Boogie Woogie India

Saturday night started Boogie Woogie with one perfect and superb performance by a mummy Neelu Rai who is 35 years old and came in from Darjeeling. She danced on song “Barso re Megha” from movie Guru. Neelu was dressed up in white and silver with a beautiful dupatta. She danced very elegantly, graceful and also gave awesome expressions.  The after performance talk brought news that the last she had danced was in 1994 which brings us to the conclusion that if the talent is inborn then touch or out of touch doesn’t matter, it comes right back at you and that is what Neelu proved. Neelu also took excellent care of herself and does not look like a mother of 11 and 7 year old kids. The story of how she got married was interesting.

The second mummy to perform was 40 year old who came in from Kolkatta – Indrani Chatterjee. This beautiful mummy wore a red and black costume and presented a theme based performance. Well Done!! It was a mix of fusion and classical and was a great attempt. Her expressions were powerful. Indrani did learn Bharatnatyam for few years. The after performance talk made judges give a compliment to Indrani saying she resembles in Sonia Sahani, a yesteryear actress.

The next to perform was Rubina Khan who is 35 year old and hails form Mumbai. It was interesting to know that she was referred initially by Yogita Bali to Boogie Woogie. Rubina danced on song “Pankh hote to udd jati” and gave an awesome performance. Actually her expressions is what you must not miss as they take the cake away. The way she shook her shoulders is another that you shouldn’t miss. Don’t miss out on her peacock step. It was neatly done. Rubina had accompanied a mummy in partner round in last mummys championships. Her after performance talk especially the clipping of her mimicry and the replay of the same live on Boogie Woogie stage was worth standing applause. I definitely think she should be part of Comedy Circus – she sure has TALENT!!

The fourth mummy to perform was Ritu Gupta who is 34 years old and came in from Surat. She danced on song “Shut up and dance” from movie dostana. This mummy wore a blue and black costume with black slacks and she from no angle looked like a mummy. She can easily participate as a teen in teen championships. Ritu performed a disco and threw in a fast paced energetic performance. In her after performance talk she informed the judges that she did not learn dance and it was her own talent that she presented.Very modest isnt? Another interesting fact was that she knew her husband for 22 years now and that he had written a love letter to her using his own blood. Olden times really use to be so awesome – when letters were written in blood, lovers use to kiss and preserve them forever and now in present times if a letter is written in blood, one may open it up to read only after wearing gloves and face mast. LOL. Okay back to Ritu, she did speak very well in her after performance talk and also danced with her couple of students on Boogie Woogie stage – the little one was amazing as the judges pointed out!

The next mother to perform was a 34 years old Archana Pawar who is from Mumbai and she danced on song “Jhoomka gira re”. Archana wore a red and blue ghagra and danced well. She used some good steps and kept the song energy in tune with her steps and expressions. On the whole it was entertaining and cute performance. Her family did come to her support and it was interesting to listen to her parents speak. Her daughter had given her Rs. 200/- as a good luck charm and also to let her know that she is a good dancer. Sweet isnt? yes we sure think so!

The last mother to perform on Boogie Woogie stage was Agila Mathews who is 42 years old and came in from Vadodara. Now this is a must watch performance! Agila was dressed up in cream and golden color costume and threw in a very graceful performance. Her expressions were amazing and she sure has lots of charm that can attract your attention. This Sauli saloni beauty danced on song “Man Mohini” from movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and again I will say without thinking twice that she was better then Aishwarya!! There was so much life in Agila and her face kept me glued to my chair. Her smile, her graceful steps, her expressions and her hand movements were simply awesome. Though she missed her last step but very elegantly she picked on it and continued with her sweet smile. Agila is a learned dancer and has done a post graduation in Bharatnatyam. She is a teacher and teaches the tiny tots in LKG. At this point, Naved asked a question if there are any male teachers in LKG and when the answer was no, he said maybe its because men don’t have that much of patience that’s why a LKG teacher has to be a female. But Naved, this only happens in India, you will find plenty to dozen male LKG teachers in America. Maybe India pampers it’s males too much and they loose their patience as a reward to the love they receive otherwise I think males can very well be as good LKG teacher as any female

Alright now it was time for the results. Results brought names of 5 qualified mothers for the next round and they were…..

1) Neelu Rai
2) Archana Pawar
3) Darshana Kohli
4) Ritu Gupta
5) Agila Mathews

Boogie Woogie – the above choice is excellent but WE WANT JASREEN BANWAIT AND AMRITA BILLORE!!! Get them back please!