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This was the Independence Day weekend, the theme was Made In India.
Sanaya performed a mujra/kathak on Baby Doll. I didn't like the choice of song at all, but the glimpse of the tech rehearsals made me change my mind. Really well choreographed, and the unusual choice of song lifted the act from the mundane to the extraordinary. And Sanaya performed the difficult kathak steps beautifully, her postures, the mudras, the hands held exactly so ... she even won a perfect 10 from Shahid Kapur, which was great considering that his mother is a Kathak dancer, so he has more than a basic knowledge of Kathak. And she looked utterly gorgeous in a pink and black Anarkali, beautiful styling. She got 37.
Also adding to the entertainment quotient was the visit on Jhalak sets of Saif and Katrina promoting their new film, Phantom, and Yousuf Khan to support his brother Irfan. Which led to an informal cricket match between the Pataudis and the Pathans ... Sanaya, Saif and Shahid in one team, Katrina, and the Khan brothers in the other ... and some hilarious moments as Sanaya hit two sixes, much to her own surprise as well as of her team. It was cute to see Sanaya totally at ease with Saif and Katrina, she was at one point happily chatting away with Saif ... wonder if they remembered that they had done an ad together years ago. Altogether a fun episode.
Some pics of Sanaya -
(courtesy Shwets)
Other acts I liked were Scarlett doing a reprise of Mary Kom. VD did contemporary dance on a patriotic theme, the concept was good, the lifts were very good ... dance, as usual, not so much. But the overall act was nice, fitting with Independence Day.
Faisal did 'lavni', dressed as a woman ... okay for me ... I don't much care for lavni. He got 40 and the immunity ball. Scarlett and VD got 40 too. I think Sanaya deserved more, going by these scores, but as usual, she was a tad underscored ... Colors probably trying to ensure that her votes keep coming in.
Bottom three were Radhika, Faisal and VD ... all three were very surprising ... VD is very popular, he is probably getting highest votes after Sanaya ... Radhika is the face of Colors and was promoted as such, and is also supposedly a trained dancer ... Faisal is of course excellent. Radhika performed Bharatnatyam to Chammak Challo - I liked her performance for the first time, but she was up against Faisal, and didn't survive. So elimination number 3 ... finally!
I didn't like either Mohit or Shamita ... wrong choice of song and style for Independence Day weekend. Ashish was okay ... Raftaar doing taandav was decent, but have seen much better taandavs.
This was the Independence Day weekend, the theme was Made In India.
Sanaya performed a mujra/kathak on Baby Doll. I didn't like the choice of song at all, but the glimpse of the tech rehearsals made me change my mind. Really well choreographed, and the unusual choice of song lifted the act from the mundane to the extraordinary. And Sanaya performed the difficult kathak steps beautifully, her postures, the mudras, the hands held exactly so ... she even won a perfect 10 from Shahid Kapur, which was great considering that his mother is a Kathak dancer, so he has more than a basic knowledge of Kathak. And she looked utterly gorgeous in a pink and black Anarkali, beautiful styling. She got 37.
Also adding to the entertainment quotient was the visit on Jhalak sets of Saif and Katrina promoting their new film, Phantom, and Yousuf Khan to support his brother Irfan. Which led to an informal cricket match between the Pataudis and the Pathans ... Sanaya, Saif and Shahid in one team, Katrina, and the Khan brothers in the other ... and some hilarious moments as Sanaya hit two sixes, much to her own surprise as well as of her team. It was cute to see Sanaya totally at ease with Saif and Katrina, she was at one point happily chatting away with Saif ... wonder if they remembered that they had done an ad together years ago. Altogether a fun episode.
Some pics of Sanaya -
(courtesy Shwets)
Other acts I liked were Scarlett doing a reprise of Mary Kom. VD did contemporary dance on a patriotic theme, the concept was good, the lifts were very good ... dance, as usual, not so much. But the overall act was nice, fitting with Independence Day.
Faisal did 'lavni', dressed as a woman ... okay for me ... I don't much care for lavni. He got 40 and the immunity ball. Scarlett and VD got 40 too. I think Sanaya deserved more, going by these scores, but as usual, she was a tad underscored ... Colors probably trying to ensure that her votes keep coming in.
Bottom three were Radhika, Faisal and VD ... all three were very surprising ... VD is very popular, he is probably getting highest votes after Sanaya ... Radhika is the face of Colors and was promoted as such, and is also supposedly a trained dancer ... Faisal is of course excellent. Radhika performed Bharatnatyam to Chammak Challo - I liked her performance for the first time, but she was up against Faisal, and didn't survive. So elimination number 3 ... finally!
I didn't like either Mohit or Shamita ... wrong choice of song and style for Independence Day weekend. Ashish was okay ... Raftaar doing taandav was decent, but have seen much better taandavs.
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