Karisma Kapoor to replace Sonali Bendre as ‘Judge’ in India's Best Dancer 4

Prominent Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor is likely to replace Judge duties of fellow actress Sonali Bendre during the chart-topping show 'India’s Best Dancer season 4', as a report claiming show makers did not approach Sonali for the new season instead they are engaging Karisma for the same.

A source close to the show’s production told the portal, “Sonali Bendre will not be returning in India’s Best Dancer season 4. The production house has not approached her this year. Instead, they are in talks with Karisma Kapoor. She will most likely be finalized for the show and will sign her contract in the coming days."

The report added that even though Karisma has not signed the contract as of now, she is happy about the offer and is excited to accept it. Karisma is expected to judge the dance reality with Geeta Kapoor and Terence Lewis.

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While Sonali was a part of India’s Best Dancer judges’ panel in season three, the first two episodes were judged by Malaika Arora. India’s Best Dancer 3 concluded in September.

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It is important to note that Sonali and Karisma worked together in Sooraj Barjatya's 1999 film Hum Saath-Saath Hain.

Karisma's latest projects

Karisma was last seen in the Netflix film Murder Mubarak, which also starred Pankaj Tripathi, Sara Ali Khan, Vijay Varma, Dimple Kapadia, Sanjay Kapoor, Tisca Chopra, Suhail Nayyar and Tara Alisha Berry. She received appreciation for her performance in the film directed by Homi Adajania.

Karisma will be seen as a cop-out to catch a psychopath in the upcoming series Brown, which had been included in Berlinale Series Market Selects of the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival. The neo-noir drama show, directed by Abhinay Deo of Delhi Belly fame and produced by Zee Studios, was part of a line-up of 16 titles from five continents.