Jennnifer Winget and Chaitanya Choudhary

Girls are better cooks, but most chefs are men. Men are physically stronger but girls are more capable of getting what they want. So who is the better, the stronger, the more powerful of the two? The battle of the sexes has raged since Adam and Eve, but no one has ever been able to pronounce a verdict.

But that is exactly what STAR One is aiming to do with Zara Nachke Dikha — a dance reality show that pits boys against girls in a bid to gauge who is better, at least when it comes to having the better pair of dancing feet.

Launched at the ITC Grand Central Mumbai on Monday evening, Zara Nachke Dikha will have eight boys and an equal number of girls trying to outdo each other on a dance stage over 11 weeks. “In a complete departure from the other dance reality shows seen on Indian television so far, Zara Nachke Dikha introduces the unique concept of pitting the men against the women, a format that is sure to capture the imagination of the audience,” said Ravi Menon, EVP-GM, STAR One.

What will also set apart Zara Nachke Dikha from its predecessors is the novel process of elimination that STAR One and

producers SOL have hit upon. “The eight girls and eight boys will compete as two teams. Unlike other shows, there will be no elimination process every week. The weakest participant is penalised, but not eliminated, and the team will have to work doubly hard to get him or her back into the team,” explained Menon.

Amit Tandon and Narayani Shastri

The audience will have no say in terms of public voting with all the power vested in the hands of the judges till they come up with a final winner, or rather a winning team. Due to air sometime in mid July, the show producers are yet to decide on the host and the judges, but promise that they will be “the best in the business”.

While Zara Nachke Dikha may boast of some uniqueness in its format, the participants are all familiar faces on television, many of whom have already tried their luck in one reality show or the other. The boys’ team comprises Manish Goel, Chaitanya Choudhury, Gaurav Chopra, Amit Tandon, Vikas Sethi, Ali Asgar, Bakhtiyaar Iraani and child actor Amey Pandya. The girls in the battlefield will be Karishma Tanna, Maninee De, Rupali Ganguli, Jennifer Winget, Narayani Shastri, Mouni Roy, Delnaaz Paul and Swini Khara (little ‘Sexy’ of Cheeni Kum).

And they all have their reasons to participate in Zara Nachke Dikha. “This is my first reality show and there couldn’t have been a

better debut for me than Zara Nachke Dikha,” said Balaji man Chaitanya, while for television host and actor Maninee, the chance to rub shoulders with “some wonderful dancers and even better co-actors” was the reason.

But the clincher lay in the concept. “It’s time we decided who is better between the girls and the boys,” said one and all.