Colors acquires dance fiction ?Jhalak Dikhla Jaa?

MUMBAI: Colors has acquired the rights of dancing reality show Jhalak Dikhla Jaa, the first four editions of which got telecast on rival Hindi general entertainment channel Sony.

Colors will show the fifth season of the show.

Produced by BBC Worldwide Productions India, this season of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa will continue to bring together choreographers and celebrities from different walks of life.

The exchange of knowledge about different dance forms that help to evolve the contestants is the USP of the show.

Colors CEO Raj Nayak said ?Jhalak Dikhla Jaa ? Dancing with the Stars is one of the most successful entertainment formats on Indian television and we are happy to collaborate with BBC Worldwide Productions. We have always wanted to showcase a dance show and what better than to acquire the biggest dance format show in the world.?

In the recent past, Colors had also acquired the rights for Screen Awards that since years were happening on Star Plus.
Jhalak Dikhla Ja is an Indianised presentation of International dancing format- Dancing With The Stars. The other International formats aired by Colors? are Bigg Boss, India?s Got Talent, Ring Ka King, Khatron Ke Khiladi.