Judges Of Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa Season II

Jeetendra Kapoor

Jeetendra aka Ravi Kapoor was born into a business family that dealt in jewellery. But he decided to break away from tradition. Filmmaker V Shantaram gave him his break in Bollywood in 1959 in his film Navrang. But Jeetendra’s true break came in 1964 when he bagged the lead role in Shantaram's Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne. He came into the limelight with Ravikant Nagaich's Farz in 1967. His clothes—tee shirt and white shoes—in the film’s song Mast Baharon Ka Main Aashiq made him a style icon.

Jeetendra starred in over 200 movies, from 1959 to 2005 (his last film was Ho Jaata Hai Pyaar) and he earned the nickname ‘Jumping Jack of Bollywood’ because of his lively dance moves.

Jeetendra and his wife Shobha have two children—Ekta and Tusshar. While Ekta, along with her father, runs Balaji Telefilms, Tusshar is making a name for himself as an actor.

Urmila Matondkar

Urmila Matondkar started her career as a child artist—the best known of her early movies was Masoom (1983). She made her film debut as an adult with the film NarasimhaDrohi in 1992. Since then, she has starred in many other productions of his, the most notable of which was her first major hit, Rangeela (1995). alongside Sunny Deol. In the early 90s, she began her collaboration with Ram Gopal Varma. Her first film with him was

Urmila was one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1990s. In the 2000s, she began to prove that she was a talented actress and delivered a range of critically acclaimed performances. She received various ‘Best Villain’ nominations for her role as an obsessive lover in Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya, and won her first Filmfare Award for Best Performer for her role as a possessed woman in Bhoot. She was also highly praised for her roles as a merciless avenger in Ek Hasina Thi and a caring daughter in Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara.

Shiamak Davar

“Dancing is my true being. It is my sole nature and my soul nature, my only existence,” says Shiamak Davar, who runs Shiamak Davar's Institute for the Performing Arts (SDIPA), a renowned dancing school with branches in all major cities. At the dance school, dance programs are designed to work the parts of your body that need to build up strength and flexibility, gradually and according to each person’s body rhythm and temperament.

India’s leading choreographer has choreographed many stage shows and awards nights like IIFA, Stardust and Filmfare. He also represented India at world events including the World Economic Forum in Davos, the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games Melbourne 2006, the Indo-Japan Friendship Year 2007 inaugural event in Tokyo and the Indian Economic Forum in Rome, Italy.

Shiamak has choreographed for movies like Taal, Bunty aur Bubli, Dil To Pagal Hai, etc. His latest work can be seen in Dhoom 2 and the up-coming Sanjay Leela Bhansali film Sawaariya.

Shiamak is also a gifted singer and has performed with the legendary singer and songwriter Sting. His Hindi pop album Mohabbat Karle sold more than 1.2 million copies in India alone. He also sang the title song of Hrishikesh Mukerjee’s Jhoot Bole Kauwa Katte. Shiamak won the best music video award for Dil Chahe, which he directed, designed and choreographed.

Shiamak’s Victory Arts Foundation (a non-profit trust) also spreads the power of dance to underprivileged children—children who are infected with, affected by or vulnerable to HIV/ADIS, and physically or mentally challenged children.