Dil Dosti Dance

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Dil Dostii Dance
Created by	Palki Malhotra
Screenplay by	Palki Malhotra Priya Ramanathan
Story by	Palki Malhotra Priya Ramanathan
Directed by	Vikram V. Labhe Anirudhh Rajderkar Rajeev Raj Hemant N Mishra
Creative directors	Palki Malhotra Ameeta Devadigga
Starring	Shakti Mohan Kunwar Amar Sneha Kapoor Shantanu Maheshwari Vrushika Mehta Vrinda Dawda
Music by
Opening theme	Dil Dosti Dance theme song
Country of origin	India
Original languages	Hindi, English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	856
Production
Producers	Prem Kishan Sunil Mehta (Cinevistaas Ltd)
Production locations	Mumbai, India
Running time	19 mins approx.
Release
Original network	Star Network
Original release	11 April 2011 (2011-04-11) – 9 January 2015 (2015-01-09)
External links
Website

D3: Dil Dosti Dance is an Indian dance fiction television series that premiered on Channel V on April 11th, 2011. It was the first dance-based fiction show on Indian Television and also the longest-running youth-based show, spanning 4 years and 856 episodes.^[1][2] The show starred Kunwar Amar, Shantanu Maheshwari, Sneha Kapoor,^[3] Shakti Mohan,^[4][5] Vrinda Dawda^[6] and Vrushika Mehta^[7] in lead roles. The show won accolades such as the Indian Telly Awards for Best Youth Show- Fiction, Best New Talent, Jury Award for Best Choreographer, and Indian Television Academy Award for On-Screen Couple of the Year to Shantanu Maheshwari and Vrushika Mehta.^[8]

Plot[]

The show follows a group of college students at St. Louis College, Mumbai, and their passion for dancing. Dance forms the backdrop of the lives of these youngsters as they deal with the challenges that life throws at them. It showcases how this passion brings them together to form bonds of friendship and love.

The story begins when Kria (Shakti Mohan) moves to Mumbai, from Dehradun, with her mother to study at St. Louis College. She dreams of becoming a dancer, which she keeping secret from her mother. She starts a war between college Casanova and General Secretary Reyansh (Rey) Singhania (Kunwar Amar) when they end up in jail after a dance battle at a party in Dehradun and unintentionally becomes the enemy of college diva and Cultural Secretary Sharon Rai Prakash (Sneha Kapoor). She soon realizes that the college is divided into two groups: The Dazzlers and The Weaklings. Sharon and Reyansh are best friends and head of The Dazzlers, including Vicky, Nilesh, Simi, and Rini, and it is the only dance group in the college. During the first few days of college, Kria is constantly bullied by the Dazzlers except Rey. During the footloose audition, she meets a regular college student Swayam Shekhawat (Shantanu Maheshwari), who is not only good at his studies but also is a great dancer. Swayam has a massive crush on Sharon but, since he is a weakling, Sharon insults him. Infuriated by this, Kria, along with Swayam Neha, Vishakha, Amar, and Bharat, forms another dance group called The Weaklings, which challenges the Dazzlers in footloose.

Sharon starts falling for Reyansh, who in turn shows interest in Kria. As time passes, Sharon forgets about her slight crush. She still despises the weaklings and especially Kria and is irked by Kria's growing friendship with Rey. During Rose Day, she successfully creates a big misunderstanding between the two, which leads to Kria slapping Rey. Rey starts hating Kria after this incident, and they both begin playing pranks to put each other down. Kria becomes uncomfortable seeing Rey and Sharon dance together on Rose Day, while Swayam cheats and makes Kria the Rose queen, thus choosing friendship over his crush. To make up for this, he sends gifts to Sharon as a secret admirer. Sharon becomes overjoyed on seeing gifts from her admirer and desperately wants to find out his identity. Meanwhile, the war between The Dazzlers and The Weaklings is still on. To end this, RDX calls his friend Professor Karan Malik.

When Professor Karan Malik (Karan Singh Grover) enters St. Louis college all the girls instantly start swooning over him. He tries to create peace between the two groups through various tasks and activities and is successful until the confession task. During this task, Sharon starts disliking Swayam even more when he confesses that Sharon was the actual Rose Queen, but he cheated and made Kria win instead. Rey and Kria apologize to each other, but a significant rift is caused in Rey and Sharon's friendship when she confesses that she created the misunderstandings between Rey and Kria. Rey lashes out at Sharon for betraying him and leaves the room. Professor Karan realizes the damage the task has caused when he finds Sharon crying for the first time. Rey befriends Kria and starts avoiding Sharon, and even insults her in front of everyone, which hurts her. Professor Karan tries to stop their fight and make both of them reconcile, but Sharon avoids Professor Karan like the plague and always runs away when he comes near her or tries to talk to her. Eventually, both friends reconcile as well as both teams. Professor Karan transferred from St. Louis. Then RDX sir appoints a new dance teacher for the group, Ms. Nicole (). Nil starts crushing on Nicole, which upsets Simmi. Meanwhile, St. Louis organizes a dance festival where Kria realizes she likes Rey. Rey and Kria decide to bring Swayam and Sharon together. Meanwhile, Sharon announces that she wants to meet her secret admirer. Rey and Kria are glad to know that it's none other than Swayam but Sharon is anything but glad. She feels disgusted and bluntly rejects Swayam's feelings towards her. Swayam is shattered after Sharon's rejection and is depressed.

Cast[]

Main[]

• Shakti Mohan as Kriya Ghai (April 2011-February 2012; November 2013-July 2014; January 2015) - Rey's first love interest.
• Kunwar Amar as Reyansh "Rey" Singhania - Kriya's and Taani's love interest, Sara's crush, Sharon and Swayam's best friend. Team Dazzlers' Captain.
• Sneha Kapoor as Sharon Rai Prakash (2011-2012)- Swayam's love interest, Reyansh's best friend, Team Dazzlers' Vice-captain.
• Shantanu Maheshwari as Swayam Shekhawat - Sharon's love interest and Taani's brother, Reyansh's best friend.
• Vrushika Mehta as Sharon Rai Prakash (2013-2015)- Swayam's love interest, Reyansh's best friend, Team Dazzlers' Vice-captain.
• Vrinda Dawda as Taani Shekhawat (2012-2013, November 2013) - Swayam's cousin and Rey's former love interest.
• Archi Pratik as Vikramjeet "Vicky" Kalsi.Rey's childhood friend; Neha's love interest; Dazzler.
• Alisha Singh as Neha Kapoor.Kria's best friend; Vicky's love interest(2011-2013); Weakling.
• Macedon D'mello as Nilesh "Nil" Kotian. Simmi's love interest and later her fiancé, Dazzler.
• Samentha Fernandes as Simmi Malhotra.Nil's love interest and later his fiancée, Dazzler.
• Amar Gowda as Amar Kalra.Rinni's Former love interest; college canteen worker and Weakling.
• Priyanka Soni as Rinni Shah. Amar's Former love interest; Dazzler.
• Bharat Ragathi as Bharat Ragathi. Car mechanic; Vishakha's former love interest; Weakling.
• Vinti Idnani as Vishakha. Bharat's former love interest; Weakling; Former Dazzler.
• Sneha Gupta as Aashi.

Recurring[]

• Tarana Raja as Smriti Ghai, Kriya's mother.
• Anirudh Deo as Ravi Dixit (RDX).
• Vallary Loke as Miss Nicole.
• Jiten Lalwani as Rishi Shekhawat, Swayam's father & Taani's uncle.
• Mihir Mishra as Ranvijay Singhania, Reyaansh's father.
• Raymon Kakar as Avantika Rai Prakash, Sharon's mother.
• Lavin Gothi as Shivam Dutta.
• Sumedh Mudgalkar as Raghav/Raghavendra Pratap Singh; Ishika's Love interest (2014).
• Jason Tham as Karma Wangchuk; Huma's love interest (2014-2015).
• Pratibha Paul as Ishika Chakraborty; Raghav's love interest (2014).
• Anusua Chowdhury as Huma Ali Chakraborty; Karma's love interest (2014-2015).
• Mohena Singh as Sara; Sharon's cousin. She has a crush on Rey.
• Karan Singh Grover as Prof. Karan Malik Cameo.

Reception[]

The show has gained a cult fan following over the years and was branded as the 'turning point of youth television' by various media portals. The romantic pairing of Rey-Kriya and Swayam-Sharon was praised for their chemistry. The characters, as well as the actors, became popular, with the show experimenting widely in various dance forms and storylines.^[9]

Mumbai Mirror praised the show saying "it changed the outlook towards modern-day youth shows as it created a niche of its own".^[10]

TV portal Tellychakkar wrote that "the characters not only enjoyed unparalleled success on the show but also become the benchmark for other youth-based shows. From choreographed sequences to impromptu splits, the show had beautiful moves that made us want to dance too."^[11]

Bollywood Helpline said "the TV industry has witnessed many dance-based reality shows over the years, but reality shows have a definite life to them. Especially in such a cut-throat competition scenario where shows do not last for more than 6 months or a year, completing 4 years successfully is something to be proud of. We are talking about none other than the favourite show of today's youth Dil Dosti Dance, which is first its kind dance based fiction show."^[12]

The show saw a special performance by Moulin Rouge! who came in from Paris to give the performance.^[13] It also frequently showcased performances by various Indian dance groups.

Awards[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website