Article: Vikas Sethi does the 'thumkas'

by Meenakshi Shankar

Jul 28, 2008, Mumbai

Whoever said that it was only the belles who walked away with the matkas and the thumkas! Because, the latest hot stepper Vikas Sethi is indeed creating ripples with his perfect thumkas in Star One's reality show, Zara Nachke Dikha which would have you actually wondering - "Whoa, what is this dude doing in a reality show? He should be out there promoting Kathak on an international forum!"

For the lads to do a hip hop number and set the dance floor on fire with their moves is no big deal. When Chaitanya, Bakhtyaar and Gaurav rock the stage, it's taken for granted.We wouldn't raise our brows on the boys and their jalwa moves. And the fairer sex does walk away with the accolades, but again, it is nothing really to write home about.

So just when we thought that Zaara Nachke Dikha was another run of the mill dance reality show, came in a little titbit in the form of Vikas Sethi that caught our attention.

Our lad was upto the challenge of the Khallas Round. In this round the girls challenged the boys to perform a Kathak. Though Mouni is a trained Kathak dancer, it was Vikas who took away the applause from the judges. He learnt the entire act in just three days and performed it to perfection. Mouni performed on a classical song from 'Devdas' and Vikas performed on songs sung by the 'Live performers' on the stage.

And for a change, the boys walked away with the accolades.


We are left wondering if indeed Vikas is the harbinger of the news - "Boys are better than the girls" or is it just a one-off performance by the fantastic dancer? Either ways, this is one performance we are looking forward to tuning into.