MUMBAI : It's true that everyone has had people come and go in their life, but very few have stayed. Judge Terence Lewis, even in season four of India's Best Dancer, has a select tribe that he need not "pretend" in front of. Among the people in his life is Malaika Arora, who judged two seasons of India's Best Dancer alongside Terence. The master choreographer and Malla (Malaika) and Geeta Kapur have an unbroken WhatsApp group. The popular news portal has details about it.
Terence Lewis has a good friendship with Malaika Arora and she was known as the OG judge on the sets of India's Best Dance.
During an interview, when Terence was asked about the best conversations he had with Malaika he gave insights about his strong bond, "Malla is another story altogether.We love Malla, in fact, we have a WhatsApp group between me, Geeta and Malla called the Mad Macks, as we are all Macks. This is the only group we had as a judges group, we never had a judges group. We are on a Whatsapp group and we talk to each other in-jokes, and memes, and make fun of each other. The camaraderie and comfort level is just next level because we hang out with each other."
Terence Lewis further revealed about hanging out with Malaika and Geeta and how his bond has evolved, "We never did before with any of the judges. We had a great time but with Malla, it went one step further. Sometimes you know yeh toh apne wali hai. We have an amazing bond, we do not have to filter anything. That is the comfort level. With others we are respectful, know certain boundaries, we respectfully treat each other."
Terence, who also has been on the judging panel of Dance India Dance, Nach Baliye also spoke about how he is dealing with the Chaiyya Chaiyaa star not being a part of India's Best Dancer 4 and his association with the bomb diva.
He said, "With Malla both of us, I knew her way before during her modeling days. When she used to model for Wendell and I used to be a model back in the day. She, Gauri used to come to my exercise classes and train in my fitness classes. The old association is there. It is a long association and cannot be compared to any other association with other relationships we had with other judges. It is more respectful."
Karisma Kapoor has replaced Malaika and is judging India's Best Dancer season 4. Lewis revealed, "We built it with Karisma for Karisma and Malla are also great friends. Malla and I can say anything to each other. You can say any rubbish to each other that is the fun part. When you cross that level of comfort, you know it is a good bridge. There is no pretense. We pull each other's legs too much, it is so cool."
Lewis revealed, the uniqueness of India's Best Dancer season 4 in detail. He quipped, "Well, firstly the talent is upgrading itself like crazy. The Gen Z has taken it forward. They have a very unique skill set that they could come up with. They have a lot of control over their energy and certainly, a lot of confidence that they have. They have an amazing impact as they mix styles beautifully."
Terence also said, "Second, the show is such that there are some amazing characters we have got, their stories are beautiful. I am not talking about stories of people who are poor and their dream is to get on the show. But there are many interesting stories that are not sad, but fun, very different stories that are not sad, but fun, light-hearted, beautiful, and touchy. The stories are wonderful and it is not just an entertaining show. The stories are wonderful and beautiful coming across."
Further, he added, "The third reason is the judge, Karisma and she has been you know an icon in the 90s and her body of work is stupendous. We judged the show on three levels. There are three judges, entertainment is taken care of by Karisma. Entertainment, energy, and emotion, the newness factor is taken by Geeta and I look after the technique. We look out for ENT in a dancer's performance. How innovative, creative, and technically good it is and energy-wise, emotion-wise."
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