Dil Dosti Dance

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{{Infobox television
| name = Dil Dostii Dance
| image = V D3 Dil Dosti Dance.jpg
| genre =
| creator = Palki Malhotra
| writer =
| director = {{Plainlist|
*Vikram V. Labhe
*Anirudhh Rajderkar
*Rajeev Raj
}}
| creative_director = {{Plainlist|
*Palki Malhotra
*Ameeta Devadigga
}}
| music = [[Abhijeet Hegdepatil KK]]
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Shakti Mohan]]
* [[Kunwar Amar]]
* Sneha Kapoor
* [[Shantanu Maheshwari]]
* [[Vrushika Mehta]]
* Vrinda Dawda
}}
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme = Dil Dosti Dance theme song
| country = India
| language = [[Hindi]], [[English language|English]]
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 856
| producer = {{unbulleted list|Prem Kishan|Sunil Mehta|(Cinevistaas Ltd)}}
| location = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
| cinematography =
| runtime = 19 mins approx.
| company =
| picture_format =
| first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|2011|04|11}}
| last_aired = {{end date|df=yes|2015|01|09}}
| website = https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/dil-dostii-dance/s-86
| story = {{Plainlist|
*Palki Malhotra
*Priya Ramanathan
}}
| screenplay = {{Plainlist|
*Palki Malhotra
*Priya Ramanathan}}
| network = [[Star TV (Asian TV networks)|Star Network]]
| channel = [[Channel V]]
}}

'''''D3: Dil Dosti Dance''''' is an Indian dance fiction television series that premiered on [[Channel V]] on 11 April 2011. It was the first dance-based fiction show on Indian Television and also the longest-running youth-based show, spanning 4 years and 856 episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-we-all-made-our-acting-debut-with-dill-dostii-dance-and-due-to-it-the-bond-between-us-has-been-quite-strong-shantanu-maheshwari/articleshow/76101016.cms|title=Exclusive - We all made our acting debut with Dill Dosti Dance and due to it the bond between us has been quite strong: Shantanu Maheshwari|work=The Times of India|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/dil-dosti-dance-team-reunites-see-pics/articleshow/67740096.cms|title=Dil Dosti Dance team reunites|work=The Times of India|access-date=29 January 2019}}</ref> The show starred [[Kunwar Amar]], [[Shantanu Maheshwari]], [[Sneha Kapoor]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7RTE7TmfIA|title=Sneha Kapoor quits Dil Dostii Dance (D3)|work=Youtube|access-date=5 October 2012}}</ref>
[[Shakti Mohan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/shakti-mohan-quits-dance-tv-show/story-Ow8BjohMWWQUE1RsINqmxM.html |title=Shakti Mohan quits dance TV show|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/131215/entertainment-tvmusic/article/shakti-mohan-dances-her-way-back|title=Shakti Mohan returns to Dil Dosti Dance|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=15 December 2013}}</ref>
Vrinda Dawda<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJBumlSt7o0|title=Vrinda Dawda to make an exit from Dil Dosti Dance|work=Youtube|access-date=19 July 2013}}</ref> and [[Vrushika Mehta]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7a4bATxtV8|title=Meet the new Sharon of D3|work=Youtube|access-date=27 December 2012}}</ref> in lead roles.
The show won accolades such as the [[Indian Telly Awards]] for Best Youth Show- Fiction, Best New Talent, Jury Award for Best Choreographer and [[Indian Television Academy Award]] for On-Screen Couple of the Year to [[Shantanu Maheshwari]] and [[Vrushika Mehta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141108/entertainment-tvmusic/article/indias-favourite-dil-dosti-dance-couple-swaron-spills-beans|title=India's favourite 'Dil Dosti Dance' couple SwaRon spills the beans|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=8 November 2014}}</ref>

==Plot==
The show follows a group of college students at St. Louis College, Mumbai and their passion for dancing. Dance forms the backdrop in the lives of these youngsters as they deal with the challenges life throws at them. It showcases how this passion brings them together to form bonds of friendship and love.

The story begins when Kria ([[Shakti Mohan]]) comes to Mumbai from Dehradun with her mother to study in St. Louis College, with a dream to become a dancer, which is a secret from her mom. She strikes a war with college casanova and General Secretary Reyansh (Rey) Singhania ([[Kunwar Amar]]) when they end up in jail after a dance battle at a party in Dehradun and unintentionally becomes the enemy of college diva and Cultural Secretary Sharon Rai Prakash (Sneha Kapoor). She soon realises that the college is divided into two groups: The Dazzlers and The Weaklings. Sharon and Reyansh are best friends and head of The Dazzlers, including Vicky, Nilesh, Simi and Rini, and it is the only dance group of the college. During the first few days of college, Kria is constantly bullied by the Dazzlers except Rey. During the footloose audition, she meets a regular college student Swayam Shekhawat ([[Shantanu Maheshwari]]), who is not only good in studies but also is a great dancer. Swayam has a massive crush on Sharon but, since he is a weakling, Sharon insults him. Infuriated by this, Kria, along with Swayam Neha, Vishakha, Amar and Bharat, forms another dance group called The Weaklings, which challenges Dazzlers in footloose.

Sharon starts falling for Reyansh, who in turn shows interest in Kria. As time passes, Sharon forgets about her slight crush. She still despises the weaklings and especially Kria and is irked by Kria's growing friendship with Rey. During Rose Day, she successfully creates a big misunderstanding between the two, which leads to Kria slapping Rey. Rey starts hating Kria after this incident, and they both begin playing pranks to put down each other. Kria becomes uncomfortable seeing Rey and Sharon dance together on Rose Day while Swayam cheats and makes Kria the Rose queen, thus choosing friendship over his crush. To make up for this, he sends gifts to Sharon as a secret admirer. Sharon becomes overjoyed on seeing gifts from her admirer and desperately wants to find out his identity. Meanwhile, the war between The Dazzlers and The Weaklings is still on. To end this, Rdx calls his friend Professor Karan Malik.

Professor Karan Malik ([[Karan Singh Grover]]) enters St. Louis college, and instantly all girls start swooning over him. He tries to create peace between the two groups through various tasks and activities and is successful until the confession task. During that task, Sharon starts disliking Swayam even more when he confesses that Sharon was the actual rose queen, but he cheated and made Kris win instead. Rey and Kris apologise to each other, but a significant dent is caused in Rey and Sharon's friendship when she confesses that she created misunderstandings between Rey and Kria. Rey lashes out at Sharon for betraying him and leaves the room. Karan realises the damage this task had done when he finds Sharon crying for the first time. Rey befriends Kria and starts avoiding Sharon, and even insults her in front of everyone, which hurts her. Karan tries to stop their fight and make both of them reconcile, but Sharon avoids Karan like the plague and always runs away when he comes near her or tries to talk to her. Eventually, both friends reconcile as well as both teams. Karan transfers from St. Louis. Then RDX sir appoints a new dance teacher for the group Ms Nicole ([[Vallary Lokre]]). Nil starts crushing on Nicole, which upsets Simmi. Meanwhile, St. Louis organises a dance festival where Kria realises she likes Rey.

==Cast==

===Main===
* [[Shakti Mohan]] as Kriya Ghai (April 2011-February 2012; November 2013-July 2014; January 2015) - Rey's first love interest
* [[Kunwar Amar]] as Reyansh "Rey" Singhania - Kriya's and Taani's love interest, Sara's crush, Sharon and Swayam's best friend. Team Dazzlers' Captain.
* Sneha Kapoor as Sharon Rai Prakash (2011-2012)- Swayam's love interest, Reyansh's best friend, Team Dazzlers' Vice-captain
* [[Shantanu Maheshwari]] as Swayam Shekhawat - Sharon's love interest and Taani's brother, Reyansh's best friend
*[[Vrushika Mehta]] as Sharon Rai Prakash (2013-2015)- Swayam's love interest, Reyansh's best friend, Team Dazzlers' Vice-captain
* Vrinda Dawda as Taani Shekhawat (2012-2013, November 2013) - Swayam's cousin and Rey's former love interest
* Archi Pratik as Vikramjeet "Vicky" Kalsi.Rey's childhood friend; Neha's love interest; Dazzler.
* [[Alisha Singh]] as Neha Kapoor.Kria's best friend; Vicky's love interest(2011-2013); Weakling.
* Macedon D'mello as Nilesh "Nil" Kotian. Simmi's love interest and later her fiancé, Dazzler.
* Samentha Fernandes as Simmi Malhotra.Nil's love interest and later his fiancée, Dazzler.
* Amar Gowda as Amar Kalra.Rinni's Former love interest; college canteen worker and Weakling.
* Priyanka Soni as Rinni Shah. Amar's Former love interest; Dazzler
* Bharat Ragathi as Bharat Ragathi. Car mechanic; Vishakha's former love interest; Weakling.
* [[Vinti Idnani]] as Vishakha. Bharat's former love interest; Weekling; Former Dazzler.
* Sneha Gupta as Aashi.

===Recurring===

* [[Tarana Raja]] as Smriti Ghai, Kriya's mother.
*Anirudh Deo as Ravi Dixit (RDX).
*Vallary Loke as Miss Nicole.
* [[Jiten Lalwani]] as Rishi Shekhawat, Swayam's father & Taani's uncle.
* [[Mihir Mishra]] as Ranvijay Singhania, Reyaansh's father.
* Raymon Kakar as Avantika Rai Prakash, Sharon's mother.
* Lavin Gothi as Shivam Dutta.
* [[Sumedh Mudgalkar]] as Raghav/Raghavendra Pratap Singh; Ishika's Love interest(2014)
* [[Jason Tham]] as Karma Wangchuk; Huma's love interest (2014-2015).
* [[Pratibha Paul]] as Ishika Chakraborty; Raghav's love interest (2014).
* Anusua Chowdhury as Huma Ali Chakraborty; Karma's love interest (2014-2015).
* [[Mohena Singh]] as Sara; Sharon's cousin. She has a crush on Rey.
* [[Karan Singh Grover]] as Prof. Karan Malik [[Cameo appearance|Cameo]]

==Reception==
The show gained a cult fan following over the years and was branded as the 'turning point of youth television' by various media portals. The romantic pairing of Rey-Kriya and Swayam-Sharon was praised for their chemistry. The characters became popular together with the actors as the show experimented widely in various dance forms and storylines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/tv/news-gossip/exclusive-shantanu-maheshwari-opens-reuniting-dil-dosti-dance-team-lockdown-their-special-bond-545665|title=Shatanu Maheshwari opens up about the D3 bond|work=Pinkvilla|access-date=1 July 2020}}</ref><br>''Mumbai Mirror'' praised the show saying ''"It changed the outlook towards modern-day youth shows as it created a niche of its own".''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv/shantanu-maheshwari-spills-the-beans-on-his-new-project-recalls-shooting-with-the-cast-of-dil-dosti-dance/articleshow/76308119.cms#:~:text=Actor%2C%20choreographer%20and%20dancing%20sensation,going%20off%2Dair%20in%202015.|title=Shantanu Maheshwari spills the beans on his new project, recalls shooting with the cast of Dil Dosti Dance|work=Mumbai Mirror|access-date=11 June 2020}}</ref>

''"The characters not only enjoyed unparalleled success on the show, but also become the benchmark for other youth-based shows. From choreographed sequences to impromptu splits, the show had beautiful moves that made us want to dance too."'' writes TV portal ''Tellychakkar'' of the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/features/5-reasons-why-we-will-miss-dil-dostii-dance-150110|title=5 Reasons why we will miss Dil Dosti Dance|work=Tellychakkar|access-date=10 January 2015}}</ref>

''"The TV industry has witnessed many dance-based reality shows over the years, but reality shows have a definite life to them. Especially in such a cut-throat competition scenario where shows do not last for more than 6 months or a year, completing 4 years successfully is something to be proud of. We are talking about none other than the favourite show of today's youth Dil Dosti Dance, which is first its kind dance based fiction show."'' writes ''Bollywood Helpline''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bollywoodhelpline.com/news-gossips/telly-buzz/dil-dostii-dance-completes-three-years-on-channel-v/10409|title=Dil Dosti Dance completes three years on Channel V|work=Bollywood Helpline|access-date=12 April 2014}}</ref>

The show saw a special performance by [[Moulin Rouge!]] who came in from Paris to give the performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/idiotbox/moulin-rouge-to-appear-on-dil-dosti-dance_123251.html|title=Moulin Rouge to appear on 'Dil Dosti Dance|work=Zee News|access-date=24 November 2012}}</ref> It also frequently showcased performances by various Indian dance groups.

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
|-
|2011
|[[Indian Telly Awards]]
| Best New Talent
|''Dil Dosti Dance''
| {{won}} <ref name="rendezvous">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l31wfWfaXSw|title=Mad rendezvous with the cast of D3 Dil Dosti Dance|via=YouTube|access-date=10 August 2012}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|[[Indian Telly Awards]]
| Best Youth Show- Fiction
|''Dil Dosti Dance''
| {{won}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/tv-news/lets-check-out-the-nominees-the-best-youth-show-fictionnon-fiction-the-twelfth-indian|title=Let's check out the nominees for the Best Youth show|work=TellyChakkar|access-date=1 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="rendezvous" />
|-
|2012
|[[Gold Awards]]
| Best Debut Actor
| [[Kunwar Amar]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
|2013
|[[Indian Telly Awards]]
| Jury Award for Best Choreographer
| Sumit- Vinod (for ''Kambakht Ishq'')
| {{won}}<ref name="Telly">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxGmqv4wwD0|title=D3 Dil Dosti Dance Team at Indian Telly Awards|work=TellyChakkar|access-date=7 May 2013}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|[[Indian Telly Awards]]
| Jury Award for Best Choreographer
| Nimit Kotian
| {{Nom}}
|-
|2013
|[[Indian Telly Awards]]
| Best Youth Show- Fiction
|''Dil Dosti Dance''
| {{Nom}}<ref name="Telly" />
|-
| 2014
| [[Indian Television Academy Award]]
| GR8 On Screen Couple (Viewers Choice Awards)
| [[Shantanu Maheshwari]] and [[Vrushika Mehta]]
| {{won}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_hhita_details_new.php?year=2014|title=IndianTelevisionAcademy.com|access-date=20 July 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107232303/http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_hhita_details_new.php?year=2014|archive-date=7 November 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| [[Indian Telly Awards]]
| Indian Telly Jury Award for Best Choreographer
| [[Shantanu Maheshwari]] & Macedon D'Mello (for ''Alvida'')
| {{Nom}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0004366/2014/1/|title=Indian Telly Awards (2014)|work=IMdB|access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF9H3DlWDh4|title=Shantanu of D3 at Indian Telly Awards 2014|work=Youtube|access-date=10 September 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| [[Indian Telly Awards]]
| Indian Telly Jury Award for Best Choreographer
| Ankita Maity
| {{Won}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds4yIApEBcc|title=Ankita wins Best Choreographer award at Indian Telly Awards|work=Youtube|access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/dil-dostii-dance/s-86}}

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