Cheers & Tears - IndianExpress

Cheers & Tears
Congratulations to Sachin-Supriya on winning the Nach Baliye champion title. No doubt, they were deserving of all the applause but we felt their rivals Poonam-Manish were equally good, specially in the final round. Poonam's nimble-footed performance was a treat to watch. She piroutted around gracefully and smoothly sailed through difficult steps. But as they say, there can be only one winner and Sachin-Supriya were consistently good in their performances through the ten weeks. Cheers!

'It's been a hard day's night...'
Varun Badola, who had been rehearsing intensely for Nach Baliye and simultaneously doing one daily soap Astitva... and a weekly serial, Rabba Ishq Na Hove, is taking a breather now. Nach Baliye is over and Astitva... is soon coming to an end. "I have been a part of the show for three-and-a-half years and given it my best shot. It was completely off-beat and I enjoyed doing it," says Varun. He's still shooting for it as the serial will be on air for another month. The only other serial he's doing is Rabba ... and as yet has not signed any new serial. "I was too stressed and over-worked specially in the last seven months," he confesses. About speculations that he was wanting to opt out of Rabba... because it was clashing with the rehearsals of Nach Baliye, Varun says, "That's not true. I always knew that Nach... would get over in mid-December and there was no question of opting out of any show because of Nach .... I, however, maintain that if I cannot give my best to a show, I would prefer that somebody else takes over ...," he reveals.

As for the reports about his 'going blank' in the semi-final round of Nach... is concerned, a visibly disturbed Varun counters, "People who question our integrity should look into our past record. We have been inventive and brought something unique to the show. We wouldn't give it away so tamely. Going blank is a nightmare for an actor that too after rehearsing till four in the morning. We were disturbed at what happened." Having won the best male performer award, Varun has the last word, "When we were eliminated someone said, the competition is over. Now only the event is left." Touche'.

Poonam and nimble footed???? She was terrible in the final round. Watching someone that overweight do a cabaret number in that hideous outfit was a horror. I loved Poonam in 'Morni bagaama' and 'Rangeelo maro dholna'.But she was bad, very bad in the finals. She was such a bad visual after Supriya grooving to 'Laila'.Manish was very good, although he lacked finesse.

omg what are u talking about. poonam danced real well in the final round.

i think poonam rocked in the finalz! 👏 👏

i think in fanals they(P& M) did good job

Both P-M executed some cool steps but not so coolly. Finesse was clearly missing. Steps should have been more cleaner and a treat to the eyes.

I agree with pppp4. I liked Poonam in Morni baga maa and the folk song only. I think she does only those types of dances well. Else, I think she needs to refine her steps. She dances very haphazardly. grace is totally missing. i didn't like their final performance that much.

Another thing worth noticing is that Poonam doesn't finish her dances properly. The finishing of any piece of execution is very important. In most of the cases, P-M just let their performance go when the music stopped. This i feel is an area which needs to be deliberated upon by everybody.