar Beats, 3 Deewarein, My Brother Nikhil and Bas Ek Pal. This versatile actress has also worked in Punjabi and Malayalam films and has diversified into film production. She also co-owns the Indian Premier League team - the Kolkata Knight Riders along with husband Jay and best buddy Shah Rukh.

Juhi continues to act in movies and make appearances in many off-beat, character oriented films. Now she adds yet another feather in her cap with being a judge on Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 3.

SAROJ KHAN (JUDGE)

Saroj Khan is one of the most reputed choreographers of the Indian film industry and remains the guru of Indian film dances. From a child-artiste, she became a group dancer and then graduated to being an assistant dance master and finally a dance master. In the last two decades she has worked with almost all the heroines - Rekha, Sridevi, Madhuri, Karisma, Urmila and Aishwarya. There's hardly a star in Bollywood who hasn't danced to her tunes. The lady has also lent her voice to songs in films like Aatish and Koi Aap Sa. She got her ever famous recognition for choreographing Madhuri's dance moves in the song 'choli ke peeche kya hai…' from the film Khalnayak

From being a choreographer to a singer, she dons yet another role of being a judge on the show Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 3

VAIBHAVI MERCHANT (JUDGE)

Vaibhavi Merchant is one of the most sought after choreographers in Bollywood today. She debuted as an actor in a Malayalam film but soon returned to her roots as a choreographer. Vaibhavi won her first National award for choreographing 'Dhole baaje' from the movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam… after which she took a short break and resurfaced by choreographing the song 'O ri chhori' from the Oscar nominated movie Lagaan. She has directed most of the popular dance sequences in recent times, including the spectacular Kajra re and the current chart buster 'Masakhali Masakhali' from Delli 6. She will now be seen as a judge on Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 3.

SHWETA TIWARI (HOST)

Shweta Tiwari, a one time stage actress, has today attained an iconic status on television with her character Prerna. She began her career at the age of twelve and also worked in a travel agency.

Shweta got noticed by a well-known director while working in Khoobsoorat Bahu on stage. Her television career kick started with a role in Kaleerein and then she moved to meatier roles in Aane Waala Pal, Karam, Kasautii Zindagi Kay, Kya Hadsa Kya Haqueeqat, Kahin Kissi Roz and more recently is seen in Jaane Kya Baat Hui. And now this much celebrated actress will be hosting the latest season of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 3.

SHIV PANDIT (HOST)

This ambitious Delhiite holds a strong background in theatre and desires to work in films. After a successful stint as a lead in Bombay Talking and Let's Enjoy, he made a mark with his comic timing in the show F.I.R. He was always interested in cricket and followed the game closely since childhood. His effective and stylish anchoring in the IPL series instantly hit off with the viewers and his work was appreciated. Few know that Shiv worked as a radio jockey for more than two years in Mumbai. And now catch this dashing young man enthrall the audiences once again as a host on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3.

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 3 – Dancing with the Stars starting February 27, every Friday and Saturday at 9:00 p.m. on Sony Entertainment Television.

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