June 2008


Musical shows are fine but real talent like Raja Hasan are rare to be found.Here is an article from media for you;

The country’s first Indian Idol Abhijeet Sawant enjoyed his moments of fame but then disappeared from the limelight. His successors Sandeep Acharya and Prashant Tamang fared even worse as they have hardly been heard of…

 Even as television channels gear up for an all new season of music-based reality shows, promising new superstars year after year, the past winners have faded into oblivion, unable to live upto the hype generated by these shows.

According to music director Ehsaan Noorani of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy group, music shows are all a battle for TRP’s and advertising. “Talent rarely plays a defining role in the end results. The real talent gets eliminated for reasons not related to singing,” he says.

“The shows promise creating superstars but instead produce singers who end up doing stage shows,” Noorani adds.

The country’s first Indian Idol Abhijeet Sawant enjoyed his moments of fame with ‘Mohabbatein Lutaunga (Aapka Abhijeet Sawant) and Marjawa Mitjawa (Aashiq Banaya Aapne) but then disappeared from the limelight. His successors Sandeep Acharya and Prashant Tamang fared even worse as they have hardly been heard of, ever since winning the crown.

Similarly, Debojit Saha and Aneek Dhar (winners of Sa re ga ma pa challenge 2005 and 2007 respectively)and Ishmeet Singh (winner of Star Voice of India 2007) hardly found any mention after the shows were over.

Commenting on the trend, music-director Aadesh Shrivastava, who will be seen as a judge in Zee’s Sa re ga ma pa Challenge 2009 says, “The winner in these shows are not the best of singers. Hence they rarely get opportunities in Bollywood. It is the other talented but lesser known contestants of the show who have fared better.”

Echoing Shrivastava, music director-singer Shankar Mahadevan, who will also tutor students for Sa re ga ma pa Challenge this season says, “We are not looking out for a winner in reality shows as the person may not necessarily be the best singer.”

However, he adds “Bollywood is always scouting for talent and the show succeeds in throwing up talented people like Nihira Joshi and Raja Hasan.”

The observation is not misplaced as the challengers to winner’s crown like Raja Hasan (who lost to Dhar under controversial circumstances), Nihira Joshi (finalist, Saregamapa 2005), NC Karunya (runner-up to Sandeep Acharya), Rahul Vaidya (2nd runner up Indian Idol 1) and Rahul Saxena (made it to top 10 of Indian Idol 1) amongst others have made noteworthy strides towards Bollywood.

While Hasan is rumoured to have bagged work alongside Adnan Sami, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Vishal Shekhar and Bappi Lahiri, Nihira received accolades for her songs in Saalam-e-Ishq. Meanwhile, Vaidya (Shaadi No. 1, Jigyasa, Hot Money, Krazzy 4 and Jaaneman), Saxena (Om Shanti Om) and Karunya (Lage Raho Munnabhai) look settled to play a long innings in Bollywood.

“The actual struggle for a contestant starts once the show is over. To succeed one requires a lot of willpower and perseverance and only people willing to make the effort succeed,” says Jatin Pandit (Jatin-Lalit fame) who has been a part of Sa re ga ma pa as well as Star Voice of India, citing examples of Sunidhi Chauhan and Shreya Ghoshal, themselves products of music shows.

“The shows provide contestants a platform where they get to learn from the bigwigs of the industry. They understand what is reqiured of them to make it big in the industry,” he adds.

The veterans, however, are unanimous in their view that handling instant fame and success also plays a big role in the metamorphosis of a contestant. “The contestant gets instant fame and success but there is a process for getting mainstrean success and they (the participants) have to understand how to sustain this pressure if they are to succeed,” says Jatin.   

 

Yesterday in EK Se Badhkar Ek Judge Abhijeet after the performance on Chaiya Chaiya by Harpreet Deol said that this song was not for Harpreet.He asked Harpreet,Raja Hasan and Aneek Dhar to sing the high note lines from the song and finally said that he has proved that Chaiya Chaiya is Raja Hasan`s song.

Aneek Dhar does not even remember the lyrics of the two lines from the song.On Saregamapa curtain raiser Raja gave him the mic when he was performing on Maari Teetri there also Aneek messed up the lyrics “Butterfly O Butterfly spread your magic wings and fly”.I feel so disgusted to see a singer like Aneek doing that.It looks too ordinary on national tv.

Raja also danced a little with Kushaal Punjabi at the end of the show:

Here is the video for you:

Here is the correct lyrics of Raja Hasan song Maari Teetri

Butterfly…oh my butterfly spread your magic wing and fly
Butterfly…oh my butterfly just spread your magic wing and fly
Taare tu maange ja re
Taare tu maange ja re, rakh du kadmo mein saare
Chanda tak jane ke mein raste dunga banwa re
Tu jo karde zara ishara, tu jo jahan bhi mange saara
Pura ka pura lai du re
he maari teetri
Maari teetri tane velvet ko lehngo ladu ai
Maari Teetri
Oh maari teetri
Maari teetri tane velvet ko lehngo ladu ai
Maari teetri
Butterfly…oh my butterfly spread your magic wing and fly
Butterfly…oh my butterfly just spread your magic wing and fly
Masti mein mastaana mein tera hi deewana hun
Dilbar pal pal jo gaye mein woh hi afsana hun
(uuudiyen)
Masti mein mastaana mein tera hi deewana hun
Dilbar pal pal jo gaye mein woh hi afsana hun
hanske keh du tu jo maange tujhko de du aapni saanse
hanske keh du tu jo maange tujhko de du aapni saanse
Tu kahe toh jaan mein tere kadmo mein bechai du re
 maari teetri
Maari teetri tane velvet ko lehngo ladu ai
Maari Teetri
he maari teetri
Maari teetri tane velvet ko lehngo ladu ai
Maari teetri
Maari teetri…. hohhhh maari teetri tane velvet… ohhhh Keep press the belt
Hai mein fool ho gaye bhool tu mane maaf karde
Hoon magar dil ka bada cool tu mane maaf karde
(uuudiyen)
Hai mein fool ho gayi bhool tu mane maaf karde
Hoon magar dil ka bada cool tu mane maaf karde
Aare kyun hai khafa aare ye to baata
Kyun hai khafa yeh to bata

tu jo mange mein lai du re
 maari tain maari tain
Maari teetri tane velvet ko lehngo ladu ai
Maari Teetri
Oh maari teetri
Maari teetri tane velvet ko lehngo ladu ai
Maari teetri
Butterfly…oh my butterfly spread your magic wing and fly
Butterfly…oh my butterfly just spread your magic wing and fly (2

Here is a special video on the song Maari Teetri.I could not synchronize it fully but still its fun to watch.Watch and Enjoy:

Ritesh De TaaliAs we know that De Taali was showcased at the IIFA awards 2008 but we did not knew that Ritesh Deshmukh performed on Raja Hasan song Maari Teetri at the final awards function.It was an awesome performance and it seems everybody from bollywood was dancing to the song.Ritesh also performed on the De Taali title song.

Here is the video for you:

Raja Hasan 2000Freinds today you will watch 2 exclusive never seen videos of Raja Hasan.One will be on the offiical site http://rajahasan.in/   in the news and articles section and will be the video of Raja singing Kesariya Balam in the year 2000.Another 10 minute video of Raja singing a Ghazal will be put up on this site tomorrow.

So please keep a watch of both the sites.

Raja Hasan`s partner Jaswir Kaur today gave a awesome performance on the song Satrangi Re in ZEE TV Ek Se Badhkar Ek.The judges were impressed and she got 9 marks for her performance.Jaswir had tears in her eyes hearing both the judges praising her.So the combined marks of the team Raja Hasan and Jaswir Kaur now stands at 16.

Here is the video for you:

Toshi and Debojit

I feel whatever Toshi said for Debojit on Jo Jeeta Wohi Supertar was nonsense talking by Toshi.Toshi thinks he is a superstar and how could he say to Debojit that I would have given you a song which you could have never sung.

Toshi dont think yourself to be a superstar and the world knows how you have sung on Jo Jeeta Wohi superstar.Not a single flawless performance yet from you but Debojit has already given 4-5 mindblowing performances.Learn to respect your co artists.Don`t be so proudy.Don`t be on the moon all the time come on earth too.If you behave like this your image will be hit badly.Respect others you will be respected too.

Debojit has behaved so nicely all throughout the show and seems to be niceman and Toshi you did hurt him by your harsh words.

Here is the video of what Toshi said after Debojit`s performance:

Aap khud hi dekh lo Jaswir Kaur kya kar rahi hai:

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Raja HasanWe Raja fans had a treat today.Raja beutifully sang Tadap Tadap Ke and then Tu To Jaane Naa and Maari Teetri and finally leads everybody in this group song.

Lavanya rightly says in comment that today was Raja Hasan`s day.Watch this group performance and hear it you will know that although they were singing in group but it was Raja`s voice all the way.Here is the video:

Raja Hasan today performed on the song Maari Teetri from De Taali on Saregamapa 2009 curtain raiser.It was not live performance it was just lyp syncing.Anyways now the whole world will know that Raja Hasan has sung Maari Teetri since it was telecast on prime time and on the highest TRP show last year on Indian television.

Here is the video for you:

Another beutiful performance by Raja Hasan on the song Tu to Jaane Naa on todays show.He showed all artistry a singer can show in his singing i.e alaaps,high notes,low notes,variations and everything.Its amazing performance and I feel he bettered his own performance of Tu To Jaane Naa in Saregamapa 2007.

 

 Here is the video for you:

 

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