Mona's Win & Shveta's Loss

Jassi wins Jhalak... title

May the best dancer win? Well, Mona Singh's popularity seems to have had the edge over Shveta Salve's talent

Subhash K Jha

It's final. The first winner of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is Mona 'Jassi' Singh. This puts an and to the suspenseful contest between the two finalists Mona Singh and Shveta Salve and their respective choreographers, Toby and Longi.

While Mona was over the moon minutes after the SMS votes from audiences declared her winner, Shveta, considered a far more superior dancer by most and declared the best dancer since Madhuri Dixit by judge Sanjay Leela Bhansali, lost by a narrow margin.

Hours before the verdict Shveta had said, "I've done my best. Even if Mona wins I'd be equally happy. I'm having a party for family and friends regardless of whether I finally win or not. I've enjoyed every second of this contest, although I must admit some comments by fellow-contestants did affect me personally and also affected my chances adversely."

Mona on the other hand is ecstatic about the open support provided to her by the contestants. "I'm referring especially to Pooja Bedi who went out of her way to express her support for me. It was very, very sweet of her. Considering I was no dancer to begin with, I think this whole experience has changed my life . Yeah, I'm over the moon," said Mona.

• Considering I was no dancer to begin with, I think this whole experience has changed my life. Yeah, I'm over the moon — Mona Singh

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My Views

I wanted Mona to win fro mthe beginning, she did😳👏

Now Shveta, no doubt she is a really superb & fantastic dancer. They both were fantastic, all the best to both😃

i think mona is only made out of hype, but shveta is made out of talent.

i always wanted shveta to win 😕 😭

Oh Im sure that they both must have been really good. If only more people voted for shvetha she would have won. 😭 😭 😭 She really is talented, i wanted her to win also. But the one with the most votes must win, so i guess many people liked mona

Well that's called Fan following. It defeated Shweta's talent. 😕 And it's very bad yaar. I also like Mona more than Shweta, but it was not the competition of fan following, but it was a talent competition. I was feeling very bad for Shweta that time. 👏👏👏 She was the true winner of the show.

I wanted Shveta to win yaar