Dharmesh Yelande

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

Dharmesh Yelande
Born	(1983-10-31) 31 October 1983 (age 41) Vadodara, Gujarat, India[1]
Other names	D-sir
Occupations	Dancer choreographer television personality
Years active	2007–present

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 Hindi movie Tees Maar Khan (2010).^[4]

In 2013, Yelande debuted as an actor by playing a lead role in the 3D dance-based HindiABCD: 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, Yelande 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, Yelande 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, Yelande was a judge in Dance Deewane season 3.

Filmography

Films

Year	Movie	Role	Notes
2013	ABCD : AnyBody Can Dance	Dharmesh
2015	ABCD 2	Dharmesh
2016	Banjo	Grease
2018	Nawabzaade	Salim
2020	Street Dancer 3D	D
	Safalta 0 km[citation needed]	Saurya Mehta	With Manisha Thakkar

Television

Year	Show	Channel	Notes
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
2013	MAD – 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

As a choreographer

Year	Title	Notes
2010	Tees Maar Khan	He choreographed the title song for Akshay Kumar.

References

1. "Dancer, choreographer and now actor Dharmesh Yelande talks about his dancing dreams and more". TimesOfIndia. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
2. "Dharmesh Yelande पहले लगाते थे ठेला अब जीते हैं राजाओं वाली लाइफ, धर्मेश सर का Net Worth, Income, Fees, Cars..." India.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
3. "Shantanu Maheshwari to Dharmesh Yelande: TV celebs who started out as professional dancers and made it big on the industry". The Times of India. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
4. "Dharmesh Yelande — works". IMDb. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
5. "UTV signs reality show talents for 3D dance film". Thaindian News. Mumbai. IANS. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012.
6. "D'virus Academy". D The Virus. Retrieved 14 July 2011 – via Blogger.com.
7. "Judges, Hosts, Contestants : Dance Plus 2016". Danceplus2016. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
8. Chala Hawa Yeu Dya Dance By Dharmesh On Yed Lagala 19th September 2016, retrieved 17 March 2021
9. "Dancing legend Govinda steals the show with his latka jhatka on Dance Plus 3. See photos". The Indian Express. New Delhi. 26 August 2017.
10. "Sugandha Mishra to host 'Dance Plus 4'". The Times of India. 22 November 2018.
11. "Khatron Ke Khiladi 10: Dharmesh becomes the first finalist; Tejasswi Prakash blacks out during the task". The Times of India. 12 July 2021.
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".
13. "Choreographer Dharmesh to judge upcoming Marathi dance reality show Maharashtra's best dancer". The Times of India. 28 October 2020.
14. Hindi, TV9 (17 February 2021). "BB 14 में राहुल को पसंद करते हैं धर्मेश, चाहते हैं सलमान के शो से ज्यादा हो डांस दीवाने की टीआरपी". TV9 Hindi (in Hindi). Retrieved 31 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
15. Cyril, Grace (19 January 2021). "Dharmesh Yelande to join Madhuri Dixit and Tushar Kalia as judge on Dance Deewane 3". India Today. Mumbai.

External links

• Dharmesh Yelande at IMDb
• Dharmesh Yelande at Bollywood Hungama