Vartika Jha (born 8 April 2000) is an Indian choreographer, dancer, and actress. She was a contestant and runner-up in Star Plus's dance reality show Dance Plus (season 4) in 2018.[1] She has since established herself as one of India's most popular dancers and choreographers.
Early and personal life
Jha was born to Arvind Kumar Jha, an operator at Hindalco, Renusagar, and Kanta Jha on 8 April 2000[2] and was brought up in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. She born in a Hindu family.[citation needed]
Career
After facing several rejections, Jha was selected on Dance Plus (season 4) in 2018 in Dharmesh Yelande's team, which aired on Star Plus. In the show, she reached finals where she was the 2nd runner-up.
She then participated as a choreographer in Sony TV’s dance show India's Best Dancer (season 1), wherein Jha was the winning choreographer of the contestant Tiger Pop (Ajay Singh) who became the winner of India’s Best Dancer (season 1) in 2020.[7][8]
In 2021, Vartika choreographed the Super Dancer contestant, Sanchit Chanana, who became 2nd runner-up of the show in Sony TV’s dance show Super Dancer Chapter 4.[9]
She then worked as a choreographer in Sony TV’s dance show India's Best Dancer (season 2), where Vartika was the winning choreographer of the contestant Saumya Kamble who became the winner of India’s Best Dancer (season 2) in 2022.[10][11][12][13][14]
In 2022, Vartika became the captain of team Vartika in Zee TV's dance show DID Li'l Masters (Season 5) where she choreographed for all the contestants of team Vartika. Then, she worked as a choreographer in Zee TV's dance show DID Super Moms (Season 3), where Vartika was the winning choreographer of Varsha Bumra who became the winner of DID Super Moms (Season 3) in 2022.[15][16][17]
In 2023 jha was also a choreographer of akshay pal in India's best dancer season 3.
In 2024, she participated as a choreographer for her contestant Nepo (aka Deepak Shahi) in India's Best Dancer season 4.