Nitin, Salman, Vibhor, Ankush, Nilanjana entered the Grand Finale of Sony Indian Idol 10.

Nitin, Salman, Vibhor, Nilanjana, Ankush entered Grand Finale of Sony Indian Idol 10. Nitin, Salman, Vibhor, Nilanjana and Ankush entered the Grand Finale of Sony Indian Idol 10. The grand finale will be held on 23rd December, 2018. On 16th December legendary singer Udit Narayan came in the show. Nitin, Salman, Vibhor, Nilanjana and Ankush sang duet songs with Udit Narayan. All the super hit songs like “tum paas aye, yuh muskuraye”, “tere naam”, “chaand chupa badal me”, etc were song. The seven month long program is coming to an end. At the beginning Anu Malik, Vishal and Neha Kakkar judged the contestants. At the end Javed Ali also judged the program. All the film fraternity came in the show in turns and promoted their films. Right from Ranveer Singh, Rohit Shetty, to Kumar Shanu, to Salman Khan, Ajay Atul, and other actors, actresses, composers and directors came in the show. The grand finale will be judged by public voting. All the judges had agreed the standard of Indian Idol 10 had been very high. Presently the range of voice that Salman or Nitin has, none of the singers of the past Indian Idol had. Many composers like Ajay Atul already promised recording of songs with Nitin, Salman. Some of the contestants who lost out and could not make it to the Grand Finale were also good like Renu Nagar, Soumya to name a few. The singers showed diversity of signing in the last 7 months and the judges gave them huge challenges over the last few months. Whoever wins the Indian Idol 10 title, all the finalists already had become stars. They can very well sing songs and give playback in Indian films. They also have a lot of classical talim will make the standard of playback singing high. While contestants like Vibhor had come from affluent families, while contestants like Salman, Nitin, Ankush came from needy families. So the show did not make any discrimination based on background and economic solvency. Viewers are looking forward to the Grand Finale.

Javed Ali, Babul Supriyo and others rocked Mithun Chakravarty's Dadagiri Program in Zee Bangla.

Javed Ali

Javed Ali, Babul Supriyo and others rocked Mithun Chakravarty’s Dadagiri Program in Zee Bangla.


Mithun Chakravarty had brought celebrities previously also. He had been a sensation all around the program. Javed Ali sang the song “jash-ne-bahara” song from Jodha Akbar.

Babul Supriyo sang his song also. He mentioned that this year he had released a new music album with Alka Yagnik relating to Rabindrasangeet. Folk singer Swapan Basu said a lot of things about tusu and other folk songs that originated from folklore. He talked about the folk flavor of Purulia, a remote district of West Bengal.


Singer Debojit Saha talked about bihu festival famous in Assam. He had been a sensation over the last few years. He sang one of his songs.

Mithun Chakravarty asked the other participants also to sing songs. In the toss round he gave a number of hints to a question relating to a Bengali singer. The singer was Hemant Kumar. But they way the clues were given where it was mentioned that he had sung a song composed by RD Burman, everyone thought it was Kishore Kumar. It was also said that the singer had produced films, which both Hemant Kumar and Kishore Kumar had done.

At the end Mithun Chakravarty said the film in which RD Burman had composed song for Hemant Kumar was Hiralal Pannalal. There were many rounds in the program, like Pack Up Or Panga, Googly Round, Quick or Quack.

Mithun Chakravarty had anchored the program excellently. Singer Javed Ali had shown a lot of respect for actor Mithun Chakravarty in the program.

Azmat Hussain had become champion of Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs Program held in Zee TV.

Azmat Hussain, Shahrukh Khan.


Azmat Hussain had become champion of Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs Program held in Zee TV.

On 1st October, 2011, the results were announced.

On the same day, superstar Shahrukh Khan had come to promote his new film Ra One. He announced the champion of Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs Program. He mentioned that Azmat Hussain had got the maximum number of votes and won the championship defeating both the other finalists Salman Ali and Nitin Kumar.The previous participants came and sung songs including Niladri Chatterjee.

Very significantly Azmat Hussain had been the youngest of the finalists and at an age of 10 years had defeated the other finalists who were more than 3 years older than him.

The entire program continued for more than 3 months. The three judges Adnan Sami, Kailash Kher and Javed Ali require special appreciation for grooming all the child participants during these 4 months. They taught the children how the singing could be developed. All the guests invited require huge appreciation including Anna Hazare, Ramdev Maharaj, Usha Utthup, Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Mika Singh, Pyarellal and others. They sacrificed their busy schedule to come and cheer up the child participants. In totality, Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs Program in Zee TV had been an absolute success.

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.

Usha Uthup glorified Zee Saregamapa Little Champs program.

Usha Uthup glorified Zee Saregamapa Little Champs program.

Padmashree winner Usha Uthup glorified Zee Saregamapa Little Champs Program by being the Mahaguru on 5th and 6th August, 2011. Alka Yagnik had gone for a holiday and Usha Uthup came to judge the performances of the participants in the program.

Very significantly the day was dedicated to the golden music of 1960s. Adnan Sami dressed up like Shammi Kapoor, Javed Ali dressed up like Dev Anand, Kailash Kher dressed up like Guru Dutt. The participants dressed up like the actors and actresses of the golden period and sang their songs.

Very significantly the participants mainly sang the songs of Mohammad Rafi. Niladri Chatterjee sang the song “yahoo chahe koi mujhe jungle kahen” from the film Junglee, sung by Mohammad Rafi and composed by Shankar Jaikishan. Azmat Hussain sang the song “mere pairon me ghungruu bandhade” from the film Insaniyat sung by Mohammad Rafi and composed by Naushad Ali.

Usha Uthup mentioned that God was there in the heart of Azmat Hussain and that was the reason he sang so well. Anmol Khatri sang the song “nain lad jai he wo manwama kasak oi bekari” sung by Mohammad Rafi in the film Ganga Jumna, composed by Naushad Ali. Usha Uthup said he was looking like junior Dilip Kumar. The child participants were excellent in the rendition of the songs.

Rimsha sang the song “yeh dil tum bin kahin lagta nahi ab kya Karen” sung by Lata and Rafi in the film Izzat, composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. Sanjana sang the song “kajra muhabbat wala” sung by Asha Bhosle and Shamshad Begum in the film Kismat composed by OP Nayyar. Barnali Hota sang the song “parde me rehne do” from the film Shikar, sung by Asha Bhosle composed by Shankar Jaikishan.

Salman Ali sang the song “akele hai chale awo” sung by Mohammad Rafi and composed by Kalyanji Anandji in the film Raaz. Javed Ali praised Kalyanji Anandji for their unique composition and said that they had encouraged new talents. It was Kalyanji Anandji who had brought them in the industry.

Nitin Kumar sang the song “na ja kahin ab na ja” sung by Mohammad Rafi and composed by LP in the film Mere Humdum Mere Dost. Usha Uthup sang the song “haal kaisa hai janaab ka” herself. She had given her musical instrument khanjari to Nitin Kumar as a token of love.

In other episodes, Alka Yagnik used to make her valuable comments along with Javed Ali, Adnan Sami and Kailash Kher. On 5th and 6th August, Usha Uthup did the same, she had literally ignited and glorified the atmosphere of Zee Saregamapa Little Champs program telecast in Zee TV. Her English was as brilliant as her hindi as brilliant as her Bengali. She should be invited frequently in this program.

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.

Happy birthday to Kailash Kher.

Happy birthday to Kailash Kher.

The viewers of bollywood films and the listeners of music wish happy birthday to versatile singer Kailash Kher on 7th July, 2011. He is presently one of the judges of music competition Zee TV Saregamapa Little Champs. He teaches the child singers along with other judges Adnan Sami and Javed Ali, and the performances of the child singers are finally judged by Mahaguru Alka Yagnik. The program had unearthed musical talents from different parts of the country including a child classical singer named Asmat who had amazed everyone.

Khailash Kher’s song “rabba ishq na hove” from the film Andaz made him popular. He stormed bollywood with the song “allah ke bande” from the film Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II. He created a band in Mumbai named Kailasa with two brilliant musicians Naresh and Paresh Kamath.

He sang the landmark song “o sikandar” from the film Corporate. He sang a number of high-pitched song in the film Mangal Pandey – the rising. His song “yah rabba de de koi pyar bhi agar” from the film Salaam-e-ishq” composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy mesmerized the audience. Also his song “teri deewani” sung under the band Kailasa had been extremely popular.

He performed in North America in 2007 in a concert named “The Incredibles” along with Sonu Nigam, Kunal Ganjawala and Asha Bhosle. Composer AR Rehman had said that when he heard Kailash Kher for the first time he understood that the voice was the voice of a pure soul. Kailash Kher also speaks in very ornamental hindi and high amount of humbleness.

His other hit songs included “meethi meethi bathe” from the film Aap Ki Khatir, “jhatka mare” from the film Kyon Ki, “ankhiyan teri awen” from the film Kaal, “fatak” from the film Kaminey, to name a few.

His march is on. The viewers expect him cross new horizons in future, show his versatile classical touch more and the jugglery of high pitched voice more in the films in future.

Javed Ali in 2011.

Javed Ali in 2011.

Javed Hussain, better known as Javed Ali, was born in a musical family, and his father sang kirtans. He had affiliation towards ghazals, but Anandji of composer duo Kalyanji Anandji asked him to pursue a career in playback singer.

Presently he is the judge of Music Program Zee Saregamapa Little Champs, where he guides a group of talented child singers with the title Javed Ke Abhiroo. He judges the contestants along with the other judges like Kailash Kher, Adnan Sami and mahaguru Alka Yagnik. His comments in respect of the performances of the child singers reflect the gross classical knowledge of music as he gave a recent lecture relating to taan and khatak.

Javed Ali shot to fame in bollywood music in 2007 onwards with his song “ek din teri raahon” from the film Naqaab. He continued the dream run in the film Jodha Akbar with the song “jashn-e-bahaara” composed by AR Rehman.

In 2008, Javed Ali struck form with the song “tu muskura” in the film Yuvraaj composed by AR Rehman. Salman Khan gave lips in the song. Although the film did not do great business, but the songs did great business.

His song in the film Ghajini also did great business. The song was titled “guzaarish” and picturised on Amir Khan and the film excellent business in 2008. The songs also contributed a lot for the success of the film. The music was composed by AR Rehman.

He had also sung the songs in the film Dilli 6. AR Rehman composed music for the film. In 2009, he sang relevant songs in successful films like De Dana Dan and Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani.

He carried forward his success in the films of the following years. He sang in the film Raavan in 2010. In 2011 also he sang in landmark films. He sang in the film Yamla Pagla Deewana. He had also sang in the film Yeh Saali Zindagi. He recent hit songs include “dil dar-ba –dar” in Yeh Saali Zindagi, “tinku jiya” in Yaamla Pagla Diwaana, “maaya yashoda” in Jhoota Hi Sahi, “sauda hai” in Aakrosh, “ranjha ranjha” in Raavan, “gale lag ja” in De Dana Dan, “tu hi haqeeqat” in Tum Mile. The audience expect him to do well in the films of the future.

Javed Ali in recent times.

Javed Ali in recent times.
Javed Ali shot to fame in bollywood music in 2007 onwards with his song “ek din teri raahon” from the film Naqaab. He continued the dream run in the film Jodha Akbar with the song “jashn-e-bahaara” composed by AR Rehman.

In 2008, Javed Ali struck form with the song “tu muskura” in the film Yuvraaj composed by AR Rehman. Salman Khan gave lips in the song. Although the film did not do great business, but the songs did great business.

His song in the film Ghajini also did great business. The song was titled “guzaarish” and picturised on Amir Khan and the film excellent business in 2008. The songs also contributed a lot for the success of the film. The music was composed by AR Rehman.

He had also sung the songs in the film Dilli 6. AR Rehman composed music for the film. In 2009, he sang relevant songs in successful films like De Dana Dan and Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani.

He carried forward his success in the films of the following years. He sang in the film Raavan in 2010. In 2011 also he sang in landmark films. He sang in the film Yamla Pagla Deewana. He had also sang in the film Yeh Saali Zindagi. The audience expect him to do well in the films of the future.

IIFA awards are action replay of filmfare awards.

IIFA awards are action replay of filmfare awards.

This year’s IIFA awards are announced in June, 2009. Most of the awards were action replay of the filmfare awards given this year.

Hrithik Roshan won the IIFA award for the best actor for his performance in the film Jodha Akbar. He deserved it and viewers are happy that IIFA had acknowledged it. He won the filmfare award for the best actor also for the performance in the same film earlier this year. Ashutosh Gowarikar won the IIFA award for the best director for the direction of the film Jodha Akbar. He received the filmfare award for the best director too earlier this year. Films like Jodha Akbar require lot of hardwork, sincerity and monumental task with cast and crew. It is good that his immense dedication was rewarded.

Priyanka Chopra won the IIFA award for the best actress for the performance in the film Fashion. Shreya Ghoshal won the IIFA award for the best female singer for the song “teri ore teri ore” from Singh is Kinng. Javed Ali won the IIFA award for the best male singer for his song “jashne-bahara” from the film Jodha Akbar.

Javed Akhtar also won the best lyricist award for the lyrics written for songs in the film Jodha Akbar. AR Rehman won the best composer award for his music composition in the film Jodha Akbar. Kangana Ranaut won the best supporting actress award for her performance in the film Fashion. Rajesh Khanna won the lifetime achievement award at the IIFA.

Shahrukh Khan won the male star of the decade award, while Aishwarya Rai won the female star of the decade award. Abhishek Bacchan won the best comedian award for his performance in the film Dostana, while Akshay Khanna won the best villain award for his performance in the film Race.

With few exceptions almost the same recipients of filmfare awards won the IIFA awards. Some of the good work again got unnoticed, for example, for example Pritam’s music in Sinng is Kinng, Vishal Shekhar’s music in Dostana, Amir Khan’s superlative performance in Ghajini.

But again best debutant awards for Farhan Akhtar in the male category ( for Luck by Chance) and Asin in the female category (for Ghajini), are encouraging signs. IIFA should start second best performance awards for all categories to encourage better performances of all the performers in bollywood industry.