Boogie Woogie India

Friday night started with couple of jokes from Ravi and Naved and Javed introducing the first mummy in Dev Anand style.

The first mummy to perform on Boogie Woogie stage on Friday night was Raman Gujral who is 50 years old and came in from Ludhiana. This mummy from no angle looks 50! She wore beautiful red salwar kameez and danced on a Punjabi number. Raman though used simpler steps but performed them very gracefully and the expression on her face complimented her to the core. She sure should be loved by one and all as when I was watching the show with my family, all were in awe for her. One thing is for sure, Raman is peoples person! Raman’s after performance talk was interesting and funny. When the judges asked her what she got for them, she answered wittily saying she got her heart. Javed complimented on her dance style and said it was very graceful. They also asked her the secret behind her not looking 50 and she answered that is because she is always happy. I firmly believe that is the right answer and so we will talk more about it on another article. Raman’s husband is in army and they share a good rapport, chemistry and romance. I think this couple can be good preachers to many couples who crib and complain in their life and make their marriage life miserable. The highlight was her singing and that gets her the cake and the icing. Boogie Woogie India blog always appreciate and loves lively people and so we sure hope to see Raman for a long time in the show. Amen! Raman also came with three words for the judges and she said – Javed is “Effervescent”, Ravi is “Jubilant”, and Naved is “Florescent”.  Well Said!!

The second mummy to perform was Hetal Mehta who is 35 years old and came in from Mumbai. She was dressed in beautiful ghagra and danced on song “Man Mohini teri ada” from movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. She danced beautifully and complimented her dance with good expressions. Her energies were good too. Hetal’s after performance talk was interesting especially to learn that she fell in love with her husband since her 9th grade. Her mother and daughter both had come to support her. The highlight of her performance was Hetal dancing with her mother on Boogie Woogie stage and they both did a “Matukdi” dance and it sure was a treat to watch the mother daughter pair.

The next mummy to perform on Boogie Woogie stage was Jamna Dathia who is 32 years old and came in from Kalyan, Mumbai area. Jamna danced on Ringa Ringa song from Slumdog Millionaire. She wore a very pretty lehanga which was made with soft net and beaded work. Jamna threw in a energetic and entertaining performance. Her foot rotation with her matkas were fabulous, her expression especially when then word “khatmal” comes in, is must watch. She did get good compliments from Javed on her style and expressions. The after performance talk was hilarious when especially both the couple talked about Ravi’s song “Humse tum dosti karlo” and said they both use to sing that song a lot and when the judges asked them to sing, they one after another sang different song and completely forgotten about the song they talked about. What I could assume was since the husband sang a song “jab koi baat bigad jaaye” for his wife and so the wife wanted to respond to his feelings and sang “tu iss tarah se meri zindagi mein shamil hai”. The love between the couple was clearly seen and they were lost for few seconds in one another and had forgotten about Ravi’s song. Again I would say it was awesome to see the love between the couple and they sure must be thrilled to express their love for one another on Boogie Woogie’s prestigious stage!

The next mummy who came in to perform is no stranger to any of us - Boogie Woogie fans. When Boogie Woogie announced mother’s championships, there were two names that were sure on my mind who would participate – one was Natasha Bhatt and the other was her mother in law, Nupur’s grandmother “Mrs. Bhatt” who had danced with her granddaughter and won all our hearts. But this time we saw the grandmother sitting in audience. Hope we get to see her soon dancing. When Natasha had paired with her daughter Nupur in partner round, we got to see Natasha’s talent and so didn’t expect anything less then a energetic and well performed number. She turns out up to our expectations. Natasha danced on song “Mein Talli Ho gayi” and her closure was cute where she drinks few pegs of apple juice.  Though her after performance talk was short. I sure was hoping and looking forward to hear Mr. Bhatt sing but it didn’t happen. Naved’s joke did compensate for Mr. Bhatt’s singing. It was very funny!

The fifth mother to perform was Manisha Jain who was also from Mumbai. Manisha was beautifully dressed in red color saree in Bengali style and danced on song “Dola Re”. Some people might hate me but I really don’t mind and have to say “Manisha was way better then Aishwarya Rai”!! She danced very well and I loved all of her steps. This mother has a fabulous smile to compliment her dance and also to bring a smile on your face.  Her matkas and jhatas were fabulous and I enjoyed this performance so much more better then the original fake expression performance. If there was no Madhuri, the song wouldn’t have attracted me at all Anyway, back to Manisha, her after performance was also interesting and funny. It was interesting to know that she was married at the young age of 18 years old. She has two kids, a girl and a boy. She gave the entire credit to her husband and kids for her being on Boogie Woogie stage.

The last mother to perform on Friday night was Deepa Singh who is 33 year old and came in from Gwalior. She performed beautiful Kathak and her performance is MUST watch!! I definitely think Deepa’s performance was the best performance of the evening from audience point of view. She wore a beautiful maroon color ghagra and danced on song “Mein tohse bolu na”. She threw in a very graceful,  beautiful, energetic performance. Her expressions were simply superb. Her hand movements were perfect. Deepa resembles in Geeta Bali and if you watch her, it might remind you of the natkhat roles that yesteryears golden actress Geeta Bali performed. Her after performance talk was sweet, funny and beautiful. Deepa works for railways and she apart from working in office, teaches dance to railway students. Her comparison of sports employees for railway versus cultural railway employees was hilarious. Deepa possess all the qualities to win your heart. Her narration of love marriage and fear was beautiful. Her daughter drew a painting of the judges and it was sweet.

With the bewdi and rewdi ryhming, Boogie Woogie show got winded up with the promise to bring 6 more mummy’s on Saturday night. Have a wonderful day folks – see you tonight!!