I am not sure whether its just me but I find the introductions cheesy. The more I think about it I think in the name of entertainment there is more slapstick comedy than dancing. Last week I thought was bad and thought it could not get worse to realize I was totally wrong. I like chotte and bade but I think their comedy is not going down well right now for me. I hope that they are stopped from doing all this biscuit chai stuff and instead we get from them some sensible humorous lines for the further. Jai in his usua style l the way he came and introduced the judges without the extra effects was what I am looking from Chotte and Bade. Initially I thought maybe it's me that its tawdry but Anushka's answer actually kind of made me feel maybe I am not the only one who feels this way.
Charlie and Amar. – I think their dance was ok. There was nothing spectacular there that has not been seen before. I have not seen all the 3 segments in the same song but all the pieces have been surely seen on DID stage. One thing was sure as I mentioned last week that thanks to Charlie leaving her inhibitions out in the open there was only one way to go from there which was up and that surely was the case. She really did well and complemented Amar well. It might have been due to last week but today I was only looking at Charlie and there are times I felt her expressions were so good and maybe even better than Amar. Although they all gave the extra 1 for Charlie I thought this was not their best performance so for me 30 would have been their scores
Jai and Mahi- Just like Terrence for me this is the strongest couple so I expect a good level of difficulty. The prop was not a new one again since these choerographers are mostly from DID we are seeing a lot of things being choried from there. 11 whats up with the judges . I felt last week was lot better in terms of difficulty and moves and expressions. Today's was a sweet performance which they did justice with the one leap of faith. However 11 nah way too much.
Karan/Nisha- The beginning I thought something was wrong. Karan was looking really tensed and later he did acknowledge that . There should have been more spice to this especially from Karan which was missing for me totally. Since Karan is an actor you would think expressions would come easily for him but here you could see he was making the effort to portray the character. 8 the perfect marks for their act.
Rahul/Dimpy – I had seen this in an SBS segment so unlike Imran knew what to expect. For a change I have to say that I thoroughly liked Rahul's dance. For a non dance his item number was really good. Although it was obvious Rahul's lack for dance sense but he still was able to carry out this way too well . Poor Dimpy she was good but was really overshadowed by the item girl . Parvez the choreographer has really thought out the cheoreography and concept well. For a change here I think the 33 was well deserved. Rahul did put in effort and although the concept was not good but to put such a daring concept on a non dancer that was where I give all the points.
Suhasi /Jaisheel – We finally got to see an AV on their life. It was so sweet to hear their love story and it kind of fit well with their dance theme. Although they were not neighbours they were in similar situation where the distance made the heart grow fonder. I did think there were not totally in synch but still the act was nice. This time Jaisheel really surprised me as last week I thought he was not going to be able to match up with Suhasi but this time he did better. The somersault was so clean and effortless from his end . And this time the sych was lost not because of steps forgotten which is good however these 2 really need to work on synching with each other .
Couple of things that stood out from today's episode
Over the top Scores - . 11's were thrown left right and center today. As I mentioned not all of them really are worthy. I understand the judges were throwing in extras as means of encouraging but I think 10 should have done it.you just don;t go to the top at the drop of the hat. The charm of getting a 11 will be lost if this is the way the judges keep scoring. What are they going to do when someone really does something outstanding and innovative. Or is this all the standard for the show. If they continue to give such high marks next week I think the 11 is not really going to be shown as anything different . Over here 11 was the additional when you were giving standing ovations. We did not see it either with JaiMah or Char/Amar.
Sajid the magnanimous judge- What happened to Sajid today. From being the measly marks judge in last week episodes he was totally reformed and gave in unison with his other judges. Did he read IF to realize that he was not judging right LOL. I am glad to see him being in synch however I hope next week the scores are more on the lines of the performance.
No new Ideas in terms of Choreography -Almost all the concepts were taken from DID where most of the choreographers were . I think the producers need to buck up the standard. They need to come up with different and unique ideas as this is the first time I am seeing almost all acts as copies. Apart from Nisha/Karan all the others have been done before. And for such concepts the judges gave 11 especially Terrence not the bar you want to set for the show.
Out of Date Score Cards -What a lousy idea of a score board. This is the digital age and instead of using modern technology what is this of showing the scorecard with a hand written score. I would want the producers either they gave the judges the last week simple scoreboard where they get to choose the number or if they want it written then to use the one they had in zara nachke where u write on the tablet and it pops up .
Hosts- Lastly I think Chotte and Bade are not shapping up well as good hosts. These are 2 good actors and they have I am sure good hosting skills but over here they are doing everything than hosting. If the beginning was cheesy I don't have words for the ending. The way they embarrassed Anushka with the song that she literally closed her eyes was not enjoyable. I wish the writers focus and give a more definite script for these 2 instead of having them do the nautanki. For that we have Rahul that that is more than enough
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