S-S- interview after winning

Sachin and Supriya are the toast of the nation after winning the celebrity dance contest, €˜Nach Baliye€™. Last night in a tense final round, the oldest couple on the show danced their ways through to a gleaming trophy and a cash prize of 50 Lakhs. Their choreographers, Al and Mel won a cash prize of 20 Lakhs too. The yesteryears star Sachin couldn€™t stop beaming while his lovely wife Supriya, a Marathi film-star in her own right taked to Rachna Kanwar about winning the show and the controversies attached to it.

First of all congratulations to both of you! How does it feel?
Sachin: Well it feels great, I am grateful to God! I feel luck has played a big role in our winning the competition. When you try to do something, but if it€™s not in your fate then you can€™t do it. I am also thankful to the viewers who gave their verdict in our favour.

You have been a big star, have done big films and have been in the limelight during that period. €˜Nach Baliye€™ has once again brought you that kind of accolades and admiration; are you reminded of that time?
Sachin: I never thought I would be in this position once again. If you think that I have achieved that kind of a status , then I am extremely happy and again I thank God for that.

How will you spend the money?
Supriya : I haven€™t really thought about it. But I think we will use it in a way that will benefit us throughout our lives. One of the best ways would be to use it for our daughter€™s education. Its not that we can€™t give her a good education otherwise, but now that we have this amount we€™ll keep it for her. I have also thought that we should do something that will be not just for us but also for the others. How we
How difficult was it to compete with such young contestants?
Supriya: For me it was really painful as I used to take painkillers for my back and knees. We couldn€™t do certain steps like the lifts; we tried but thought that we shouldn€™t do something that we€™ll have to regret for the rest of our lives. Our choreographers had simpler steps but they looked good on us and clean on TV. For me the best thing was that I was doing all the €˜jhatkas€™ and €˜matkas€™ which I never did when I was young. Now I thought that I can do it with my husband.

What was the turning point for the two of you in €˜Nach Baliye€™ when you felt that you could win?
Sachin: In the quarter-finals when we cleared that and went to the semi-finals we felt that we have a chance of getting through to the finals. We were sad in a away when we reached the finals because of the way Varun & Rajeshwari were eliminated. To be frank I didn€™t like it. But nothing can be done about it.

Did you feel any negative vibes as some contestants had said that you gained from your star-status and rapport with the judges?
Sachin : I never thought that there would be negative vibes. I don€™t feel that my status has helped us in any way. If someone has said it then it is his or her own views. Its not that we didn€™t dance well, so my star status doesn€™t come into question.


Yesterday during the finals some contestants and judges appealed against €˜emotional voting€™; do you think it was aimed at you?
Sachin: No I don€™t think so. If there were emotional votes they would have been for everybody, not just for me. And if it was said for me then I would not take it negatively but positively.

Do you feel that Varun & Rajeshwari should have been given another chance?
Sachin: It€™s not my department to debate this. I am a contestant. I am not a judge and neither from the channel.

Were you asked about it as according to some rumours you were asked whether they should be given another chance?
Sachin: I was not asked but my opinion was taken. I had said that the channel has to decide and whatever the channel decides, I will abide by it. It is always decided by the channel as to what has to be done. Who am I to say anything in this matter? I have no authority in this. If the channel thought that the rules allowed it then I had no problem. I was not in a position to say €˜yes€™ or €˜no€™. I made this clear but I know it wasn€™t taken the way it should have been.