Raghav Juyal

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Raghav Juyal
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Raghav in 2023
Born (1991-07-10) 10 July 1991 (age 33)
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Other names
  • King of Slow Motion
  • Crockroaxz [1]
EducationDAV College, Dehradun (B.Com)
Occupations
  • Dancer
  • choreographer
  • actor
  • television presenter
Years active2012–present
Known forReinvention of slow motion walk in India
Style

Raghav Juyal (born 10 July 1991 [2] ) is an Indian actor, dancer, choreographer, and television presenter. He is popularly known as "Crockroaxz" or the "King of Slow Motion" for his surreal dance moves in slow motion style and for his reinvention of the Slow Motion Walk in India. [3] He rose to fame after being a contestant and finalist in Zee TV's dance reality show Dance India Dance 3 and a skipper for the team Raghav Ke Rockstars in Dance India Dance Li'l Masters 2 and Dance Ke Superkids where his team was declared the winner under his captainship. [4] He was a contestant on Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7 (2016). In 2024, Juyal garnered recognition with the Hindi-action thriller Kill . [5]

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Career

Dance India Dance (season 3)

Juyal 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. Juyal 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. [6]

Thereafter, Juyal 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.[ citation needed ]

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 Parkale. [7] [ failed verification ] 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.[ citation needed ]

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. [8] 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. [9] One reviewer singled out Raghav's vivacious performance and praised his screen presence, [10] while another says he "steals every scene he's in" [11] and another says he is "better than the leads". [12] The next year he starred in the dance film, ABCD 2, [13] 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.[ citation needed ] 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 hosted 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 [13] 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.[ citation needed ] [14] In 2019, he hosted the dance reality show Dance Plus (season 5) .

In 2020, he appeared in dance film Street Dancer 3D [13] 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 14 August 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. [15] 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.[ citation needed ] 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 Geeta Kapoor and 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.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Raghav Juyal was born to Deepak Juyal, an advocate, and Alka Bakshi Juyal, his mother is a Punjabi. He was born and brought up in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Born in a Garhwali Brahmin family he belongs to his ancestral village Khetu in Uttarakhand. [16]

Juyal never had any formal training in dance but picked it up from watching performances from 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. [17]

Filmography

Films

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of Raghav Juyal film credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Sonali Cable Sada [10] [11] [12]
2015 ABCD 2 Raghav [13]
2018 Nawabzaade Karan [13]
2020 Street Dancer 3D Poddy [13]
Bahut Hua Samman Bony [15]
2023 Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan Ishq [18] [19]
2024 Kill Fani
Yudhra Shafiq
TBAHasalTBA
TBAWedlockTBA

Television

List of Raghav Juyal television credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
2011Chak Dhoom Dhoom 2Contestant
Dance India Dance 3 2nd runner-up
2012 Dance Ke Superkids CaptainWinner
Dance India Dance Li'l Masters 2
2013 Dance India Dance 4 HimselfGuest
Dance India Dance Super Moms Captain
2014 Dance India Dance Li'l Masters 3
2015 Dance Plus Host
Nach Baliye 7 HimselfGuest
Dance India Dance Super Moms 2
2016 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7 Contestant6th place
Dance Plus 2 Host
2017 Super Dancer HimselfGuest
Entertainment Ki Raat
Dance Champions Host
Dance Plus 3
Rising Star
2018 Dance Plus 4
Dil Hai Hindustani 2
2019 Dance Plus 5
Khatra Khatra Khatra HimselfGuest
Bigg Boss 13
2020 India's Best Dancer
2021 Bigg Boss 14
Dance Deewane 3 Host [13]
Super Dancer 4 HimselfGuest
Dance Plus 6 Host [13]

Music videos

List of Raghav Juyal music video credits
YearTitleSinger(s)Ref.
2020Hum Tum Sukriti Kakar, Prakriti Kakar [20]

Web series

List of Raghav Juyal web series credits
YearTitleRoleRef.
2020 Abhay 2 Samar
2024 Gyaarah Gyaarah Inspector Yug Arya [21]

See also

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