Snarls, growls, the quintessential tiger’s roar and the sinister setting were some of the elements that helped Mohena and Vaibhav put forth a high voltage performance in this week’s episode of Dance India Dance. Master Remo chose Vaibhav Ghughe from Vadodara and Mohena Kumari Singh from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh to dedicate a dance act on ‘Save The Tiger’  -  a project very dear to him. This is the first time that a topic that relates to the extinction of a species with animals expressing their grief over the loss of their near and dear one has been attempted through a dance act on DID platform. Said Master Remo D Souza, ”The tiger is my favorite animal… hence I wanted to dedicate an act to them. I was doing my online research and stumbled upon the extinct white tiger. I immediately decided to do an act on white tigers. We have only seen the ferocity of a tiger, read and heard gory tales about the striped beauty but trust me it’s THE most ROYAL living creature walking on mother Earth. This is the first time you will see the emotional side of animals through a dance act.”

“I chose the song 'Agyaat', the unknown, because no one has seen the white tiger, making it elusive,” adds Master Remo. While doing their research, Remo's team found out that there was only one white tiger in India, which belonged to the Maharaja of Rewa, Martand Singh. Rewa is a place synonymous with Mohena, hence when Remo asked her, "Have you heard of Maharaja Martand Singh?”   Mohena replied, "He is my grandfather and the white tiger in question was Mohan, our pet tiger. As a child, my father has fond memories of playing with him."

It’s a lesser known fact that Grandmaster Mithun Chakraborty is a great animal lover, plays host to innumerable species of flora and fauna and also takes a keen interest in studying animal behavior. After their act, Dada could not control his emotions and said, “I am not just an animal lover, I am one of them. I don’t want to get into great lengths expressing my love for animals, would like to just say that Mohena and Vaibhav actually got into the skin of their character which is very tough considering they have to act like beasts of the jungle. If  you study animal behavior you will learn that they behave exactly the way Vaibhav and Mohena showed on stage – express love for each other, grieve together and just be with each other when left undisturbed in their natural habitat.”

Well thought out acts like this proves the fact that Dance India Dance Season 3 is not leaving any stone unturned to raise the bar of reality shows on General Entertainment Channels. Watch the tigers put up a fabulous act on stage this Saturday, 4 February at 8:30 PM, only on Zee TV.