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Mumbai, Maharashtra: In an exclusive interview with IANS, India's Best Dancer winner Ritesh Pal and his choreographer Pratik Utekar opened up about their happiness after winning the show, with Ritesh sharing a fun incident from the finale. Pratik spoke about how his life has evolved as a choreographer after delivering a winning streak and emphasized that storytelling is equally important in dance. Towards the end, Ritesh shared his future plans, revealing his dream to perform internationally and that he looks up to actor-dancer Raghav Juyal as an inspiration and wants to follow in his footsteps.

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00:00So welcome to INS.
00:02And for your first question, Ritesh,
00:04that today you have won a trophy.
00:06Your whole journey, you have come from a humble background.
00:09And what do you feel about your trophy?
00:11How do you feel about your victory?
00:13It's a very good feeling.
00:15I mean...
00:17I didn't believe that I was the best dancer in season 5.
00:23I was the winner of India.
00:27I didn't believe in the moment.
00:29And I was the only time to believe in the moment.
00:33So now I feel so much like I was the only one.
00:36It was like a show.
00:38Every week I was going to go to a trophy.
00:41Performer of the week.
00:43So now, I got a whole life.
00:49I got a trophy.
00:50I didn't believe in the moment.
00:51So I got a little time to believe in the moment.
00:56You have given so many best performances throughout the season.
01:01So do you want to share a memory about your performances?
01:05Or any moment that you will take with this trophy?
01:08How do you want to share a memory?
01:18How do you want to share a memory?
01:40How do you want to share a memory?
01:43How do you want to share a memory?
01:44How do you want to share a memory?
01:44How do you want to share a memory?
01:45And after that, our song started to break up.
01:51So I said,
01:53I said,
01:56I'm not going to share a memory.
01:57I'm not going to share a memory.
01:59I'm not going to share a memory.
02:00But at that time,
02:02when I looked at Sir,
02:03I thought,
02:04Sir, you're going to be doing it yourself.
02:09My question is to Prati,
02:12that you have come to this era,
02:15like from a contestant to a choreographer,
02:18and the winning streak continues for you.
02:20How does it feel to give back so much of winning streaks for yourself?
02:26How has it evolved your life as a choreographer and dancer?
02:31So I'll say that,
02:34I've never thought personally,
02:36I've never thought that I'm a dancer.
02:39Personally,
02:40when I was 16 years old,
02:41I didn't know that I could dance or not.
02:46My mum was telling me
02:47that I want to join a dance class,
02:49and have vacations.
02:51So please utilize the time in the best possible way.
02:53So because of my mom,
02:54I started dancing.
02:55So I stepped together and stepped together.
02:57So I didn't think that I'd become a instructor in Shamaq Daur.
03:01So I became an instructor.
03:02And then I thought that I'd become a head instructor.
03:08And then I'd become a head instructor from the international school faculty.
03:12I will be a contestant in international school faculty, if dancing continues to be a contestant
03:17like this, I will not be a contestant in international school, but that was never a stop for me.
03:28I was a runner-up to another show, and there was a stand-by show that was called
03:36called
03:37where I was in my gang
03:40where I was in stand-by
03:41I had learned my 3-4 months as a stand-by
03:43through that
03:47but
03:48when I was in the journey
03:49I was in the journey
03:51I was going to become a dancer
03:52when I was in the journey
03:54when I was in the journey
03:56when I was in the journey
03:57I had no idea
03:59that I was becoming an assistant choreographer
04:01and I was doing a guide
04:02that this is not like this
04:03this is not like this
04:04Is that it?
04:05lf assistant choreography
04:06May it by time
04:08Kisete me
04:09Assistant choreography
04:10Why do not it
04:11Come on camera
04:12and be the main person
04:14For choreography
04:16To I had a
04:16It was a challenging thing
04:17But,
04:18Lets do it
04:19As a choreographer
04:20Bana
04:21contestants
04:21Mille
04:23Contestant
04:23Mentor
04:24Bana
04:24Mentor
04:25Bannanee
04:26What feeling
04:26Did you have that
04:27Hit
04:27Life is
04:29Journey is not easy
04:30nd
04:31As a
04:31Contestant
04:32कि जब अलग अलग जगा से बच्चे आते चोटे चोटे शेहर से आते उनको वो मुकाम तक पहुचाना प्रेशर फील
04:40हो रहा था और उसके बाद एक
04:42सिलेब्रिटी शोज में as a choreographer बनना जब अब सिलेब्रिटी शोज के choreographer बनते हो मतलब आपके पास एक
04:49सिलेब्रिटी आ रहा है जोने अपने लाइफ में बहुत कुछ हासिल कर चुके हो और अब वो सिलेब्रिटी आके आपके
04:54पास सीख रहे हैं तो we cannot go wrong
04:57वो करना वो सिलेब्रिटी शोज अगैन जीतना वहां से strike चालू होती है मैं सच बोलू मैंने नहीं सोचा था
05:05कि मैं आगे क्या बनने वाला हो या मेरा मुकाम क्या होगा जो मेरे रास्ते में आया और जो मुझे
05:11अच्छा लगता गया मैंने सिर्फ उस पर focus किया अगर मुझे
05:14अच्छा लग रहा है मैंने continue किया मैंने of course बाके चीजे भी करी but कही नहीं मुझे वो इतना
05:20पसंद नहीं आया तो मैंने एक step back लिया and I came back to dancing and somewhere down the line
05:25from a dancer to a performer to assistant choreographer to a choreographer to a mentor मैंने नहीं सोचा था यह
05:31कब होगा तो जब मैं सोचता नहीं हूँ और मैं जस प्रेजन में लिव करते �
05:34गया तो I think it has got me here winning with this talented boy and I think
05:40एक लाइब की जर्णी यह अब complete होती है ना I feel complete with him because
05:44he holds the same roots same grounds and same thoughts what I used to think he never thinks कि आगे
05:49क्या होगा let me live today's time and let me do my best
05:53it will take me where I don't know and same way जब मैं करते गां मैंने यह सोटा कि यह
05:57करूँगा तो मुझे यह मिलेगा यह करूँगा तो यह मिलेगा बस करते जाओ
06:00live करते जाओ enjoy करते जाओ and life will take you through where your destiny is it will not take
06:05you off so yeah keep doing your best and I'm still doing it
06:09और यह winning streak नहीं है यह एक सीख है जो मुझे आज मिलिये सीखा हूँ मैं कि हाँ यह
06:16इस तरह ते यह शो किया है इस शो को सीखा है तो इसका परिणाम यह है इसके बाद भी
06:20मैं सीखता रहूंगा उसका परिणाम क्योंगा पता नहीं बट यहां learning is going to be a non-stop journey for
06:26me
06:26You have beautifully explained that how life is a full circle moment to you
06:32Dance which is in generations and with evolving there comes a storytelling
06:40Storytelling is equally important for dance
06:42What are your opinions on that?
06:44I personally feel now when the generation is growing, the new generation is coming to the generation
06:50And it is so good to see India achieving all the international platforms
06:56All the international styles
06:57Woh achieve bhi kiya aur india ne represent bhi kiya hai aur india abhi on the world map dancing ko
07:04leke
07:04It's on a very prioritized place
07:07So it is incredible where people are learning so many good things and new things
07:12And the best thing about this season
07:15Jab hum itna modernize ho gaya hai
07:17Jab hum itna world ke saath compete karne lag gaya hai
07:21India's best dancer aya ki india wala dance kya hota hai
07:25Toh jab hum hum itna bada vruchsh pure vishwa mein fayla ya hai
07:28Toh uski neev toh yahin par hai na
07:30Toh is neev ko is show nye jagaya hai
07:32Waapis se
07:33Is saal
07:34Toh india wala dance kya tha
07:36India wala dance yeh tha
07:37Jo hum hum itna is 17 hafto ki journey mein live kiya
07:40Uske saath saath agar aap newness dekho
07:43Usmei apne apna tadka lagaya hai
07:45Aaj ka generation lagaya but usko purane roots ko nahi chhoda hai
07:49Woh pakad ke rukha hai
07:50Toh this season has been extremely extraordinary for me and for ritesh
07:55And we have been almost there every week to give our best
08:00And it is necessary that if I visualize a concept then it is important to us to visualize my work
08:06Visualize is my work and execute it is my work
08:09If we do not have any fear of each other then it will not reach you
08:12So I think somewhere me and him has both married and come to this impactful journey
08:17And that's where this journey has got us to this golden crown right here
08:23So I think we have to share what you want to share with us
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09:22I don't want to dance, I don't want to dance with my head, I don't want to dance with this
09:27stage, now I won't get back again, it was a different feeling, it was a different feeling.
09:34I think the feeling is more than anything, I think the feeling is more than anything, because we have lived
09:40that journey with us, and we don't accept that this show is over, so when we saw that we have
09:47done so much,
09:48and we didn't accept that we won't perform in the future, because the show is over, and that stage is
09:56really important to every dancer, and trust me, he values that stage as much as I do it, so I
10:03think the rituals for the stage is so real, that we both were in tears, knowing the fact it is
10:08going to end soon, and we have to say goodbyes to each other for this stage, not for the life,
10:13and that was the most memorable thing for both of us.
10:15My last question to Ratesh is that, that you will see your family trophy, you will celebrate with your parents,
10:23your victory, and how will you dance in your life, and how will you evolve in your life, and how
10:32will you do it?
10:36India's Bus Dancer was my dream, it was my dream, it was my dream, it was my dream, it was
10:41my dream, it was my dream, my dream is to go to international, and perform something, even something else,
10:46for one is to win here, so even nd on the other side toели byono, but I really deserve to
10:54do it in the way, and of course, as I prefer to follow dancing, I miss it and my acting
11:05is a win,
11:06So I am like Raghav Bhaiya.
11:08I don't want to become Raghav Bhaiya's way.
11:15But I will try to do what he did.
11:20Because Raghav Bhaiya is very good.

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