Hindi Tv Show India’s Best Dancer 2 - Cast & Crew

A model turned actress, producer, entrepreneur and now, mom, Shilpa Shetty has excelled in every field she’s touched so far. Born in the city of dreams, Bombay, started off as a model in the advertising industry with a Limca commercial. She went on to do more ad-films and pretty soon landed her first movie Baazigar (1993) directed by the popular duo Abbas-Mastaan, famous for their bone-chilling thrillers. The movie earned her Filmfare nominations for Best Actress in a supporting role and Lux new face of the year. These became the first of many awards she went on to receive in her career over the years. With over 40 movies on her tab, she has acted not only in Hindi but also in the languages of Telugu, Kannada, and Tamil.

Asha Parekh was born in October 1942 to a middle-class Gujarati family. Her career as an actress started when she was a child and played a role in Aasmaan at the age of 10. This started off her career, which spanned for over 40 years in the industry with on and behind screen roles.

Asha is considered to be the second greatest female vocalist in India, second to only her sister the great Lata Mangeshkar. Born on September 8th 1933 in Maharashtra to Master Deenanath Mangeshkar, a classical singer and actor. Her father passed away when Asha was only 10 and she and her sister began to sing from an early age to support their family. Asha had a big family with 4 sisters, including Asha, and one brother.

She is a wife, a mother and now a film director. Earlier, she was most popular with Salman Khan in a music video. Later on, she acted in a film with Akshay Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan in Anil Sharma’s Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo. The film released in December 2004 and she tied her know to T Series Bhushan Kumar in February 2005. She made her debut as a film director for Yaariyan released in 2014, and was produced by her husband Bhushan Kumar. The film released under T-series banner with all new comers in the cast. As a creative person, she had trained all the newcomers, who were cast in the film Yaariyan and did a workshop with them for eight months. Made on a small budget of 10 crores, the film Yaariyan collected over 40 crores, thereby establishing her as a successful director in Bollywood. Whether it is a Bollywood or Kollywood industry, women have found it very difficult to enter directorial venture, but she was quite successful and hopefully, she will have better options in direction. She also has acted in a Telugu film Love Today in 2004. In 2015, she had started to work in another T series production film. 

Nora Fatehi is yet another foreigner to get a break in the Bollywood and she is of Moroccan origin. She debuted in Bollywood through the movie ‘Roar – Tigers of the Sundarbans’ which was directed by Kamal Sadanah. She played the character of a commando who is on a mission to find and kill a man-killer tigress. The superhot model was already famous for her killer looks and the movie gave her a huge boost.

Karisma Kapoor is a well known face from the family of the Kapoors. She is the daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita and the elder sister of Kareena Kapoor Khan. She was born in the year 1974 in Mumbai. She was invited to act in the Hindi movies at an early age of 17. After completing her schooling, this young artist stepped towards the acting field with lots of hope to conquer the hearts of the Indian fans. She visited Sophia College, only for a few months. Her debut movie was Prem Qaidi in the year 1991. Her grand success movie came in the form of Raja Hindustani with Aamir Khan. This movie presented her with the Filmfare Award for the Best Actress. 1997 was the best year in her career, as she received the National Award for the Best Supporting Actress in the movie Dil To pagal Hai. Dil To Pagal Hai was a romantic movie with big star pack such as Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Akshay Kumar. Zubeidaa was one of the best movies in her career and she was lauded well by the critics for her performance in that movie. Dangerous Ishq in 2011 was her latest performance in the films. Karisma got married with the businessman Sanjay Kapur in 2003. This couple has two children. Karisma and Sanjay got separated in a few years and they got divorced in 2014. She has been acting as the ambassador of Pinkathon 2012, which was formed to create an awareness of Breast Cancer. She has also acted in various advertisements such as Kellogg's, Danone, Crescent Lawn and Admix Retail. She has also worked with the popular fashion designers and participated in many Ramp shows. She has been the judge for the dance shows in the television namely, Nach Baliye 4 and Hans Baliye.

During the mid 80s Neelam Kothari had a successful period of her film career. This cute lady with a sweet smile was indeed a reckonable star then. The 1984 flick Jawani is her debut film. Love 86, Illzam, Aag Hi Aag are some of the hits in her career. After some years she acted in Sooraj Barjatya’s Hum Saath Saath Hain with big stars of Bollywood. Though she had a brief role in Karan Johar’s Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Neelam was appreciated as the VJ Neelam. Having stayed in Hong Kong during her early stages of her life Neelam later shifted to Bangkok.

Muskan Singh is a professional dancer. She was born on 21 April 2002 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. Her Zodiac Sign is Taurus. She did her schooling at St. Xavier’s Senior Secondary Co-Ed School, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. She holds a degree of BA (Hons) in Political Science. She did MA in Kathak from Raja Mansingh Tomar Music & Arts University, Gwalior, India. Her father is a retired army officer, and her mother is a homemaker. She was amongst the top 12 contestants on the Indian dance TV reality show India’s Best Dancer Season 2, which aired on Sony TV in 2021. She revealed that she was not interested in dancing initially and her father led her into the field of dance, as he loved Indian classical dance.

Saumya Kamble is a young talented dancer in India. She is a popular TV personality. Saumya was born on 2 May 2005. Her hometown is in Pune, Maharashtra. Saumya Kamble has performed a lot on Indian television. Saumya Kamble has participated in the Indian dance reality show India’s Best Dancer season 2 in 2021. Saumya won the season in 2022. Saumya claims that her mother has been a great support in her journey. Although, her father wanted her to become a doctor. Saumya got a lot of fame after she participated in India’s Best Dancer. The show is telecasted on Sony TV. Saumya performs almost every dance form. She performs classical dance, hip-hop, contemporary, and freestyle. In 2018, Ejoe Wilson honored her with the Best Dancer certificate.

Apeksha Sukheja is an Indian classical dancer from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She started learning dance when she was in 4th standard. Her father worked in the Indian Space Research Organization, Bangalore as a scientist, and her mom, Monica, is a homemaker. She has an elder brother, Harsh Sukheja, an IIT Kharagpur student.

Vartika Jha is an Indian Street Dancer. She appeared in the Hindi Television Industry. Vartika was born in the year 2000. She was born and brought up in Renusagar, Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh.

Kanchi Shah hails from Bhiwandi, Mumbai. She is a fabulous street dancer. Firstly street dance used to be done only by boys; later on, girls were also included. When she came to know that “SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE” came to India, she thought to participate in that so that she can prove to herself and can excel her talent. She also thought that the dance floor would be a better platform for her to enhance her dancing skills and showcase her talent. She auditioned immediately, and made it to the next rounds. There, they tested her ability to adapt to different styles.

Malaika Arora is a Model, VJ, actress, dancer, producer, reality show judge that is truly admirable. She later evolved herself as a Khan Bahu. She is married to Salman Khan’s brother Arbaaz Khan. In her two-decade-old career, she appeared very hot as a model and actress. She identified herself as Bollywood’s hottest actress and had excellent modeling skills and host TV ability too. She looked young and gorgeous as ever in any item song. She was the top 10 item girls in Bollywood.

Geeta Kapoor is a renowned choreographer who is judging various dancing competition shows on Indian television.

Bollywood actor Chunky Pandey’s career graph provides for interesting reading, with all its ups and downs and twists and turns. For the sake of records, he has an impressive list of over 80 films against his name and in 2015 has achieved a silver jubilee in his filmy career, but these figures can hardly convey the vicissitudes that his career had to go through. It would be best to look at his career in three distinct phases – the initial phase when he entered the industry and within a short time got noticed for his roles, (although not really in lead ones); the second phase when he suffered from the frustration at not being able to break the jinx in Bollywood of being cast in successful lead roles, and deciding to foray into Bangladeshi cinema; and the last and most recent phase when he decided to try his fortune once again in Bollywood, and still continuing his efforts in the rather changed circumstances compared to his initial years there. It may be difficult to pass judgement on which of these phases has been his most successful one, as they were all in different circumstances and at different periods. In an isolated manner, may be his Bangladeshi phase was the most successful, as all his films there were in lead roles, and he had been able to build up a good fan base which was quite overawed by a Bollywood star “condescending” to work in their midst, although all this happening without his being able to speak a word of Bengali. More rationally, his first phase was perhaps the most eventful and successful too, with his bagging the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his “Tezaab”. At the same time from a personal perspective it must have been a disappointment for him as he did not get many lead roles. He did act in several films like “Aag Hi Aag” released in 1987, having Dharmendra & Mousumi in the lead; followed in 1988 by two Dharmendra starrers “Paap Ki Duniya” and “Khatron Ke Khiladi” ; “Ghar Ka Chiraag” in 1989 with Rajesh Khanna and finally “Mitti Aur Sona” in the same year where he at last got a lead role. The irony is that with the advent of new generation actors like the Shahrukh Khans and Amir Khans he could not come into the lime light, and continued to fester as the aide or friend to the main heroes like Rajesh Khanna, Anil Kapoor, Govinda etc. Even in hits like “Aankhen” the limelight was on Govinda although they formed an equally creditable pair. In his return phase in 2003, after the sojourn in Bangladesh, he made a determined effort to claw back into a niche position, but ended up with mixed results. Starting off with minor roles and some good acting, though in bizarre movies of Ram Gopal Varma, he could ultimately make a mark with “Housefull”, appearing both in the original and the sequel, both of which were hits, offering some solace and hope of better times to come.

Dharmendra Singh Deol was born on 8th December 1935 in Punjab, India. He is considered to be an asset of the Indian film industry. He is an icon of the Bollywood film industry, and he has acted in movies that are indeed blockbusters. Currently, he resides in Phagwara, Punjab. He is a very popular actor as well as producer of films. He got into politics as well, and he is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Mika Singh is an actor, singer, stage presenter and composer. He was born on 10 June 1977 in Durgapur Bihar. He is the youngest child among six of Ajmer Singh Chandan and Balbir Kaur. Mika Singh real name is Amrik Singh. He is the real brother of all time famous punjabi singer Daler Mehandi. He is one of the most famous Punjabi singer. He sang several songs in Bollywood ‘Mauja Hi Mauja’, ‘Dhanno’, ‘Dhinka Chika’, ‘Gabru’ and ‘Mai tera agal bagal hu’.

Guru Randhawa is a singer. He mainly sings in the Hindi and Punjabi language. His other name is Gursharanjot Singh Randhawa. He is also a writer, and music composer. He sings songs in Bollywood, Indi-pop, and Bhangra Style. His music is available on Gaana, YouTube, Spotify, Google Play Music, JioSaavn, Tuneln, Hungama, and Wynk. He was born on August 30 and in the year 1991. He was born in Nurpur village, Gurdaspur District, Punjab, and India. He has also worked with the legends like Neeti Mohan, Arjun, Bohemia, Dhvani Bhanushali, Sukhe Muzical Doctorz, Pitbull, Tanishk Baghchi, Neha Kakkar, Tulsi Kumar, Milind Gaba, and Ikka. He did the Master of Administration.

This Vicky donor worked as radio jockey, Video jockey, television anchor, host, actor, lyricist, singer, theatre actor anything left… huhh ya reality show contestant in Roadies too is Ayushmann the multi talented.

Suniel Shetty, a renowned Bollywood actor, was born in August, 1961 in Mulki, India. His relatives and close friends know him by the name ‘Anna’. He is an actor, producer and a TV presenter. He is well known for his action films. His first film was ‘Balwaan’ which established him as an action hero. He became popular with his film ‘Mohra’ where he played the character of Vishal in this action packed film. Some of his noted films are: Dilwale (1994), an action film, ‘Border’ (1997), a film about the India-Pakistan war in 1971, ‘Hera Pheri’ (2000), a comedy and ‘Dhadkan’ (2000), a romantic drama. He acted in a Tamil movie also. He also appeared in the English movie ‘Don’t Stop Dreaming’ in 2007.

Raktin Thakuria, also known by the name Rakzz, is an India-based professional dancer and choreographer. He made his debut on TV with the show Dance Plus 5 as a member of the dance group ‘The Ace’ in 2019. He was passionate about dancing since his childhood and he spent his school days participating in various dance competitions. He completed his schooling at Don Bosco High School, Guwahati, India. He did a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Political Science from Sri Aurobindo College, University of Delhi, New Delhi. He came into the limelight when he appeared as a contestant in the dance reality show India’s Best Dancer 2. Apart from being a dancer, he is also a skillful rapper and beatboxer.

Akash Tambedkar is an Indian dancer. He was born and raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. His father’s name is Nagesh Tambedkar. He has done his education in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He graduated from H.R. College of Commerce and Economics with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree. He is a trendy dancer and a choreographer. He has participated in various competitions. He is known for participating in the popular show India’s Best Dancer 2. It’s a dance reality show hosted by Maniesh Paul. The show’s judges are Malaika Arora, Geeta Kapur, and Terence Lewis. His hobbies are traveling, dancing, singing, and photography.

Gourav Sarwan from Jaipur rose to fame since his participation in the Super Dancer Hindi Chapter 3 aired on Sony Entertainment Television in 2018, which Jay Bhanushali hosted. The show was judged by Shilpa Shetty, Anurag Basu, and Geeta Kapoor. Gourav Sarwan was among the season's finalists and was strongly supported by his choreographer, Super guru Amardeep Singh Natt. Gourav Sarwan wishes to be the Nation's pride, Desh ka Gourav, though he is already his father's pride, Gourav. This little talent, an aloo-paratha lover, is his grandmother’s favorite and the most pampered kid. Gourav Sarwan stands out from the rest with his arduous work and persistent efforts to improve his moves and his overall performance. Rather than competing with others, Gourav Sarwan chooses to compete with the previous performances he had staged. He believes that hard work will pay off and make one stand especially distinguished from others.

Sanket Gaonkar is a Dance prodigy who won the Indian dance reality show ‘Dance India Dance six’ in the year 2017. He hails from the small town of Ankola, Karnataka This 1998 born dancer completed his studies in Bachelors in Science and pursued dance as a career. Being the winner of season six of the dance show, he gained a lot of popularity and praises all around the country as Dance India Dance is one of the biggest dance reality show in India, with six recurrent seasons and two spin-offs in the form of DID LI’L Masters, and DID Doubles. Paran Devo, Alphans Chetty, Sachin Sharma, Sanket Gaonkar, Nainika Anasuru, Punyakar Upadhyay, Rahul Burman, Ria Chatterjee and Piyush Gurbhele were some of the other contestants.

Roza Rana is an Indian dancer who has performed in a variety of dance-based TV programs. Originally named Roja, Roza hails from the state of Odisha. Her native town is Cuttack. She attended St. Joseph’s Convent School. In her early years, Roza keenly followed dance and developed a passion for the art. She used to watch Bollywood dance sequences and would try to imitate those steps. Her family was very supportive of her interest and talent. Roza’s intense desire to learn dancing convinced her father to back his daughter. He quit his job and brought drastic changes to his life, all so that Roza could concentrate on her dancing. He would pick her up from her classes and be as involved as he could. Everything was going well until a personal tragedy hit the danseuse and her family.

A dancer extraordinaire, a respected choreographer, God of Contemporary dance, these are some of the names given to Terence Lewis. Terence was born into the family of Xavier and Teresa Lewis and was the youngest of their eight children. He was brought up as a Catholic and did his schooling from St. Theresa High School before joining the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and The Martha Graham Centre for Contemporary Dance in New York where he was trained extensively in Jazz, Ballet and contemporary dancing. It goes without saying that he turned out to be an extraordinary dancer and soon started his career as a choreographer.

Manish Paul is an Indian television actor, host and a stand-up comedian. Manish was born and brought up in Delhi, did his schooling from Apeejay School and B.A. from College of Vocational Studies. After he shifted to Mumbai, he landed his first show as a host in Sunday Tango.

He was also a VJ with Zee Music and radio jockey with Radio city. He landed his acting debut as a ghost in Ghost Bana Dost. Manish also acted in several television serials like Radhaa Ki Betiyaan Kuch Kar Dikhayengi, Ssshhhh... Phir Koi Hai, Zindadil, Wheel Ghar Ghar Mein and Kahani Shuru with Love Guru and Kuchh Cook Hota Hai.

Manish Paul got noticed as a television host after hosting the popular show Saa Ree Gaa Maa Paa Chhote Ustaad and his appearance on the show Comedy Circus. He was the host of Dance India Dance Li'l Masters. He was a participant in celebrity singing show Star a Rockstar. He is currently co-hosting Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa's seventh instalment with Ranvir Shorey.

He was awarded Best Anchor award for Dance India Dance Li'l Masters in 2011. He had appeared in guest role in Tees Maar Khan but he made his big screen debut with Mickey Virus.

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