Dance India Dance

Dance India Dance (also called by the acronym DID; tagline: Dance Ka Asli ID D.I.D.) is an Indian Hindi-language dance competition reality television series that airs on Zee TV, created and produced by Essel Vision Productions. It premiered on 30 January 2009. Here the judges are called Masters and Mithun Chakraborty was called Grand Master (until season 6). Season 7 premiered with a different concept. This show is a remake of Bengali show Dance Bangla Dance which premiered on 2007. After 3 successful seasons of Dance Bangla Dance, Zee TV remade this show for all-over Indian participants.

Dance India Dance
Latest promotional poster for Season 7
Also known asDID
GenreReality
Created byAshish Golwalkar, Ranjeet Thakur, Bimal Unnikrishnan
Written byRavikesh Vatsa, Gunjan Joshi (Season 5)
Presented by
Judges
  • Mithun Chakraborty

(head judge 2009-2018)

  • Geeta Kapoor
  • Remo D'Souza
  • Terence Lewis
  • Shruti Merchant
  • Mudassar Khan
  • Feroz Khan
  • Punit Pathak
  • Gaiti Siddiqui
  • Marzi Pestonji
  • Mini Pradhan
  • Kareena Kapoor
  • Bosco Martis
  • Raftaar
  • Sonali Bendre
  • Mouni Roy
Opening theme"India, Dance India Dance"
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes209
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time1 hour - 1.5 hour
Production companiesEssel Vision Productions
Frames Production
Original release
NetworkZee TV
Release30 January 2009 (2009-01-30) 
present
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The show features a format where dancers from a variety of styles enter open auditions held in Indian metropolitan cities to showcase their unique style and talents and, if allowed to move forward, are then put through mega-audition rounds of auditions to test their ability to adapt to different styles. At the end of mega audition, the top 18 dancers are chosen as finalists who move on to compete in the competition's main phase where they will perform solo, duet and group dance numbers in a variety of styles in competition for the votes of the broadcast viewing audience which, combined with the input of a panel of judges, determine which dancers will advance to the next stage from week to week.

The show features a variety of Indian cultural and international dance styles ranging across a broad spectrum of classical, Contemporary, Bollywood, Hip-hop, Jazz, Kalaripayattu, Salsa, and Musical theatre styles, among others, with many sub-genres within these categories represented. Competitors attempt to master these styles in an attempt to survive successive weeks of elimination and win a cash prize and often other awards, as well as the title of India's Best Dancer - CJ. The show is choreographed by Indian choreographers, such as Mudassar Khan, Marzi Pestonji, Tanuj Jaggi and Mini Pradhan. The show has won several television awards for Most Popular Dance Reality Show.

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