D3: Sharon hosts a farewell party for Neha... (August 9th, 2013)

Neha tells the D3 gang that she has decided to quit the team. She explains to them that she doesn't feel appreciated staying with the team. She feels as if she will be treated better by the Bhojpuri industry. Sharon agrees with Neha. She tells everyone that even though it is a Bhojpuri music video, Neha has been offered the main lead and that is what matters since they are all aiming to make dance their career. The team decide to celebrate rather than stop Neha. Sharon announces that she will host a farewell party for Neha at her place. Neha is touched by Sharon's gesture. Vicki gets emotional but Nilesh asks him to control his emotions. Sharon asks Swayam to make all the arrangements while she tells everyone that she will inform Rey. 

Meanwhile, Rey is in the designer's office. The designer's assistant is measuring Rey for his costumes when Sharon calls him. He answers her call. Sharon tells Rey that Neha has decided to quit the team. She tells him that Aditya spoke to her very rudely so she decided to take up the offer for the Bhojpuri music video. Rey is taken aback by the fact that Aditya was rude to Neha but Sharon tells him that Aditya and Neha are both right in their own way. She informs him about Neha's farewell party. Rey is glad that Sharon is hosting a party for Neha. He promises her that he will make it for the party. 

Sharon makes decorates her house. Swayam reaches her place with all the food and drinks. Soon the rest of the D3 gang make it to Sharon's place. They wonder if Rey will attend the party. Sharon informs them that she spoke to him and he promised her that he would attend. Finally Neha arrives. The gang shower her with gifts and make her feel special. Neha is touched by their gesture and thanks everyone. She especially thanks Sharon for hosting the party at her house. She wonders where Rey is. Swayam assures her that Rey is probably on his way over. Meanwhile, Aditya comes to Rey's place with the media for an interview session. He forces Rey to give the interview by telling him that this will help promote the music video. Aditya even takes a hold of Rey's phone. 

The D3 gang hang out together and celebrate when Sharon's doorbell rings. They assume that it must be Rey but it is Aashi. She brings with her that gifts that Neha got for the entire gift. She thanks everyone once again for hosting the farewell party for her. She also encourages them to move forward and wishes them the best. Everyone is impressed by her words. She once again asks Sharon where Rey is. This time Swayam wonders why Rey hasn't arrived as well. 

Will Rey be able to make it on time? How will the D3 gang react when they meet Rey? Looks like this is another move in Aditya's master plan to break up the D3 gang... 

So with the farewell for Neha going on, I wondered if Alisha Singh was leaving Dil Dostii Dance. I happened to find this article which states that she is leaving for a dance workshop along with Shakti and Vinti. Hopefully, Alisha returns to the show after her workshop...

Daily Update: D3, February 5th & 6th, 2013

First off, let me start by apologizing for my missing post. Yesterday was just a really busy day and by the time I got back home, I was just too tired to come up with a coherent post. So to make it up, I found  some cute little videos and interviews that I'll link in this post. 

Firstly, I found a cool video about Shakti's calendar launch. This is her second calendar and this year she has completely outdone herself. Last year's calendar was all about a dancer while this year's calendar has a distinctly India theme. The pictures are amazing and Shakti is looks every bit the Gods and Goddesses that she portrays. Here is a link to the launch video. You'll see Sneha aka the old Sharon, Vinti aka Vishaka and Alisha aka Neha talk about the calendar launch and Shakti herself. Along with the calendar, Shakti and her talented sisters Neeti and Mukti also produced this amazing dance video. Take a look...

Here is a link to Shakti's 2012 calendar pics. Click here for her 2013 calendar pics. Shakti has certainly come a long way since her Dance India Dance days and I wish her nothing but more success.

Moving on to Shakti's counterpart, Amar. I found this interview of Amar where he talks about how he's not such a big star compared to other contestants of Nach Baliye 5. It was interesting to hear his talk about that. It's true that he isn't as 'big' as the other stars on the show but he does have his loyal fan following. Ever since Dance India Dance, Amar and Shakti have made a place for themselves in the hearts of people.



Amar and Charlie have been doing a good job on Nach Baliye so far. They were even the most voted couple one week. It just goes to show that as long as one entertains the audience, the votes will keep coming in. Popularity is not the only factor that brings in the votes.

Now let's talk about the episodes. Every thing goes haywire. Nikaf quits the team because he didn't have his way. That caused the AVP to pull the plug on St. Louis entry into Nokia Indiafest. Seems like she wanted a reason to pull the team out and Nikaf's quitting provided her with one. The rest of the team members are shattered to learn that they will not be going. All their hard work flushed down the drain. Sharon is shocked to see that the dancers are so down. She tells them that they should protest the AVP's decision. Just because one person quits the team, it doesn't mean that the other members won't be able to cover for that person. The new dancers question Sharon as to why she is so passionate about it considering she isn't dancing with them. Sharon tells the team that they have to fight for dance. Rey, Swayam, Nilesh and Aashi agree but newbies decide that breaking the rules would be too risky for them. They back out. Now Sharon, Rey, Aashi, Swayam and Nilesh are left by themselves. They try to figure out a plan that will take them to Goa for Indiafest.

Check out the link for the full episode video...

Rey tells the group that he can't hide their plan from Taani and storms out. Later on that evening, Sharon calls him and tells him that he has to spend time with her. She then proceeds to kidnap Rey to Goa! That girl always gets what she wants! The gang finally arrives in Goa and reminisce about their previous visit to Indiafest. After the gang arrives in Goa, Sharon and Rey start arguing. Rey was not happy about having to hide all of this from Taani. Swayam tries to handle the situation. He talks to Rey and tells him that he shouldn't hide this from Taani. He tells Rey that if Taani found out from someone else instead of him, she would be very hurt. So Rey calls Taani but before he could say anything to her, she hangs up. Swayam tries to apologize to Sharon for being too pushy. Sharon as usual ignores Swayam and all of his cute little apologetic glances.

Aashi tries to find out more about the registration process. She tells the group that everything can be done but the performing group has to have at least 6 dancers. Just when they start to lose hope, Vicki arrives. He tells them that they couldn't just sit back and watch their friends suffer. The entire gang comes to Goa to support them.



And finally, before I leave, here is what we can expect in the forthcoming episodes. Looks like loads of Dil Dostii and Dance! Can't wait to see all the dancing, romance and comedy!

Now that the Indiafest track in finally on air, there is more coming up from the team of D3 according to this article. I'm hoping it's something super romantic and exciting. Since it's going to be Valentine's Day, I'm hoping it's something super amazing! Can't wait!

Daily Update - D:3, January 22nd, 2013

Let me start out this post with this interview of Shantanu and Vrushika.

I mentioned in one of my earlier posts about all the re-shoots with Vrushika. Here we get to see the filming of the first SwaRon Paso Doble. It must have been hard having to match steps with Sneha considering these were iconic SwaRon dances but once again, Vrushika's working really hard to make sure that the SwaRon magic is back.

Here is the original scene with Sneha. This is the level of intensity and chemistry that Vrushika has to re-create! She has her work cut out for her!

Moving on to today's episode, ReYam are back! And we saw Taani dance! It was nice to see her dancing with all the other D3 girls, especially considering the last time we saw her dance was during the Monsoon Special episode. Also the song, 'Crazy Kiya Rey' was so appropriate. It was nice seeing all the girls dancing together once again. It sort of reminded me of this dance by Kriya, Neha and Vishaka.

Remember this one? It's so weird watching this video now. Shakti and Vinti are no longer a part of Dil Dostii Dance. Can't wait to see the boys and girls dancing again.

Coming back to today's episode, after the morning dance routine, the girls join the boys in the cafeteria. There Simmi tells everyone that she is planning to sell her dance gear. One thing leads to another, and everyone questions Sharon about her choice. Before she can say anything, everyone get a text from Rey asking them to meet him in class. Once there, Rey informs the gang that they have been invited to Indiafest again this year. Everyone is excited except for Sharon.

I'm pretty sure that Swayam noticed Sharon's awkwardness when she was questioned about her choice. From the preview it looks like Sharon is going to tell everyone that she will not be participating. I'm hoping that when Swayam confronts her, she'll cave and tell him the truth but then again who am I kidding! Drama, drama and more drama!

So here is a snapshot of today's episode...