Rupesh Bane is an Indian dancer and actor and the winner of the Indian television dance reality show Dance Plus: Season 5. He is popularly known as the T-shirt boy.
Wiki/Biography
Rupesh Bane was born on Monday, November 8, 1999 (age 20; i.e. 2o19) in Dombivli, Maharashtra. His star sign is Scorpio.
Rupesh Bain as a child
He attended Shree Vailankanni English School in Dombivli but dropped out in Class 11 to pursue a career in dance.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 7″
Eye color: Black
Hair color: Black
Family, Caste and Girlfriend
His mother, Kirti Bane, is a security guard at the Fort campus of Mumbai University. His father is deceased.
Rupesh Bane’s parents
Rupesh Bane and his mother
He has two elder brothers, Umesh Bane (who works at the St. Regis Hotel in Mumbai) and Kunal Bane (an actor, director and producer).
Rupesh Bane with his mother and brothers
He is dating a girl named Sana.
Rupesh Bane and Sana
Profession
He had earlier auditioned for the dance reality show Dance India Dance Li’l Masters but failed to make it through the audition. He also participated in the dance reality show Dance Plus three times but was eliminated in the audition. In 2019, he participated in the fifth season of Star Plus’ show Dance Plus and became the champion of the show.
In 2015, he made his acting debut with the Marathi film Cinderella.
He has also acted in two other Marathi films, Bardo (2018) and Sur Sapata (2019).
Favorite things
Facts/Trivia
- He likes traveling and dancing.
- Rupesh Bain’s mother, Kirti, works as a security guard at a government agency. She also sews clothes to earn extra income for the family.
- Before joining Dance Plus, Rupesh and his brothers used to sell candles and newspapers to help their mother make ends meet for the family.
- In an interview, Rupesh revealed that unlike other parents who force their children to study, his mother wanted him to pursue dancing as a career. He also said that he initially learned dancing from his mother and later received professional training.
- In an interview, Rupesh confessed that he had been rejected from dance competitions before, so to participate in the “Dance Bonus”, he practiced for 16 hours a day and sometimes even all night.
- He had a long T-shirt that he used to wear when cleaning the house. He would dance with the T-shirt while working at home. He danced with the T-shirt for the first time in a competition and the audience loved it. After that, he started performing his signature T-shirt dance in various competitions and earned the title of “T-Shirt Boy”.
Rupesh Bane performs T-shirt dance
- Participated in the Nexstar dance competition in 2019.
- As the winner of the fifth season of the show Dance Plus, Rupesh received a trophy and a prize money of Rs 15 lakh.
Rupesh Bane with his Dance Plus trophy
- He also has a YouTube channel named ‘Rupesh Bane’ where he uploads his dance videos.
Rupesh Bane – YouTube Channel
- His film Bardo (2018) was screened at the Jio Mami Film Festival in 2018.
- Rupesh is an animal lover and has a dog named Jenny.
Rupesh Bane and his dog
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