“It is a dream come true for me. I have manifested this for the past 8 years,” says Rubina Dilaik who makes a comeback to the dance floors with the new season of ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’.
One of the most loved celebrity dance reality shows ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’ is returning to the screens after a hiatus of 5 years. The iconic show traces the dancing journeys of celebrities from different walks of life as they let their guards down and fire up the dance floor.
Rubina Dilaik, who has won the reality TV show ‘Bigg Boss 14’ in the past, is making a return to the dance floors with this new season of ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’. She was a contestant in another dance reality show called ‘Nachle Ve With Saroj Khan’. Recently, she even participated in ‘Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 12’ and also starred in the Zee5 film ‘Ardh’ opposite Rajpal Yadav.
‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’ is a dream come true for me. I have manifested this for the past 8 years. Although the show is coming back after 5 years, I have dreamt to be a part of this show for a long time. I would like to say that you should always dream big because dreams do come true.
I am nervous yet confident, but I never let confidence rule my mind and never let nervousness rule my heart.
There is a reason it is called a reality show, you do not have to pretend to be anything, you absolutely can be your true self! If you have a fa?ade, you can never be a part of reality television. Your personality must shine and only then you can win.
For me, the medium is not important, the work matters. As an artist doing impactful work is my prime focus and the medium in which I am doing it. If television offers me projects that are creatively satisfying, I will always choose television.
My journey is 70% failure and 30% success. Failures teach you so much. I have learnt throughout my career that it is important to fail otherwise one wouldn’t understand the meaning of success. I am proud of the fact that I have failed and risen out of it. And most importantly if you want to work and succeed then you need to accept the failures.
If I were fragile, how would I have done back-to-back shows? The stress and the struggle are all in your head, if you actually enjoy the job, it will never be strenuous. Having said that, at times it gets extremely difficult. I came back from Cape Town and immediately started rehearsing for 4-5 hours a day regularly for ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’, the body sometimes gives up but the show has to go on and if you are passionate about something, you will do it no matter what comes your way.
As I mentioned earlier, failure has changed my career drastically rather than success. I don’t allow myself to bask in the glory of my success for a long time, I try and move ahead to the next adventure.
As a public figure, I am always being judged for everything that I do in life. Starting from social media to the real world I am always being judged. At least in this show, I will be judged based on an art.
It adds to the pressure when someone as talented and amazing as Madhuri Dixit is sitting and judging your performance. You always tend to question yourself, whether you are doing the right thing or whether your performance is up to the mark. It becomes extremely challenging. You always want to give your cent per cent and that’s what I will try and do.
I believe my greatest competition is me and I want to better myself with each act that I do and each work that I take on. I think that is most important for me.
I think everyone has their own journey and everyone is working hard, and everyone deserves the best, so I believe that winning or losing is secondary, the journey is what matters. The things that you learn from the journey are important and winning and losing is extremely subjective.