Vartika Jha | |
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 Jha at a dance workshop in 2020 | |
| Born | 8 April 2000 |
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| Years active | 2018–present |
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Vartika Jha (born 8 April 2000) is an Indian choreographer, dancer, and actress. She was a contestant and runner-up in Star Plus's dance reality show Dance Plus (season 4) in 2018. [1] She has since established herself as one of India's most popular dancers and choreographers.
Jha was born to Arvind Kumar Jha, an operator at Hindalco, Renusagar, and Kanta Jha on 8 April 2000 [2] and was brought up in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. She born in a Hindu family.[ citation needed ]
After facing several rejections, Jha was selected on Dance Plus (season 4) in 2018 in Dharmesh Yelande's team, which aired on Star Plus. In the show, she reached finals where she was the 2nd runner-up.
The Dance Plus's judge, choreographer, and Bollywood director Remo D'Souza cast Vartika in his film Street Dancer 3D along with Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor. [3] [4] [5] [6]
She then participated as a choreographer in Sony TV’s dance show India's Best Dancer (season 1), wherein Jha was the winning choreographer of the contestant Tiger Pop (Ajay Singh) who became the winner of India’s Best Dancer (season 1) in 2020. [7] [8]
In 2021, Vartika choreographed the Super Dancer contestant, Sanchit Chanana, who became 2nd runner-up of the show in Sony TV’s dance show Super Dancer Chapter 4. [9]
She then worked as a choreographer in Sony TV’s dance show India's Best Dancer (season 2), where Vartika was the winning choreographer of the contestant Saumya Kamble who became the winner of India’s Best Dancer (season 2) in 2022. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
In 2022, Vartika became the captain of team Vartika in Zee TV's dance show DID Li'l Masters (Season 5) where she choreographed for all the contestants of team Vartika. Then, she worked as a choreographer in Zee TV's dance show DID Super Moms (Season 3), where Vartika was the winning choreographer of Varsha Bumra who became the winner of DID Super Moms (Season 3) in 2022. [15] [16] [17] In 2023 jha was also a choreographer of akshay pal in India's best dancer season 3.
In 2024, she participated as a choreographer for her contestant Nepo (aka Deepak Shahi) in India's Best Dancer season 4.
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Street Dancer 3D | Samaira | Hindi |
| Year | Network | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Star Plus | Dance Plus 4 | Contestant | 2nd Runner-up |
| 2020 | Dance Plus 5 | Herself(artist) | Guest | |
| Sony TV | India's Best Dancer (season 1) | Choreographer | Winner with Tiger Pop | |
| 2021 | Super Dancer Chapter 4 | Choreographer | 2nd Runner-up with Sanchit | |
| Star Plus | Dance Plus 6 | Herself(artist) | Guest | |
| 2022 | Sony TV | India's Best Dancer (season 2) | Choreographer | Winner with Soumya Kamble |
| Colors TV | Dance Deewane Juniors 1 | Herself(artist) | Guest dance partner with Riddhi | |
| Zee TV | DID Li'l Masters (Season 5) | Captain | Skipper Team Vartika | |
| DID Super Moms (Season 3) | Choreographer | Winner with Varsha Bumra | ||
| Gemini TV | Dance Ikon (Season 1) | Herself(artist) | Guest dance partner with Soumya Kamble | |
| 2023 | Sony TV | India's Best Dancer (season 3) | Choreographer | With Akshay Pal |
| 2023 | Amazon Mini TV | Hip Hop india (Season 1) | Herself(artist) | Guest performer |
| 2024 | Disney+ Hotstar | Dance Plus Pro | Herself(artist) | Guest dance partner with Aman & Kunal |
| 2024 | Sony TV | India's Best Dancer (season 4) | Choreographer | With Nepo |
| Year | Title | Singer(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Gaaye Ja | Arijit Singh | |
| 2023 | Eto kiser tara | Arijit Singh | [18] |
| 2023 | Jalwa | CarryMinati | [19] |
| 2024 | Dheere Dheere | Daba Notra |
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