Mangalorean Sarah Pinto Wins Zara NachKe Dikha Middle East Challenge

Mangalorean Sarah Sharlet Pinto has emerged as the winner of Zara Nach Ke Dikha Middle East Challenge held at Chi Lodge here and will be one of the lucky two along with Hitesh Rajani, who will get an opportunity to visit the sets of Zara Nach Ke Dikha in Mumbai during semi-final round.

Born in Dubai, 24-year-old Sarah beat 16 dancers to emerge topper with celebrity judges being Kaajol Kumar, Nithin Mirani and Anisha Sharma. She has won herself free tickets to Mumbai, free hotel accommodation and other necessary arrangements from the Star Plus team.

Sarah is the daughter of Claudius Pinto and Alice Pinto of Neermarga – Merlapadav and currently employed as human resource and administration co-ordinator for Solas Marine Services Co LLC, Dubai. She has three siblings with two females Farah and Lovina, the former being her twin and one younger brother Austin.

Sarah had to go through the grind to be chosen as finalists with an earlier audition round. Sarah says, “It is always nice to win and am very thrilled at the opportunity. I need to give credit to my best friend Ismail Mohammed, who dodged me into the competition in the last moment and also choreographed the dance of the final round.” It is a very amazing feeling for I have never learnt dance formally. Music has been inspiration and since childhood I have been dancing and imitating steps while watching tv, she adds.

Since pre-university days dance also has been her part-time profession and now she has formed a dance team with Ismail called SMILES. She has so far performed along with singing stars Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shankar Mahadevan to name a few and also as background artiste (dance) for television and films. She attributes her success in the field of dance to her caring parents, siblings and fiancé Sajith.