Last week Hard Kaur was shockingly eliminated from Jhalak… This came as a shock not just to the viewers but for Hard Kaur as well. A versatile dancer Hard Kaur had proved her mettle on the show. A disappointed Hard Kaur opens up to Tellychakkar as she talks about her experiences at her maiden reality show. How painful was your elimination? It was really painful for me but more than that it was more agonising for my mother who had specially come down from London to see me perform. You know before the show began she had told me that you will face a lot of problems with voting as you are not a famous celebrity on television. I decided that I would not indulge in any drama to be famous on television but will remain what I am in real life. I think that’s where I was wrong. Are you disappointed with the Indian audience as they have opted for popularity over talent? No, I think the Indian television audience has really changed. For the first time in Jhalak… it happened that the judges stood by a contestant and refused to judge until the right decision comes. Which have been your best and worst moments in Jhalak..... ? My best moment was when Saroj Ji complimented me and said that Aap jaise kalakaar mushkil se paida hote hain. (Artists like you aren’t born everyday) My worst moment was when Shilpa Shukla got eliminated; she was a very good dancer. I was expecting Shilpa, Gauhar and myself to be in the finals. Who do you think never deserved to be in Jhalak….? I think the show is all about making a non-dancer into a good dancer, so all current contestants are justified. Were things really not well between you and Gauhar or was the drama created for TRPs? No everything is absolute fine between both of us. But my only problem was that they copied some of our lifts. When we don’t repeat our lifts when we perform how can you expect any other person to repeat that? And also there were some people who used to bitch about me to Gauhar and vice versa. Who do you think should win the competition? Gauhar, because amongst the finalists Gauhar is the best dancer. How much of Jhalak…. is scripted and how much is reality? Not Jhalak… only but all of the reality shows are Unreal reality. Most of the parts have been edited and thus people are misguided. The channel wants both the popular and the best performer to be in your show but when it comes to choosing between the two then the best performer is left out. Now I know that the better dancer never wins and you can see this in the previous seasons of Jhalak….. too. After rapping, singing and dancing is it time to act? Yes why not? But only if I like the script. What is the status of the movie which was being scripted by Aditya Bhattacharya on your life? I really don’t know about the current status because I haven’t met him in a long time. I don’t know where he is but it was based on the 1982 Sikh riots when I was only ten years old. It could be a good film if it sees the light of the day. Who was your favourite judge and why? It’s very difficult to say but I like Vaibhavi because she knows technicalities whereas Saroj Ji is best in noticing even the smallest mistake. Juhi was also good, though sometimes she took the right decision and sometimes she did not. I think Juhi is a tremendous actress as well as a dancer but when it comes to judging a dance show you need to have a choreographer but not an actor. Saroj Khan said that she was expecting Karan in the dance- off and not you. What’s your take on that? You can not blame the public but the channel. The channel needs money and at the same time it wants a good performer to be a part of the show which is not possible. So I thank all the judges that this is one time that they opposed a wrong decision. How do you think you can help Savio who is still stuggling to get a toe-hold in the industry? From now on he is going to choreograph all my live shows. He is a talent and I don’t want this kind of talent to struggle. Are you in a relationship with anyone? Yes I am, but that’s a private thing and I will announce it when the time is right. Tell us about your new album? Right now I am doing an album with the famous band D-12 and it will feature Richa Sharma also. It will be a combination of some of our greatest musicians