Dance India Dance (season 2)
Encyclopedia
LUX Dance India Dance also known as DID is a reality
dance show that airs on the Indian satellite television channel Zee TV
. The show, Dance India Dance
has been produced by UTV Software Communications
and has become India's largest dance-based reality show. The show is choreographed by some of the most popular Indian choreographers, such as Terence Lewis, Remo D'Souza
and Geeta Kapoor
. The Bollywood
actor, Mithun Chakraborty
is the grandmaster of the show. The show airs every Friday and Saturday. The winner of the 1st season was Salman Khan (Mohammed Y.K. Ghouse), from Bangalore
. Due to its grand success in season 1 the show launched Dance India Dance Season 2 on 18 December 2009, and later will star a children based series DID Little Masters
Auditions were held in Delhi
, Vadodara
, USA, Kolkata
and Mumbai
.
'Shakti Mohan
, 24 (Mumbai) -- 1st place(WINNER)
Geeta ki Gang (GKG)
Dharmesh Yelande
, 27 (Vadodara) --
2nd place(runner up)
Binny Sharma
, 22 (Ahmedabad) -- 4th place
Remo Ke Rangeeley (RKR)
Punit Pathak, 23 (Mumbai) -- 3rd place(2nd runner up)
Terrence Ki Toli (TKT)
-Shakti Mohan
, 24 (Mumbai) WINNER
-Amarjeet Singh
, 24 (Indore) eliminated at 5th place (Finest talent award)
-Jack Gill, 20 (Norway) eliminated at 8th place
-Kruti Mahesh, 25 (Mumbai) eliminated at 11th place
Geeta Ki Gang (GKG)
-Kishore Aman, 20 (Mangalore) eliminated at 9th place
-Dharmesh Yelande
, 27 (Vadodara) First runner up's (Choreographing children in Dance India Dance Li'l Masters
)
-Binny Sharma
, 22 (Punjab) eliminated at 4th place
-Amrita Moitra, 25 (Kolkata) eliminated at 6th place(Choreographing children in Dance India Dance Li'l Masters
)
Remo Ke Rangeeley (RKR)
-Saajan Singh, 16 (Punjab) eliminated at 7th place
-Punit Pathak, 23 (Mumbai) eliminated at 3rd place
-Nikkitasha Marwaha, 20 (USA) eliminated at 10th place
-Shashank Dogra, 21 (Delhi) eliminated at 12th place
Reality
In philosophy, reality is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined. In a wider definition, reality includes everything that is and has been, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible...
dance show that airs on the Indian satellite television channel Zee TV
Zee TV
Zee TV is an India-based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, which broadcasts various programmes in Hindi and other regional languages of India. Broadcasting is also present in various nations of South Asia, Europe, the Middle East,...
. The show, Dance India Dance
Dance India Dance
LUX Dance India Dance is a reality dance show that airs on the Indian satellite television channel Zee TV. The show has been produced by UTV Software Communications and has become India's largest dance-based reality show. The show is choreographed by some of the most popular Indian choreographers,...
has been produced by UTV Software Communications
UTV Software Communications
UTV Software Communications Ltd., also known as United Television or UTV, is an Indian media and entertainment company owned by The Walt Disney Company India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.-History:...
and has become India's largest dance-based reality show. The show is choreographed by some of the most popular Indian choreographers, such as Terence Lewis, Remo D'Souza
Remo D'Souza
Remo D'Souza is an Indian dancer, choreographer, actor and film director. Although he is mainly involved in choreography, he has also contributed to other Indian film industries, mainly Bengali cinema....
and Geeta Kapoor
Geeta Kapoor
Geeta Kapoor is an Indian choreographer, in Hindi films , and is presently one of the three judges for the Indian reality dance talent show, Dance India Dance - Season 2, where she is one of the three judges, who are also mentors to the shows 18 dancers, called 'Masters'.-Early life and...
. The Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
actor, Mithun Chakraborty
Mithun Chakraborty
Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian film actor, social activist, and entrepreneur, who has won three National Film Awards. He made his acting debut with the arthouse drama Mrigaya , for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor....
is the grandmaster of the show. The show airs every Friday and Saturday. The winner of the 1st season was Salman Khan (Mohammed Y.K. Ghouse), from Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
. Due to its grand success in season 1 the show launched Dance India Dance Season 2 on 18 December 2009, and later will star a children based series DID Little Masters
Dance India Dance Li'l Masters
Dance India Dance Li'l Masters is a new dance reality show that will launch on Zee TV from April 30, 2010. The tag line of the show is Dance Ke Baap. The show timings are Fri-Sat 9.30 pm....
Auditions were held in Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, Vadodara
Vadodara
Vadodara formerly known as Baroda is the third most populated city in the Indian State of Gujarat . It is one of the four cities with the population of over 1 million...
, USA, Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
and Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
.
Mega Audition
One hundred dancers were invited to Mumbai. The dancers first went through Remo D'Souza's street dancing round. Then they went through Geeta Kapoor's Indian traditional dance round and finally through Terrence Lewis' International pair dance round. Top 36 performers were selected from these three rounds. After that the contestants were divided into three groups of 12 each (6 boys and 6 girls) and assigned to Remo, Terence, and Geeta. The final 36 presented their solo performances and each master picked 3 boys and 3 girls from their own groups. These top 18 were named Adbhut Athara(18). After the Grand Success of DID 2 and seeing the talent in children like Gouransh and Aarchie during auditions a new session of DID called DANCE INDIA DANCE JUNIOR was announced publicly on 15.1.10. while auditions too started the same day.Grand Finale Top 4(Results)
Terrence Ki Toli (TKT)'Shakti Mohan
Shakti Mohan
Shakti Mohan is a contemporary dancer from India She was the winner of Zee TV's dance reality show Dance India Dance . Shakti won a cash prize of Rs.50 lakh from Zee TV. She also won a Suzuki Wagon R. Shakti also has a brief appearance on the video for the title song of the movie Tees Maar Khan,...
, 24 (Mumbai) -- 1st place(WINNER)
Geeta ki Gang (GKG)
Dharmesh Yelande
Dharmesh Yelande
Dharmesh Yelande popularly known in the dance world as Dharmesh Sir is a dancer and choreographer from India. He is mainly known for participating in shows like Dance India Dance , Dance India Dance Li'l Masters, and Dance Ke Superstars all of which aired on Zee TV...
, 27 (Vadodara) --
2nd place(runner up)
Binny Sharma
Binny Sharma
Binny Bishan Sharma is an Indian television actor. She currently co-stars in Sanjog Se Bani Sangini with Iqbal Khan.Before coming to television, Binny was a contestant in 'Dance India Dance' Season 2 and placed 4th.- Personal life :...
, 22 (Ahmedabad) -- 4th place
Remo Ke Rangeeley (RKR)
Punit Pathak, 23 (Mumbai) -- 3rd place(2nd runner up)
Top 12
The top 12 contestants of Dance India Dance are (top 4 in bold):Terrence Ki Toli (TKT)
-Shakti Mohan
Shakti Mohan
Shakti Mohan is a contemporary dancer from India She was the winner of Zee TV's dance reality show Dance India Dance . Shakti won a cash prize of Rs.50 lakh from Zee TV. She also won a Suzuki Wagon R. Shakti also has a brief appearance on the video for the title song of the movie Tees Maar Khan,...
, 24 (Mumbai) WINNER
-Amarjeet Singh
Kunwar Amar
Kunwar Amar is a contemporary dancer from India. He was the Dance Contestant of Zee TV's dance reality show Dance India Dance .He later appeared in Channel V India's Dil Dosti Dance ....
, 24 (Indore) eliminated at 5th place (Finest talent award)
-Jack Gill, 20 (Norway) eliminated at 8th place
-Kruti Mahesh, 25 (Mumbai) eliminated at 11th place
Geeta Ki Gang (GKG)
-Kishore Aman, 20 (Mangalore) eliminated at 9th place
-Dharmesh Yelande
Dharmesh Yelande
Dharmesh Yelande popularly known in the dance world as Dharmesh Sir is a dancer and choreographer from India. He is mainly known for participating in shows like Dance India Dance , Dance India Dance Li'l Masters, and Dance Ke Superstars all of which aired on Zee TV...
, 27 (Vadodara) First runner up's (Choreographing children in Dance India Dance Li'l Masters
Dance India Dance Li'l Masters
Dance India Dance Li'l Masters is a new dance reality show that will launch on Zee TV from April 30, 2010. The tag line of the show is Dance Ke Baap. The show timings are Fri-Sat 9.30 pm....
)
-Binny Sharma
Binny Sharma
Binny Bishan Sharma is an Indian television actor. She currently co-stars in Sanjog Se Bani Sangini with Iqbal Khan.Before coming to television, Binny was a contestant in 'Dance India Dance' Season 2 and placed 4th.- Personal life :...
, 22 (Punjab) eliminated at 4th place
-Amrita Moitra, 25 (Kolkata) eliminated at 6th place(Choreographing children in Dance India Dance Li'l Masters
Dance India Dance Li'l Masters
Dance India Dance Li'l Masters is a new dance reality show that will launch on Zee TV from April 30, 2010. The tag line of the show is Dance Ke Baap. The show timings are Fri-Sat 9.30 pm....
)
Remo Ke Rangeeley (RKR)
-Saajan Singh, 16 (Punjab) eliminated at 7th place
-Punit Pathak, 23 (Mumbai) eliminated at 3rd place
-Nikkitasha Marwaha, 20 (USA) eliminated at 10th place
-Shashank Dogra, 21 (Delhi) eliminated at 12th place
Celebrity Guests
- Salman KhanSalman KhanSalman Khan is an Indian film actor. He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films.Khan, who made his acting debut with a minor role in the drama Biwi Ho To Aisi with Rekha in a lead role, had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya , for which he won a Filmfare Award for...
(22 January 2010) - Dia MirzaDia MirzaDia Mirza Handrich nicknamed Dee and more popularly known as Dia Mirza, is a Indian model and actress who appears in Bollywood films...
(20 March 2010) - Amitabh BachchanAmitabh BachchanAmitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
(29 January 2010) - Vivek OberoiVivek OberoiVivek Oberoi is an Indian actor. He is the son of Bollywood actor Suresh Oberoi and Yashodhara Oberoi.- Early life :Vivek attended Mayo college in Ajmer. At an actors' workshop in London he was spotted by the director of New York University who took Vivek off to New York, where he completed his...
(5 February 2010) - Govinda Ahuja (9 April 2010)
- Helen (16 April 2010)
- Arshad WarsiArshad WarsiArshad Warsi is an Indian actor who debuted in 1996 with the film Tere Mere Sapne which was a success but he is best known for his role as "Circuit" in the comedy films Munnabhai M.B.B.S. and Lage Raho Munnabhai and his role as Babban in Ishqiya which won him acclaim.-Early life and...
(20 March 2010) - JeetendraJeetendraJeetendra born Ravi Kapoor is an Indian actor and television producer...
(19 March 2010) - Boman IraniBoman IraniBoman Irani is an Indian film and theatre actor and photographer. Irani began his acting career in theatre and moved to film in 2000 at the age of 44 with a role in Josh...
(13 March 2010) - Ritesh Deshmukh (27 March 2010)
Judges
- Master Geeta KapoorGeeta KapoorGeeta Kapoor is an Indian choreographer, in Hindi films , and is presently one of the three judges for the Indian reality dance talent show, Dance India Dance - Season 2, where she is one of the three judges, who are also mentors to the shows 18 dancers, called 'Masters'.-Early life and...
with the team Geeta Ki Gang - Master Remo D'souzaRemo D'SouzaRemo D'Souza is an Indian dancer, choreographer, actor and film director. Although he is mainly involved in choreography, he has also contributed to other Indian film industries, mainly Bengali cinema....
with the team Remo ke Rangeeley - Master Terence LewisTerrence LewisTerence Lewis is an Indian choreographer. He was born and raised in Mumbai to a Catholic family.Born to Xavier Lewis and Teresa Lewis, he is the youngest of eight siblings. He is internationally trained and specialises in Indian folk, contemporary and neo-classical dance forms...
with the team Terence Ki Toli
- GRAND Master Mithun ChakrabortyMithun ChakrabortyMithun Chakraborty is an Indian film actor, social activist, and entrepreneur, who has won three National Film Awards. He made his acting debut with the arthouse drama Mrigaya , for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor....