India's former hockey coach, Mir Ranjan Negi

After receiving flak for his low energy levels last week, India's former hockey coach, Mir Ranjan Negi has decided to prove a point to Sony's Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 2 judges- Jeetendra, Urmila Matondkar and Shiamak Dawar. A true sportsman, Negi does not like to take things lying down.

Mir Ranjan Negi
Come Friday, Negi will gyrate with his choreographer Marischa to a hot disco number 'Yaar Bina Chain Kahan Re' (from Anul Ganguly's film Saheb).

To get into the groove, Negi visited a discotheque. Negi, however, prefers to put it this way, "My friends and I were all headed to a discotheque in Colaba. But on second thoughts, I retracted. I have started feeling that more people are beginning to recognise me now. I am getting too much of public attention. Else, I would have surely gone."

In the show, he has worn a jazzy purple shirt with a wig and a goatee! Talking about Negi's new look, Marischa reveals she suggested that Negi wear a wig. "Mr Negi is doing a very fast number this week and I felt that he needed a hip look to get into the character. He was not getting some moves right, but the wig did the trick," she says.

"Last time, Shiamak Dawar felt that I should shed my inhibitions and dance like a child. My performance this week is easily my most energetic performance throughout this competition so far. I have put my best foot forward," Negi adds.

"I am working very hard and following every instruction, be it from Marischa or the judges. Inshallah, I'll do still better in the forthcoming episodes," Negi says.
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