Two things I noticed right away - Amit looked out of sorts and Neeru looked smashing. They also did not look much in love or even a couple, especially on Neeru's part. She danced with grace and style, but the I was surprised at her clear Hindi diction. Obviously she has been working on it as there is such a spectacular improvement from her Astitva days.
1) The show started with a bang with Sharad Kirti dancing on a very peppy number. They actually looked cute and I liked their performance. Kirti was looking very very cute in her pink and green punjabi dress. But what really took the cake was their ever so graceful and dignified exit. All the bad vibes that they had created in the last two episodes were washed away by their genuinely mature behaviour and the grace with which they accepted their defeat. Kirti's last punch of her being thankful to all for taking the right decision this time and not letting Gurdeep and Arjun loose like gaurav and Narayani was the cherry on the cake. Hats off to them.
2) I am not sure why Hussain and Tina keep loosing those crucial points from the judges. I felt their concept was the most different and executed in an amazing manner. Tina brings an extra grace to her movements. She actually looks effortless while dancing, as if she is floating. Hussain is exceptional dancer. Both have so much fire and so much chemistry that you can almost touch it. Tina is not an actress nor she looks like one. But has fantastic expressions. Yet they loose out on vital points......it's perplexing.
3) Gauri Hiten rocked. They looked beautiful, they danced beautifully, and the concept was realy cute. But Saroj was right this time. Those dancers with their too colourful and contrasting get ups were actually an obstruction to the performance, and they took away rather than adding to it. They were all over the stage, and while the tv camera focuses on the main couple, a live audience would have difficulty in following gauri and hiten amongst that crowd of constantly moving hands and feet. Gauri looked oh so mumtaz π³, though Hiten looks better in his trendy sherwanis and suits π. He would have looked totally out of place in the flowery 70s !!! Someone mentioned that they have a bad choreographer, and I am beginning to think that might actually the root cause of their low scores. Though today I think they deserved at least an 8 for the dance.......if Shweta can earn it for a lacklustre performance, i wonder why Hiten and gauri don't get anything for their obvious improvement.
4) Hats off to Gurdeep. The time where she fell was crucial and the whole dance could have been thrown out of tempo. She carried on as if nothing happened. many many cheers to this gusty punjaban !!! And she really looked so beautiful today. Arjun is a one lucky guy. Arjun in contrast looked dull...Poor guys had actually mentally ticked themselves off from the competition. A full 10 from me to Gurdeep just for being so accepting abot it. No tears, no melodramaπππ
5) Talking of melodrama, I am at a complete loss to understand Shweta Tiwari. By each episode I am more and more impressed by Raja. he is not a dancer, but he obviously works hard, is practical and dignified. Shweta on the other hand exasperates me. The last three episodes were full of tears and drama and what not. This episode, she had this strangest expression on her face. It was as if she was trying to keep an expressionless face, but ended up looking like she was sulking big time......π...eyes narrow, mouth down, nostrils flared.......π. She is possibly the prettiest girl on the hsow, and perhaps the most graceful, but I have a feeling she can't take defeats in her life. Their dance was cute, but looked quite mechanical. No chemistry, no fire. ( BTW, do you guys think she read IF comments on her tears? It could be possible you know, and that explains the failed attempt of expressionless face throughout the show π.)
6) Shweta Kawatra on the other hand looked stunning, and she now matches step for step with her brilliant dancer husband. And they look made for each other. Stunning couple, lovely dance and what I like best about this couple is that they come across as such warm people. They are fast becoming my fav couple.
7) Yash and Gauri I feel deserved some more marks for their performance. Their dance was well choreographed, and both danced well today.
8) Tanaz Bhaktiyar are the best dancers and they are proving it with each passing episode. Bhaktiyar's energy and Tanaz's grace both work together to create such a great piece of high voltage entertainment. However, though their concept was pretty good, it was not as extraordinary like it was of Hussain Tina. But the perfection that they both bring to dance is amazing. I also thought they had the most complementary background setting. The background dancers formed a perfect backdrop for the colours and energy that Tanaz and Bhaktiyar exuded.
Please do give your takes too.