MUMBAI: Television star Sharad Malhotra surprised his fans with the announcement of his wedding in the month of April with fiancée Ripci Bhatia.

TellyChakkar has information that Sharad and his to-be-wife have been approached to participate in Star Plus’ dance reality show Nach Baliye Season 9.

The upcoming season will be produced by Salman Khan, and the makers are in talks with popular jodis like Yuvika Choudhary–Prince Narula, Melvin Louis–Sana Kha, Drashti Dhami–Neeraj Khemka, Anita Hassanandani–Rohit Reddy, Rubina Dilaik–Abhinav Shukla, Somi Khan–Deepak Thakur, Siddharth Nigam–Avneet Kaur, and Varun Sood–Divya Agarwal.

The judges are yet to be locked. Most probably, Jennifer Winget and Sunil Grover will turn hosts.

There was also news about Hina Khan and Rocky Jaiswal participating in the show; however, the actress exclusively told TellyChakkar about declining the offer due to their packed schedules (Read here: Hina Khan and Rocky Jaiswal TURN DOWN Nach Baliye 9).

We tried contacting Sharad, but he remained unavailable for comment.

The last season of Nach Baliye was won by Ye Hai Mohabbatein actress Divyanka Tripathi and hubby Vivek Dahiya.