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.

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.