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Padmini Haldankar
Padmini Haldankar is back on the scene after a gap of quite a few years. But the fact that she was off the radar hasn't dimmed her enthusiasm for dance and choreography. Assigned to Sweta Keswani and Alexx O'Neill, Padmini is taking her task very seriously and is leaving no stone unturned to turn Alexx from an inexperienced American student into a technically and aesthetically sound dancer.
Padmini herself is a very well trained dancer. She has received formal training in Indian folk dances, Bharatnatyam, Kathak and Jazz Ballet.
From award ceremonies to college festivals, Halandkar has tried her hand at everything. She has choreographed at the Filmfare Awards and the popular television serial Desh Mein Nikla Hoga Chand. Incidentally Sweta gained immense popularity with the same show. She has also assisted in the hit films Madhosh, Dhadkan and Raja Hindustani.
Favourite Music to choreograph to: No particular as such but it needs to be melodic. I don't like that latest one with those remixes and rap beats. They don't make the ever green numbers… I like a lot of meoldy.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: Almost all of SRK dances are a treat to your eyes and lately Farah Khan's Main Hoon Na. I also like Saroj Khan's dance sequences.
Favourite Dancer: Michael Jackson has been my favourite and my teacher is Karla Singh. On the classical side I'm fond of Keluchand Mohapatra.
Favourite Dance Styles: I like Indian dances… but I enjoy all forms of dance.
One tip that she will give Sweta and Alexx: I have told them to keep their posture straight. I have made handmade bamboo sticks put them at their back to not slouch… They have tendency to slouch so I'm hoping that the sticks help them get over that!
Dance Styles she will encourage Sweta and Alexx to do: Something Western obviously will suit them. I will also be getting them to do an Indian piece on one of the occasions.
Particular Moves she will teach the couple: I do have quite a few in mind but I will be keeping them as a surprise… I first want them to get their basics right and then as the competition gets further I will be putting in some signature moves.
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Pratap Shetty
Rakhi Sawant and Abhishek Awasthi's choreographer for Nach Baliye 3 is Pratap Shetty. Pratap is a graduate in folk and Latin dance from Laxmi Maharaja Institute. He has been a part of Bollywood for the past six years. A versatile dancer now has his own dance troupe.
Pratap is also doing the opening song of Ashutosh Gowariker's upcoming film Jodha-Akbar. He has also done shows with stars like Malaika Arora Khan, Neha Dhupia and Tusshar Kapoor.
Speaking about his current students Pratap says that he is quite happy with the way things are progressing, as both of them are very good dancers.
Favourite Music to choreograph to: Many of them. We don't have to stick in a particular format and I believe that whatever song or music is given to me should be very well choreographed.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: My favourite is not in Bollywood. I really like Black or White performed by Michael Jackson and the song Oops!... I Did It Again performed by Britney Spears.
Favourite Dancer: Rakhi Sawant and Shilpa Shetty I think they both have a very good energy level and in choreographers I like Saroj Khan.
Favourite Dance Styles: Western, hip hop and Indian classical.
One tip that she will give Rakhi and Abhishek: I will tell them to have a better coordination with each other. It's easy to do a solo dancing but it's very difficult to do a duet.
Dance Styles she will encourage Rakhi and Abhishek to do: It's a secret! We are practicing it but I want them to do all kind of dances.
Particular Moves he will teach the couple: Not yet decided
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Sylvester
Shakti and Shivangi Kapoor's choreographer Sylvester began dancing at the age of 14. Born in Mumbai he did his early schooling from St Anthony in Andheri. While he was still studying he was noticed by actor Javed Jaffrey who took him to Vijay Oscar - the choreographer for the film Kahan Hai Kanoon.
He has done shows like Millennium 2000 in Mumbai as well as international shows in Brazil. He has also won the Indian Dance Championship twice. He specialises in freestyle and break-dance.
Favourite Music to choreograph to: Any Michael Jackson songs as I feel his music is full of energy.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: Not Bollywood really… My favourite is Remember the Time by singer Michael Jackson.
Favourite Dancer: Michael Jackson, Paula Abdul, Shakira, Salman Khan, Govinda… They are all my favourites.
Favourite Dance Styles: Salsa and Break Dance.
One tip that she will give Shakti and Shivangi: They have very good energy at this age so I want to use them in a proper way. I want them to connect with their audiences.
Dance Styles she will encourage Shakti and Shivangi to do: Salsa and Latin dance.
Particular Moves he will teach the couple: Not as such… I leave it up to them, but what ever the competition demands I will teach them.
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Padmini Haldankar is back on the scene after a gap of quite a few years. But the fact that she was off the radar hasn't dimmed her enthusiasm for dance and choreography. Assigned to Sweta Keswani and Alexx O'Neill, Padmini is taking her task very seriously and is leaving no stone unturned to turn Alexx from an inexperienced American student into a technically and aesthetically sound dancer.
Padmini herself is a very well trained dancer. She has received formal training in Indian folk dances, Bharatnatyam, Kathak and Jazz Ballet.
From award ceremonies to college festivals, Halandkar has tried her hand at everything. She has choreographed at the Filmfare Awards and the popular television serial Desh Mein Nikla Hoga Chand. Incidentally Sweta gained immense popularity with the same show. She has also assisted in the hit films Madhosh, Dhadkan and Raja Hindustani.
Favourite Music to choreograph to: No particular as such but it needs to be melodic. I don't like that latest one with those remixes and rap beats. They don't make the ever green numbers… I like a lot of meoldy.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: Almost all of SRK dances are a treat to your eyes and lately Farah Khan's Main Hoon Na. I also like Saroj Khan's dance sequences.
Favourite Dancer: Michael Jackson has been my favourite and my teacher is Karla Singh. On the classical side I'm fond of Keluchand Mohapatra.
Favourite Dance Styles: I like Indian dances… but I enjoy all forms of dance.
One tip that she will give Sweta and Alexx: I have told them to keep their posture straight. I have made handmade bamboo sticks put them at their back to not slouch… They have tendency to slouch so I'm hoping that the sticks help them get over that!
Dance Styles she will encourage Sweta and Alexx to do: Something Western obviously will suit them. I will also be getting them to do an Indian piece on one of the occasions.
Particular Moves she will teach the couple: I do have quite a few in mind but I will be keeping them as a surprise… I first want them to get their basics right and then as the competition gets further I will be putting in some signature moves.
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Sanjay Yadav
Sanjay Yadav, a Nagpur lad came to Mumbai twelve years back and after lot of struggle he got an opportunity to assist choreographer-singer Ganesh Hegde for two years. He has been running a dance school called Neo Dance Class at Oshiwara in suburban Mumbai for six months now.
Yadav has taught dance personally to Hrithik Roshan and Viveik Oberoi before they got into Bollywood. He has also worked with upcoming Bollywood talent including Ranbir Kapoor and Harman Baweja. Sanjay has also choreographed Rahul Vaidya's music video Mere Maulla. Among the telly stars he has choreographed Aamna Sharif and Rajeev Khandelwal for their upcoming serial Hum Do Humara Nao for Star Plus.
Sanjay says this is first time that he is participating in a dance reality show and is therefore quite excited about training Karan Patel and Ameeta Chandekar for Nach Baliye 3.
Favourite Music to choreograph to: Kambakht Ishq from Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya and My Love My Love… from Partner.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: Kambakht Ishq from Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya.
Favourite Dancer: Michael Jackson and Hrithik Roshan.
Favourite Dance Styles: I like Prabhu Deva's style of dancing, the way his body moves is superb.
One tip that she will give Karan and Ameeta: Work Hard. Karan Patel no doubt is good dancer as he is from the Shamak Davar dance group and Amita is a fast learner and hard working.
Dance Styles she will encourage Karan and Ameeta to do:We will go according to choice of Indian audiences especially Mumbai crowd as they like both Indian and western so it will be mixture of both. It will be dependent on the dance tracks.
Particular Moves he will teach the couple: I can't disclose this but it will depend on the song selection. It will be blend of western and Indian… Western jazz, salsa and some Indian touch.
jodi#3-Sanjay Yadav, a Nagpur lad came to Mumbai twelve years back and after lot of struggle he got an opportunity to assist choreographer-singer Ganesh Hegde for two years. He has been running a dance school called Neo Dance Class at Oshiwara in suburban Mumbai for six months now.
Yadav has taught dance personally to Hrithik Roshan and Viveik Oberoi before they got into Bollywood. He has also worked with upcoming Bollywood talent including Ranbir Kapoor and Harman Baweja. Sanjay has also choreographed Rahul Vaidya's music video Mere Maulla. Among the telly stars he has choreographed Aamna Sharif and Rajeev Khandelwal for their upcoming serial Hum Do Humara Nao for Star Plus.
Sanjay says this is first time that he is participating in a dance reality show and is therefore quite excited about training Karan Patel and Ameeta Chandekar for Nach Baliye 3.
Favourite Music to choreograph to: Kambakht Ishq from Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya and My Love My Love… from Partner.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: Kambakht Ishq from Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya.
Favourite Dancer: Michael Jackson and Hrithik Roshan.
Favourite Dance Styles: I like Prabhu Deva's style of dancing, the way his body moves is superb.
One tip that she will give Karan and Ameeta: Work Hard. Karan Patel no doubt is good dancer as he is from the Shamak Davar dance group and Amita is a fast learner and hard working.
Dance Styles she will encourage Karan and Ameeta to do:We will go according to choice of Indian audiences especially Mumbai crowd as they like both Indian and western so it will be mixture of both. It will be dependent on the dance tracks.
Particular Moves he will teach the couple: I can't disclose this but it will depend on the song selection. It will be blend of western and Indian… Western jazz, salsa and some Indian touch.
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Pratap Shetty
Rakhi Sawant and Abhishek Awasthi's choreographer for Nach Baliye 3 is Pratap Shetty. Pratap is a graduate in folk and Latin dance from Laxmi Maharaja Institute. He has been a part of Bollywood for the past six years. A versatile dancer now has his own dance troupe.
Pratap is also doing the opening song of Ashutosh Gowariker's upcoming film Jodha-Akbar. He has also done shows with stars like Malaika Arora Khan, Neha Dhupia and Tusshar Kapoor.
Speaking about his current students Pratap says that he is quite happy with the way things are progressing, as both of them are very good dancers.
Favourite Music to choreograph to: Many of them. We don't have to stick in a particular format and I believe that whatever song or music is given to me should be very well choreographed.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: My favourite is not in Bollywood. I really like Black or White performed by Michael Jackson and the song Oops!... I Did It Again performed by Britney Spears.
Favourite Dancer: Rakhi Sawant and Shilpa Shetty I think they both have a very good energy level and in choreographers I like Saroj Khan.
Favourite Dance Styles: Western, hip hop and Indian classical.
One tip that she will give Rakhi and Abhishek: I will tell them to have a better coordination with each other. It's easy to do a solo dancing but it's very difficult to do a duet.
Dance Styles she will encourage Rakhi and Abhishek to do: It's a secret! We are practicing it but I want them to do all kind of dances.
Particular Moves he will teach the couple: Not yet decided
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Shakti and Shivangi Kapoor's choreographer Sylvester began dancing at the age of 14. Born in Mumbai he did his early schooling from St Anthony in Andheri. While he was still studying he was noticed by actor Javed Jaffrey who took him to Vijay Oscar - the choreographer for the film Kahan Hai Kanoon.
He has done shows like Millennium 2000 in Mumbai as well as international shows in Brazil. He has also won the Indian Dance Championship twice. He specialises in freestyle and break-dance.
Favourite Music to choreograph to: Any Michael Jackson songs as I feel his music is full of energy.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: Not Bollywood really… My favourite is Remember the Time by singer Michael Jackson.
Favourite Dancer: Michael Jackson, Paula Abdul, Shakira, Salman Khan, Govinda… They are all my favourites.
Favourite Dance Styles: Salsa and Break Dance.
One tip that she will give Shakti and Shivangi: They have very good energy at this age so I want to use them in a proper way. I want them to connect with their audiences.
Dance Styles she will encourage Shakti and Shivangi to do: Salsa and Latin dance.
Particular Moves he will teach the couple: Not as such… I leave it up to them, but what ever the competition demands I will teach them.
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Hasina and Minaz
Hasina and Minaz will be choreographing Vikas and Amita Sethi. The duo have an extremely illustrious past and bring with them a lot of experience in the Bollywood industry. They duo began their career as an assistant to one of Bollywood's most famous choreographer Saroj Khan. They have also worked under Ganesh Hedge, Farah Khan, Ganesh Acharaya and Raju Khan and cumulatively worked on more than 1500 films.
Hasina and Minaz choreographed sequences for blockbuster films like Devdas, Bride and Prejudice, Dum, Mission Kashmir, Mangal Pandey, Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. They have also conducted huge international shows for Madhuri Dixit, Subhash Ghai, Rekha and Bharat Shah.
Favourite Music to choreograph to: Indian classical especially Kathak.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: Mar Dala and Dola Re from Devdas.
Favourite Dancer: Among the Hollywood dancers we like Antonio Bendares and Prabhu Deva, Madhuri Dixit and Ganesh Hegde in Bollywood.
Favourite Dance Styles: Hip-Hop, Salsa, Semi classical.
One tip that she will give Vikas and Amita: We will give them steps which are suitable for them. We will also try to give them hard steps but we will try to mould them more grace fully.
Dance Styles she will encourage Vikas and Amita to do: Amita is not a good dancer but at the same time she is not off key dancer. She has good rhythm which is more important. Vikas is a good dancer and their jodi looks perfect as they have good co-ordination.
Particular Moves they will teach the couple: We are planning to teach them fusion, which will be based on Salsa with some Indian touch.
jodi#6
Hasina and Minaz will be choreographing Vikas and Amita Sethi. The duo have an extremely illustrious past and bring with them a lot of experience in the Bollywood industry. They duo began their career as an assistant to one of Bollywood's most famous choreographer Saroj Khan. They have also worked under Ganesh Hedge, Farah Khan, Ganesh Acharaya and Raju Khan and cumulatively worked on more than 1500 films.
Hasina and Minaz choreographed sequences for blockbuster films like Devdas, Bride and Prejudice, Dum, Mission Kashmir, Mangal Pandey, Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. They have also conducted huge international shows for Madhuri Dixit, Subhash Ghai, Rekha and Bharat Shah.
Favourite Music to choreograph to: Indian classical especially Kathak.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: Mar Dala and Dola Re from Devdas.
Favourite Dancer: Among the Hollywood dancers we like Antonio Bendares and Prabhu Deva, Madhuri Dixit and Ganesh Hegde in Bollywood.
Favourite Dance Styles: Hip-Hop, Salsa, Semi classical.
One tip that she will give Vikas and Amita: We will give them steps which are suitable for them. We will also try to give them hard steps but we will try to mould them more grace fully.
Dance Styles she will encourage Vikas and Amita to do: Amita is not a good dancer but at the same time she is not off key dancer. She has good rhythm which is more important. Vikas is a good dancer and their jodi looks perfect as they have good co-ordination.
Particular Moves they will teach the couple: We are planning to teach them fusion, which will be based on Salsa with some Indian touch.
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Rajiev Diwakar
Rajiev Diwakar, who will be playing choreographer to Karan Grover and Kavita Kaushik in Nach Baliye 3, started his dance career in 1994. He has taken his western dance training from the Latin Ballroom Institute New York after which he enrolled himself for classical dance training (Bharatnatayam) under the same teacher who trained yesteryear actress Meenakshi Sheshadri. But that wasn't all… Rajiev has also received formal training in Bollywood dance style.
In a career that spans just over a decade Diwakar has had the opportunity to do a variety of work. "I have done more than 150 music videos, 25 films and 20 ad films. I have worked under Ganesh Aacharya and Bhushan for many years. I went independent in 2001," he said.
"I have done choreography for films like With Love Tumhara and a recent one is Old is Gold. Then there are seven upcoming movies for which I am doing the choreography like Run Main Fun with Govinda and many more," adds Rajiev.
Diwakar seems to have an added advantage as he has worked with many of the participants of Nach Baliye already. "I have worked with Rakhi for her music video, which was the Punjabi-English video for her UK audience… I have also choreographed more than 30 videos for Krushna Abhishek."
Favourite Music to choreograph to: Latin American Music.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: Video of Rakhi Sawant, which I have done for her.
Favourite Dancer: Prabhu Deva.
Favourite Dance Styles: My favourite dance style is which will attract the people.
One tip that she will give Karan and Kavita: They should dance with expression and keep their good chemistry going.
Dance Styles she will encourage Karan and Kavita to do: Dewana teri ankon ka from Darar.
Particular Moves he will teach the couple: I think they are good dancers and I would not like to mould them and spoil their own style. Their strength is their own style and weakness I think is that they are not known for their dance.
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Chetan and Arun
Chetan and Arun are training television stars Amir Ali and Sanjeeda Sheikh for Nach Baliye 3. The dancing duo, Arun and Chetan, are childhood friends and decided to launch their own dance troupe two years back. They have taken their training from Mahesh Mahboobani who is a master in western dance from London.
Chetan and Arun say: "We have started our own group two years back. We have done shows like the Police annual function and many shows abroad. Before this we worked with Ganesh Hegde for 5 years. We have also done a film called Panga Na Le."
The duo says that although they have learnt a lot from ace choreographer Ganesh Hegde, they do not like his latest piece of work. "We do not like Ganesh Hegde's recent song Mehbooba… at least in promos it is not looking good. That is not his style!"
Speaking about Amir and Sanjeeda the choreographers are all praises for the celebrity couple. "They are the perfect couple! Sanjeeda is good dancer and Amir we think has never danced before this. But he sees each step carefully and asks us to do it slowly and picks it up quickly. So basically he is good learner. Sanjeeda takes time to learn things but she does it very nicely. They helped each other a lot which is a good quality in them."
Favourite Music to choreograph to: We like to dance to any kind of music. Music is music in any form.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: Nahi Samne Yeh Alag Baat Hai from Taal.
Favourite Dancer: Our favourite dancer is Michael Jackson. He is the best whatever he does. There is no comparison to him. Even Ganesh Hegde is very good. If you see him dancing you cannot stop yourself from falling in love with him.
Favourite Dance Styles: Jazz, hip-hop, ballet and contemporary dance forms.
One tip that she will give Amir and Sanjeeda: They are best so we don't need to give them any tips.
Dance Styles she will encourage Amir and Sanjeeda to do: Nahi Samne Yeh Alag Baat Hai from Taal.
Particular Moves they will teach the couple: Jazz or Salsa.
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Raju and Shabana
The husband and wife duo of Raju and Shabana have been assigned to Krushna Abhishek and Kashmeera Shah. They come with vast experience behind them as they assisted Saroj Khan for sixteen years. In fact Raju's mother also used to assist Saroj Khan. Raju says he as a kid he used to go to the dance studio and watch his mum and Saroj in action and that's how he got involved more and more in dance and choreography.
But Shabana's case if quite different from Raju's. She says she has always been interested in dancing and had an opportunity to be at a film shooting where she got to see Saroj Khan weave her magic. She was so impressed that she asked one of India's biggest choreographers for an opportunity to learn dance under her. Subsequently she joined Khan's dance classes and began her journey as a film choreographer.
After independent the duo has choreographed for films including Govinda's Sukha, Darshan Bagga's Rab Ne Banayi Jodiyan, Devang Patel's Smile Please, a Marathi film Hirva Chandnya as well as a couple of music videos.
Favourite Music to choreograph to: Nothing particular. It depends on the song and situation or theme.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: Many from Bollywood.
Favourite Dancer: Govinda.
Favourite Dance Styles: Bollywood.
One tip that she will give Krushna and Kashmeera: Respect for time and loyalty to their work.
Dance Styles she will encourage Krushna and Kashmeera to do: It's always Bollywood.
Particular Moves they will teach the couple: Every time something new will be sure they learned but what we can't say now.
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Sownya
Kiran and Ritu's choreographer, Sownya, says she loves to dance and therefore thinks an opportunity to work on Nach Baliye 3 is a dream come true. She has loved dancing right from her childhood which continued right through school and college. Sownya realised that dance was an important part of her life and therefore decided to become a choreographer.
Sownya is basically from Delhi and had her own dance troupe called Dynamite which she started with husband Joseph twelve years back. She shifted her base to Mumbai four years make and has slowly and steadily managed to work her way up in the entertainment industry. She has done many stage shows in India and abroad with Sukhwinder Singh. She had also done many videos as well as worked with Pankaj Parashar on shows like Business Baazigar.
Sownya is more in to conducting shows for corporate houses. She enjoys modern contemporary dancing styles and believes in delivering something different every time.
Favourite Music to choreograph to: More of English Jazz and Hip Hop.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: Main Aisa Kyo Hoon.
Favourite Dancer: Madhri Dixit.
Favourite Dance Styles:Bollywood.
One tip that she will give Kiran and Ritu: Both Kiran and Ritu are energetic and enthusiastic. I always tell them to not take this as a competiton but a stage to show their talent.
Dance Styles she will encourage Kiran and Ritu to do: Hip Hop.
Particular Moves she will teach the couple: I don't know about that… because we don't have a lot of time to teach them a lot of new moves.
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Sumeet
Pooja Bedi and Hanif Hilal's choreographer Sumeet is the youngest choreographer on Nach Baliye. Aged just 20 years, young Sumeet is managing his personal dance academy, his studies and training one of the most popular couples of the competition.
"I started dancing quite late… When I was around 15. I was really fat and it helped me get fit. When I began dancing I couldn't move because of my weight but I had a lot of rhythm. So I worked hard at it and trained myself every single day to improve," says Sumeet.
"I worked on all my skills myself… Saw videos… Joined ballet, hip hop classes… Basic of Kathak. Then I started doing shows. Initially I started as a dancer then the first stint came in the form of choreography for school. And after that I got a lot of schools, then colleges, then corporates… and then I launched my own company - Expressions Dance and Fitness Studio because I wanted to teach a lot of people dance."
Sumeet is currently studying for his final year of BMS at HR College in Mumbai. In between his lectures and dance academy he also teaches dance therapy at quite a few institutes across the city. He says his life is closely connected to dance and therefore he uses dance as a form of enriching people's lives in any form possible.
Favourite Music to choreograph to: I am very finicky and it changes every day.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: I do not like Bollywood at all but I like the idea of Bollywood because I feel if done correctly it can be very creative. My favourite choreographer is Saroj Khan because she is very different. Vaibhavi Merchant is also very creative.
Favourite Dancer: I really like SRK… he is probably not a perfect dancer but he is a brilliant performer. His charisma is great. He may not be the most technically correct dancer but he brings a lot of charm to the stage which is always great!
Favourite Dance Styles: Contemporary… I do something called modern movements… in that I try to bring out each person's inner self.
One tip that she will give Pooja and Hanif: Dance for yourselves… Don't dance for the judges, public or me. If you enjoy yourself everything will fall into place automatically.
Dance Styles she will encourage Pooja and Hanif to do: They both are Latin dancers so I will be trying to pull them out of that style.
Particular Moves he will teach the couple: I basically want them to do anything that is different from Latin dance… Something that they have become synonymous with.
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Rajiev Diwakar, who will be playing choreographer to Karan Grover and Kavita Kaushik in Nach Baliye 3, started his dance career in 1994. He has taken his western dance training from the Latin Ballroom Institute New York after which he enrolled himself for classical dance training (Bharatnatayam) under the same teacher who trained yesteryear actress Meenakshi Sheshadri. But that wasn't all… Rajiev has also received formal training in Bollywood dance style.
In a career that spans just over a decade Diwakar has had the opportunity to do a variety of work. "I have done more than 150 music videos, 25 films and 20 ad films. I have worked under Ganesh Aacharya and Bhushan for many years. I went independent in 2001," he said.
"I have done choreography for films like With Love Tumhara and a recent one is Old is Gold. Then there are seven upcoming movies for which I am doing the choreography like Run Main Fun with Govinda and many more," adds Rajiev.
Diwakar seems to have an added advantage as he has worked with many of the participants of Nach Baliye already. "I have worked with Rakhi for her music video, which was the Punjabi-English video for her UK audience… I have also choreographed more than 30 videos for Krushna Abhishek."
Favourite Music to choreograph to: Latin American Music.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: Video of Rakhi Sawant, which I have done for her.
Favourite Dancer: Prabhu Deva.
Favourite Dance Styles: My favourite dance style is which will attract the people.
One tip that she will give Karan and Kavita: They should dance with expression and keep their good chemistry going.
Dance Styles she will encourage Karan and Kavita to do: Dewana teri ankon ka from Darar.
Particular Moves he will teach the couple: I think they are good dancers and I would not like to mould them and spoil their own style. Their strength is their own style and weakness I think is that they are not known for their dance.
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Chetan and Arun
Chetan and Arun are training television stars Amir Ali and Sanjeeda Sheikh for Nach Baliye 3. The dancing duo, Arun and Chetan, are childhood friends and decided to launch their own dance troupe two years back. They have taken their training from Mahesh Mahboobani who is a master in western dance from London.
Chetan and Arun say: "We have started our own group two years back. We have done shows like the Police annual function and many shows abroad. Before this we worked with Ganesh Hegde for 5 years. We have also done a film called Panga Na Le."
The duo says that although they have learnt a lot from ace choreographer Ganesh Hegde, they do not like his latest piece of work. "We do not like Ganesh Hegde's recent song Mehbooba… at least in promos it is not looking good. That is not his style!"
Speaking about Amir and Sanjeeda the choreographers are all praises for the celebrity couple. "They are the perfect couple! Sanjeeda is good dancer and Amir we think has never danced before this. But he sees each step carefully and asks us to do it slowly and picks it up quickly. So basically he is good learner. Sanjeeda takes time to learn things but she does it very nicely. They helped each other a lot which is a good quality in them."
Favourite Music to choreograph to: We like to dance to any kind of music. Music is music in any form.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: Nahi Samne Yeh Alag Baat Hai from Taal.
Favourite Dancer: Our favourite dancer is Michael Jackson. He is the best whatever he does. There is no comparison to him. Even Ganesh Hegde is very good. If you see him dancing you cannot stop yourself from falling in love with him.
Favourite Dance Styles: Jazz, hip-hop, ballet and contemporary dance forms.
One tip that she will give Amir and Sanjeeda: They are best so we don't need to give them any tips.
Dance Styles she will encourage Amir and Sanjeeda to do: Nahi Samne Yeh Alag Baat Hai from Taal.
Particular Moves they will teach the couple: Jazz or Salsa.
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The husband and wife duo of Raju and Shabana have been assigned to Krushna Abhishek and Kashmeera Shah. They come with vast experience behind them as they assisted Saroj Khan for sixteen years. In fact Raju's mother also used to assist Saroj Khan. Raju says he as a kid he used to go to the dance studio and watch his mum and Saroj in action and that's how he got involved more and more in dance and choreography.
But Shabana's case if quite different from Raju's. She says she has always been interested in dancing and had an opportunity to be at a film shooting where she got to see Saroj Khan weave her magic. She was so impressed that she asked one of India's biggest choreographers for an opportunity to learn dance under her. Subsequently she joined Khan's dance classes and began her journey as a film choreographer.
After independent the duo has choreographed for films including Govinda's Sukha, Darshan Bagga's Rab Ne Banayi Jodiyan, Devang Patel's Smile Please, a Marathi film Hirva Chandnya as well as a couple of music videos.
Favourite Music to choreograph to: Nothing particular. It depends on the song and situation or theme.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: Many from Bollywood.
Favourite Dancer: Govinda.
Favourite Dance Styles: Bollywood.
One tip that she will give Krushna and Kashmeera: Respect for time and loyalty to their work.
Dance Styles she will encourage Krushna and Kashmeera to do: It's always Bollywood.
Particular Moves they will teach the couple: Every time something new will be sure they learned but what we can't say now.
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Kiran and Ritu's choreographer, Sownya, says she loves to dance and therefore thinks an opportunity to work on Nach Baliye 3 is a dream come true. She has loved dancing right from her childhood which continued right through school and college. Sownya realised that dance was an important part of her life and therefore decided to become a choreographer.
Sownya is basically from Delhi and had her own dance troupe called Dynamite which she started with husband Joseph twelve years back. She shifted her base to Mumbai four years make and has slowly and steadily managed to work her way up in the entertainment industry. She has done many stage shows in India and abroad with Sukhwinder Singh. She had also done many videos as well as worked with Pankaj Parashar on shows like Business Baazigar.
Sownya is more in to conducting shows for corporate houses. She enjoys modern contemporary dancing styles and believes in delivering something different every time.
Favourite Music to choreograph to: More of English Jazz and Hip Hop.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: Main Aisa Kyo Hoon.
Favourite Dancer: Madhri Dixit.
Favourite Dance Styles:Bollywood.
One tip that she will give Kiran and Ritu: Both Kiran and Ritu are energetic and enthusiastic. I always tell them to not take this as a competiton but a stage to show their talent.
Dance Styles she will encourage Kiran and Ritu to do: Hip Hop.
Particular Moves she will teach the couple: I don't know about that… because we don't have a lot of time to teach them a lot of new moves.
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Pooja Bedi and Hanif Hilal's choreographer Sumeet is the youngest choreographer on Nach Baliye. Aged just 20 years, young Sumeet is managing his personal dance academy, his studies and training one of the most popular couples of the competition.
"I started dancing quite late… When I was around 15. I was really fat and it helped me get fit. When I began dancing I couldn't move because of my weight but I had a lot of rhythm. So I worked hard at it and trained myself every single day to improve," says Sumeet.
"I worked on all my skills myself… Saw videos… Joined ballet, hip hop classes… Basic of Kathak. Then I started doing shows. Initially I started as a dancer then the first stint came in the form of choreography for school. And after that I got a lot of schools, then colleges, then corporates… and then I launched my own company - Expressions Dance and Fitness Studio because I wanted to teach a lot of people dance."
Sumeet is currently studying for his final year of BMS at HR College in Mumbai. In between his lectures and dance academy he also teaches dance therapy at quite a few institutes across the city. He says his life is closely connected to dance and therefore he uses dance as a form of enriching people's lives in any form possible.
Favourite Music to choreograph to: I am very finicky and it changes every day.
Best Dance Sequence in Bollywood: I do not like Bollywood at all but I like the idea of Bollywood because I feel if done correctly it can be very creative. My favourite choreographer is Saroj Khan because she is very different. Vaibhavi Merchant is also very creative.
Favourite Dancer: I really like SRK… he is probably not a perfect dancer but he is a brilliant performer. His charisma is great. He may not be the most technically correct dancer but he brings a lot of charm to the stage which is always great!
Favourite Dance Styles: Contemporary… I do something called modern movements… in that I try to bring out each person's inner self.
One tip that she will give Pooja and Hanif: Dance for yourselves… Don't dance for the judges, public or me. If you enjoy yourself everything will fall into place automatically.
Dance Styles she will encourage Pooja and Hanif to do: They both are Latin dancers so I will be trying to pull them out of that style.
Particular Moves he will teach the couple: I basically want them to do anything that is different from Latin dance… Something that they have become synonymous with.
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