Tempers were bound to flare and fragile egos were meant to be bruised when India's popular dance reality show – Zee TV's 'Dane India Dance'reaches an exciting close.

With Shakti from Master Terence Lewis's 'toli'and Dharmesh "Sir" from Master Geeta Kapoor's 'gang' battling it out vote for vote in the grueling quest for the "sunehri taqdeer ki topi", both the choreographers have turned extremely defensive about their protégé's dance acts.

Aware that any negative comments from the masters at this stage could tip the votes in favor of their contestant's closest competitor, the masters are in no mood to hear any critical remarks whatsoever.

On the latest episode of Dance India Dance, right after Dharmesh's act, Terence said, "I felt the WOW factor was completely missing from your performance. There was nothing new or spectacular. In fact, you weren't spot on as far as the classical mudras go. This performance didn't do it for me".

Without skipping a beat, Geeta interjected saying, "I completely disagree with you Terence. This was a superb performance. Dharmesh, you were rocking! And at this stage, I am not going to let such comments deter you.

I have seen your struggle as you successfully cleared one stage of elimination after another. I will ensure that you get to the position you genuinely deserve in this contest."

Caught off-guard by this outburst, Terence countered, "Geeta, you're being just defensive about your participant.

You have to be objective about a performance and not get blinded by your personal love for a the performer."

Geeta retaliated, "Why is it that only my contestants are picked on week after week for undue criticism? This is just not fair".

The verbal duel continued for quite a while and the shoot came to a standstill for over an hour with both masters not ready to take the matter lying down.

With the coveted trophy barely inches away from their grasp, the masters seem poised for the kill.