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He rose to fame after being a finalist in Zee TV dance reality shows like [[Dance India Dance|Dance I

Career

Dance India Dance (Season 3)

Raghav became popular when his audition video went viral on YouTube, and was back on public demand. He received individual popularity via the show Dance India Dance 3 (2012) aired on Zee TV. He dubbed himself as Crockroaxz and 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. Master Terence Lewis (choreographer) said,

"I wish to apologize to all the viewers since I think we did a big mistake by not selecting Raghav during the auditions. Later, when I saw Raghav perform and the kind of acts that he is capable of doing, it totally surprised me. Whatever Raghav does, its 80 percent his own creativity and may be 20 percent my inputs. He is an amazing freestyle dancer whose core strength is his body control and his USP being is his slow motion or speed breaking moves. The feel with which Crockroaxz does an act even ace dancers take ages to gain mastery over that. Raghav is a treat to watch and training him is every choreographers delight."

Thereafter, Raghav proved his versatility and individuality by creating unique fusions with different dance-forms and went all the way up to 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 despite being a wildcard entrant.

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, Rohan Parkale. He was chosen as a choreographer for his originality, innovative moves and choreographic ingenuity displayed during his stint in DID 3. 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.

2013–present

He played a pivotal role in a Bollywood movie Sonali Cable produced by Ramesh Sippy Entertainment which was released on 18 October 2014. The critics singled out Raghav's vivacious performance and praised his screen presence.

He is currently working on ABCD-2 in Las Vegas directed by Remo D'Souza co-starring Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor.

Influences

Raghav accredited learning dance from Internet and Television. He also gets inspiration from observing things that move and nature. He created a fusion mainly inspired from the slow yet powerful movements of a Crocodile and the swiftness of a Cockroach.

His signature step is his Slow Motion Walk. Choreographers like Remo D'Souza and Terrence Lewis have stated that, they had never seen anyone emulate the effect as realistically, before Raghav, Geeta Kapoor said that no one can do Slow Motion better than Raghav Juyal.

Personal life

He is the son of advocate Deepak Juyal & Mrs. Alka Bakshi Juyal. Raghav is presently living in Mumbai and he belongs to Dehradun, Uttarakhand, he basically belongs to gram khetu, uttarakhand

Raghav had never taken any formal training in dance, but picked it up from watching performances on 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.

Filmography

TV Shows and Appearances

References

1. "A twist in the tale of 'Dance India Dance'". articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
2. "Raghav Juyal third highest voted dancing star in DID-3". metromasti.com. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
3. "'Dance is a different religion,' says Croackroaz". articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
4. "Raghav Juyal on cloud nine, gets big Bollywood break". allindoon.com. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
5. "Sonali Cable Review". ndtv.com. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
6. "He dances to his own tune". dnasyndication.com. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
7. "Bright days ahead for Doon celebrity". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 15 September 2012. "Croc-Roach," was said to have been inspired from the slow movement of a crocodile and the swiftness of cockroach.
8. "Meet the Crockroaz family". articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
9. "Skeptical parents now Raghav Juyal's biggest fans". garhwalpost.in. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
10. Yahoo (1 August 2013). "Release date".

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