Nach 'Air'iye-Nach Baliye: Season 4

talkin' about fate: Farah Khan, Karisma Kapoor and Arjun Rampal. pic/ pradeep dhivar

Nach 'Air'iye

talkin' about fate: Farah Khan, Karisma Kapoor and Arjun Rampal. pic/ pradeep dhivar

10 jodis, three judges, an airplane, a media meet at 35000 feet. Here's lookin'
Bryan Durham
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Jet Airways' Boeing 777-300ER snakes along to the runway and takes flight. The airline has tied up with dance reality show, Star's Nach Baliye: Season 4 to offer an experience (with a twist; much like the promos are screaming).
Missing in action
At around 35000 feet, the seatbelts come off and an announcer informs the waiting mediapersons that a walkthrough and photo-ops with the 12 jodis and the three judges will follow. Well, truth be told, only 10 jodis (excuses, excuses) turn up. The MIA jodis (Vineet Raina and Tanushree, Abhijeet and Shilpa Sawant) were supposedly busy working or had prior commitments. Well, if you buy that spin…
Making a scene
Karnvir Bohra (accompanied by Teejay Sidhu) has a confident swagger in his step and a digicam that flashes right back at the surprised and much amused photogs. Another sporting couple that makes the most of their poses were Jaspal and Savita Bhatti who strike a Balle Balle pose as they sashay around. The others seem like they were there simply to get the job done.
Judging the judges
Next, troop in the judges. First up, is Karisma Kapoor in a stylish black number. The actress seems out of sorts, though and appears to be quite distant. Next, trots up the affable Farah Khan, who plays to the gallery with lines like, "I've been told that there are only three parachutes on this plane and they're only for the judges." Arjun brings up the rear in a white tee, and a sports jacket and obliges the ladies (for pictures). He asks, "Lekin yeh flight jaa kahaan rahi hai?" Of course, that's a rhetorical question. He already knows the answer to that.
As do we. We take a U-Turn (as indicated by the GPS) and descend to aamchi Mumbai's terra firma soon enough.