And the Winner is…
Friends..We are just few hours away from the Grand Finale..and everyone is excited and curious to know the winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007..Here we bring the current Voting trend (as announced by Zee news) ..Just position of contestant is revealed , no numbers given…Will this trend change tomorrow? Will Aneek be able to keep his first position? Will Raja fight back? Will Amanat make the history? Friends..just keep guessing….
1st – Aneek
2nd – Raja
3rd – Amanat
Voting Trend counting only Indian Votes
1st – Raja
2nd – Aneek
3rd – Amanat
International Voting Trend
1st – Amanat
2nd – Aneek
3rd – Raja
Keep Voting…You can vote online at rediff.com (voting will close on 13th October at 8 am)
hai. the breaking news.
Aneek is Champ…
East or west aneek is the best.
The prog at Zee is still on. This news from bengali news channel STAR ANANDA…
Hope it’s true….
Himu is the best. LETS ROCK.
Yesssss!!! http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/oct/13sare.htm
And I respect that Amanat and Raja are all good singers. But I would say that Aneek’s win is well-deserved. He can’t be held responsible for HR being a jerk and both hogging the limelight and sometimes selecting bad songs for Aneek. Aneek would have been liked by everyone if say ID was his guru… but anyway I am really happy Aneek won…
And no matter what, all the three will find their niche in bollywood, god willing.
REQUEST:
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don’t talk like that.
Indian gave millions of votes to all Pakistani contestants. That is why they are here in the final.
I am Pakistani but I appreciate all Indian for their support. I also want to assure all Indian friends that if someone talks like that, it is her/his personal opinion.
All Pakistani don’t think like that. This is great forum and please keep your comments within fun limits.
Those are Politician who created this kind of environment otherwise both Hindus and Muslim lived together with love for centuries.
So PLEASE STOP IT NOW:
All three are Winners but One has to stay at first position.
Take it easy and no bashing to each other.
THANKS, THANKS, THANKS
this was planned well before when Muslims were singing good, once they bring in Regional winners Aneek and Kosambi- it was decided who to win, they brought only two so that they can cover themselves a bit. Zee and organizers were scared that in real counting Amanat or Junaid will will so they had to counter it!!!!
well these three will ablso disappears in 2-3 months once the stage shows earn money to ZEE- just like yesteryears winners!!! Only shreya goshal could survive in lat 7-8 years of saregama winners!! rest are gone back to no where.
@Jinan
Shame on you mate, such hatred wont do good to you or anyone, i loved poonam’s and aneek’s singing, its just you and you only who is like this so dont include other indians and pakistanis in your racist thoughts, go get life
WOW! thats a great news …hamari chahat aur mehnat rang laai…he is the BEST.
yayy poonam won the SPARK
What did I tell you? It was planned! Freakin HR kept crying. Unfair voting but whatever!
This s not strange. We already knew it. Loads of critics, loads of consipiracies but this is assured that no body from pakistan or across the world will watch the indian reality shows. All the muslims should get this lesson that indians are racist so dont try to go that place where they dont have any space to survive. This was the insult of all muslims. It s good to know that Amanat will join “The call” band as a lead singer in Pakistan. I hope he will have a good future in Pakistan.
Ok so the word is out..Aneek won!!!!!!
More imporant..Raja did not win..
Woh ronewala nautanki, besura gayak, nehi jeeta achcha laga..
Dil thand hua
Amanat 3rd
its sooo sadd yaaar, we knew it all the way but its somehow hard to digest :S.
Amanat we love you man and inshaAllah you won;t be 3rd in the competition of life you’ll be number one, all my best wishes to you,
Congratulations to Aneek on winning the competition
get a life sheraz . U guys always bring religion in between. Shame on u
please all the supporters of raja and amanat(including me) please dont take it to heeart, winner tou aik hi hona tha is competition ka jo bhi hai baaqi do kay fans ko bura lagna tha, but this does not mean we come to the conclusion of judging it as a conspiracy against muslim or pakistani contestants.
the biggest pile of £$”$ ive ever seen…
Ok Aneek sang well…but better than Raja and Amanat to win it? no way!….mubarak ho Himesh “I Love to show my chest” (of what there is) Reshamiyya.
This was a mere ploy to make sure that Aneek won. Simple as that (and no, im not being racist or anything as my favourite was actually Poonam ).
Why do the finals always go to the public vote?? Why cant they let the public vote only in the semi-finals? isnt it obvious, i’m not being funny, but if this show was in pakistan, im 99% sure that all pakistani’s would vote more for amanat, than Raja/Aneek and give him the majority of the vote.
The show is IN india, and its obvious who the public will vote for.
Raja perhaps didnt get 1st place as his performances havent been as consistant as Amanat or less so Aneek’s (or perhaps VS started showing more interest in the “perfect” playback singer aneek).
People…welcome a copy of Sonu Nigam to the industry and say good bye to true talent (in Raja and Amanat)…a sad day for someone who has followed all SRGMP shows ever since i have had Zee TV.
Why cant SRGMP let maha guru’s choose a winner in a ‘non-live’ event (when i mean non-live, i mean an event where the singers are in the studio and are ACTUALLY singing and not miming to a song as they all have been on this live show..i mean come on, they are all wearing computer headsets???)…
why not do the show like the good old days? where the singers HAD to show their talent infront of guru’s who havent been on the show and KNOW their music and judge/mark them on their sur, taal etc???.
Thats a question i would like to ask, after all, it is a show for music talent?
all of the conspiracy theorists
get over it!
amanat and junaid and mussarat are house hold names because and ONLY because of srgmp 2007..
not only that, they all WANT to work in indian movies and concerts , and a TON of paki musicians actually DO work in india.. so to treat the results of this show as an indication that paki singers wont come to india is silly, like its some friggin national insult..when the singers themselves have no issues, aap log kahan se unke spokesperson ho gaye?
and i betcha, if there is a next srgmp vishvayudh.. there will be TONS of pakistanis lining up to audition and compete
while i think amanat was the best singer of the 3, the results dont really surprise me and aneek is def a superior singer to raja,imo
Common people give credit to HR and Aneek. They have won by public voting only. Congrats Aneek for winning. You are the best. One thing which I dont like is why people dont appreciate Himesh. His songs are played from Auto Rickshaw to Disco theques.
Just because he speaks more, dont underestimate him.
@anon
i appreciate your comments but…
Why do people want a like-for-like singer? Aneek = Sonu Nigam in voice.
Ok i agree that raja wasnt performing as highly as Aneek but in a contest with Aneek and Amanat, Amanat would win…why? because of his versatility.
And nobody is making conspiracies…all people on here are saying is that perhaps its abit unfair to have public voting when its probably obvious that the public (indian) would vote for their own singer ahead of others…
And how many people actually watch SRGMP internationally? are we ever told? no… im sure the indian votes would always outweigh the global votes as there is more of an interest IN india than elsewhere…
Going back to my point in that it would be fair to say that the final winner should be chosen by maha gurus
congrats “Aneek”
But in my opinion “Mussarat Abbas”
is the winner for saregamapa & for the industries too……….
*sigh* How sad that there had to be one winner. Aneek, congratulations! You truly are a good singer. And Amanat, you have a great future ahead of you too, so don’t be disheartened.
@SHERAZ –
You attitude is disgusting!! No other words for it. Only a racist will accuse others of it. You and others like you are the ONLY RACISTS here. What do you think, by inviting Pakistani singers to SRGMP the whole of India is pledging to make one of them win otherwise they’re NOT FAIR? It’s like, I give you a house for free but if I don’t provide the furniture I’m a scrooge???
PEOPLE LIKE YOU SPOIL THE WHOLE ATMOSTPHERE.
@ALL
There is no such thing as public voting. It was preplanned! We knew all along that Aneek would win.
But whatever! I will never buy his music nor would I ever support him because he simply is not good compare to other two. I would buy Raja and Amanat music. Anyone willing to bet that Aneek will get nowhere in the industry just like the winners from previous years. Because public picks what is hyped. Directors pick what is good. Figure it out!
@Irfan
No hattered or racist feelings……..for any thing……sorry if i hurt u or any one…i didn’t mean it…..
…….I luv Amanat singing…..in fact i voted for him and Aneek always……..i don’T like raja tht much so i never voted for him…
now…
there r people in this blog..were continuously saying tht….Indians are not voting for amanat….continuous talk like that has just made my temper out…to write that…
nehow..cheers…Aneek, Amanat, Raja..all have great career ….undoubtedly…as saregamapa…is a big show of music..and they were in heart of all !!!!!!!
Jinan
when we talk about desperity, we need to be more clear going forward… Mr. HR (needs to learn how to HUMANLY RELATE), i admire his singing, i really believe he sings from his heart and soul, and that is what i heard in Amanat’S VOICE, but today i lost respect for Mr. HR. As i see it, Amanat is already singing for industry and i am sure he is going to be successful, someone will recognize his talent and look beyond his religion and where he comes from. i think he made sure that NO MUSLIM should win, or should i say NO PAKISTANI should win. Shame on us for not being practical in todays world and if they all are so called “GURUS”, then one should stand by their own words. if we keep on descriminating, then there is never going to be a meaningful resoulution….. MAY GOD HELP US AND SAVE US FROM THIS SACCULAR WORLD!!!!
we still consider Amanat as the winner. He is the one and only one who can rock bollywood with his amazing voice. This is the truth.To us : 1. Amanat. 2. Raja. 3. Aneek.
From Israel.
Mussarat’s performance was awesome but Zee edited it out
, is it possible that we can get the complete performance.
@ moneymaker
Sadly u were right, im kind of speechless right now. I cant believe, am still in shock that my Raja lost to aneek???
All the crap himesh said the whole show, it was all an act…suprise surprise, they all knew the results. How could Zee upset their cry baby Himesh?
Two words: B*** S***
P.S. just for the record, it would habe hurt less to lose to Amanat
@ aamir
himesh may be a lot of bad things but anti muslim is NOT one of them..
in general, the indian film industry is one of the most secular institutions in india..
there really is no discrimination , you can see by who the most popular actors are.. all the famous singers, writers, actors , actresses
himesh swears by salman ( even after their rift) and didnt he go to ajmer dargah shareef before release of AKS..
he genuinely fell in love with aneeks voice, and overhyped the hell out of him, much to my chagrin …. but anti muslim i will never accuse of him being…!
Aneek is the deserving winner ….
Raja – needs more hard work to come to Aneeks Level …just listen few of the Songs sung by Raja one after the other ….u will feel boor after some time …as he sings more in same style without any variation ….
Amanat – is a good singer in his Gharana ….he also needs to learn more for playback singing in Bollywood …
Aneek has all the qualities for a good playback singer …as been said by all the Guru’s……
I don’t see any wrong on Aneeks win …
Congratulation Aneek…
People
We are all arguing here who’s better or not. Time will prove anyways. We all know who is gonna get all the offers. None of them. They are all hot news which will die out with time. No one coming from these contests makes it big,
coz there is a new contest every year or two. They produce them by the dozen. Only ZEE TV and channels like these benefit and laugh all the way to the Bank at our expense.
>@Sheraz
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>I am really shocked in your comment, Is it some thing we Indians and Pakistanis looking for some mere stupid racist comment —- >>”All the muslims should get this lesson that indians are racist so dont try to go that place where they dont have any space to survive. This was the insult of all muslims.” —— Buddy don’t forget the fact there are more muslims in INDIA rather than in PAKISTAN. You are insulting those muslims who are real INDIANS.
And I think when i heard this type of comments i have no other way to protest.Also remember i will not endure any kind of insult to an indian whomever he may be ,a hindu or muslim or christian or buddhist.
I hope in future you will filter your comments and hopefully think twice to make such stupid comments.
I also know this is not the common notion in pakistan and thank god they don’t think like you. you people are neither indian nor pakistani, neither hindu nor muslim…you are virus who demands to be civilized and educated but not so in reality.
>
>The fact is AMANAT did not win but he deserved to be a winner. He is a great singer.
Amanat go ahead with full prosperity. World is proud to have you on earth.
>Plz people don’t make such stupid comments.
Dear @Heather
Aneek was 24% voted in this site because he is a class… And people who support classes are class by themselves, and only bother about doing their work silently, which we all did by voting for our favourite Aneek.
For all other non-Indian members who think that Amanat lost beacuse of the Indo-Pak clash, I would like to tell them that we the people of India have a big heart for talent as you do, and Amanat will continue to stay in our heart, if he proves his talent in his own songs. I am sure that all of them have already done playback, and results will be out soon regarding who is the best. Personally I feel that Amanat lacks the technical perfection like Aneek which I wish he overcomes in the future days. I won’t agree that he is more versatile than Aneek, just to verify this listen to his rendition of Saawariya which is a very simple pop song, and listen to Aneeks Bhul Bhulaiya. I hope that any honest person will agree to this. As of Raja… sorry, I personally don’t feel that you will ever be heard afterwards, because you are the most “sur se hila huwa” person among these three.
@Truth
You don’t have any understanding of music, which is evident from the fact that you consider Raja king of the same. I think your primary interest was to see HR’s & ID’s face. Regarding your other comment that Aneek’s win means show is rigged, I can only say that if they have rigged the show, the have done this perfectly as all the contestants that went away were in PERFECT order, leaving Mouli who should have been eliminated much earlier. Now, for your kind information, I don’t consider that this show was rigged, as I alone voted around 40000 for Aneek, and I am sure all his other die-hard fans did more than me.
Somebody here also said that dozens of sonu copy-cats can be heard in juhu beach, and Aneek is one of them. Is this guy crazy? He is saying this for a 18 year old kid, who did never, ever, for once lost his “sur” throughout the entire contest. When Aneek started “Laga Chunri Mein Daag”, I thought he is gone.. but hold on, this guy sang this hell of a difficult song with such an ease and perfection that “mere to rountde khade ho gaye”. Yes, Aneek is sonu (which I think is a complement for him), but… he is also zubeen, he is also manna dey, he is also KK, Shaan……………………..
I am absolutely disheartened that HR won, but I will thank God forever for making this divine kid Aneek win. At last we got a SINGER from a talent hunt show.
For those who are not happy with Aneek’s win:
1. The millions who voted for him are not deaf or dumb, to have missed the difference.
2. Through out the whole contest judges found it difficult to criticize his performances , it is about perfection , consistency and pleasure to the hearing abilities. The cuteness of a playback singer does not come on the silver screen.The silver screen is about making money and whoever sells is the winner.
3. Amanat is the next best accomplished singer not Raja Hasan. Raja would do well to improve his singing but with such perfect professional singers in the industry he has to find his niche. He will do well to use his glamour on the silver screen.
4. For a moment zee played up the emotions in the respective fan clubs by declaring who is leading in votes the day before the announcement but as usual it not the die hard fans who were the tie breakers, it is the listening audience who made sure the right one wins, I hope such would be sense when parliament elections are around the corner and you get to choose the lesser evil the politicians.
5. I feel for Amanat because he is from pakistan,he would do well by staying back in India, there all music shops are the taliban favorites for blowing up.
6. And finally about Mouli, who is commendable for coming closer to her roots but she should not be the role model for the younger generation when it comes to the dressing sense.Watching Indians aping the western culture is a nightmare of enormous proportions.Compare her stage appearance with Vidya Balan.
7. Whats with zee, where did they get those belly dancers ? Trying not be unfair to them, watching them was not a pleasure.
@cutiepie
honestly, i did not know that it would hurt this much. I would have been happy with either Raja or Amanat but hell no not Aneek. Such bull! But the fact is Aneek won’t get anywhere. I knew all along it would be Aneek just the way they were playing the whole game from the beginning. How he came to Hamesh gharana. Pleaseeee! All those has Aneek’s name. So it did not matter what they picked. I am also sad because I would have to sleep on the couch. I don’t think I will be coming here anymore but you do have my email so email me=)
Well, congrats to Aneek for such a “superb, fanatastic, mind blowing” win. I’m really glad that voters are so easily persuaded and brain washed, and ZTV can manipulate them into voting for who ever they want. Aneek’s just a singer, I have no problems with him, but those producers over at ZTV would shame the devil himself. Of course all of the praise Aneek has gotten over his performances is highlighted immensely in the grand finale, while Amanat is given a back seat, with the bare minimum of his best comments shown. I agree whole heartedly with what ID said, God is with those who are patient. If you notice, those were ID’s words in the beginning of the show, he knew that Amanat would not win (like many other viewers), and he said those words to Amanat to keep his spirit alive.
Just when I thought HR couldn’t get any worse, what the heck were those comments about Aneek being the youngest, and we should all be amazed by what he has accomplished this early in life? Amanat is only one year older than Aneek, why all the “Amanat Bhaiyya” drama? Why is he trying to imply that Amanat and Raja have an unfair advantage because they’re older, hence more experienced? Yes, Raja is older, but Amanat is 19 while Aneek is 18. They’re both very very accomplished for that age. Why downplay one singer and accentuate the other one?
Amanat is a fantastic singer, and he deserved to win. Being third is just degrading, but alas, we must succumb to the ‘democratic’ vote of the masses, who choose so fairly and justly, and our prime exemplars, those conscientious producers over at ZTV.
People have been saying that Amanat is 19…but there are a lot of discrepancies. I remember before it was always that Amanat was 20, but when it was discovered that Aneek is 18 and doing so well at a tender age, Amanat suddenly became 19!!!
Have a look at this and other places.
http://forum.santabanta.com/showthread.htm?t=50386
this is bullshit……… amanat is the winner 4 me… this all is happening due to motha fuckin HR
Musing,
For your kind information, Amanat turned 20 on 10th October 2007. So, his birthday was celebrated just 3 days before. Hence, he has been shown 20 now. And obviously he was 19 all throught out the show.
Oye Avinash,
Your antics over the past two days have provided fantastic comic relief.
I had provided a link on the top to confirm that Amanat has been 20 for quite some time now.
Since, you will come up with all these accusations and jumping around antics like you have been doing for the last 2-3 days. I will make your life easy, read the link below(I suppose we can trust rediff more than you). The link says august and then follow the link you will discover he was already 20 before his 20th birthday on October !!!!
http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2007/aug/30sld8.htm
look forward to some of your entertaining comments.
@ musing
u really cant be serious? 19, turned 20 ,now dont blame poor amanat celebrating a 20 th bday a couple days ago to cast doubts on his age.. thats a pretty low blow on such a petty matter..
sheesh the stuff going down on this board is downright disgusting
thanks Shashi for all the videos and your responsiveness as a moderator..
if you ever manage to convert this place into a real music forum, i will be back..
however,till the annoying fans ka pratham vishwayudh is taking place, this place is not fit to visit..
no wonder i havent seen any of the real music loving regulars like senty , 0.02, mehfil etc.. only the biased ones have appeared to fight
Anon,
Read the link. Is it me? No, rediff, santabanta and a whole host of sites sez so!!
Petty matter? It seems to be v. important to a whole bunch of people here. I am just as astonished as you are, at why would a person lie about his age. Rediff certainly does not have to lie about all this!!
just responding to the previous link
http://www.rediff.com/saregamapa/AmanatAli.html
this is from the official rediff site
santabanta -is that even a legit site? never heard of santabanta as the paragon of reliability and accuracy in the inherently murky world of indian gossip rags/online sites! (rolls eyes)
why is it even a big deal if amanat is 19 or 20 ..
and wasnt vinit 16 or 17 years old when he was the finalist 2 years ago? so , i dont see the big deal with the age-ism going on..
@ musing
i think u r taking the low road here if u are accusing amanat of lying about his age
u may not like him as a singer, but to imply something based on a no-name site and ignoring the official site is doing yourself a disservice
now if you are also holding rediff complicit in colluding with amanat in fudging his age from 20 to 19( like thats such a HUGE difference), then we are getting into the theater of the ridiculous..
regards
anon
anon, read carefully. The matter was raised by some disgruntled paki fans first….and it’s on web sites. I do not own those sites.
If its not a big deal, why are you and the other’s getting hassled? stop putting words in other’s mouth’s and rolling your eyes…sheesh get a grip.
@musing
i am rolling my eyes at the level of discussion thats all..
i didnt realise that paki fans are bringing it up..so mybad
but anyhow…this has been a bad day for indo pak relations and judging by the rediff message boards – hindu muslim relations as well… ufff all the hate on that board is truly frightening..
i am scared for my country, where did all the sane people go?
ok boys and girls! having wasted enough time on amanats age, i sign off!
maybe will see some of you at the mussarat /poonam/junaid and everyone else who is tagging along for the SRGMP concert series in the US!
ciao
@Anon
The mad one’s are always looking for an opportunity to raise the decibel levels of their strident cries of hatred.
The sane one’s are a minority always so they are not visible.
Take a chill pill, as gandhi says be the change you want to see in the world.
c u around.
All musiclovers,
I absolutely don’t agree with the accusation that Amanat didnot win because he is from Pakistan. Lots of Indians also voted for him throughout, otherwise he would not be in final three.
@ Kaansen,
I agree with your observations and statements why Aneek should win this contest.
To all,
Please don’t look at and take such shows, contests with racial perspective. Instead, this is the best way to bring hearts closer. I am sure, after this contest, Amanat have millions of fans in India and among Hindus. And the same way, Aneek and Raja have them in Pakistan and other contries with Asian population.
So, be broad-hearted and enjoy pure music.
hey guyz..
ISMAIL DARBAR is mad .. :lol2: …now u can say hez suffering from Split personality :party: coz …hez gharana cudnt win the saregama so hez trying to get attraction toward himself….i dont knw whatz wrong with saregamapa tat they gav Ismail darbar .a . :clown: ..judge position…even he hardly get single film…. :lol2: ..n .hez like dramebaz….. :party:
Now he need money coz .n.show is over..now how hez gong to get the money…tat d thing going in his mind ..i think coz of tat…hez tryng get involved in media……
hez really foolish . :clown: …i think he forgot wat happend on saregama 2005 final…..how debojit..won…on tat time he ddnt say anything…hez jus tryng making newz…..
but all the best ID you will get some money or publicity .. :party: .all the best for
:party: :party: :party:
‘JO JEETA WAHI SIKADAR” ANEEK IS THE BEST SINGER…
:party: :party: :party:
—-> EK HUNDUSTANI :angel:
I thilnk ID bhul gaya hai ki ke wo sareagamapa 2005 kaise jeeta tha….how cud debojit won the title whn vinit cudnt ….dunring tat time he dd nt say any thing…….really hez such dramebaz…..if someone can give this msg to him… tat if need money or some publicity for his Besura album….which hez going to launch his besura n ek hi type ka music…so..please try vid different way….
Id is the one whoz playng POLITICS…do one why dont u join any political party………
Aneek is better singer than amanat n raja….itz not like ke…yar .show me agar.. raja aur amanat ke supporter jayada hoto ….they got highest popularity……we are the public who decide whoz gonna win…not you……..we have the power…
-ek hundustani
Ismail Darbar showed his true color. He is just an average biased person who just wanted to win. He was always behind his chelas just like Himesh and others, but the difference is Himesh did it with too much passion and like an idiot. ID did it in a more subtle way, but at the end he could not keep the musk on.
”Tu to bahut aflatoon singer hai. Alla se dua mangta hu ke tu winner ban jaye” — These are the words he used to say to Aneek week after week. Why? All are fake? Did he try to act? Probably all the time he was cursing Aneek in his mind because Aneek got into a running train and won the heart of all the passengers of the train in no time.
At least Himesh does not act, he expresses his mind (by the way I dont like Himesh a bit).
If you guys dont know this yet, just for your information — Ismail Darbar was criticised in the past to state in an interview that he has more talent than A.R. Rahman. This did not make A.R. Rahman a lesser composer than him. Just saying Aneek did not deserve to win cannot take anything away from Aneek. When ID the joker opens his mouth this type of conytoversy always happens — lets accept it.
@jmkegeo
Aap galat padh rahe ho!
Eik Hindustani is saying ID is comparing himself to A R Rahman not Himesh!!
Rahi Aneek ki baat. I think he has a decent voice, another year should see him maturing and with his good training and voice control he will do good. Amanat and Raja are good too. But Amanat and Aneek were the best.
Aap Khamakha us bande ko chila rahe ho. Aap ko usse apoligize karna chahiye.