Where do you draw the line?

Yash Sinha (Nach Baliye): In my opinion it’s a matter of each to his own. No one forces you to push your limits. It’s we who decide. In our case, I had hurt my wrist ligament but I wanted to go on and I did, but it was entirely my decision. Having said that, many a times we are so much into the competition that we neglect our health.

Ragini Khanna (Jhalak Dikhla Jaa): Health should always be priority. If you are fit, then your body can take that level of exertion. One should gradually work towards it and not shock the body. At the same time, there are no indications for an accident and it can happen any time.

Shakti Mohan (Dance India Dance):  I believe in “safety  first”. Dancing is not easy at all. It is a serious profession that requires years and years of training. If you push a body to perform something it’s never done before, there will be serious repercussions. I see in a lot of cities where I go to judge events, that people don’t value training and imitate the movements they see on TV. It can be fatal. Nothing I believe is more important than your own body. Especially for a dancer, that’s your only tool.

Nakuul Mehta (Nach Baliye): I think that dance reality shows have taken a quantam leap from what it used to be a decade ago. With our growing exposure to all kinds of dance forms and TRP being the name of the game, it is all about making the act larger than life and doing a gimmick but what it really entails is pushing your limits as a contestant to do something new week after week. Most often its actors who are already pushing themselves over 12 hours each day doing a TV show plus the extended hours rehearsals for the dance act itself. It is only natural that the body will give up sooner or later.”

— Compiled by Natasha Coutinho