Farhan to Judge Nach Baliye

Farhan Akhtar

Farhan Jackson

Akhtar is himself a great dancer, "Though I don't dance too often nowadays. There was a time when Michael Jackson's Moonwalker and break-dancing was the in thing, in the '80s. My friends and I would be at every party, break-dancing."

Tell him that Bollywood star dancer Hrithik Roshan claims that it was Akhtar who taught him what dance was all about, and he laughs it off, "We would all go out and break-dance together. In fact, Farah was always a great dancer and my source of inspiration."

As judge on Nach Baliye, Akhtar hopes to be "an observer" as the couples go through their paces. "I will be my casual self and do a honest critique of the bonding as well as the spirit of the couples." It is learnt that along with Akhtar, there will be two other judges on the show, who are yet to be finalised.