Watch the following dance from Thakadhimi.
Wow! one of the best on-stage dances you have ever seen right? But he didnt get selected for the competition! Why? He should really have been selected. I believe the judges made a mistake in his case.
I thought I was the only one who thinks so! But now I know better. This post is to criticise the judging.
Let's start by watching this -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hokOGnjKTfw
That's Justin Timberlake dancing. See any expression on his face? NO! The feel of that song is kalippu... know what I mean?! The song is not about flashing ur smile and dancing (!) with ur eyebrows. It's all about the awe-inspiring steps and the finishing of those steps. So if Justin came for competing in Thakadhimi, the judges would keep him in wait list too, cos his dance lacks naadya or abhinaya (or whatever they call it)!
(Justin is a world-renowned dancer too besides being the singer of the last song to which Sajith dances)
The prob is that all the judges are classical dancers. They should have called a break dancer as one judge too. Cos in western dance, smiling aint 90% of the performance.
I feel so sorry for Sajith. He was one of the best.
(Another good participant who got trashed was Swathy. Watch her dance too in youtube.)
And I really think that Vineeth wanted to select him. He appreciated him a lot.
But what about the other judges?
Laxmi - "There's no joy in the eyes"...
Damn... What the heck... Like asking an actor playing a vampire to smile during horror scene... or does she want him to smile like Krishna and bring joy into his eyes and shake his brows while doing a breakdance number on the theme of seduction?!
Appreciate him for chrissakes... :(
But I think Gopika Verma was sleeping durin the whole session. Why?
1) She told him she liked the starting part of his dance and then she said "You know U did This..." and showed a step which was actually a step done by another dancer Nithin!!! Ya! That's horrible? There's more!
2) What's the reason she gave for not liking Sajith's dance? She said "That's why, like Vineeth said, ur dance lacked the fine cuts" when actually the main thing that Vineeth appreciated about his dance was that the cuttings were perfect in his dance. (If U didnt notice all this, watch again! I know, cos I watched this vid some 20-30 times already!)
What the heck is all this? Why such careless unjust judging?
In Idea Star Singer, a singer is evaluated by his/her dance performance, and that's the reason why Chitra, one of the best singers ever, criticized that the name of the program should be changed to Idea Star Performer!!!
And now in Thakadhimi, the judges are giving more...errr... most importance to the naadya/abhinaya/i-dunno-the-exact-word and classical aspects of the dance.
I think this situation could have been prevented by inviting a break-dancer as one of the judges. Then Sajith would never have gone into the waiting list.
Leave your comments.
Cheers.
Video courtesy : amidalaneboo's video collection in youtube
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