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Chmerkovskiy To Join Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 7
Judges Panel! Posted by: Aaqilah Updated: Friday, May 30, 2014, 18:26 [IST] Maksim Chmerkovskiy, international
choreographer and winner of Dancing with the Stars Season 18, is the new addition to the Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 7 judging panel this season, alongside judges Madhuri Dixit-Nene, Karan Johar and Remo D'Souza. The show surely has got its international appeal ensured, with this big move. The hot dancer and choreogapher of Ukrainian
descent, was crowned the winner of the latest
season of the American dance reality show,
Dancing with the Stars, along with celebrity
partner, Olympian Meryl Davis. He is now set to
appear in the Indian adaptation of the show- Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 7, too. But this time, he will be
seen donning the hat of a judge. This is not the first time that Maksim has played
judge. He took a one-year break from Dancing
With The Stars, when he featured as a guest judge
for Broadway's Forever Tango. "I'm not a nice
judge, I'm a good judge. I'm the judge the way it's
supposed to be. I know this business, I've been in it, I grew up in it." Maksim said in an interview
about his judging stint on Forever Tango. Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 7 is already gathering a lot of
attention due to various factors like Drashti Dhami debuting as host and the suspense surrounding
Karan Tacker's choreographer. Maksim, a Latin Ballroom dance champion, has
more than 10 international dance titles to his
credit. Going by the words of a source, "Maksim
will judge the technique and precision with which
the contestants and choreographers approach
international dance forms." Sounds like Jhalak Dikhla Jaa 7 is gearing up for Maksim-mum heat,
challenge and competition this season of Jhalak!