Celebrity dance reality show ''Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' has come a long way. Season 9 it is!! Yeah! And needless to mention, it has got Bigger and Better. Though I only wish, we still had Madhuri Dixit and Remo D'Souza as judges. And yeah, if you don't remember, Karan, Madhuri and Remo, together, judges three consecutive seasons of Jhalak. But never mind, the show must go on.
I must add here, Karan Johar, for last 5 years, has been one of the most consistent and popular judges on that hot seat. Others came by and left but this filmmaker with his tongue-in-cheek comments refuses to leave that place. You can see on his face how happy he feels while judging Jhalak. Honestly, if not the contestants or TRPs, just Karan Johar and the host Manish Paul can hold this on their shoulders. Super fun!
As for season 9, I am quite amazed to look at the heady mix of contestants. Evidently, after countless controversies of having contract issues with contestants in past seasons, the show makers wanted to play it safe and didn't really hunt much for suitable contestants. All they need to do was pick hottest faces from other reality shows on the same colour or leading characters from popular TV soaps and there you go...
We have gems like Karishma Tanna, Nora Fatehi from Bigg Boss, hot hunks Shakti Arora and Arjun Bijlani, TV bahus aka hotties Helly Shah and Surveen Chawla.... Adding a firang tadka, we have twin sisters Poonam and Priyanka, fun element in form of Chutki (Gaurav Gera), Punjabi flavour with chef Harpal Singh, and the icing on the cake has to be Salman Yusuf Khan... who started off as a choreographer with Jhalak and after 9 seasons, is back as a celebrity contestant. Now that's quite a leap boy!
Just two weeks of the show, and I can say it ensures my weekend dose of entertainment. Too early to say who will win, but definitely I have my favourites in Karishma Tanna and Salman Yusuf Khan.
Let's see more action unfolding in coming weeks.
Till then ciao! Keep watching and snitching.
