Disappointed in Shakti-Tushar so far.

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I've watched Shakti since DID2 and I love her. She is a fabulous dancer who can very easily overshadow any dancer she dances with. She has amazing flexibility, stage presence, and dancing is clearly her passion. Tushar I think is the best choreographer that happened to Jhalak since Shampa. Not only is he a fabulous dancer, but his choreography is amazing. he has the vision and creates this environment where the audience is just sucked in, something I felt other some other overhyped choreographers sorely lack. I was amazed at how much he pushed a complete non-dancer like Ekta last season. So when these two were paired together, I was super excited! But sadly, I have been pretty disappointed with all their performances so far.

I am not sure what's going on (if they're not agreeing on the choreography behind the scenes, clashing in other ways, or what), but I think they lack connect together. In their performances either Shakti stands out or Tushar. Never the both of them. Last week was all about Shakti with Tushar surprisingly struggling to keep up. This week, I felt Tushar stood out much more. In fact besides Shakti's expected flexibility and grace , I saw nothing memorable in her. Her expressions were so bad!

I also think Shakti's been SAFE in her performances so far, focusing on her strengths only. She says she wants to push herself but I haven't seen it yet at all. I already know she is flexible and does amazing contemporary. This week was Indian and I expected a lot from the performance because I absolutely fell in love with Tushar's Sitaharan chau/odissi choreography last season. Shakti has little experience in Indian too so she really could have pushed herself and tried something completely out of her comfort zone. But I was disappointed to see them pick Indian contemporary and dance less, focusing on poses mainly. I don't know if Tushar is being safe like Salman was with each of his partners, highlighting their strengths only, or he is getting overridden by Shakti wanting to be safe or he's simply overwhelmed by expectations...but whatever it is, I hope they fix it. I don't think their performances have deserved a full 40 either.

There's plenty of other dance styles out there that it would be nice to see them try.

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Had hoped with made in India, shakti will atleast try something indian. Bur except for a few chhau moves I only saw stretching. And whike doing a very bssic classical move, she lost her footing ane none of the judges pointed it out.

Also she needs to work heavily on expression or abhinaya department. The act was sad love and no where did I feel any connection with her. I would exempt tushar as he is choreo but for a boy's song, his face was surprisingly expression less.

I kinda agree with you word for word himani. But we would be probably bashed a lot for saying this.

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Posted: 11 years ago

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I have the same feelings as you. She's staying in her comfort zone. With the Indian theme I also thought she would try something more on the classical side, but that didn't happen. I also want to see more from her rather than just the things she's comfortable with.

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Posted: 11 years ago

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I agree somewhat.

Shakti was supposed to push herself and go out of her comfort zone, but I see nothing of the sort as of yet. Even within the 'made in India' framework, they are doing Indian contemporary. What exactly is that? I really liked the performance last night TBH, because it looked beautiful, but the fact remains that the performance was mostly gimmicky. Kamli, toh I really disliked because Shakti was basically dancing for her own on her own, with no attention to the partner. Their performances, while visually beautiful, are sorely lacking in connection.

Which brings me to my original theory about pairings, Mouni and Tushar should have been paired together. Tushar-the less popular choreographer, cannot hold his own in front of a much more experienced dancer like Shakti. Hence they are stuck repeating their routines and playing up their strengths, never really going out of the zone.

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So I rewatched her performance and yes Shakti did lose her footing in the beginning in the classical move! Expressions were weak also.

It's not just Indian classical though. She could easily have even done Bollywood, folk dances (there's SO many in India, many that we're not even aware of)...or chau mixed with that. But they picked her forte, Indian contemporary.

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Well I found Tushar choreography exceptional only in one performance in last season where he did Chaau with Ekta.. When he was with Sana, I found his choreography pretty average and Sana outdid him in energy level and did dance better than him. He is exceptional only when it comes to Chaau and in rest of the dance forms he pretty much do what others do in Jhalak, I mean contemporary with lifts, Aerial acts.😆He isn't fast dancer, when he dances with fast dancers like Sana, Shakti they outdid him, he matches with them only when there's Indian classical. Coming to Shakti, she was brilliant in her first performance. What I observed she performs brilliantly when more focus is on her and fast dances. When it comes to couple dance Tushar fails to match with Shakti's fast dance moves and Shakti failed with Tushar's Indian classical moves.😛Their second and third performances were more of a couple performances so they had compatibility issues. Coming to playing safe, every choreographer in Jhalak places safe based on their partners strengths especially when they have great trained performers. I don't think Tushar is exceptional in this. As I see Jhalak as individual celebrity performances and choreographers as their strength I don't have problem with Shakti's individual performances as she is living upto her standards. Note: This is my personal view as I watch show as neutral viewer and am not jealous basher of any celebrity.😆

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Totally agree with you... its still to see the real proper chemistry between the duo...
i am still unable to connect them both...
both are good dancers i agree but somehow that is over powering their chemistry...
it is pretty mechanical for me...
shakti might be flexible so is tushar but there is no chemistry and that partner essence is missing.

i want to see shakti dancing classical coz i still see lot of contemporary moves in her classical dance. that softness that is needed is missing right now...

however i would reserve my comment till i see her full classical performance.

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Originally posted by: Star_girl
I agree somewhat.
Shakti was supposed to push herself and go out of her comfort zone, but I see nothing of the sort as of yet. Even within the 'made in India' framework, they are doing Indian contemporary. What exactly is that? I really liked the performance last night TBH, because it looked beautiful, but the fact remains that the performance was mostly gimmicky. Kamli, toh I really disliked because Shakti was basically dancing for her own on her own, with no attention to the partner. Their performances, while visually beautiful, are sorely lacking in connection.
Which brings me to my original theory about pairings, Mouni and Tushar should have been paired together. Tushar-the less popular choreographer, cannot hold his own in front of a much more experienced dancer like Shakti. Hence they are stuck repeating their routines and playing up their strengths, never really going out of the zone.

Hmm, I don't really agree. He's pretty experienced himself.

They lack a connect while dancing and it's not because one is better than the other. They're both very good as dancers...they just need to perform so that both stand out. Maks is right. Shakti is a soloist. She is amazing when its about her but her partner work she has mainly done well with Amar, even in DID. I remember performances with other dancers like Punit, Jai failing for one reason or another.

Kamli was a bad song to pick for a Tango. Songs matter a lot more than most choreographers think. You have to choreograph according to the mood, lyrics of the songs, dance style. That brings about a complete performance.

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Originally posted by: Day_Dreams
Well I found Tushar choreography exceptional only in one performance in last season where he did Chaau with Ekta.. When he was with Sana, I found his choreography pretty average and Sana outdid him in energy level and did dance better than him. He is exceptional only when it comes to Chaau and in rest of the dance forms he pretty much do what others do in Jhalak, I mean contemporary with lifts, Aerial acts.😆He isn't fast dancer, when he dances with fast dancers like Sana, Shakti they outdid him, he matches with them only when there's Indian classical. Coming to Shakti, she was brilliant in her first performance. What I observed she performs brilliantly when more focus is on her and fast dances. When it comes to couple dance Tushar fails to match with Shakti's fast dance moves and Shakti failed with Tushar's Indian classical moves.😛Their second and third performances were more of a couple performances so they had compatibility issues. Coming to playing safe, every choreographer in Jhalak places safe based on their partners strengths especially when they have great trained performers. I don't think Tushar is exceptional in this. As I see Jhalak as individual celebrity performances and choreographers as their strength I don't have problem with Shakti's individual performances as she is living upto her standards. Note: This is my personal view as I watch show as neutral viewer and am not jealous basher of any celebrity.😆

Thanks for posting, I know choreographers play safe when they have the "trained" dancer of the season. That doesn't make it right. I never liked Salman-Isha for this reason among many others. Punit-Lauren were much better and they did many other dance forms.

About Tushar, I haven't seen many of his performances with Sana but of the ones I saw, he was good.

Hmm, but that's my issue! She should surpass her standards and not stay within her comfort zone. Individually I already know she's a good dancer. I don't see the performance as an individual performance, it's a duet with partner work at the end of the day. There's nothing wrong if Tushar chooses to highlight Shakti more, as that's his job but in doing that their performances are not coming together well..the lack of connect between the two is very obvious and really takes away IMHO.

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Originally posted by: chocolover89

Hmm, I don't really agree. He's pretty experienced himself.

They lack a connect while dancing and it's not because one is better than the other. They're both very good as dancers...they just need to perform so that both stand out. Maks is right. Shakti is a soloist. She is amazing when its about her but her partner work she has mainly done well with Amar, even in DID. I remember performances with other dancers like Punit, Jai failing for one reason or another.

Kamli was a bad song to pick for a Tango. Songs matter a lot more than most choreographers think. You have to choreograph according to the mood, lyrics of the songs, dance style. That brings about a complete performance.

I didn't see Shakti's DID performances. I just came to know about her in Jhalak. I have different opinion on bold part.. I have a feeling if Shakti performs with Deepak then I have a feeling they both will do great as a couple. I don't know how to explain this, but from this season's male choreographers only Deepak had/has compatibility with all his dancing partners in couple dances (Like Deepak-Rashmi, Deepak-Sophie). I hope there's couple swapping performance and if she gets Deepak then I will come to know if my theory is right or wrong.😆

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