Nakuul’s wife suffers knee injury, quits ‘Nach Baliye 6’

Small screen actor Nakuul Mehta and his wife Jankee have backed out of celebrity couple dance reality show “Nach Baliye 6” after the latter suffered a knee injury.

The incident happened when Jankee was returning from her show in Hongkong. She slipped and fell on the escalator. The couple, who had already shot for a promotional shoot, had to back out after Jankee was advised bed rest for eight weeks.

When approached, a source from the production house confirmed that they are not participating in the show.

Other celebrity couples, who are participating in the show, are Gurmeet Chaudhary-Debina Bannerjee, Kanika Maheshwari-Ankur Ghai, Amrapali Gupta-Yash Sinha, Raju Srivastav-Shikha, Kiku Sharda-Priyanka, Ripudaman Handa-Shivangi, Ridhi Dogra-Raqesh Bapat and Rithvik Dhanjani-Asha Negi.

To be judged by actress Shilpa Shetty, director Sajid Khan and choreographer Terence Lewis, “Nach Baliye 6” will go on air in November on Star Plus.