“Dance India Dance” fame dancer Dharmesh Yelande, who will be seen as a captain along with Sumeet Nagdev and Shakti Mohan on forthcoming dance reality show “Dance +”, says his life as an aspiring dancer has been full of struggles and challenges.

“I've struggled to be a dancer for 18 years. But 'Dance India Dance' completely changed my life. It gave me a platform to enter the industry. Soon I turned into a choreographer in Bollywood and now a judge on 'Dance +'. It's been an extraordinary journey from a contestant to a judge," Dharmesh, who was in the capital along with Sumeet on Wednesday, said.