High
on
glamour
and
entertainment,
the
sixth
season
of
Jhalak
Dikhhla
Jaa(JDJ)
kicked
off
at
the
weekend
with
entertaining
dance
performances
by
11
contestants
and
their
choreographers
with
international
dancer-actress
Lauren
Gottlieb
scoring
highest
marks
at
the
opening
gala.
This
year
there
will
be
13
contestants
including
Eijaz
Khan,
who
couldn't
perform
on
the
opening
night
due
to
injuries,
and
former
cricket
skipper
Krishnamachari
Srikkanth,
who
is
likely
to
join
the
competition
from
this
weekend.
Riding
high
on
Kai
Po
Che
success,
Sushant
Singh
Rajput,
who
made
a
successful
transition
from
TV
to
movies,
set
the
mood
with
his
high
voltage
dance
act.
The
first
runner-up
of
Jhalak
Dikhhla
Jaa
4,
Sushant
also
introduced
all
the
female
contestant
of
season
six,
while
actress
Jacqueline
Fernandez
welcomed
the
male
contestants.
Remo
D'Souza,
one
of
the
judges
on
the
show,
led
the
choreographers
team
that
has
Salman
Yusuff
Khan,
Tushar
Kalia,
Sonia
Jaffer,
Sneha
Kapoor,
Savio
Barnes,
Marischa
Fernandes,
Punit
Pathak,
Cornel
Rodrigues,
Vivek
Chachere,
Suchitra
Sawant
and
Sushant
Pujari.
If
that
was
not
enough,
another
judge,
director-producer
Karan
Johar
intensified
the
entertainment
quotient
with
his
performance
on
Na
jaane
kahan
se
aaie
hai...
from
the
film
Chaalbaaz
and
the
icing
on
the
cake
was
Madhuri
Dixit's
dance
act
with
acclaimed
Kathak
dancer
Pandit
Birju
Maharaj.
There
as
an
interesting
tadka
of
Bollywood
with
Ranbir
Kapoor,
and
the
three
Deols
-
Dharmendra
and
his
two
sons
-
Sunny
and
Bobby
joining
the
judges.
Ranbir,
whose
Yeh
Jawaani
Hai
Deewani
is
rocking
the
box
office,
jived
with
Madhuri
on
the
track
Ghaghra
from
his
film.
In
fact,
the
song
originally
stars
two
of
them.
Madhuri
is
the
third
judge
of
the
show.
The
dance
reality
show
will
showcase
the
dancing
abilities
of
Drashti
Dhami,
Shweta
Tiwari,
Karanvir
Bohra,
Siddharth
Shukla,
Meghna
Malik,
Suresh
Menon,
Ekta
Kaul,
Lauren
Gottlieb,
who
was
also
seen
in
the
dance
film
A.B.C.D.,
singer
Shaan,
actress
Aarti
Chabaria
and
India'
Got
Talent
winners
Sonali
and
Sumant,
Eijaz
and
Srikkanth.
In
previous
seasons,
opening
episodes
used
to
be
just
an
introduction
round,
but
the
sixth
season
has
come
with
a
new
twist
and
the
judges
rated
contestants
performances
rated
from
the
very
first
show.
The
show
airs
Saturday
and
Sunday
at
9
p.m.
on
Colors.
IANS