Dharmesh Yelande

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Dharmesh Yelande
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Dharmesh Yelande
Born (1983-10-31) 31 October 1983 (age 40)
Vadodara, Gujarat, India [1]
Other namesD, Dharmesh Sir
Occupations
  • Dancer
  • choreographer
  • television personality
Years active2007–present
TitleFounder of D'virus Dance Academy

Dharmesh Yelande (born 31 October 1983) [2] popularly known as D-sir, [3] is an Indian dancer, choreographer, and television personality.

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Career

Yelande participated in Dance India Dance (2009–2010), Dance India Dance Li'l Masters (2010) and Dance Ke Superstars (2011) that aired on Zee TV. He was hired by Farah Khan to choreograph the movie Tees Maar Khan (2010). [4]

In 2013, he debuted as an actor by playing a lead role in the 3D dance-based Indian film ABCD: Any Body Can Dance co-starring Salman Yusuff Khan and Prabhu Deva. In 2015, he acted in Disney's, ABCD 2 with Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor. [5] He has a dance academy in Vadodara known as the D'virus Dance Academy. [6]

In 2016, he has worked in the film Banjo opposite Riteish Deshmukh and Nargis Fakhri. He was a mentor for the dance reality show Dance Plus (2015–2019) for five consecutive seasons.

In 2020, he appeared in dance film Street Dancer 3D with Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Nora Fatehi and Raghav Juyal. Later he participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 10 (2020) and emerged as the second runner-up.

In 2021, he was a judge in Dance Deewane season 3.

Television

YearShowChannelNotes
2007 Krazzy Kiya Re DD National Runner-up
2008 Boogie Woogie Sony Entertainment Television Winner.
2009 Dance India Dance (season 2) Zee TV Runner-up
2010 Dance India Dance Li'l Masters Zee TV Jeetumoni
Comedy Ka Daily Soap Sony Entertainment Television Guest performance.
Zee Rishtey Awards Zee TV Guest performance
Dance India Dance Doubles Zee TV Assisted mentor Geeta Kapoor and choreographed some of the gems from the season.
2011 Dance Ke Superstars Zee TV Winner of the show.
Dhamal Night Zee Cinema Guest performance.
Just Dance Star Plus He choreographed the final performance of Hrithik Roshan and some other performances in the show.
2012 Dance Ke Superkids Zee TV Captain of Wakao (Dance India Dance Li'l Masters season 1).
2013 Dance India Dance (season 4) ZEE TV supporting a contestant
2013MAD – Maharashtracha Assal Dancer Colors Marathi One of the 3 judges of the show
2015 Dance Plus (season 1) Star Plus Winning Captain
2016 Dance Plus (season 2) [7] Star Plus Winning Captain
Chala Hawa Yeu Dya [8] Zee Marathi Guest
2017 Dance Plus (season 3) [9] Star Plus Captain
2018 Dance Plus (season 4) [10] Star Plus Captain
2019 Dance Plus (season 5) Star Plus Winning Captain
Khatra Khatra Khatra Colors TV Guest
2020 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 10 [11] Colors TV Second Runner Up
India's Best Dancer [12] Sony Entertainment Television Guest
The Kapil Sharma Show Sony Entertainment Television Guest
Maharashtra's Best Dancer [13] Sony Marathi Judge
2021 Bigg Boss 14 [14] Colors TV Guest
Dance Deewane (season 3) [15] Colors TV Judge

Filmography

YearMovieRoleNotes
2013 ABCD : AnyBody Can Dance DharmeshLead role with Prabhu Deva, Kay Kay Menon, Ganesh Acharya, Salman Yusuff Khan, Punit Pathak, Lauren Gottlieb
2015 ABCD 2 DharmeshLead role with Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor and Raghav Juyal, Punit Pathak, Lauren Gottlieb, Prabhu Deva
2016 Banjo Greasewith Riteish Deshmukh
2018 Nawabzaade Salimwith Raghav Juyal and Punit Pathak
2020 Street Dancer 3D D
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As a choreographer

YearTitleNotes
2010 Tees Maar Khan He choreographed the title song for Akshay Kumar.

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References

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  12. Kameshwari, A (22 November 2020). "India's Best Dancer finale: Highlights". The Indian Express . New Delhi. After Malaika Arora's performance, Dharmesh and Raghav Juyal joined the actor on stage. The trio performs on "Aankhon Mein Teri".
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