Sanket Gaonkar is an Indian dancer. He is the winner of various dance reality shows including Dance India Dance, Dance Plus and Dhee Jodi. In October 2021, she participated as a contestant in the Indian dance reality show titled India’s Best Dancer Season 2. His dance styles are hip-hop and contemporary.
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Wiki/Biography
Sanket Gaonkar was born on Saturday, 16 May 1998 (age 23 years; as in 2021) in Ankola, Karnataka. Their zodiac sign is Taurus. He has a Bachelor of Science degree.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 5″
Weight (Approx): 50 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
His father’s name is Shahdev Gaonkar and mother’s name is Surekha Gaonkar. His brother’s name is Suraj Gaonkar.
Sanket Gaonkar with his parents and brother
relationships/affairs
He is in a relationship with Anjali Chauhan. Anjali is a dancer.
Sanket Gaonkar with his girlfriend Anjali Chauhan
livelihood
Sanket Gaonkar participated and won the Dance India dance reality show in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Sanket posing after winning the Indian dance reality show Dance India Dance in 2019
In 2017 he won the ‘Stars of Karnataka’ reality show. In 2019, she won the Telugu dance reality show titled Dhi Jodi. In 2021, he was the winner of Dance Plus Telugu dance reality show.
Sanket Gaonkar posing with the Dance Plus trophy
The Indian Telugu-language comedy television program “Champion”, produced by ETV Mallemala Entertainments, is often judged by Sanket Gaonkar.
Favorite
bike collection
Sanket Gaonkar has a Royal Enfield bike.
Sanket Gaonkar posing with Royal Enfield
car collection
Sanket Gaonkar has a BMW car.
Sanket Gaonkar with his BMW
Facts/General Knowledge
- Sanket Gaonkar regularly updates his dancing videos on social media accounts like Instagram and Facebook. More than 427k people follow him on Instagram. He keeps entertaining his followers by posting videos of his candid dancing moves.
- Sanket Gaonkar is a fan of Indian actors Salman Khan and Tiger Shroff. While talking to a media reporter, he told that he wants to choreograph Bollywood songs for Salman Khan and Tiger Shroff in future. He narrated,
I will soon shift my base to Mumbai. I plan to pursue professional choreography. My dream is to make Salman Khan dance on my feet. I am also a big fan of Tiger Shroff. His flexibility is like mine. He focuses on core strengths. I saw many Bollywood stars in the show. “Those were moments of disbelief.”
Following the same conversation, she said that her mother was very supportive of her choosing dance as a career while her father was strict about her studies. She further explained that she did not learn the dance style from any teacher, and she practiced her dance skills through YouTube tutorials and television shows. She practiced these dance moves continuously for six years before participating in the reality show. He said,
I worked hard for six years to get into this show. I have watched all the seasons regularly and learned dance from her. This is a huge stage and I can’t tell you how happy I am. Everything I have learned is from TV and online tutorials. My father was very supportive but my mother always told me to study. However, after seeing me practicing, he also dreamed of seeing me on a big stage on TV.
- Murgaon Naganik Shigmotsav Samiti organizes an event called ‘Kalasangam’ every year at Vasco da Gama, Goa. This event is often judged by Sanket Gaonkar. Another Goa event named ‘Showcase’, which was called ‘Step Out of the Ordinary’ in South India, was organized to discover junior and senior dance talents, in which Sanket Gaonkar participated in 2018 .
- Soon after winning the title of season three of the Indian dance reality show Dance India Dance, Sanket Gaonkar has set up a charitable workshop with his friend Piyush Gurbhele. The organization named ‘Sankush Dance Workshop’ trains budding dancers and poor children who aspire to become dancers.
- Sanket Gaonkar is also known as ‘Ankola Ka Vowkar’ in Karnataka as he is from Ankola city of Karnataka. His fans named him the Vowkar of Ankola after winning several dance reality show titles and he regularly gives dance performances at Ankola Utsav, a local festival in Karnataka.
- According to Sanket Gaonkar, Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif are her idols in Bollywood. While talking to a media house, he talked about his favorite actor and actress. He said,
Salman Khan is my idol and I want to choreograph for him. My favorite actress for whom I want to choreograph is Katrina Kaif.
In this conversation, Sanket revealed the names of his favorite judges of Indian dance reality shows. He said that he is a big fan of Master Mudassar and Mini Maa. They said,
I have been a fan of Master Mudassar since the beginning, but I am happy that I got the guidance of all three maestros and my favorite judge is my mini mother, who taught me the art of dance and brought me to where I am today. I just love him and I’m glad he’s my mentor.”
- Sanket Gaonkar is a kind hearted animal lover. He has two pet dogs and often posts pictures of his pets on his social media accounts.
Sanket Gaonkar posing with his pet dog
- Many dance workshops often invite Sanket Gaonkar as their guest. In these workshops, he teaches his modified and clarified dance moves to the attendees.
Sanket Gaonkar on the invitation poster of a dance workshop in 2019
- Sanket Gaonkar often participates in international dance reality shows.
An excerpt of the contestants (Sanket in the middle) from a dance show held in Indonesia in 2019, Instagrammed by Sanket
- While talking to a media reporter, Sanket Gaonkar said that he is fond of fitness and does yoga and physical exercises daily to keep his body fit. He further said that he did not diet. He expressed,
I do stretching exercises and yoga to improve my flexibility. I don’t diet nor go to the gym.
- Sanket Gaonkar is crazy about fitness. He regularly does yoga and physical exercises to maintain his physical fitness and health. In an interview given to a media reporter, he said,
I do stretching exercises and yoga to improve my flexibility. I don’t diet nor go to the gym.
- A dance video of Sanket Gaonkar while participating in an Indian dance reality show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVpJ19w7Id8
- Sanket Gaonkar was the champion of volleyball game during his college days. Reportedly, he was a state level volleyball player. In his spare time, he likes swimming and traveling to different places.
- Sanket’s father is a cancer patient. Sanket revealed his financial situation on the sets of the dance reality show titled India’s Best Dancer Season 2 in 2021. He said his family needed money. The makers of the show provided a special sofa for his father so that he could watch Sanket’s performance in comfort.
- In October 2021, at the grand premiere of India’s Best Dancer, Sanket performed on a slab of ice with his choreographer Anuradha. This performance surprised the judges. After the performance he said on stage,
It was a grand premiere and I thought the occasion was something memorable and noteworthy. So, I decided to take the plunge and give it my all to prepare for an act on a slab of ice. With the help of my choreographer Anuradha, I was able to do justice to my acting and won over the judges! Grateful for the love they have shown me so far. This is just the beginning. There is so much in store for me.”
Sanket dancing on ice slab in India’s best dancer reality show in 2021
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