Sonu Nigam rocked Zee Bangla Saregamapa Grand Finale.

Sonu Nigam rocked Zee Bangla Saregamapa Grand Finale. Brilliant singer Sonu Nigam, came saw and conquered the Zee Bangla Saregamapa Grand Finale. The finale was held on 16th November, 2014. Along with the judges Alka Yagnik, Kumar Shanu and Hariharan, Sonu Nigam appeared as guest judge. It was meeting point of stalwarts. The six finalists sang their songs in the different rounds. Rick, Anwesha, Arfin, Ahenjita, Kamalika and Aritra were the 6 finalists. The 3 judges Alka Yagnik, Kumar Shanu and Hariharan guided the participants to the finals. Sonu Nigam said that he had started Zee Saregamapa program in Zee TV long time back. From that time the program gained popularity and later taken by the regional channels. But none of the Zee Saregamapa regional music programs were as brilliant as the Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program. The music arrangers and music players were brilliant. In the second round the contestants were asked to sing Sonu Nigam’s songs. Arfin sang Sonu Nigam’s song “tu hi tu”. He did a great job. Aritra sang the song “tumse milke dilka” from film Main Hoon Na. Ahenjita sang the song “abhi mujh me yahin” from the film Agneepath. The other participants also sang Sonu Nigam’s song “suraj hua maddhyam” and other songs. In between the song Hariharan sang a ghazal. Sonu Nigam himself sang the song “abhi mujhme yahin”. Alka Yagnik and Sonu Nigam also sang their songs. In one of the songs Jishu Sengupta the anchor danced with June Malia, Rachana Banerjee and others. Singer Shilajit himself sang a song and extended the microphone to other singers like Swapan Basu and others. At the end of the show, Anwesha was declared the winner of the show. She won many prizes. The program came to an end. It ran for more than 4 months. Presently Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program will begin.

Actress Ananya Chatterjee stormed Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program.

Ananya Chatterjee Actress Ananya Chatterjee stormed Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program on 5th November, 2012. At the beginning all the participants sang songs for Ananya Chatterjee. Then the participants performed in the program. One of the participants sang the song “sinorita” from the film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. The parents of the participant also came. Ananya Chatterjee along with Jishu Sengupta, Joy Sarkar and others danced in the program. One of the other participants sang the song “saat samundar”. Kumar Shanu commented about the performance. Alka Yagnik said there were pitching problems. The performers required to give better performances in future. Ananya Chatterjee had acted in many brilliant Bengali films of the contemporary period including the film Teen Kanya with Rituparna Sengupta and other artists. Her tele-serial Subarnalata in the Private Channel did excellent business. She also received national award for her excellent performance in the film Abohoman. Jishu Sengupta said that all the participants were so fond of Ananya Chatterjee. But he also acted in a supporting role in the film Abohoman. Noone appreciated his performance in the film. All the participants and the judges showed respect and love towards Ananya Chatterjee. Ananya Chatterjee in return appreciated the talents of the participants.

Monali Thakur stormed Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program.

Monali Thakur Singer Monali Thakur stormed Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program on 16th November, 2012. She was invited in the show by Jishu Sengupta as guest judge. When she came at the beginning she was asked to sing the song “zara zara kiss me kiss me kiss me” which was originally sung by Monali Thakur herself in bollywood film Race. The Jishu Sengupta said he was interested to do a durgapuja in the sets of Zee Bangla Saregamapa. He wanted to make Kumar Shanu the President of the Puja Committee and asked him to pay chanda for the puja. Kumar Shanu in a joking way said he will not be the President if Jishu Sengupta became the cashier. Then Monali Thakur was made the cashier. One of the contestants sang Lata’s song “nishi din nishi din” in her own way. Monali Thakur said the dynamics of singing was missing in the song. Another contestant came and sang Manna Dey’s song “Lolita, oke aaj chole jete bolna”. Although Kumar Shanu, Alka Yagnik appreciated the singing, Monali Thakur said that variation was required in the antara. Another contestant sang Kishore Kumar’s song “dekha na hayre socha na” which he sang in the film Bombay to Goa. The contestant gave a spirited performance but Kumar Shanu said in one line he could sing softly then in the other line he could sing forcefully. Then only the viewers would have been impressed. Jishu Sengupta anchored the program with a lot of wit.

Haimanti Shukla stormed Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program.

Haimanti Shukla stormed Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program.

Bengali singer Haimanti Shukla stormed Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program on 15th August, 2012, on the day of Mahalaya. Jishu Sengupta, the anchor told the audience that he used to call Haimanti Shukla Haimanti Pishi. Jishu Sengupta asked Haimanti Shukla to sing a song. She sang it. Then she was asked about the experience of Mahishashur Mordini played in All India Radio on the day of Mahalaya every year. She said that it became a cult for the entire group of bengalies. Most of the bengalies always listened to Mohishashur Mordini at 4 am early in the morning every year. Haimanti Shukla gave good tips to the young singers. Samayan Sarkar was told to concentrate on the song when he was dancing and performing. He sang the song “dekha jo tujhe yaar dil me baji guitar” where he showed his performance skills. Jishu Sengupta sang the song himself too. One of the contestant sang Hemanta Mukherjee's song "o akash sona sona". Kumar Shanu, Alka Yagnik and Joy Sarkar also gave their best inputs on the day of Mahalaya. All the singers did a great job.

Udit Narayan sang “ai ajnabi” in Zee Saregamapa Program.

Udit Narayan. Singer Udit Narayan sung his super hit songs in Zee Saregamapa Program on 8th October, 2012. He came as guest judge and the other judges Kumar Shanu and Alka Yagnik greeted him very well. The participants at the beginning of the show sang the songs of Udit Narayan. One of the participants sang Rafi’s song “yamma yamma” from the film Shaan. Alka Yagnik commented that the word “raat” required special stress in the song. Udit Narayan said the words of Anand Bakshi were very philosophical. He said “kal hum kahan tum kahan” was very meaningful and beautiful. The anchor Jishu Sengupta called Udit Narayan on the stage to sing his hit songs. He came and sang the song “ai ajnabi”. He sang it in style. One of the contestants sang Udit Narayan’s hit song “papa keheten hai bara naam karega” from the film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. It was composed by Anand Milind. The song brought Udit Narayan into limelight. The contestant sang very well. Alka Yagnik told him that it was her prediction that he was going to be famous in future. Udit Narayan is known for his simplicity. Both Kumar Shanu and Alka Yagnik greeted him with prestige. Alka Yagnik also sang duet song with Udit Narayan on the stage. Jishu Sengputa anchored the program very well.

Udit Narayan sang his hit songs in Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program.

Udit Narayan sang his hit songs in Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program.

Successful playback singer Udit Narayan sang his hit songs in Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program on 4^th October, 2012. He was invited as guest judge by Jishu Sengupta in the program.

Kumar Shanu and Alka Yagnik were the other judges. At the beginning of the program the contestants gave tribute to the singers Kumar Shanu, Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan. They sang the songs of them. Samayan Sarkar sang the song “ladki bari anjani hai” from the film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. He did a great job.

After the singing of a number of songs, Udit Narayan was requested to sing his hit songs. He sang his super hit song “o mitwa o mitwa” from the film Lagaan. He also sang the song “pehela nasha pehela khumar” which was being requested by Kumar Shanu.

Samayan Sarkar imitated how all the judges used to speak. He imitated Kumar Shanu for his patent comment “fatafati”. He imitated Alka Yagnik for her patent comment “wallah wallah subhan allah”. He also imitated the other judge Joy Sarkar who was absent on that day. He also imitated singer Abhijit. Lastly he imitated Udit Narayan, his mannerism related to singing.

Udit Narayan really graced the occasion in his down to earth style with Kumar Shanu and Alka Yagnik sharing their old experience in singing duets together. Jishu Sengupta anchored the program very well with wit and energy.

Subhamita Banerjee and Rupankar stormed Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program.

Subhamita Banerjee and Rupankar stormed Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program. Singer Subhamita Banerjee and Rupankar stormed Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program on 26th September, 2012. Both of them were invited as guest judges in the program. Primarily Subhamita Banerjee and Rupankar came

After that the contestants started performing. One of the contestants sang Kishore Kumar’s song “rimjhim gire sawan” which was appreciated by the viewers. After the performance of few performers Rupankar was called on the stage to sing a song. He sang it with guitar. After that Subhamita Banerjee was asked to sing the song “dekhecho ki take oi neel nodir dhare”. She sang it excellently. Everyone looked at Joy Sarkar because he composed the beautiful tune. Last week when Bhupinder Singh and Mitali Singh came to the show, they also appreciated the melodious song and the beautiful composition. Both Subhamita and Rupankar had to attend a marriage occasion, so left the show early. The contestants, the anchor Jishu Sengupta and the judges Alka Yagnik, Kumar Shanu and Joy Sarkar graced the presence of Subhamita and Rupankar in the show and gave them their best wishes for the success of the puja album.

Shaan and Alka Yagnik stormed Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program.

Alka Yagnik. Singers Shaan and Alka Yagnik stormed Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program on 27th August, 2012. Kumar Shanu brought both the singers to the show. Jishu Sengupta was amazed to receive them. Alka Yagnik was one of the judges of the program few weeks back. She used to adjudicate the performances of the contestants along with Kumar Shanu and Joy Sarkar. But for last 2 weeks she was not present. Kumar Shanu and Joy Sarkar were the other two judges who stayed in the show from long time. At the first part of the show Shaan and the other singers in the contest gave tribute to Kumar Shanu. They sang all the hit songs of Kumar Shanu that made him popular. Some of the successful songs included “sansonki zarurat hai jaise” in film Ashiqi, “tujhe dekh mera dil dharka” in film Phool Aur Kante, “mera dil bhi kitna paagal hai” in film Saajan, “kuch na kaho” in film 1942 A Love Story, to name a few. Then the contestants sang their own songs. One of the girl contestant sang the song “solah baraski” from the film Ek Duje Ke Liye which was originally sung by Lata Mangeshkar. The song was composed by Laxmikant Pyarellal. Alka Yagnik showed some areas where the artist could have done differently. Joy Sarkar, Kumar Shanu and Shaan appreciated the song. Jishu Sengupta anchored the program in style.

Kumar Shanu donated Rs 1 lakh to participant in Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program.

Kumar Shanu. Singer Kumar Shanu donated Rs 1 lakh to a participant who performed in Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program on Monday, 6th August, 2012. Kumar Shanu, Joy Sarkar and Alka Yagnik were the 3 judges who analyzed the performance of the participants from the beginning of the show. Actor Jishu Sengupta anchored the program. One of the girl participants sung a song. After that when Jishu Sengupta asked her whether anyone had come with her, she said her parents left her at an early age. She was an infant when her parents left her. Her uncle and aunt reared her up. After she reached her age of 8 years, she stopped studying because she did not have the economic capacity to study. Her aunt and uncle did not marry in their lives and sacrificed their lives for the girl. When Kumar Shanu heard all this, he said he sacrificed his salary given by Zee Bangla and gave Rs 1 lakh from his account for studies and singing career of the girl. He even told her that whenever the money got over, the girl should contact Kumar Shanu again for the money. The charitable pursuit of Kumar Shanu astonished the other judges and the anchor Jishu Sengupta. Many people have money. But celebrities like Kumar Shanu also have a big heart. The elimination rounds started in Zee Bangla Saregamapa program. Participants are providing their best performances to stay in the competition. Alka Yagnik, Kumar Shanu and Joy Sarkar are doing a great job.

Kumar Shanu and Alka Yagnik stormed Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program.

Kumar Shanu. Zee Bangla Mirakkel Awesomesala program had been replaced by Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program from 16th July, 2012. The biggest attraction of the program is the judges. Kumar Shanu and Alka Yagnik are the main judges of the program. Both of them had stormed the program in Zee Bangla Channel on Monday and Tuesday with their high quality of singing. Actor Jishu Sengupta had been the anchor of the program. He is doing a great job. He had introduced the new contestants to the judges. He had acted as a bridge between the contestant and the judges. Singer Shovan Ganguly who had stormed X Factor program in 2011 came in the program and sang the “maula maula” with a team of singers. He was excellent by every musical standards. His father was called upto the stage by Kumar Shanu and he asked his father to give him good certificate for such a difficult song. Shovan Ganguly said that his father never told him that he sung well. A girl contestant sang Sandhya Mukherjee’s song “e sudhu ganer din e logon gaan shonabar”. Kumar Shanu appreciated the contestant. On Tuesday, Alka Yagnik and Kumar Shanu were amazed to hear the performance of two participants in respect of their song “ghunghat ke ar pe dil barkha”. Jishu Sengupta said that Kumar Shanu and Alka Yagnik had excellent chemistry which made the romantic songs even more romantic. They had sung huge number of duet songs together in the 90s. The viewers are expecting stiff competition from the participants who are more than 40 in number.

Pyarellal had rocked Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs Program.

Laxmikant Pyarellal.


Pyarellal had rocked Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs Program.

The child contestants of Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs Program got a scope of interacting with legend of legends composer Pyarellal on 17th September, 2011. He had come with composer Ram Sampat. He appreciated Niladri Chatterjee’s song “pucho na kaise maine rain mitayi”. The song was sung by legendary Manna Dey and composed by SD Burman in the film Meri Surat Teri Ankhen. Pyarellalji told the story that he played the violin in that song during the recording and Manna Dey finished the song in one take. He appreciated Niladri Chatterjee about the manner in which he took the tarana at the end of the song. Ram Sampat did not like Niladri’s other song from Chillar Party and said the lyrics were not clear. Niladri started crying and Adnan Sami consoled him.

When Salman Ali sang the song “chahunga mai tujhe saanjh sawere”, Pyarellal commented that he did not sing the song in the scale in which Mohammad Rafi song. So the song lost its beauty. He said that the song was originally being composed by LP for Lataji, but Majrooh Sultanpuri insisted about being sung by Mohammad Rafi in the film Dosti. The rest was history. LP received their first filmfare award for the song in 1964. Javed Ali showed Salman Ali how the song should have been sung. Kailash Kher commented that it was not right to find too many faults in the song of Salman Ali as the children were too young to take up difficult songs, that too sung by Legend of legends Mohammad Rafi. But Pyarellalji said that whenever he and Laxmikantji composed a song they did it on a particular scale and insited the singer whether Rafi, or Lata, or Manna Dey to sing in that scale.

Azmat Hussain sang LP’s song “ek haseena thi” from the film Karz. Adnan Sami came up on the stage and played the piano for the same tune excellently. Pyarellalji was mesmerized at the performance. Nitin Kumar sang LP’s song “badra hai” from the film Aya Sawan Jhumke which was originally sung by Mohammad Rafi. Pyarellalji appreciated his performance too. All the gurus including Alka Yagnik said that in front of Pyarellalji she felt shy if people called her Mahaguru. Whatever she had achieved till now was due to Laxmikantji and Pyarellalji. The program was excellently anchored by Jay Soni.

Rimsha Deb ended her journey in Zee TV Saregamapa Little champs before Ramdev Baba

Swami Ramdevji.


Rimsha Deb ended her journey in Zee TV Saregamapa before Ramdev Baba.

The master of Yoga and Ayurveda Ramdev Baba was the star attraction of Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs Program held in Zee TV on 16th September, 2011. Ramdev Baba had been teaching different forms of yoga to millions of people all across the world and cured numerous diseases of many people.

Due to his presence the theme of the songs in the program was Bhakti Ras. At the beginning the 5 child participants Rimsha Deb, Niladri Chatterjee, Azmat Hussain, Salman Ali and Nitin Kumar sung songs relating to Ganesh Puja. Rimsha Deb sang the song “tum asha” which was actually sung by Lata Mangeshkar and composed by Hridaynath Mangeshkar. Alka Yagnik said that the rendition should have been little more soft considering it was a bhajan.

Niladri Chatterjee sang the song “aisi laagi lagan” which was originally sung by Bhajan king Anup Jalota. He sung the song with such brilliance providing each and every taan and harkat that Baba Ramdev came to the stage and sung the song himself. Alka Yagnik said if somebody had kajal she would have put it in the head of Niladri Chatterjee so that nazar na lag jay. Ramdev Baba said that those who get blessings of elders they never suffer from nazar. Swami Ramdevji said Anup Jalota had sung the song in his own way and brilliantly. But Niladri’s performance could not be compared with anyone. Swami Ramdev taught Niladri few yoga of the stomach and asked him to do it so that his obesity disappears. He is fat and other children make a mockery of that. Javed Ali said that Niladri Chatterjee had the touch of great Manna Dey Sahab and said he did a great job. Adnan Sami being his guru, appreciated his effort. Kailash Kher also congratulated him.

Azmat Hussain sang the song “jai mata di” from the film Aasha, which was originally sung by Mohammad Rafi and N. Chanchal and composed by Laxmikant Pyarellal. Azmat sang excellently. Swami Ramdevji said that Azmat should do the yoga relating to deep breadth and it can cure stammering of voice. He notice that Azmat never stammered during singing but stammered during speaking. Adnan Sami said that his pronunciation was better on that day. Nitin Kumar and Salman Ali sang their bhajans excellently and Swami Ramdevji said that they had brought down the barriers of religions. All the child contestants had made India famous and spread brotherhood feeling amongst every Indian.

Rimsha Deb was eliminated at the end of the show when anchor Jay Soni read out the report card. She cried a lot. But the viewers will remember her effortless performances in difficult songs like “lag ja gale”, “tum asha”, etc. Swami Ramdev had really rocked the show.

Sonam Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor rocked Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs Program.

Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor.


Sonam Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor rocked Zee Saregamapa Little Champs Program.

Actor Shahid Kapoor, the son of actor Pankaj Kapoor, and Sonam Kapoor, the daughter of superstar Anil Kapoor, had rocked Saregamapa Little Champs Program on 9th September, 2011. Both of them came for the promotion of their new film Mausam, which is going to be released in September only. Very significantly the film had been directed by Pankaj Kapoor.

Shahid Kapoor said very valuable things, that if he could achieve even 5% of what Pankaj Kapoor had achieved as an actor, he would feel privileged. While Shahid Kapoor talked about the serious effort given in the film, Sonam Kapoor, said she also had a great experience of working with Pankaj Kapoor.

Zee Saregamapa Little Champs provided a surprise by showing clipping of Javed Ali’s singing at the age of 11 years. Javed Ali’s father and mother came in the program and glorified the program. His mother said that Javed Ali did not even have the money to have tiffin in school, but continued his classical riyaz for which he had reached the destination, being a celebrity. Rimsha Deb sang a song from film Saawariya and also sang the song “saas gaali dewe” from the film Dilli 6, which was composed by AR Rehman and sung by Rekha Bhardwaj. Rimsha Deb’s father danced in the crowd in a typical manner and Shahid Kapoor called him up to dance in the floor.

Niladri Chatterjee sang the song “na hai jo paana” from the film Jab We Met, which was composed by Pritam and sung by Mohit Chauhan. Alka Yagnik told him that he did a “dudanto” job, meaning excellent singing in the Bengali language. Azmat Hussain sang the song “nagara nagara nagara baja” from the film Jab We Met which was originally sung by Javed Ali. Shahid Kapoor showed some brilliant steps to the child participants which he did in those songs.

Nitin Kumar and Salman Ali sang their songs excellently. At the end Nitin Kumar was eliminated but Alka Yagnik used her veto power to call him back and retain him. Shahid Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor, spoke very well in the program.

Mika Singh stormed Zee Saregamapa Little Champs Program.

Mika Singh in Zee Saregamapa Little Champs Program.


Mika Singh stormed Zee Saregamapa Little champs Program.


Singer Mika Singh stormed Zee Saregamapa Little Champs Program held on 26th August, 2011 held in Zee TV. He was brilliant with his entry and sang brilliant songs in the program.

He sang generally his hit songs like "ibn-e-batoota",“sawan me lag gayi aag”, “aap ka kya hoga janabewali”, “kabhi to nazar to milao”, etc. In the program the child participants sung their songs in style. Barnali Hota sang one of the classically oriented songs of the film Lekin, which was originally sung by Asha Bhosle. Alka Yagnik said that she did the harkats very well, but required to be a bit soft to maintain the feeling required in the song. Rimsha Deb sang the song “do labso ki hai” composed by RD Burman and sung by Asha Bhosle.

Azmat Hussain sang the song “yaad piya ki aye” which was originally sung by Bare Ghulam Ali Khan. He made everyone spellbound. Mika Singh gave him prize of Rs 50000, and gave each of the other singers prize of Rs 11000 each. It was great gesture on the part of Mika Singh. In fact Mika Singh played the guitar with Rimsha Deb, in the song “do labso ki hai”, and sung the song “sawan me laga gayi” with Azmat Hussain.

Salman Ali and Nitin Kumar were excellent in their songs as usual. Anmol Khatri and Niladri Chatterjee were at the bottom two. At the end Anmol Khatri was eliminated and could not reach the top 6 spot. Even then, listeners should remember Anmol Khatri’s singing specially, his excellent rendition of the song “ajahu na aye balma, sawan beeta jaye” which was composed by Shankar Jaikishan and originally sung by Mohammad Rafi and Suman Kalyanpur.

The comments of Kailash Kher, Adnan Sami, Alka Yagnik and Javed Ali were excellent as usual and even Mika Singh appreciated their efforts in grooming the child participants. All the child participants have excellent potential and will become established singers in future.

Barnali Hota was the best in qawalli special in Zee Saregamapa Little Champs.

Barnali Hota was the best in qawalli special in Zee Saregamapa Little Champs.

Barnali Hota had been the best in qawalli special in Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs held on 20th August, 2011. She sang Lataji’s song from the film Henna, “aaja ve mahi tera rasta ho dekhdiya” which was composed by Ravindra Jain. She had brought the sweetness required in the song. Alka Yagnik, the mahaguru gave her the best singer’s special cap to her for best performance. Javed Ali and others said that Barnali had proved that she is Hota and not Hoti.

Niladri Chatterjee did an excellent job with the song “na tu karwaki talash hai”. The song was composed by Roshan Lal Nagath in the film Basaat Ki Raat in 1960. Manna Dey, Mohammad Rafi, Sudha Malhotra, Asha Bhosle and others sung the song. The song was considered one of the 10 best qawallies composed in bollywood films. Niladri took the risk and showed his harkat to match the original song. Reema Deb sang the song “allah yeh ada” which was originally sung by Lataji in the film Mere Humdum Mere Dost and composed by Laxmikant Pyarellal. She did justice to the song.

Salman Ali sang Abeeda Parveen’s dangerous qawalli. There were lot of classical renditions in the original song. Salman Ali sang it in his own style. Nitin Kumar sang the song “tu mane na yaa mane” which was originally sung by Badalli brothers. Guru Adnan Sami said that he expected that level of excellence from Nitin Kumar which as missing in the previous episodes. But he returned back with a bang.

Anmol Khatri sang the song “allah allah” which was originally sung by Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik and others in the film Dil Ashiyana Hai which was composed by Nadeem Shravan. Alka Yagnik said that for becoming khatra for others, Anmol had to sing even better as the competition had become fiece. Azmat Hussain made everyone spellbound with the song “tu ne to loot liya”. Alka Yagnik gave Azmat Hussain nazrana.

Kailash Kher and Javed Ali used brilliant shayeri to maintain the mood of the qawalli night. The qawalli night was brilliant by every musical standard.

Sanjana Bhola ended her journey in Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs.

Sanjana Bhola ended her journey in Zee Saregamapa Little Champs.

Child contestant Sanjana Bhola had ended her journey in Zee Saregamapa Little Champs program in Zee TV held every Friday and Saturday. She last sang in the program on 19th August, 2011.

On 19th August, 2011, Nitin sang the song “haule haule ho jayega pyar” sung by Sukhwinder Singh in the film Rab Ne Bana Di Jori, composed by Salim Sulaiman. Rimsha sang the song “chaliya chaliya chaliya” which was originally sung by Sunidhi Chauhan in the film Tashan. She got the highest number of votes from the public. Alka Yagnik asked her to be confident, but not over-confident.

Salman Ali sang the song “satrangi re” from the film Dil Se, which was composed by AR Rehman and sung by Sonu Nigam. He had a sour voice, so could not match his own performance given in the past. Judge Javed Ali, showed the difference in the first line of the song, which was the soul of the song according to him.

Azmat Hussain, Anmol Khatri, Barnali Hota and Sanjana Bhola sang their songs very well. Kailash Kher briefed the audience, that Azmat Hussain, a child of ten years had said he wanted to pay the debts of his father who had six other children. Kailash Kher was amazed at the ambition of the small child and wished him the best. Adnan Sami asked him to work on the talafuz, that is the intonation which should be very clear, if a singer has to reach any destination.

Viewers and the audience should not forget Sanjana Bhola who had amazed everyone by singing the song “masakkali masakkali” in own style. The song was very difficult, being composed by AR Rehman and sung by Mohit Chauhan, and picturised on the film Dilli 6. Sanjana Bhola showed lot of courage in attempting it and singing it in her own style.

There is huge future for Sanjana Bhola and she should continue her riyaz and practice relating to classical singing.

Happy birthday to Adnan Sami.

Happy birthday to Adnan Sami.

The viewers of bollywood films and the listeners of bollywood music wish happy birthday to singer and composer Adnan Sami on 15th August, 2011. Singer and composer Adnan Sami had glorified Zee TV Saregamapa little Champs Program held every Friday and Saturday in Zee TV channel. He is one of the judges of the program along with the other judges namely Kailash Kher and Javed Ali. They consult with the Mahaguru Alka Yagnik.

On 14th August, 2011, during the show, Alka Yagnik greeted Adnan Sami with a birthday cake, and sang the song “panchi nadiya pawan ke jhoke” from the film Refugee. She meant that India has its independence day on 15th August, while Pakistan has its independence day on 14th August. As Adnan Sami is from Pakistan, due to the insistence of Alka Yagnik, he stayed during his birthday in India as against his wishes of spending it with his wife and family in Pakistan. On the same day Javed Ali showed his sufiana andaz by singing the song “piya haji ali” with the child singers.

Adnan Sami was born in 15th August, 1973. He had shown his exceptional talent in playing the piano and composing experimental songs in Indian films. He was born and brought up in London, UK. He created his first solo album Raag time in 1991-92. Adnan Samy acted in the film Pakistani film Sargam along with his wife Zeba. Then he created the album Kabhi To Nazar Milao with Asha Bhosle, for which he composed the songs himself.

His song “tu sirf mera mehboob” from the film Ek Ajnabee became a big hit in 2001. His next album Tera Chehra was released in 2002, which also became super hit. He worked with composer AR Rehman in the song “aye uri uri” in the film Saathiya in 2002. From that time he never looked back.

He composed music along with Raghav Sachar in Sunil Shetty’s film Daddy Cool in 2010. In the film the song “daddy cool” sung by Raghav Sachar and Paroma Dasgupta became very popular. He sang the landmark song “nor-e-khuda” along with Shankar Mahadevan and Shreya Ghoshal in the film My Name is Khan released in 2010.

He had won many international awards including the Nigar Award, the Bolan Academy Award, the Graduate award, to name a few.

In the Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs Program his way of guiding the child competitors had amazed the viewers and listeners. His urdu talaffus had been excellent and he had addressed the child participants like Asmat, Salman and others with lot of respect and dignity. All the judges had used their immense talent to guide the children who had sung difficult classically oriented songs brilliantly.

The country expects a lot from the great singer and composers. The viewers expect that Adnan Samy is going to create new dimensions in the field of music in future.

Irresponsible voting had led to exit of Veda in Zee TV Saregama Pa Little Champs.

Irresponsible voting had led to exit of Veda in Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs.


Irresponsible voting had led to exit of talented singer Veda from Zee Saregama Little Champs program. She had been one of the contenders of the champions’ title. Brilliant singer and mahaguru Alka Yagnik became upset due to the exit of Veda.

Javed Ali, Adnan Sami and Kailash Kher as usual had brilliant remarks at the end of the performances of each child contestants. Salman got the highest number of votes from the audience. Nitin from Himachal Pradesh got the second highest votes and Azmat Hussain got the third highest number of votes. Salman sang the song “fashion ka hai ye jalwa” from the film Fashion on 29th July, 2011. Nitin sang the song “lagan lagi” from the film Tere Naam. Azmat Hussain sang the song “dil me tere hai darde disco”, which was sung by Sukhwinder Singh from the film Om Shanti Om.

Rimsha sang the song “lagja gale ke phir” from the film Wo Kaun Thi, composed by Madanmohan. Javed Ali showed the thehrao in the song by displaying the minute harkat in the composition. Priyangshi sang the song “yeh raat me jo maaza hai” from the film Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki, composed by Bappi Lahiri. Barnali sung the song “ishqa ishqa” which was actually sung by Rekha Bhardwaj and composed by Vishal Bhardwaj.

Veda sang the song “kesara sara sara” from the film Pukar composed by AR Rehman and sung by Kavita Krishnamurthy and Shankar Mahadevan. Sanjana sang the song “ayo re ayo re maaro dholna” which was sung by Shobha Mudgal. Niladri Chatterjee sang the sung “jaane tu yaa jane na” composed by AR Rehman from the film Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. Anmol sang the song “ dil to baccha hai ji” from the film Ishqiya sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and composed by Vishal Bhardwaj.

The child participants are singing brilliantly one after the other. But the audience also should vote very responsibly so that the best singer can get the title of Zee Saregama Little Champs. No praise can be limited for the judges Kailash Kher, Javed Ali and Adnan Sami and Alka Yagnik who had trained the child participants so well. There is a surprise on 30th July, that is the appearance of brilliant singer and music expert Suresh Watkar. Let us hope that the child participants perform even better before him.

Azmat Hussain and Priyanshi Srivastava back with wild card entry.

Azmat Hussain and Priyanshi Srivastava back with wild card entry.

Child singers Azmat Hussain and Priyanshi Srivastava are back in Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs. Both of them were eliminated previously on merit. But they were brought back on 23rd July, 2011.

Mahaguru Alka Yagnik and the three judges Javed Ali, Kailash Kher and Adnan Sami encouraged Azmat and Priyanshi. All the participants sang difficult songs having classical renditions. Azmat sang the song “saiyan” which was originally sung by Kailash Kher. Kailash Kher himself got surprised with the performance and also sang himself.

Singer Niladri Chatterjee sang Manna Dey’s song “lapak jhapak” from the film Boot Polish composed by Shankar Jaikishan. Salman sang a classical song which brought tears in the eyes of Kailash Kher and Alka Yagnik. His sereneness of the rendition of the song was unique. His grandfather came to the show. Nitin sang a brilliant song and also shared the fact of doing farming in his native place in Himachal Pradesh. He had cultivated onion.

Barnali Hota sang Lataji’s song “megha chaye aadhi raat” from the film Sharmilee composed by SD Burman. Rimsha sang the song “bhor ayi”. Priyanshi sang the song “baras ja”. Sanjana sang the song “pyar karne wale” from the film Shaan composed by RD Burman and on Saturday sang Shubha Mudgal’s song “ab ke sawan”. Most of the songs were related to the arrival of monsoons in India.

The competition had become more stiff and the fate of the participants will be determined by the voters.

On Gurupurnima all the gurus including Alka Yagnik, Javed Ali, Kailash Kher and Adnan Sami sang brilliant songs in Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs.

On Gurupurnima all the gurus including Alka Yagnik, Javed Ali, Kailash Kher and Adnan Sami sang brilliant songs in Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs.

On 15th July, 2011, it was gurupurnima. It was a blessing in disguise for music lovers all across the country. All the gurus in the Music Contest Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs sang brilliant songs on that day.

All the child participants in the contest including Niladri Chatterjee, Shilpi, Salman, and others dedicated their songs to their gurus. Singer Javed Ali sang the song “tum mile” in his usual majestic style. Mahaguru Alka Yagnik very honestly said that she never knew the song was sung by Javed Ali.

Adnan Sami with his charishmatic mannerism sung the song “bheegi bheegi raton me”. In fact Niladri Chatterjee received the best singer cap from Alka Yagnik for his performance of the day for the same song “bheegi bheegi raton me”. Kailash Kher sang one of his songs from the Band Kailasha with his own variations.

At the end Alka Yagnik sang the song “jane kitne dino ke baad gali me aaj chand nikla” in her silky voice. She almost enchanted everyone in the show. Very significantly all the judges had disclosed about the creation, composition of those songs, spoke about the lyricists and composers and history of the recording of the songs.

For the child participants it was a very learning experience and they paid their best tribute to their gurus by singing their songs. Competition apart the program Zee TV Saregamapa had created a friendly atmosphere where Kailash Kher with his pure hindi, Adnan Sami with his urdu alfass, Javed Ali with his classical terminology and Alka Yagnik with her musical terminology had praised each other and encouraged the children after telling them their limitations and asking for improvements.

Some contestants had faced defeat at the hands of the others and that may have depressed many music lovers. For example Asmat lost out one week before and Alka Yagnik had confessed that her mother also became sad about the decision. But she had judged the contestants on sheer merit basis, without bias and prejudice.

The viewers expect that all the participants will do even better in the forthcoming rounds and all the gurus will enlighten the music lovers all across the country with their profound musical knowledge.