Nach Baliye 6: Pavitra Rishta couple Rithvik and Asha wins the reality show (view pics)

Mumbai: After three months of neck breaking hard work, the ‘Pavitra Rishta' fame couple Rithvik Dhanjani and Asha Negi won the sixth season of dance competition Nach Baliye.The happiness of the duo had no limit when they were declared as the winner of the show in which they gave a consistent performances from day one. Graced by the “Shaadi Ke Side Effects" stars Vidya Balan and Farhan Akhtar and the judges of the show Shilpa Shetty, Sajid Khan and Terence Lewis at the grand finale, the Nach Baliye trophy alongwith cash price of Rs 35 Lakh was handed over the couple.In addition they also won a trip to Australia and a Renault Duster SUV. Ritvik shared his joy and said, “We had put in our best in every performance and had a clear goal of winning right from day one. However the competition was very tough and it only pushed us to try harder with every episode. Needless to say, this would have not been possible without my Baliye. The sweat and tears shed was all worth it.”The show started with 11 couples initially and the other couples who were contesting for the trophy included Debina Bonnerjee-Gurmeet Choudhary, Vinod Thakur-Raksha Thakur, and Ripudaman Handa-Shivangi Verma.The finale was a grand extravaganza with performances by all the contestants of the season in different groups.Actress Shilpa Shetty, who co-judges the show along with filmmaker Sajid Khan and choreographer Terence Lewis, performed a fabulous aerial act on "Pani da rang" from the film "Vicky Donor", "Ram chahe leela" from "Goliyon Ki Rasleela...Ram-Leela" and "Dhating naach" from "Phata Poster Nikhla Hero".Terrence put on a saucy act on "Lahu muh lag Gaya" while Sajid performed on an amalgam of songs from his movies.The couples were joined by Dimpy Ganguly and Suhasi Dhami who were present and even performed at the finale.Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan performed a typical shaadiwala sequence. Farhan lead the ‘Baaraat' throwing some flowers on the way for her onscreen wife Vidya who entered sitting on a ‘palki' (palanquin). Vidya too amused everyone by dancing on a palki.