First of all I am very sorry for the delay in review of Saturday’s Boogie Woogie - Naache Taare Zameen Par. As they say its always better to be late then never so even though I am a day or more late but I bring you the review and have hunt down for the videos as a late gift. Don’t ask me how I did but Saturday’s episode is something that shouldn’t be missed by anyone. In one word, it was “AWESOME”. What a talent these kids have - amazing. And apart from talent the show as usual was very informative, educational and inspiring. Boogie Woogie - I am very proud of you guys!!
The show started with a funny shayari by Ravi and Naved. Both of them threw punches at each other in their own funny poetic way making the atmosphere lighter as it was elimination day. Then Javed joined them in his own style bringing some more humor to the show. They also showed how Saroj ji taught the kids and gave the kids some priceless tips.
The first participant to start the show was Sanoy Dev who came in as Yana Gupta and danced on Babuji zara dheere chalo. His moves, expressions, and style were simply superb. Its so amazing the way he copied a girl in all the latka jhatkas. He was totally adorable. He surely has danced better then Yana. Must watch. Actually I am going to stop writing must watch as Saturdays each and every performance is a must watch and there is no doubt about it. He got good comments from the judges. He looked like a cute girl all the way except that when he sat down on the chair then he was just like a boy and that cracked me up. Okay now comes the funny part. Sanoy’s mother sang couple of lines of “Tune oh rangeele kaisa jadoo kiya” and on this Ravi couldn’t stop smiling where as both Javed and Naved controlled their laugh. It was cute and adorable.
The next participant was little Sanjana Bamrada who is full of talent and she came in as Salman Khan - an actor who is my favorite along with the Boogie Woogie guys 
Sanjana danced fabulously and her steps and energy were mind blowing. You know people should thank their star that I am not a judge or else all the contestants who dance on Salman numbers, I would declare them as winners. Okay jokes apart, Sanjana not only dances excellently but is adorable talker. Watch her performance and her after performance talk, its totally entertaining.
Nupur Bhatt came in at this point for a spoof and narrated a funny shayari on Naved.
Third participant to carry the show forward was little Kumkum Gujar. This 6 year old came in as Rishi Kapoor and danced so fabulously. I don’t think Rishi Kapoor dances this cutely. Her performance makes you smile continuously and her expressions make you awe in praise. For me it gets difficult to remember something in full and I always wonder how perfectly these 5 and 6 year olds remember entire dance performance and also dances them so well. There is surely a lot elders can learn from these kids. Her after performance was again adorable especially the rift between her and Viren. Another must is her riddle that she asked Javed - it was totally hilarious.
Next participant is someone I really admire - Shivalika Dhait. She came in as Anil Kapoor. She is an excellent dancer there is no doubt about it but as her name was announced, I really was waiting for her after performance humor poetry. But back to her dance, she danced flawlessly and one could feel the beats with her dance. Her going in circles was again superb and made me dizzy. Here comes the informative part where they talked about her town of where it is located. I did not know that before so thanks Boogie Woogie. Also they talked about how the cable company has been broadcasting Boogie Woogie on a big projector so that those who do not have the privilege to see the show from their homes, they can see their little Shivalika adding charm to their town. Now comes the part that I had been waiting anxiously - Shivalika’s poetry. She narrated 3 short poems excellently. I am very soon going to have a collection of her poems for this blog for sure!
Now comes the super talented kid - Viren Raj Baraik. I have a very strong feeling, this kid has all the potential to win the Naache Taare Zameen Par trophy. He danced flawlessly and when he dances, you just do nothing but admire. He danced to the song Yeh mera dil pyar ka diwana and came in as Helen. Except for one step, rest of the steps were awesome. The one dance step that I am talking about, girls will never do. If you see his dance you will notice which step I am talking about. 
Again the after performance talk was hilarious.
Sanjana Bamrada came in with her hilarious spoof and this time it was Ravi’s turn to take the hit.
The last participant for tonight is the one who is creating waves on Internet. Along with Swasti Nitya, the next popular name on internet is Rashmi Kunder. This girl in two words is “Mind Blowing”. Watch her dance tonight and I have no words that are good enough to write for her. She is absolutely stunning and maybe the winner. We will just have to wait and watch her in future rounds but if this is the way she performs then she has it all! The after performance talk between Rashmi and Javed makes one feel proud. Javed raised a very good point and talked about common language and unified identity for all Indians and I fully agree with Javed. We will talk about this in detail later. But Boogie Woogie inspires me and inspires many millions in becoming a good citizen and I am very proud of them!
Now comes the painful part - the eliminations. Good news is that only one gets eliminated and bad news is the only one unfortunate kid who didn’t get a chance to go forward to next rounds was little Khushbu Kargutkar - just a reminder, she had danced as Charlie Chaplin. She got a gift and had fat tears in her eyes on getting eliminated. In my opinion, I think the toughest job is to judge kids and more tough is to announce the elimination results and I don’t know how they do that but I really do admire them. Next week Naache Taare Zameen Par will continue for the remaining kids and with the theme round.
Have a goodnight folks!
USA has always produced the best of dancers and when it comes to Boogie Woogie, it becomes the dream of the best of best dancers not only to participate but to fetch the ultimate dancing show title. Last year little master blaster Sagar Patel not only won the USA championships but also conquered the World Champion title in junior category. In past, there were many dancers that came from the soil of United States of America who showed their wonders and became the heart of many dancing shows in India. Right from Nikitasha to Sagar Patel and now to Rithika and Shivali, Indian parents have made India feel very proud of their brought up.
It is never an easy job especially for NRI parents but they not only change this difficult task to a possible one but also make sure that their efforts are well grounded within Indian culture. They definitely do a fabulous job in raising their children that they turn out to be stars and future superstars.
Boogie Woogie has always been the most wanted show on the soil of America. Recently Sony again conducted their annual Boogie Woogie championships for 2010. The two names that shined bright and had a very close competition were of Rithika and Shivali in junior category. There was a tie between both the finalists and they had to go for another round which was the decider round. Rithika was the proud winner of the junior Boogie Woogie 2010 USA Championships! 
There are few eye witnesses from many who watched these little wonders compete and were short of words and then there are others who just couldn’t stop singing praises of these little dancers. “Suraj”, yet another eye witness said, “it was a competition that took the USA show to a new level” 
“We” Boogie Woogie India would like congratulate both Rithika and Shivali for their flawless performances and also for their victory as Winner and Runner Up respectively!
“Rithika” as the USA Boogie Woogie Champion 2010 will be representing United States of America in the World Boogie Woogie Championships that will be held later this year. We wish Rithika “All the Very Best” and may she return victorious with the world trophy!!
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