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Raghav Juyal (born 10 July 1991) is an Indian dancer, choreographer, actor and television presenter. He has been called King of Slow Motion for his surreal dance moves in slow motion style and for his reinvention of the Slow Motion Walk in India.

He rose to fame after being a contestant and finalist in Zee TV dance reality shows such as Dance India Dance (Season 3), as a skipper for the team Raghav Ke Rockstars in DID Li'l Masters 2 and Dance Ke Superkids where his team was declared the winner under his captainship.

Career

Dance India Dance (Season 3)

Raghav became known when his audition video went viral on YouTube. He was a contestant on Dance India Dance 3 (2012), which aired on Zee TV. He was not professionally trained by anyone prior to coming on the show. Raghav showcased a new dance style but wasn't selected in the Top 18 by the Grand Master in Mega Audition. Later, on public demand, Grand Master Mithun Chakraborty made an exception in the format by reintroducing him on the show as his Trump Card in the Wild Card round, through which he entered the competition again.

Thereafter, Raghav created different dance-forms and reached the finale. He was the most popular contestant of the season having garnered the most No. 1 positions in weekly voting. At the Grand finale, he was voted with 3,481,685 votes in the 2nd runner up position.

DID Li'L Masters (Season 2)

After DID, Raghav became the skipper of team Raghav Ke Rockstars in DID Li'l masters (Season 2) where he choreographed for Saumya Rai and Rohan Parkdale. He was the only skipper to lead both of his students to the Grand finale, in which Rohan and Saumya attained 2nd and 3rd runner up positions respectively.

Dance Ke Superkids

Raghav then choreographed for Zee TV's show Dance Ke Superkids as the Captain of DID Li'l Masters (Season 2) team Yahoo and competed against DID Li'l Masters (Season 1) team Wakao – with Dharmesh Yelande as the Captain. In the Grand Finale, his team was declared the winner.

2014–present

In 2014, Juyal debuted as an actor by playing a pivotal role in the comedy film Sonali Cable, co-starring Rhea Chakraborty and Ali Fazal, produced by Ramesh Sippy Entertainment which was released on 17 October 2014. The critics singled out Raghav's vivacious performance and praised his screen presence. The next year he starred in the dance film, ABCD 2 which was released on 19 June 2015, directed by Remo D'Souza co-starring Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor. Later, he also hosted the dance reality show Dance Plus which aired on Star Plus. In the same year, he co-hosted Prem Ki Diwali along with Karishma Tanna which was broadcast on Life Ok.

In 2016, he was seen in Khatron Ke Khiladi season 7 as a contestant which aired on Colors TV. Later, he has hosted the Dance Plus (season 2). In the same year, he also co-hosted and appeared on Star Parivaar Awards and Colors Golden Petal Awards. Later he hosted and performed on the show, Timeless Aisha which was aired on Zee Classic. The following year he co-hosted the singing reality show, Rising Star along with Meiyang Chang which aired on Colors TV. In mid 2017 he has hosted Dance Plus (season 3). In the same year, he began co-hosting the dance reality show, Dance Champions with Ridhima Pandit.

In 2018, he co-hosted the second season of the singing reality show, Dil Hai Hindustani along with Mukti Mohan. He then starred in the romantic comedy film, Nawabzaade along with Dharmesh Yelande, Punit Pathak and Isha Rikhi directed by Jayesh Pradhan which was released on 27 July 2018. Later in the year, he co-hosted Dance Plus (season 4) along with Sugandha Mishra. In 2019, he hosted the dance reality show Dance Plus (season 5).

In 2020, he appeared in dance film Street Dancer 3D with Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhu Deva, and Nora Fatehi. Then he appeared in the second season of the Zee5 dark crime thriller series Abhay (TV series) directed by Ken Ghosh, which was released on August 14, 2020, playing the negative dark character for the first time. He played the lead role in the satirical comedy film Bahut Hua Samman produced by Yoodlee films and directed by Ashish R. Shukla, shared screen space with Sanjay Misra. The movie was released on 2 October 2020 on Disney+Hotstar due to COVID-19 pandemic and received positive reviews from the audience and critics. Raghav next starred opposite Ankita Sharma in a romantic movie titled Wedlock directed by Sachin Karande and the film is Produced by Blue Orchid Entertainment and Creo Brains Motion Pictures, the shoot was completed in various locations of Mumbai in 25 days shoot schedule. The film is set to release in August 2021.

On 15 February 2021, Farhan Akhtar dropped the first teaser of his new film, and announced Yudhra to be produced by his company, Excel Entertainment. Raghav along with Siddhant Chaturvedi and Malavika Mohanan. The film is directed by Ravi Udyawar.Yudhra's story and screenplay have been penned jointly by Farhan Akhtar and Shridhar Raghavan. The film is slated to release in summer 2022.

Influences

His signature step is Slow Motion Walk. Choreographers like Remo D'Souza and Terrence Lewis have stated that they had never seen anyone emulate the slow motion walk in India, as realistically, before Raghav. Raghav is a trained actor, mentored by the actor and acting coach Saurabh Sachdeva.

Personal life

He is the son of Deepak Juyal, an advocate, and Alka Bakshi Juyal. His mother is a Punjabi. Raghav was born and brought up in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Born in a Garhwali family he belongs to his ancestral village Khetu in Uttarkhand.

Raghav had never taken any formal training in dance but picked it up from watching performances on the internet and television. He started winning laurels as a dancer right from his days in Doon International School. Later, he joined DAV (PG) College to pursue his B.Com.

Music videos

Filmography

Film

Television

Web series

References

1. "Raghav-Crockroax-Juyal He learned dance From Vivek Bhatt (haldwani)". did3.in.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2012. Contestant Profile: Age 20
2. "Dance Ke Superkids: Team Yahoo lifts the winner's trophy". ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
3. Jha, Sumit (9 February 2012). "A twist in the tale of 'Dance India Dance'". The Times of India.
4. Patel, Ano (14 May 2012). "'Dance is a different religion,' says Croackroaz". The Times of India.
5. Dubey, Rachana (15 August 2012). "Farah Khan and Geeta Kapoor team up". Hindustan Times.
6. "Sonali Cable Review". ndtv.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
7. "Sasha Chettri and Raghav Juyal to host Dance Plus 2016 (Season 2)". danceplus2016.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
8. "Vaibhavi Merchant recreates Kajrare on Dance Champions". The Times of India. 29 September 2017. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017.
9. Juyal, Raghav (6 October 2020). "Exclusive: Raghav Juyal On 'Bahut Hua Samman', Transitioning From Dance To Acting, And More". Mashable India (Interview). Interviewed by Pramit Chatterjee.
10. "'I am back..hopefully as a better and trained actor'". Hindustan Times. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
11. "Meet the Crockroaz family". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
12. "{Auditions Starts}* Dance Champions Star Plus Auditions Form, Registration". Dance Champions Star Plus. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017.

External links

• Raghav Juyal at IMDb
• Raghav Juyal at Bollywood Hungama
• Raghav Juyal on Instagram

• 1991 births
• Living people
• Popping dancers
• Male actors from Dehradun
• Indian male dancers
• Indian male television actors
• Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University alumni
• Dancers from Uttarakhand
• 21st-century Indian male actors
• 21st-century Indian dancers