'Nach Baliye 8': Sonakshi Sinha opens up her absence from the show

Sonakshi Sinha has quashed the reports of her leaving 'Nach Baliye 8' and assured that she will be coming back on the show. The 'Dabangg' actress was seen judging the popular dance based reality show. It was reported that Sona left the show after her rumoured ex-beau Arjun Kapoor came to promote his upcoming movie 'Half Girlfriend' and was later replaced by Malaika Arora Khan.

However, Sonakshi cleared the air with an official statement. "I really missed everyone. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it this week. My bad luck, I wasn't there to watch them (the contestants) perform. But I am sure they must have given all spectacular performances. I'll be back next week," Sinha said in a statement.

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On the other hand, Malaika, who has been a part of 'Nach Baliye' earlier, asserted that it was like getting back to home. "Anything for dear Sonakshi and for ‘Nach Baliye'. It was homecoming for me and I was more than happy to relive old ‘Nach' days. It's a pleasure to watch the brilliant couples sizzle on stage," Malaika was quoted as saying.

'Nach Baliye 8' witness a tough competition as celeb jodis like Divyanka Tripathi-Vivek Dahiya, Sanaya Irani-Mohit Sehgal, Bharti Singh-Harsh Limbachiyaa, Dipika-Shoaib Ibrahim, Abigail Pande-Sanam Johar, Monalisa Antra-Vikrant Rajpoot etc are competiting for the winner's trophy.