Definitely Rashmi from the remaining lot. I was rooting like hell for Darsheel to win, but that didn't happen, so now I would want Rashmi to be the winner. She's undoubtedly the best dancer right now, and also the most versatile. She has shown more versatility than the people who have been here since the beginning, and has more or less aced all the styles. I have been a fan of her dancing ever since she participated in Zara Nachke Dikha.
Some part of me wants Bharti to win not because of her standard as a dancer, but simply because of the strong message it gives out to the general audience - that overweight people can dance! I find it extremely saddening to see overweight people being written off as good dancers simply because they don't look like dancers. In fact I can cite a very recent example. Our college dance team had recently held auditions and a lot of people participated, but there was this one big girl who was just plain awesome. She didn't seem to be conscious of her body while dancing, and just went for it. I was completely in favor of her selection but unfortunately our team president denied it on the grounds that she did not fit the image of a 'dancer'.
That was quite depressing. So my point is, if Bharti walks away with the title, it would no longer be about whether she got a perfect 30 or not, or whether she did the most complicated lift of all or not (which she did, btw) it would be a win for dancing in general, and the fact that it's not the body that dances, it's the heart.
Ritvik is amazing too. He is this incredible ball of concentrated energy that explodes each time music is played. I actually identify alot with him đ He's versatile too and his passion shows through his acts. I wouldn't mind if he wins either.
Gurmeet's improvement graph has been tremendous. I've really enjoyed watching some of his performances, which is probably because Shampa is a very intelligent and innovative (for the most part) choreographer. But I don't want him to win; he isn't worthy of that.
One person I definitely do not want to see winning is Isha. She's limited as a dancer, has not done much except of Acrobatics and what has increased my resentment manifold is the veto that has been used. She has zero expression while dancing (barring the horror act which was actually pretty good) and mostly looks constipated. She has no connection with the music whatsoever and I haven't felt any of her performances. Versatility ke baare mein jitna kam bolu utna achha hai. She's not even half the dancer that Rashmi, Ritwik and Darsheel are.
Edited by U-No-Poo - 12 years ago