Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa
Indian adaptation of Strictly Come Dancing with pre-recorded episodes.
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is an Indian Hindi-language reality television show and the Indian version of the British reality TV competition Strictly Come Dancing, part of the Dancing with the Stars franchise. The first four seasons aired on Sony TV, seasons five through ten aired on Colors TV, and from season 11 the broadcasting network changed back to Sony Entertainment Television. The show pairs celebrities with professional dancers, who perform predetermined dances and compete for judges' points and audience votes. The couple with the lowest combined total of judges' points and audience votes is eliminated each week until only the champion dance pair remains. The format is taken from Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One, but unlike that show and other spin-offs, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is pre-recorded and uses recorded tracks rather than live music with an in-house band. The title derives from "Jhalak Dikhlaja" (Let Me Have a Glimpse of You), a song from the film Aksar (2006), composed and sung by Himesh Reshammiya. Although the show features mixed-sex couples, the tenth season saw, for the first time, the participation of same-sex couple Dutee Chand and Raveena Choudhary.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Dance
- Entertainment
- Reality show
- Based on
- Strictly Come Dancing
- Writer
- Hemant Kher; Manoj Muntashir
- Country
- India
- Language
- Hindi
- Seasons
- 11
- Episodes
- 303
- Narrator
- Vijay Vikram Singh
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Series overview
The first season premiered on 7 September 2006 and ended on 4 November 2006, judged by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Shilpa Shetty and Farah Khan, hosted by Parmeet Sethi and Archana Puran Singh, with Mona Singh winning. The second season ran from 28 September 2007 to 15 December 2007, judged by Shiamak Davar, Urmila Matondkar and Jeetendra, with Bipasha Basu as a guest judge, hosted by Rohit Roy and Mona Singh, and won by Prachi Desai and Deepak. The third season began on 27 February 2009, and the fourth on 12 December 2010. The fifth season started in June 2012 with hosts Manish Paul and Ragini Khanna, judges Madhuri Dixit, Remo D'Souza and Karan Johar replacing Malaika Arora. The sixth season began in June 2013 with Manish Paul and Kapil Sharma as hosts, and Dixit, D'Souza and Johar returning as judges. The seventh season started in June 2014 with hosts Ranvir Shorey and Drashti Dhami, later replaced by Manish Paul. The eighth season began in July 2015 with judges Shahid Kapoor, Lauren Gottlieb and Karan Johar, and host Manish Paul. The ninth season started in July 2016 with host Manish Paul and judges Jacqueline Fernandez, Karan Johar and Ganesh Hegde. The tenth season began in September 2022 after a five-year hiatus, with judges Madhuri Dixit, Karan Johar and Nora Fatehi, guest judge Terence Lewis for two weeks, host Manish Paul, and guest anchor Arjun Bijlani for a week. The eleventh season airs on Sony Entertainment Television after 12 years, with judges Arshad Warsi, Farah Khan and Malaika Arora, and hosts Rithvik Dhanjani and Gauahar Khan.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa are there?
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa has 303 episodes across 11 seasons.
When did Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa end?
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa last aired on 6 March 2011.
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