Monday, 23 April 2012

Rajasmita Kar wins Dance India Dance 3

By Hindustan Times

The seek for India's best dancer finally came to an end when 21-year-old Rajasmita Kar was declared the winner on the grand finale of third season of Zee TV's dance reality show Dance India Dance here on Saturday night.

The Odisha girl beat Pradeep Gurung, 24, from Assam, Raghav Juyal, 20, from Dehradun, Sanam Johar, 20, of Delhi and Mohena Singh, 23, from Madhya Pradesh's Rewa to stroll away with the winner's trophy and Maruti Ertiga car. The show had started out with 18 contestants.

However, Mohena got a cash prize of Rs. 3 lakh for the most productive desired performance of the season.

The finale was hosted by Saumya Tandon and Jay Bhanushali, who opened the show with their dance performances. Judges and mentors Geeta Kapoor, Remo D'Souza and Terence Lewis also created magic with their spectacular acts, while grand master Mithun Chakraborty was seen applauding the performances.

Actor Anil Kapoor came to advertise his forthcoming release Tezz and support the finalists.

The winners of first two seasons of the show were Salman Khan, from Bangalore and Shakti Mohan, from Mumbai.