Dance India Dance (season 3)
LUX Dance India Dance 3 also known as DID 3 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 Saturday and Sunday.
The winner of the 1st season and 2nd season was Salman Khan (Mohammed Y.K. Ghouse), from Bangalore and Shakti Mohan , from Mumbai respectively . Due to its grand success in season 1 & 2 , the show launched Dance India Dance Season 3 on 24 December 2011 .
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Judges :
Master Geeta Kapoor
Master Remo D'souza
Master Terence Lewis
Grand master Mithun Chakraborty
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About Judges :
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Terence Lewis (choreographer):
Terence Lewis (born 10 April 1975) is an Indian choreographer. He is internationally trained and specialises in Indian folk, contemporary and neo-classical dance forms. He is also a choreographer in Bollywood films and musicals. He has been trained nationally and specializes in contemporary dance. Terence has also choreographed a number of films and musicals as a celebrity choreographer. Terence has choreographed a number of stage shows, Indian contemporary performances, Bollywood Shows, corporate launches, Broadway Westend musicals, feature films, several popular music videos, and has appeared in many advertisements. Terence won the American Choreography Award for his excellent choreography for songs of the movie Lagaan along with Saroj Khan, Raju Khan, Ganesh Hegde and Vaibhavi Merchant. He was the mentor for the Dance India Dance winner, Shakti Mohan. He has choreographed international stage shows, mega Bollywood shows, corporate launches, Broadway Westend musicals, feature films, ads and music videos. He is the first Indian to receive the prestigious Dance WEB Scholarship, representing India in Vienna, Austria. Terence represented Asia at the International Choreographers' Meet at the TANZ platform, Stuttgart, Germany. He is also a teacher at Impulstanz Festival at Vienna, Austria since 2007-08 teaching Bollywood and Indian contemporary dance
Dance India DanceTerrence Lewis has been a judge on Dance India Dance for its past two seasons. In season 1 Terrence Lewis and his contestant, Alisha Singh, came in second place, with Mohammed Y.K Gouse (Salman Khan) in first. Season 2 is where Terrence Lewis and his contestant, Shakti Mohan, came in first place.He is also going to judge another dance show in colors channel namely-chak dhoom dhoom
With the beginning of DID season 3, Terrence is still among the three judges along with Remo and Geeta Maa. The most shocking event in the auditions was the participation of his former assistant, who did so without informing Terrence. Terrence to be fair to the competition did not judge his performance and left that to the other two judges, who without thinking selected him for the next round.
Fear Factor-Khatron Ke Khiladi(Level 3) -
Terence was the contestant of Colors TV's Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi [Level 3] anchored by Priyanka Chopra.His
partner was Ananya Kapoor from Indore/New Delhi studying engineering from Indore and did schooling from Air Force Bal Bharti School, New Delhi.(partner no.5) as chosen by the contestant Terence Lewis. The 3rd Level for 13 New Boys was
held in Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil. He's got eliminated on the 11th Episode
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About Geeta Kapoor :
Born 05th July 1973. (37 years old)
Mumbai, India Geeta Kapoor is an Indian choreographer, in Hindi films (Bollywood), 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'
Career : - Geeta Kapur started her career when she joined the troupe of noted Bollywood choreographer Farah Khan at just 15, later went on to assisting her in many films and even the musical Bombay Dreams (2004),and was part of films like Fiza (2000), Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (2001), Saathiya (2002), Main Hoon Na (2004) and Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008),Tees Maar Khan's Sheila Ki Jawani' and has lent choreography to many Bollywood song and dance sequences.
Starting out as a secondary, background
dancer in many song sequences,(Eg. Song 'Dum Tara' of Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Song 'Tujhe Yaad Na Meri Aaye' from movie Kuch Kuch Hota Hai) she stood out through her persistence on some a mix of classical and modern dance moves. Starting in late 90's, through her connections in the Hindi movie industry, she got some early projects to impart her dance skills in movies such as 'Nayak'. she also appeared in kuch kuch hota hai for bout 5 seconds..
In 2009, she appeared on the Season 2 of reality dance talent show, Dance India Dance (Zee TV), along with choreographers, Terrence Lewis, Remo D'Souza as a judge, as well as a mentors, where they trained
18 contestants in dance forms like ballet, acrobatics, mid-air dancing, contemporary, Bollywood and hip-hop
Dance Styles and Expertise :
Ms. Kapoor is strong in the conventional Hindi song dance styles and shows her mettle in this area while coaching her dance students on the show, 'Dance India Dance' . She leads a group of dance students ,
Geeta Ki Gang, in the show 'Dance India Dance'.
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About Remo D'Souza :
Remo D'Souza (born Ramesh Gopi on 2 April 1974) 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.
Born Ramesh Gopi -April 2, 1974 (1974-04-02) (age 37)Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
Spouse : Lizelle D'Souza
He was one of the judges in the reality dance show Dance India Dance in 2009.
He was also seen as judge in the show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in 2010 along with Indian actresses Madhuri Dixit and Malaika Arora Khan .
He is currently working to make India's first 3D Dance Movie with D.I.D (season 1 & 2) contestans .
As an Actor : Pardes, Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities (2004) .... Kunal's friend, Aflatoon (1997)
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As a Song Director
Bas Ek Pal (15 September 2006)
F.A.L.T.U (1 April 2011)
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As Director
Year Release Date Film Language Starring Other notes
2007 Lal Pahare'r Katha Bengali Mithun Chakraborty, Rishi
2011 1 April 2011 F.A.L.T.U Hindi Jackky Bhagnani, Puja Gupta, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi
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Awards :
Year Film song Category/Recipient(s) Result Award
2004 Tehzeeb (2003) Meherbaan Best Choreography Won Technical Award
2007 The Red Hill Story (Lal Pahar'r Katha) (2007) - Best Director Won Osian Film Festival Award - Dubai
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