Gruelling shooting schedules, practice sessions and dedication have borne fruit for actor Ashish Sharma, who walked away with the winner’s trophy, prize money and a new car, as the winner of dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7.
He danced and jumped with joy upon his victory, which he has credited to his choreographer, Shampa Sonthalia.
For the final episode, Sharma competed against Karan Tacker, Mouni Roy and Shakti Mohan. There was a tie between Sharma and Tacker, but the crew decided to consider only audience votes, giving Sharma the trophy, prize money of Rs3 million (Dh0.18 million) and a Mahindra XUV.
Anil Kapoor and Varun Dhawan were special guests.
Judges Madhuri Dixit, Remo D’Souza and Karan Johar also performed, with Dixit doing an aerial act and dancing to Main tenu samjhava, Ghaghra and Choli ke peeche.
Johar danced with all four finalists, while D’Souza stunned the audience with a robotic act.
There were additional performances by comedienne Bharti Singh as well as singers Mika and Shaan. If that wasn’t enough, the humour quotient was added by Gutthi and Dadi, the beloved characters from Comedy Nights With Kapil.
The seventh season of the dance show — where celebrities compete with each other with the help of pre-assigned professional choreographers — went on air on Colors on June 7. It’s the Indian version of Dancing With The Stars.
With a line-up of 13 celebrities ranging from Kritika Kamra, Mouni Roy, Purab Kohli, Karan Tacker, Sophie Choudry, Pooja Banerjee to VJ Andy, professional dancer Shakti Mohan, singer Sukhwinder Singh, comedian Kiku Sharda as Palak, and cricketer S. Sreesanth, the show offered some “never seen before” action on the stage.
The show was initially hosted by small screen’s Madhubala Drashti Dhami and Bollywood actor Ranvir Shorey, later replaced by actor-comedian Manish Paul.
