Aneek Dhar is the Winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007
Aneek Dhar of Rock Gharana is the winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007…
Congratulations to Aneek Dhar
Total Votes – 10,61,44,354
The Winner is Aneek Dhar – 3,65,89,134 votes
1st Runner Up – Raja Hasan – 3,52,40,963 votes
2nd Runner Up – Amanat Ali – 3,43,14,257 votes
Spark of the show – Poonam Yadav (Chevrolet Car)
After his win, an overwhelmed Aneek hugged his mentor musician Himesh Reshammiya and said, “Sir I love you.”
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar announced the much-awaited results and General Motors’ Ankush Arora handed over the car keys, while Puneet Goenka of Zee TV gave Aneek the trophy.
Aneek received over 36 million votes from over 100 countries. The final show at the Andheri sports complex here was a starry affair as actors Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, singers Udit Narayan and Sudesh Bhosle along with the five judges – Vishal-Shekhar, Reshammiya, Ismail Darbar and Bappi Lahiri graced the event.
Akshay rocked the event as he performed to the popular title song from his recent release “Bhool Bhulaiyaa”.
Vidya, looking graceful in a black sari, announced the name of the second runner up, Amanat Ali, who got over 34 million votes.
“I never thought that I will reach the final three. I’m thankful to all the audiences across the globe who have voted for me and helped me in reaching here,” said Amanat, whose entire family was present at the event.
Poonam Yadav, one of the 13 finalists who were eliminated, received the ‘Spark of the Show’ title. She won Chevrolet Spark car and US-based contestant Mouli was adjudged the best performer of the show.
Leading actors from TV serials, including Rajshree Thakur, Sharad Malhotra and Amrita Prakash, also attended the gala show.
Debojeet Saha, who had won the “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa” title in 2005, also enthralled the audiences with his performance.
Its funny to see a music contest blog come down to the Indo-Pak thing. I guess its just a Indo-Pak contest all along with a few NRIs and NRPs thrown into the masala. The voting reflects the bias for regions, states, countries and religion too. I dont think the majority votes based on the singing. And who cares, Aneek rocks!
Btw, Aneek and Amanat are all over the television on multiple channels, arms around each other (hope they know it can lead to some other interpretations…). Cant see Raja anywhere. So while the Indo-Pak battle goes on, those two certainly dont seem bothered.
And just to get a dig in, as far as I know, Pakistan is ruled by a tinpot dictator, uttering the word “Paki” is a jailable offence in UK and singers from across the border come to Mumbai to make their fortune. I havent heard much of Lollywood or Lollypop or whatever…
@All
SEE EMON & SONU SINGING SAME LINE AND COMPARE WHAT DIFFERENT BETWEEN EMON & SONU.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNABCkfQeKQ
Things do happen like this… Never Mind.
I read some post saying Universal din’t know what to do with HR. Obviously Salman Khan did the best thing that could be done to him and he was like.. nothing else but TEN 10. LOLINGS….
Even Though Amanat dint win (was never meant to win) but we’ll c in future aneek being winner a super star and amanat being best singer a super duper star.
This show wasn’t all that exciting as I figured it might be. Sure, there were the good points like the AMVs which were rather entertaining to watch, and some of the songs they sang, but otherwise I just wanted to Mute some of the parts.
It was nice to open the show with all the Finalists dancing together on the stage, although they sang the same EXACT songs the Indian Idol 3 finalists sang for their Finale (Heyy Babyy and Mind Blowing Mahiya). Real smooth, whoever chose the songs.
Vishal and Shekhar sang badly; they really weren’t all that great except for maybe ‘Dard E Disco’ which came out pretty good. Bappi coming back was a given, but at least Raja, Aneek, and Amanat all sang GOOD songs of his (I particularly liked Amanat’s acting). They were all lip-singing, but eh at least it sounded good.
The flashbacks were cute; it was so nice to see the three finalists and some of their earlier performances. I forgot how shy and quiet Amanat used to be (WHY didn’t they show his Albela performance!?). It was pleasant to see Aneek in his pre-HR stage. And reliving Raja’s Vande Mataram was priceless.
Hearing Mussarat and Poonam sing again was really nice, but honestly! WHY does Mauli sing the same song OVER and OVER again, every time she gets up on the stage she sings Maiyya Maiyya. I’m really getting bored of the song now.
LOL at the Adi video they made; some of his expressions are really funny as are some of his attempts at dancing. And they even showed that awful scene where the girl from the audience came up and kissed him. Ugh. So much for happy memories.
Some of the costumes they gave the three to wear were absolutely atrocious. They looked so tacky and cheap. The one that made me laugh the hardest was the one at the end when they were all singing that ‘Bhool Bhuliya’ song with the sunglasses.
Aneek won; I won’t say that I’m furious about this, because as a singer I really liked Aneek. Come on; he’s WAY better than Debojit, Abhijeet Sawant (II1), Sandeep (II2), Prashant (II3), and the dreaded Qazi Toqueer.
But I am a bit disheartened especially about the behavior of HR, which was absolutely despicable. (Not to mention the ‘jacket’ he was wearing didn’t seem to be buttoned all the way…yuck). What was all that crap about Raja and Amanat bhaiyya? Sure, they are older (Amanat is only older by a year or two!) but honestly, since when has age mattered in a singing competition like this?
He was merely trying to justify the possible reason why Aneek would lose (assuming that Raja won) but at the same time, if Aneek ended up winning (which he did) that would make Raja look very bad, right?
And speaking of HR, I can’t help but feel a little smug now that this is all over. Sure, he managed to get Aneek at the top but what about his career? Down the toilet bowl. Everyone knows what a stupid little *** he is, and everyone hates him. This makes me so very happy; its like he dug his own grave and the only place he can go is down, down, down…
Poor old Amanat got ’second runner up’ (aka Third Place). Aww, poor guy. But he took it well (he does look nice in a suit :-] ) . It was absolutely so sweet of him to give the designer watch they gave him to ID. He really does have a good heart; if there were more people like him out there, the world would be a much better place.
Overall, looking back I think the quality of singers in this SRGMP was excellent in comparison to II3 and SRGMP Challenge 2005. Challenge 2005 had Hemachandra, Nihira, and Himani as the real stars (I’m sorry, but I just never liked Vineet as a singer). II3 had Emon, Amit, Deepali, and Puja. Challenge 2007, however, had Aneek, Raja, Amanat, Junaid, Poonam, Mussarat, Harpreet, Sumedha, and (yes, I’ll put her name in too) Mauli. It was really awesome to watch all these guys perform time and time again, and all of them were so brilliant in their own ways. I really did get attached to some of the contestants.
Not to mention we got V&S as judges, ID, and even Bappi who I admit is really a very kind-hearted person despite the fact that he did over-hype Mauli a bit. HR was the only big letdown. If he weren’t there, this would be a paradise.
I’m all depressed now; its all over. All the fun, all the excitement, the stupid publicity stunts (although I will NOT miss HR) and all the petty arguements and comments (Himesh’s Roti quotation and Tusshar Kapoor’s supposed 90% success ratio). Now I have nothing to look forward to on Friday and Saturday nights…until Little Champs starts that is. Apparently Sonu Nigam and Pritam are going to be judges on that…but who else will be a judge, I wonder? I’m crossing my fingers for Shaan (who will be a judge rather than an anchor for once: and he’s really good with kids) or KK (who is one of my favorite singers and someone who you rarely see coming to big events or award functions). Unfortunately, something tells me that they will end up getting some idiot in there as well. They do that all the time for each show; in SRGMP the idiot was HR, in II3 it was Anu Malik, and in SVOI it was…well, they all fight all the time, don’t they? But I’d have to say Abhijeet.
Well, that’s a wrap.
Dear Anon,
Thank you for replying. I gather you are a Pakistani? In that case it’s the kind of reply I was looking for, so thanks again.
I don’t go to rediff boards so I really don’t know what kind of anti-Pak stuff people are posting. Must be disgusting I’m sure, but how can one stop it? Just like noone can stop the Pakistanis who are calling India racist and hateful blah blah. I do apologise for those morons on rediff, and ask you to ignore them if you can’t change them.
I completely agree with you – the cream rises to the top! Here is my prediction – Aneek and Mussarrat will make it big. Aneek has a very good voice and it’s typical Bollywood. Mussarrat was always my favorite and he will become the next Nusrat. Amanat has got offers already, and he can make a niche for himself but will have to strengthen his voice a bit more. I feel he has to gain some confidence in himself and sing with more josh.
Bacha Junaid – and he’s getting acting offers I believe. The only one so far. So it’s good to see all Pakistani singers being given at least 1-2 chances, rest is up to God and their hard work. BEST OF LUCK TO THEM.
Lastly, you copied my idea of future voting method *chuckle*..of gurus geting 60% and janta 40%…bhai mujhe bhi credit de do, Rehmaiya ke jaise na ho…J/K
Folks, its been good fun all along, and I for one am looking forward to another international SRGMP. Anyone know when it’s starting? After 2 yrs? Such a loooong wait.
Congratulations to Aneek.
Those who are bringing up Indo/Pak and Hindu/Muslim rant its completely irrational.
People, India loved Amanat that’s why he is in Top3.
Winning this show does not mean that one would become number 1 play back singer in the industry. There is a lot of homework to be done by all the singers. Please look at the positive outcomes of this show instead of same old.. same old bla.. bla..bla..
All our Pak brothers and sisters you should be thankful to India, Zee TV and SAREGAMAPA show for exposing Amant, Mussarat and Junaid to all the bollywood big shots. The doors are open to our neighbors and these guys are already getting contracts in India. So, Talent will never go unnoticed.
Like everybody else I am also disappointed(in my opinion Amanat is best of the three) by the results but Aneek is a talented singer and no one can deny that.
Hey THE GRIL (Jennifer Hudson) WHO DID NOT WIN AMERICAN IDOL CROWN WON THE OSCAR.
So, chill out.
@anon,
Thank you. But we lost the second game. Now it will be really interesting.
@CutiePie,
Congratulations and I mean it. Losing does not mean it’s the end of the world. Jennifier Hudson is an example.
@Abhishek
Wow, you really hit the nail on the head with that analysis, well done
. I agree with all of your comments in the post above; looks like you too are an ardent HR hater. I too am in shock that they are allowing HR of all people to make a Karz remake. They will have to make a new Filmfare award for it and title the award: “The Biggest Mega-Flop of the Year.”
Though I am sad about the results and would have liked to see Amanat on top, I do admire Aneek’s patience with his own guru and tormentor Himesh Besharmiya. Actually this show would have been flawless even when Zee TV had rigged the show, if there was no Himesh Besharmiya. He was good initially but as his movie became s superhit, he started using this platform for his own personal promotion. How he made some moments so distasteful using those crappy love stories n all and shouting incoherent applauses…!!
The truth is Aneek winning has not many people as sour as seeing Himesh candidate winning after so much of melodrama. Aneek prbably is a victim here rather than a winner.
Agreed! Well said.
@Musing
Your ‘musings’ are certainly very insightful. How I agree when you say that nobody will rest until the person they support wins. Alas, tis the way of human nature; fiercely competitive to a fault (actually, to a lot of faults). Why can’t we just all get along? What’s done is done; no amount of screaming is going to change the results.
And besides, people, who cares about the Competition? The thing is , whoever won would have to sign a contract with Zee and therefore be unavailable for film offers and such for a year anyway. Aneek won, but Raja and Amanat are going to get offers as well.
So please stop the arguing. Else this board is going to be drowned in a flame-war. Can’t we stick to just reviewing/making comments about the Finale as a whole? Or if you want to insult someone, insult HR at least. (Because frankly, nobody will disagree with you no matter what bad names you call that guy).
@ Raj K
Hey whats up? Thanks for those words, i liked ur comparison to Jennifer Hudson.
Coming in second does hurt though, i mean especially since Zee gives NOTHIN to the 2nd and 3rd place…which i think kinda sucks. But of course in my heart Raja remains number one and will make it far in the industry even withought the SRGMP title. I know i will be in the front row when he comes to NY in Nov =)
One good thing about this whole thing being over is that at least we wont have to see Himesh’s cleavage for a while ( I HOPE ! ) dear God that man needs to be tamed. I liked when Amanat gave Ishmail his watch, but Aneek should have given Himesh his shirt!
Well i guess i wont be speakin with u since this is the end of the show, its been fun Raj! B4 i end this i must say that I wish the Red Sox luck and i hope they beat the crap out of clevland (for selfish reasons of course =)
Nazia said…
“You know, in the international votes, Amanat is number one. The world knows what real singing is.”
My god! Indians don’t understand singing!
Please then don’t beg to Indians to give Amanat a chance ! Tell him to go to the world!
Hundreds and thousands of Indians have voted for Amanat. Is there a single Paki here who likes Aneek? If there is, show your support now and prove that you are not biased.
Aneek won 2 SRGM shows and you can tell how many people love his talent. He is technically perfect in sur compared to any singer on the show. Even Allah knows this.
Let’s see how many pakis will respond that Aneek is the best.
Thanks Shashi for uploading all the videos
. All of us in NY, were really able to enjoy the show because of your hard work. We were able to see the show when we want, where we want and minus the Baba Bengali type ads that come on Zee in the US.
Several observations here in this vibrant and active blog:
1> That Aneek, Amanat, Raja, Poonam, Mussaratwere all really talented youngsters who now have a chance to make it big in Bollywood using the contacts they made and people they won over with their singing.
2> When it comes down to the last 5, the rankings stop being about talent, and it becomes a popularity contest. The most popular wins. No one should feel an injustice has been done if their favorite lost out, it just means that someone else was more popular. Undeniably the top 5 were all really really good. However only 1 singer can be the most popular.
3> The contest cannot be rigged if 10 crore votes have been made. It is a popularity contest and someone has to win.
4> About Indians being biased voters.. that is simply not true. amanat has more votes from India then Pakistan. So people voted for their favourite singer, and the MOST POPULAR guy won.
5> To further prove my point about this being a popularity contest.. If your favorite singer is X, and singer Y has sung better than singer X, most people will still vote for their favorite singer X.
I have not seen so many passionate music lovers in 1 blog before, all of you rock
. Lets all thank Shashi for all the hard work.
@ abhishek and nikita
good posts!
i think annoyance at him-ass besharmias antics definitely pissed a lot of people off aneek
but his kind of people seem to the flavor of the month in the indian popculture scene… it is a tragedy that the zeitgiest encourages the besharmia kind of people- loud, obnoxious , attention whores, none too talented…
lets hope this dark age is over soon..
@ sujata
gal ,i am as injun at they come- ex delhi-ite!
@ raj
i am getting this sinking feeling abt the bosox! but what abt them pats! tom brady- is he good or is he good.. and whatta looker.. some people just are TOO freakin genetically blessed..
@ jmkgeo
aap sahi farmaati hai, lekin can you also understand why indians wld get pissed off if they are being abused for allegedly not voting for someone that the majority of the pakis wanted..( i also agree with the choice btw) but please look at the situation from the POV of diehard aneek or raja fans.. isnt it condescending behaviour to totally disregard that section of the population and only concentrate on indo pak this and hindu muslim that..
aneek too represented himesh to me for the longest time, but look at the big the big picture.. these are all kids, starting out in their careers.. if past history is to be taken into account, none of these contestants are going to make it huge in the world of playback singing, anytime soon or anytime at all..
if by the time srgmp 2009 rolls out, any of these kids are part of the national conciousness i would be majorly shocked..its a cutthroat world out there
, where promises are made but rarely followed up on.. maybe 0.02 can give us some first hand account of this world?
One thing I got from this site is that It’s OK for Aneek to win.
But it’s not OK for HR to win.
R U Guys voting the gurus ot the Contantents?
Oye ballay bhi Ballay.. bari garmagaram bahas chal rahi hai ithar to. Kya haal hai shehzadeyoo .LOL
Well, I had a bet with my wife on Aneek. and yes he won. I saw other post and all I want to tell other guys is although Amanat and Raja’s voice are very much suitable for modern music, Aneek is a far better singer than both of them. If you watch all SaReGaMa episode’s, then you will notice that Aneek’s performance was 100% consistent. If you know music then you should have noticed that he never dropped his “SUR” even while dancing on the stage while Raja and Amanat could not do that.
Why all Aneek fans are trying to show that Aneek was best by degrading Amanat and Raja? Why they are all following HR footsteps and strategy? Hmmm I guess without degrading their Oink will not come first?? Can you ppl still not believ Oink has WON… Well then guys you all can start grunting…. BTW one more qs, why all Aneek fans are 99% Bengalis? Looks like history repeated in SRGMP, after Debojit, Prashant Tamang its Aneek…
@ commander
Choro bhy kia sur sur laga rukha hai,
Jab awaz hi kaan mae acchi naa lagae tu ‘SUR ” ka achar dalean kia ?
so whose side was your wife on .. ? Amanat.. Raja… none
Wish she would have won the bet.
maybe she can better distinguish an adult verses kid voice.
What dancing.. ? you mean that monkey stuff.. yes i think that can cause “SUR ” to hill but wowww
Aneek held the sur goodd. mazboooti sae.
Congrats for winning the bet. I hope u got new bmw or something from her.
sorry i won’t be listening to reruns of aneek again, because his voice is annoying to my ears, until he grows up, as jagjit singh said.,Aur jagjit Singh sae behter kon judgement dae sakta hai.
peace.. j/jk
@Ghaffarbhai
Where are you nowadays. We have not yet had any post from you. What has kept you so tied up. If you feel that there is too much afra-tafri or bad blood here, why not come over to Senty’s blog, where we can have some serious and sensible discussion.
By the grace of Almighty, Poonam got a little bit of recognition in the form of a Trophy and a Car. I am not sure what use that car will be for her. Zee people, without hurting her self-esteem, should have given her some singing contract, plus some cash reward, to enable her to pursue her dream.
@lahori
iak purana sher yaad aagaya,sheid Iqbal ka hai, apkae sheher sae.
” Na chear aae Nikhat-e-Bade-bahari rah luggg apniii,
Tujae attkhaliyyan soojhi haaan,
hum bezaaar bethae haan “
Bhai bohut time waste kia iss contest pae, abbb depression chull rehi hai.
These results are so unfair….
Only “RAJA” & “AMANAT” are winner.
they deserve to win, but Aneek????No way!
Last moment tak RAJA & AMANAT neck-to-neck compitition pe the to fir achanak Aneek kaha se winner ho gaya?????
Raja on 39%
Amanat on 38.6% and
Aneek on 23% pe tha to Aneek kaise Winner ho gaya?????????????
Amanat & Raja hamesha winner hi rahenge result jo bhi ho.
@Raja’s fan…
“Raja baja dega sabka baja”.
Are re re, re re….. kaha hai bhai log.
Now change it “Raja bajayega baja”. Gana gana uski kam nahi ha.
Competition is over.
Aneek wins.
Who will be successful in bollywood?
My prefrences
1. Aneek/Amanat.
2. Mussarat.
Raja suru suru me do char gana ga sakta ha.
Thats it.
Hare bazi ko jitna hame ata ha….
Muqaddar ka Shikandar Aneek.
Jako rakhe saiya mar sake na koi.
Congrats.
Hip hip hurrah…….
THAX A LOT TO ALL THE ANTI ANEEK FANS.
YOU ALL REALLY ENCOURGED US (ANEEK FANS) TO VOTE MORE & MORE FOR HIM AND MAKE HIM A WINNER THANX AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOURS ENCOURAGEMENT. I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE HAVE SPENT THAT TIME VOTING FOR YOUR FEV.
ANYWAYS ANEEK PROVED HIMSELF & WE 2 PROVED IT TO ALL OF YOU
@Jmkegeo
Bhai apni english zara kamzor hai.. to let’s talk in urdu,,
Oye shezaday tension nahih leni.. yeh kya chakkar hai pehalwan idhar log lar kyon rahin hain? Inki koi muj khol kay lay gaya hai?
But I like your sher .. that is a good one from Iqbal.very good.
tension nahin leni mera veer.
Hi All,
I am regular reader of this blog but writing for the first time.
It seams there are few people who spread hater from both sides. Its becoz of these few people that Indian are Pakistanis are not very much closer to each other. But as majority of peoples is concerned they are not hate preachers on both sides of border.
For peoples who are saying that Indian people have not supported Amanat… Can they justify this definitely not? Becoz Amanat has got millions of votes from Indian people? So they are totally wrong?
And as for as people who are saying that if this competition would be in Pakistan then Aneeq would have not bee won as he is Indian, to these people I can assure them that Pakistanis would have voted the best even if that person is an Indian.
In support of this thing. you just need to go to google and google things and find out how popular Indian actors and singers are in Pakistan. Check when Shah Rukh, Amir, Urmeela and many other Indian singers visited Pakistan, hows the Pakistani’s supported /welcomed these legends from India.
They were mad like anything for them, I am in no doubt that they are equally popular if not more in Pakistan as in India.
Also if you can watch Pakistanis channels like ARY digital /prime tv and Geo tv then you will find that majority of actors in these dramas are Indians and are very popular. Also sonu Nigham, Ash G and Alka G are singing in most Pakistani movies. So that’s totally unjustifiable as Pakistanis don’t support Indian artists.
So lets say if Amanat was an Indian and the show was been held in Pakistan then I am sure he would have got maximum votes from Pakistan as best singer of the competition.
Again thanks to Indian people for supporting so much to Amanat and giving so many many votes and LOVE.
So hate preachers from both sides please set aside these things and be friends.
The best thing is to just ignore these people as they are in minority and will quit after nobody responds to them.
Have good day all
Bye
Zia
Hi..
@jmkegeo…
Hum jante hai ki Result kitna unfair hai lekin good news yeh hai ki “RAJA” MUSHARAT”, POONAM”, Yeh sab SURAT-GUJARAT me ISMAIL DARBAR ki “Mega Navratri Event” me bahut DHOOM macha rahe hai! SAREGAMAPA ke baad asli success yeh hi to hai. Public RAJA ko hadd se jyada response de rahi hai Real life me Yehi to winner hai!!!!! Aur kya chahiye!
RAJA-AMANAT-MUSARAT-POONAM…asli Hero hai!:)
Dear Shashi ,
I am crazy of POONAM’s singning. not only me , My family too. I am ready to give a share if anybody is going to collect the fund for POONAM’s album. she has been injustified in SRGMP. She is the real winner of the show. i never watch any episode of SRGMP after her elimination,b’coz with out POONAM’s perfomance this show not at all look’s like show,but it is a circus. i m very very very very happy after came to know that she has been awarded as SPARK of the show. finally some justice for true singer and music.
Please let us update on her future events.
POONAM, we love very very very very much. hope here from you very soon.
To all Aneek fans congrats.
But do you really think that he deserved to win the contest.I am also a fan of Aneek.Because he is the only person of this show whom i could call him by names(fu.. a…..e coc.f….. and…………………….)All right sorry about writing those word.Now i have written some comparison among them.
RAZA
1)he is not a versatile singer
2)he mostly sings songs of sukhvinder,kailash and songs which are like SUKH AND KAILASH.
3)he is not consistent
4)But his singing has emotions
5)he can give rocking performances
Aneek
1)he is very surela.But the prob is amanat is also very surela.
2)he mostly singsa song of sonu nigam.And i want to tell that in bollywood there are huge number of Sonu singer
3)His charachter is not good.,
4)his voice is very immature
5)He won’t be able to live a long time in this industry.
AMANAT
1)VERY SURELA
2)He is versatile
3)He can sing all type of songs
4)HE is uniqe
5)he is gonna last in this industry for a long time=
6)He is a god gifted singer
if all aneek and raza supporter is still think that they deserve to be the winner.Then NONE but god can show them their way.EVERYONE has there own choice but it is not neccesary to RIght
Just heard in one of news Channel that ID said the VOTING was rigged and the winner was decided before.
and ID admitted that Raja got more votes.
Now ounik lovers what to say????
@anon,
Wow… looks like the blog is settling down now… I am glad this is online. I am over with this although disappointed with the result. One thing I am not able to grasp is why non Annek fans hate Aneek so much? I personally wanted Amanat to be a winner but I don’t hate Aneek with regards to his singing talent. I agree he went overboard some times; hey who is perfect in their teenage days. Probably he will look back one day and say I shouldn’t have done this, and that’s how people grow up and there is certain percentage of people who don’t accept their mistakes. God help them.
Now I am getting little bit tense about bosox. Hopefully they will keep their nerves in the third game.
What can I say about Pats, though I am not a fan of Pats I have to say T Brady is genius. I never saw a guy so cool in 3rd down situations. Now he has the deadliest weapon in the form of Moss. I won’t be shocked if they go 16 nothing.
Oh… I am a colts fan.
@CutiePie,
Thanks for wishing bosox. I had fun too…
@abhishek,@musing and @Nikitha I enjoyed reading your posts.
Thank you.
After Vinit’s loss in 2005, I was glad to see a worthy winner this year. Aneek had consistently performed singing songs in ALL DIFFERENT categories. Raja, as far as I have seen on SRGMP, can only sing in Sukhwinder category. Who then should be the winner! Yes, Amanat was very good too…but, theek hai, somewhere votes tilt. Anyone between Amanat and Aneek was deserving winner.
No qualms … FINALLY!
BTW…I really admired the way Amanat accepted his loss.
@voiceofindia
What you don’t know better don’t comment on that.
Firstly if it is not a talent hunt for film industry then nobody will get chance may be Aneek/Amanat or Raja. In case of only competition it is over and Raja lost to Aneek.
Secondly the singers like Kunal Ganjawalla and Shreya Ghosal has come from this competition.
I really don’t appreciate only a data collector. You don’t know that is not the problem but the intention behind raising such question shows you are mentally sick.
Anyway Raja is a looser. You people desperately need to create websites and forums to keep him alive.
Creating website like http://www.besharmiya.com nothing big in that. Anybody can do so in someones name. It can’t proof HR was wrong. But again it proves you people are mentally sick.
May be you dnt like but Raja lost to Aneek. Fact is known to all.
Cheers for Aneek and Amanat.
n the eyes of all music experts and listeners there were two finalist. Raja and Amanat. I am big fan of both and if any one of them would have been winner, it was pleasure for me.
In my opinion all this was fabricated much before final. I have some points which favor my opinion.
The way Aneek was inserted in the competition that was totally unfair.
Hamesh Besharmya always attacked other two while they were much supperior to chotoo.
He always selected songs which were suitable to copy Cat voice and whenever he tried any other style he performed horribly.
In each episode he openly supported Aneek while other Gurus where not able to do this. If they did Besharmiya started harsh arguments with them.
Till last day Raja was on top but not at the last moment. Who knows if the results were changed in favor of Aneek.
The worst part of this Drama was when Poonam was given sparkk of the show with Car.
While the other two which were granted several times the honor of the show received nothing but third class watch.
They were turned down empty handed.
This is all B.S and millions of Raja and Amanat fans are mad at this Drama.
God Will help Raja and Amanat and He will reward them with blessings because we all are praying for them.
REQUEST TO ALL PEOPLE LIVING ABROAD:
Please make their shows successful because this is very important. If these shows are successful no promoter will bring them abroad.
My heart is with you all Indian or Pakistani fans. This is time to get closer with love with a new warmth. This is all in the hands of this young generation.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND RAJA AND AMANAT
@RajK16,
Just posting a musing(hopefully the a will get closer to the musing and make it amusing) that’s all.
Your appreciation is appreciated.
I never use swear words or abuse anybody. Just do reduction ad absurdum or show the absurd to people…Still some of my posts have been pulled down by the blog administrator!!!!
Wonder why?
Hmmmmmm,
@All & Vivek
this is from news
Why is Ismail Darbar so angry? Why has he gone on record in an interview to Aaj Tak saying there has been manipulation in Saregamapa voting. This obviously is a very serious allegation – that too coming from a mentor on the show. It is so serious that Zee Vice President Ashish Kaul was rushed in to douse the fire. But for Zee as well as Aneek, the damage had been done.
Ismail Darbar can very well go back – with the “I have been misquoted” tag. But that seems unlikely.
Many of us knew that the results were tampered with. And many of us had accepted the fact and got on with our lives. And there were others who were planning to take the protest ahead.
But the point is, why is Ismail Darbar making such serious allegations? For a moment I thought he wanted a little media publicity for his Surat event. But that looks unlikely. Remember, ID is a smart chap, who choses his words very carefully. When he lashed out at Amanat for singing the Saawariya song, he said – tum itna simple gaana nahin gaa sakte, to kya gaa sakte ho? The scolding wasn’t important. The important part was “itna simple gaana” – which was a taunt at Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who had thrown out ID from his production.
ID is a shrewed man. He isn’t a “mooh-fat” as he is popularly thought of. But why is he so miffed at Zee TV?
1. Did Zee not pay his dues?
2. Was he refused a contract for another show like “Lil Champs”?
3. Did Zee producers offend ID in some way?
4. Or is he simply angry that Amanat didn’t win?
I don’t think any of the above is a valid reason.
The crucial point here is, if Ismail questions Aneek’s victory, he is questioning Himesh as well. And why would Ismail go against Himesh? Why would he go against his close buddy who got him the lucrative contact from T-Series through Bhushan Kumar?
The answer lies in a previous post of mine, which I had written just about six hours ago. I’ll quote from that.
“Everytime someone says Zee has manipulated the results, it makes Himesh happy. He simply isn’t interested in projecting Aneek as a deserving winner. He wants to project himeslf as a person who is so powerful, that he can manipulate a show like Saregamapa. He isn’t interested in his fan base this time. He is more keen to prove a point within the music fraternity. And in all this Aneek and Raja Hasan have been used as a pawns.”
The point is Ismail is simply following Himesh’s instructions. All these Ismail quotes to Aaj Tak are done on behalf of Himesh himeself. Himesh has already dumped Aneek – within two days of his victory. Ismail is just doing his part in projecting Himesh as a kingmaker and master-manipulator who can influence even bigwigs like Subhas Chandra.
The controversy might die down in a few days with denials and compromises. But Himesh has made his point to the music industry (not fans) – that he is the most powerful person around.
And for we Raja Hasan fans, here is the first official confirmation of who really is the winner.
$hashi,
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE UPDATE WITH GOLDEN COLLECTION OF ANEEK.
About the results,
All three were terrific in their own way. But if we think about it, the contestants that the mentors chose for this contest did not win. As Aneek was not chosen by anyone and was a direct entry into the finals. So no real credit goes to HR.
They Pigs can’t fly, but our desi “oink” “oink” has. Congrats.. This is all due to Rozi Roti, Ma Sarawati (I think Ma Ambe/Durge more here)ki dua that HR has been pursuing. It is possible all the Left Parties have voted. Ab sirf election bakhi hai. A point to note, in Bharat mein gifts don’t work, or else Amanat with his talent and generous gifting would have won. Aur phir Raja — ek Bechara, when the 3 Pakisthani’s were voted out on independence day, he was crying as though he was at some …u know what. Now on stage, not a soul to shed a tear.
Anyway…inspite of all our “spite” you have overcome and won. Congrats to aneek ..
Voice of North carolina
I read a post by sujata about pakis being negative.I would like to add to your knowledge that Pakistan was not able to vote Amanat because the number 57575 dosn’t work here.7575 did but new number didn’t.
so i guess international voting that happened and where Amanat topped was excluding Pakistan.
HEY ALL
BTW I WASNT SAYIN WAT I SED UP DER IN A BAD WAY
INDIA N PAKISTAN R D SAME 4 ME
N I FD COMPETION WAS IN ANY OVER COUNTRY DEN DAT COUNTRY WUD WNT A PERSON FRM DER COUNTRY 2 WIN
SO ITS NT INDIAS FAULT
I RESPECT INDIA
N MY FRND IS FRM DER SO I WUDNT SAY STUF IN A BAD WAY BOUT INDIA
SO IM SORRY IF U THINK IT IS SED IN A RUDE WAY BECAUSE ITS NT.IM NT BLAMIN INDIA BECAUSE ANY COUNTRY WUD DO DAT SO PLZZZ DNT TKE IT IN A BAD WAY
IM NT D TYPE OF PERSON WHO WUD SAY BD FINGS BOUT INDIA CUS PAKISTAN INDIA IS D SAME FING 2 ME NO DIFFERENCES
SORRY ONCE AGAIN
DIDNT MEAN IT IN A BAD WAY
LUV YA
XXXXXXXX
HELLO FRIENDS,
THERE IS NOTHING TO SAY IN THE END………………..
BUT I JUST WANNA SAY…..
“”GREAT COMPITIOTION ENDED UP IN THE VERY BAD NOTE”"”"”"
THE GRANDFINALE IS TOTALL FAKE .and i have no doubt there must be a politics involved in it..
there is no way that in terms of voting aneek could win it against the lights of THE GREAT “AMANAT & RAJ”.
sorry feelings for everyone who liked this show..but …
Sarfraz Sahab Kya Haal hein? Theek Thaak? I am also reading posts here… garmagaram behas.. Bus ji mein to aik hi baat karta hoon .. Kay bus tension nahin leeni…lol..App desiyoon se aur kya expect kartay ho? Bhai kahin to dandi marni hai na ji. Chalo dandi maar kay Khoosh hotay hein to honay do ji. Kay bus saray Khoosh raho..
Tension nahin leeni mera Veer .
Total votes for the first 13 days: 1, 88, 87,292 (announced on 12th October)
One day’s average for the first 13 days: 14, 52,868
Total final number of votes: 10, 61, 44,334
Number of votes cast on the final day: 8, 72, 57,042
Percentage increase in number of votes cast on last day compare to 13 day average = (8, 72, 57,042/14, 52,868)*100 = 6005%.
?????????????????
@ avinash
how do u know 9 crore votes on final day
then to daal mein sach much kuch kaala hai
but then again, why wld Zee want aneek to win.? unke baap ka kya jaata hai, whether aneek wins or raja
can anyone elborate on the accusation made by ID of vote tampering?
@ anon
Basically, the 8, 72, 57,042 figure can easily be arrived at by subtracting the total number of votes recieved in first 13 days (announced by Aditya on Friday 12th October) from the total number of votes (announced by Aditya on Saturday 13th October).
This information is widely available anywhere.
I don’t know anything about Zee’s motives and intentions, neither IDs.
ID just came out in public and said the voting has been rigged. You can check NDTV.
http://www.ndtvmusic.com/story.asp?id=ENTEN20070029471
Don’t know whats happening.
@anon
I don’t see you rooting for beantown. We are down by 2 to 1. It’s hightime now, I hope they pull up their sox and play..Pl don’t hang the sox…
Looks like the bambino is haunting us again.
@ voice
of india, anon, avinash,
High time that Ismail ko abbb yeh khyaal aaya.. otherwise he had been ghulam to that other devil.
Nainsafi tu hoi hae throghout.
oink joined in mid with an established fan base and then we have all followed the story till today..
Amanat ka tu shoro sae hee expected hai kae he will not be rewarded # 1… even if he deserves it and its understandable,.. No high hopes across the border.
Atleast Raja should get his due worth.
This mattter has to be brought in light.
I hear that Pakistani folks could not vote since the number changed from 7575 to 57575. Why did the number not work there? In any case, ID has said clearly that there is no single vote from Pakistan.
Also, the best performance of Amanat “tujhse naraz nahi zindagi” was shown only once to the international viewers though the song was performed thrice on public demand. Why was this done only for the best and last performance of Amanat?
hmmmm, this sounds fishy
nehow , jo ho gaya so ho gaya,, if Zee truly screwed around with the votes its unconcienable, lekin vishwayudh ka taaj wapas to liya nahin ja sakta,, so i say takhliya!:)
@ raj
i told u ,, had a bad feeling abt the bosox.. they have choked all year and i am not suprised
gagne and dicek have been big flops
but brady moss combo is unbeatable.. brady is gonna eat manning for dinner he he
Avinash ,
Bhai Bohat patay ki baat nikaal kar laye ho. Yeh such hai kya kay Pakistan say koi vote nahin para? lo ji daal mein zaroor kuch kala lagta hai.
Hi..
Breaking News!!
Ismail Darbar declaired on news chanel that result was false! RAJA is the winner….
We r not especte from zee network like this? this is realy unjustice.
please re-counting all votes again!!(national-Int.national-Internet-sms voting)
RAJA-Winner
AMANAT-First runnerup
Aneek- Sec.runnreup
I just saw this in the news:
“The Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007, has earned Zee TV close to Rs 120 crore from advertisements and sponsors for its 26 episodes, which is the highest revenue per episode collected by a reality show in the history of Indian television.”
Do you think ZeeTV cares who wins?
They just made Rs. 120 crores.
Look at the news at
http://www.televisionpoint.com/news2007/newsfullstory.php?id=1192457731
Now when everyone knows that the votes were manipulated,let me tell u all that,Himesh is not the only one behind this, I think many big and established music directors of the film industry are also involved because they don’t want Raja and Amanat to sign a 1 year contract with Zee/Universal and be unavailable for singing in movies. Nobody cares about Aneek because there are plenty of other voices of his kind or even better. While Raja has a divine and catchy voice and Amanat is undoubtedly a gr8 singer and has a unique voice.
this result seems to be baised against the pakistani lad amanat ali. a campaign against this bias is running at http://www.messagewalls.com./amanat
leave your opinion there !
@Anjali
If what you wrote is correct, then it is a very good news. By the same yardstick Musarrat and Poonam could also have been ousted. But this is not true, considering that Poonam has not yet received any offer from any music / director, though she was the best singer in the entire competition.
@Ashraf
don’t be disheartened and don’t worry.
woh kehte hain na ki heere ke pehchan sirf johri ko hoti hai shayad poonam jaise talent ko samajhne wale johri SRGMP ke stage pe nahi the. But this does’nt mean ki duniya me kahin nahi hain.
Have pateince, God is great He will surely bless Poonam with what she really deserves.
We all will pray for her.
And make sure U buy as CD of Poonam’s first album whenever it comes.
Amanat:
The most gifted singer among final 3
The most versatile singer in whole SRGMP
The most original voice
The most good looking in final 3
The most humble and decent person in final 3
but
The least voted
kuchh logon ko Aneek se shikayat hai ki usne winner hone par HR ko gale lagaya, luv U bola magar apane parents aur vote karne wali janta ko thanks nahi bola. Mujhe nahi lagta isme kuchh galat hai, usne jo kiya theek kiya kyunki woh parents ki mehnat se to jeeta nahi na woh to HR is manipulations ki wajah se jeeta.. to jiska credit ho usko milna chahiye na. Parents are respectable, unko leke jhoot nahi bolna chahiye.
No disrespect but I have few complaints with Aneek’s parents,
They did’nt teach him how to appreciate other’s when they do better then him.(must have looked at his face whenever he was not first).
They did’nt teach him to respect women.
And the BIGGEST complaint, they shud have taught him some manners…atleast he shud not have said the four letter word F*** on the stage in front of crores of people.
Afterall this is India…kuchh to sanskar hona chahiye na India ki voice ko
Folks,
Aneek wins, Himesh loses
Have a look at this link:
http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/oct/16aneek.htm
Zee is hand in glove with Rediff in the whole process. Zee outsourced its online voting process to be handled by rediff and I suspect the overall vote counting as well.
Now, whatever zee wants to communicate to the public, it is doing it through rediff. Obviously, zee can’t be seen criticizing Himesh directly for his actions during the show as the obvious point would arise that Zee should have stopped Himesh during the show and not complain about him now. So, they are using Rediff.
You can check this link:
http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/oct/16aneek.htm
Wow.. lots of frustration from Amanat/Raja fans.. fun to read.. couple of immature comments and a few sensible comments!!
Why do people think what they belive is the best is really the best?? I mean I just don’t understand this.. which ever forum I go I see lots of morons who always think that they are right and the rest are wrong!!
All the three are good singers… I love Aneek’s singing as he is technically excellent, never misses a single sur, good at high and low notes.. Amanat has a very good voice and is very versatile singer.. appreciate his attitude.. I am sure he is going to have a great career and Raja sings with heart and has all the potential to be a good performer..
And this is all my personal opinion and others might not agree!
relax guys.. Aneek has won.. if you don’t believe he is the best fine.. I guess lots of people felt so and he won.. this is just a show and their real career starts now.. forget about these small perks they get now.. How succesful they are in the industry is what matters from now on.. Lets wish them all the best!
By announcing the winner of the show the Zeetv has proved this saying to be true :
Chidi ki choch mein angoor
Hi
This is Zaman an Indian from KSA.
I watched saregamapa2007 regulary.
What a tragic end that Aneek (a child singer) is a winner of saregamapa challenge 2007. In last episode before grand finale, he was looking so tired & HR already announced that Aneek is far behind Amanat & Raja & should packed up. He also declared Amanat the second time winner. All the mentors were aware of Amanat or Raja the winner. But, alas! what a bad decision by Zee TV? Now I am confirmed that, not a single outsider can win any contest on Indian soil. In an episode, Amanat was no. 1 & after this he expressed that I am now confirmed that the whole India is backing me. In reply ID was so angry with him & told him that due to Indian he is in the show & he should say sorry to Indian. Here I want to tell that, How ID was wrong at that time. He has trust upon Indian voters to win Amanat. In the end we see, by international voting Amanat is no. 1 & by Indian voting 3rd……It’s true.
So, in my opinion public can not deicide who should be the winner. They become emotional rather than good judge at the time of voiting. They don’t have more idea about music. So, music directors or singers shoule be the judges in this type of contests. Once great music director Mr. Khayam Sb said in the “Voice of India” that we should not depend upon the public should decide the best singer or winner. Bcoz, this is the public who one time kicked out Toshi (a v. good singer) from the contest.
Of course Aneek is the winner & a good singer (but chidish voice), the question is, who will call him to sing songs for his film & for whom ( I mean heroes) he will sing. His voice will not suite any bollywood hero. I don’t know before 3 to 4 years he should try in the industry.
Though Aneek won the race, but I am sure he may not be successful before 3 to 4 years for his voice is matured. In saregamapa 2007 mostly he sang the songs of Sonu. Can anybody say that he sang better than Sonu? If not, who will call him to sing a song for his film & not Sonu? Aneek can’t touch Sonu from anywhere. So, I want to inform the supporters of Aneek to wait for some years for his filmi songs. Amanat & Raja already got break & very shortly we must have their songs InshaAllah.
@ Shashi – Iam apalled at the recent utterances of a selective few in this, the most intellectual of forums … Please maintain sanctity & delete all the garbage.. Visiting after several days & the developements have truly shocked me..
Kya se kyaa ho gaya
Ek Jaanat tha joh
Dozakh mein badal gaya
dockaul “Ghayal”
@ Gaffar Bhai…
Aap sitam kar rahe hain..
jo aapko yaad kar rahe hain
Unhe dar-kinaar kar rahe hai.
Khamakah ki guftgoo mein yahan lage hue hai
Hum. Sweety aur Senty aapka ,
tahe dil se intezzar kar rahe hain.
@Gaffar Bhai
dockaul is absolutely right. You are simply waisting your time. This place has changed for worse, and is not suitable for us. So please simply cross over to our Senty’s blog. We will then have some meaningful discusion.
We have a lot to discuss and share. So it is our sincere request that you please come over to our forum. I assure you that you will love it.
Raja fans, have a look at this pic. You will love it.
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd151/yashweta/Saregamapa/Raja.jpg
@jmkegeo, Dockaul, anon, sweety, senty, sam, and all Mussarat fans,
Well, the finale left a bad taste and it was really anticlimax in so many ways. Rigging was done to everything of the final.
We in North America, were shown the “Rigged Live Show”. I watched this show just for the purpose of enjoyiong Mussarat & Poonum’s performances but ZEE-USA deprived us those precious moments by cutting Mussarat’s performance to few seconds. I was hoping $hashi will give us a chance to watch the full show but his postings are no different. Can anyone give the link to full performance of Mussarat in the finale??? I will be grateful.
As for vote rigging is concerned, it was obvious and I mentioned in some of my previous posts my concerns and reservations on the ZEE team’s antics. So I m not surprised at all at the final outcome.
Damage has been done to ZEE credibility by its “Creative team” for allowing too much cheap n crap to HR. ID is a bad loser as he showed in 2005 and here he has not done good to much of his own credibility by first joining forces with HR and then showing dissent in the end.
Now it will take a huge effort and time to bring back the credibility of ZEE SRGMP in future. I wish it could be brought back to the original format where only Mahagrus will be the judges till the final.
@$hashi,
I appreciate ur efforts and good work for creating this site which gave a better and constructive discussion till some days back due to presense of some very learned music fans. But now it has become similar to rediff and other srgmp2007 site where no meaningful stuff is being posted but mostly crap..
I wish u could maintain the standard of this site by applying spam(crap) control…
@Dear Ashraf,
I agree with u on most of the things u said and appreciate ur good work. I am a Pakistani, residing in calgary, canada. I can see that w/o support of Indian public it would not have been possible for Amanat to come so far. I would say, to be more appreciative to Indian people, that they did it mostly on the grounds of quality of singing rather than giving just a favor to pakistani singers. So hats off to India for their true love of music.
I also believe that even if the public voting system (which logically I don’t agree) has to stay there, its still possible to get the fair result IF the voting system is made fair. But we can’t get fair result if we continue the current format which includes the most unjust clauses such as:
* One person can vote as many times thru sms/phone as his pocket allows
* The producer reserves the right to accep/reject votes without being answerable.
And thats the reason why SRGMP 2005 was won by an average singer Debojit, superseeding the better singers like Nhira, Hemchandra, Himani, and Sharib.
Similar results we ahve seen in IIdol series. And even in SVOI has bited the dust after its best singers (Toshi, Piryani & Abhas) were voted out and they brought them back using all sort of means.
The bottomline is that the best singers of SRGMP 2007 which include Mussarat, Poonum & Amanat (as per my views) have not lost due to public voting but due to ZEE manipulation only.
So, being a Pakistani, but having an overview of these reality shows, I am not shocked from the results of the final although disappointed of course. I have no complaints from Indian people but my regard has increased instead for their true love of music and the honor they have showered upon our pakistani talent.
The main plus of watching this show to me had been the introduction to amazing singing talents of Mussarat, Poonum & Amanat.
Pl give me link to the music site created by senty and we will exchange our thoughts there.
Regards.
Basit Bukhari
nice post Basit bhai.. appreciate ur views!
All final 10 were good in singing.
Amanat and Ponam were the best signers!
Annek is a good singer, but he still need to improve his singing and performance. May be becaues, he’s too young to sing.
Raja was most popular and was best performar of the show.
According to my op.
1. Amanat
2. Ponam
3. Mussarrat
4. Aneek
5. Raja
6. Sumedha
7. Junaid
8. Harpeet
9. Mouli
To all music lovers
Senty’s blog –
http://senty-musique.blogspot.com/
My blog
http://dockaulpresents.blogspot.com/
$hashi,
Can you PLEASE add the golden collection hits of Aneek Dhar?? I would so greatly appreciate it! btw, you are amazing for all the content on this website, simply outstanding!!!
-Joycelyn Ram
Dear Dockaul/Senty,
I visited ur websites and tried to listen to the songs there but I couldn’t. I tried again n again but the it doesn’t play. I don’t know whether its problem with my pc or some thing else. Can u pl advise me how it works? Thanks.
Dear Senty/Dockaul/other music lovers,
check the foloowing ghazal from my favourite list. Hope u will enjoy:
“Aa mere pyar ki khushboo” sung by Amanat Ali Khan. Use the link “http://www.muziq.net/showpage.php?page=genre.php?page=all&type=Ghazal”
The alaap in the end is just amazing and takes one away…
Dockaul/Senty,
How to post comments on ur blog site in general? I see there is place for comments for each song u post there but no place for posting general comments. For example, if I want to post some of my favourite songs/ghazals on ur website then where is the place to do it? Pl advise as I want to contribute at ur site. Thanks.
Congrats Aneek!! I love your voice, and in my opinion, the best did win the competition!!!!
@all
Boycott lil champ competition.
Warning…
Because oink will join halfway,
and then they will make him the WINNER.
its fixed ..
dont do sms es and waste your money.
dont waste time voteing.
best dont see zee the crap at all.
@jmkegeo,
If we get good singers like Aneek then its worth watching Zee till halfway and vote for people. If Aneek does not show up half way I will stop watching, thank you!
Aneek shouldn’t hav won! i was shocked and disappointed…Amanat was undoubtedly the best…It wud hv been ok if Raja had won…Seriously! Aneek is useless! The Poll says that he doesn’t deserve to be the winner…I can’t understand how in the world he won! This is so unfair!!! Amanat and Raja will definitely be much more successful than Aneek in the music industry…
@jmkegeo,
Why would you call names to any of the competitors? What have they done to you personally?
Amanat and Raja are also flushed down the drain !!!
They rule the place of beggars…Not like Aneek who will rule the kingdom of singers.
And what’s wrong with being either a teenager or a fan ? I did not get the insult, should I feel ashamed for being younger to you or because I am the fan of a truly great singer.
You must be a miserable old criticising person.
@All
Aneek was entere in zee saregamapa as a zee winner.
Before they already given clue to us.
For those of u who think Raja is down the drain, I would think about that statement some more.
Raja was one of the most focused singers on this show…no crap, no distractions, no sympathy, no love triangles…just music.
He is honoring his commitments and is stayin away from Zee as much as he can….which i believe is quite commendable. As we all know Zee is a bunch of jerks who use and exploit people for money…and im sorry but if u sign contracts with them, it says a lot about ur integrity and ur priorities…if you wanna get ahead in life by cheatin thats fine…but remember Karma is gonna come bak to haunt u, if i were Aneek (yes i know it wasnt his fault they rigged it) I would have made a statement to the public stating in my eyes Raja is the winner, but of course i cant expect Aneek to do that….it would take a very mature and selfless human being to do that.
This argument isnt much of an arguement, we have heard it from numerous sources that it was rigged…and RAJA IS IN FACT THE WINNER….thats it, now what Aneek and Himesh believe…well i quite frankly dont care. The way Aneek has dealt with all this may be preview of what is to come…pretty much nothing…kind of like Vineet (remember him?)
I dont know how Himesh sleeps at night…but i dont wanna waste my thoughts on a low life like him
in conclusion: RAJA THE WINNER, and he will go very far in the music industry, guaranteed farther than Aneek….
@ sajida.
Dear i apologize if i have offended you… pl you stick to your fav and i will do the same.
i realise that aneek and his guru has brought the worst in lot of people but u r right, let us be decent. btw I am very old and now
miserable too with Aneek getting away so easily…
@ cutiepie
hi, nice to c u here.
Have u checked this,
not very good quality video, but Raja looked very confident and composed. I am very sure that Ismail sahab is GENUINE here.
Controversy revolving around Aneek Dhar’s victory
Ismail Darbar’s interview in Star News – Article and Video. its on saregamapa 2007 site too.
Hopefully soon everybody will come out with the truth.
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@jmkegeo
Hey its nice to see u again on this blog as well…yes i in fact did see all of the tv news casts about how SAREGAMAPA cheated and how RAJA IS THE REAL WINNER. thanks….us Raja fans all know the truth and so u all you Aneek fans and Amanat fans…Ishmail, regardless of what his intentions were in fact did tell the truth and all i have to say is that I have no respect for Zee i think they are a bunch of money hungry jerks playin with peoples emotions and anyone who is signin contracts with them or associating with them, well i dont respect them either….
YUCK!
~CP in New york
RAJA HASAN NOW HAS 7 PROJECTS IN HAND
Apparently, Raja Hasan has made a handsome start to his playback singing career post-Saregamapa. It seems Raja Hasan now has at least seven playback singing projects in hand. Though I do not have complete details, these are big names, big banners.
Both Shah Rukh Khan and Farah Khan are extremely impressed by Raja�s singing and would like him in future projects. Raja is recording for Vishal-Shekhar this week for a Shah Rukh Khan movie – and most probably it would be for Ravi Chopra�s Bhootnath. The Dard-e-Disco version also seems to be a possibility. Apart from this, Raja has a string of other opportunities – with music directors like Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.
Raja has already recorded for Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy�s High School Musical 2 and Bappi Lahiri�s Tere Sang. Tere Sang, directed by satish Kaushik, however has two music directors – Anu Malek (who is doing the songs) and Bappi Da (who has done the background score). Satish Kaushik was very impressed with Bappida�s background score in close friend Anil Kapoor�s movie, Gandhi, My Father and hired Bappida. However, the song Raja has recorded, would not be part of the main movie, but will be part of the title credits in the beginning and the end of the movie.
And the big news is that A.R.Rehman is also very much impressed with Raja and has promised him a song early next year.
Without a shade of doubt, this is the biggest start any participant of a singing contest has ever got. No winner or runner-up in the past of either Saregama, Saregamapa or Indian Idol has had so many offers right from the word go. While the rest of Saregamapa contestants are still struggling with getting bookings for stage shows done, Raja seems to be roaring ahead. Among other contestants, only Amanat seems to have a recording scheduled with Bappa Lehri, Bappida�s son.
A friend who updates me with these details, has another interesting story as well. Zee has been receiving a number of offers from overseas organisers, who would like Raja to perform for them during the world tour. This includes an offer from an Indian embassy overseas. However, Zee has insisted that they do not have a �Raja alone� package. They will accept the offer only if Aneek is included in the show along with Raja. When the sponsors flatly refused to pay for Aneek, Zee was in a fix and asked the organisers to speak with HR for further negotiations!
@ voice of India,
Thanks, Great work. pl keep updating.
i love the ARRehman Ref..Cant wait till next year. Although first i am Mussi fan.
And yes Favourites should have solo
performances.. Aneek should do his in Bengal or some kiddy gatherings,
peppy stuff..
I would like to see just Raja, Mussarat, Amanat And Poonam in an overseas concert.
http://www.india-forums.com/tellybuzz/article.asp?id=1179
I guess, people will continue being hurt and hate Aneek. But Aneek himself has done nothing wrong and others are now acknowledging. Instead of converting this into a competition of Raja/Amanat vs. Aneek for the immediate future…pls. wait for 10 yrs and see who goes ahead in the singing industry. Aneek has defered his plans for two more years and plans to complete his studies before he accepts offers from the movie industry.
http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=14545517
Also, Aneek has been always a very good student and proposes to finish his degree in sound engineering before he launches full fledged into a singing career.
Also pls. do not spread rumours until you have a link to substantiate your claims. Else, anyone can write similar claims and alleged quotes about Amanat and Raja. All this leads to nowhere, unless of course you have a lot of time…
-a mused.
@ -a mused,
10 years mae tu dus bachae hojatae hain. its long span of time.
My feeling is Aneek jeet ker bhi HAR gaya.
Programme was fiction and Aneek was supposed to be made Winner.
Ismail Darbar ka guilt & conscious
succh bol raha hai.
I fully believe now that it was all fixed.So really why do all this drama of Reality!!!why even watch from now on !!!
Actually -a musing Aneek can always give the title back, i am sure he realizes others were more better and popular than him .
@jmkegeo
Yes, I agree about the 10yrs part. But it took Sonu that long to get himself established. Parthiv Gohil..who nearly won in 1998 is just now getting breaks (he is the one who sung yoon shabnami in saawariya). So any of these 3 will take a very long time. Look at Shreya Ghoshal who is being compared to Lata..she was first discovered in 1994 or so. She took about 8 yrs to get anywhere.
About Aneek..he does not have a choice. Bollywood is a closed industry, with insiders ruling the roost. Aneek will have to accept whatever the industry dishes out to him and gradually work his way up..he will not create any waves by returning the award or making statements at this stage.
Read the above link by Vishal Shekhar..they have accepted that the win was fair and square and are moving ahead. ID does not have work right now and needs to keep himself in media limelight as long as possible. I get the feeling that ID is going to fade away in the next 3-4 years. Himesh is at his peak and will survive for another 5 years with current momentum. Although, I do not like himesh’s music, I think the current generation will continue to support him..and Aneek, like him or not, will become something or the other.
Actually, after listening to Amanat’s songs I downloaded some of Mekal Hasan’s songs and listened to Jawad their lead singer. He has a good classical background and a very good voice. I think Jawad will be the next big legend in the future…Not too sure about Amanat though.
Like you said before about me, nothing but “kadwa sach” (bitter truth as I understand it)
-musing.
@ @ musing
Javed Bashir Qawal lead singer’Mekal Hasan Band and Jawad Ahmed r two different people, Which one are u talking about ?
No amanat has much sweeter better voice than Javed Bashir and Amanat is versatile for Bollywood too and he is not only for Qawalli.
You made me do some research,musing a-musing who always favours the worse winning singer, and a terrible mentor.
Interesting thing is you keep defending your Aneek. Abb tu yehi lagta hai this was all fiction.
Jawad Ahmed i knew before , he is good, but he is not in this band.
Anyways Amanat will blossom InshAllah very soon . He has a Classical singing Background too.
Mussarat and Amanat were just too good for this contest. thats my opinion.
Rest in Peace, its HELL-O-WEEN here..
Biji.. Mussarat die-hard Fan.
@jmkegeo,
I was talking about Javed Bashir Qawal I guess, the lead singer of Mekal Hasan Band.
Sweetness of voice is important but also training and range. Amanat does not have the range when he has to sing high notes in high intensity. Mussarat can do that but when he raises his voice it strays away from the notes and becomes like shouting. Both were very good though. I liked them for their fine courteous behavior and their talent as well. I am sure both of them will persevere and make good names for themselves. But life is long and the almighty will test us in more ways than one..this competition is nothing. They need to maintain a cool head and keep doing their work.. That’s what I think
About Aneek, I always felt he was second to Amanat but better than Raja in terms of singing quality. About Himesh, actually I do not like him and that’s the truth
But, I have seen ID since 2005 and also other shows. I have found him to be a very conniving and manipulative person too..who can easily twist and misrepresent facts.
I liked your blessing. I have always been searching for peace..hopefully not for long. Thank you so much. Rest in peace is a wish offered to people who are not in this world
Hopefully, I will leave this world soon.
Pls. accept all this as a part of the grand plan of the almighty(I hope the almighty is a woman
).
Do not desire what has not happened. Rather treat it as reality and accept it as the lord’s wish..my stupid thoughts.
-musing.
RAJA’S FIRST SONG IS HERE – HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 PROMOS RELEASED.
The promos of the song Raja Hasan recorded for Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy in between Saregamapa are apparently being aired on Channel V. The song – the Hindi version of High School Musical 2 is an adapted composition by SEL, with Indian instrumentation. Raja Hasan has sung the song along with Shilpa Rao (Javeda Zindagi of Anwar), Arijit Singh (Fame Gurukul) and another debutant Tarannum.
The song is called “Aaja Nach Le” and is an adaptation of the “All for one” song from the original English soundtrack. The hindi version of High School Musical 2 is scheduled for a December 9 release and will be premiered on the Disney Channel in India. The music, which should soon be offically released will be on Times Music.
Unlike HSM1, the music for HSM2 was re-recorded in Hindi with Indian instrumentation and more rhythmic beats to achieve a “Bollywood” sound. HSM was hugely poular in India and Disney hopes HSM2, with added localisation would be hugely popular.
The other two songs in the movie by SEL are Ek Hain Hum and Kya Mast Hai Life. According to wikipedia, the videos are also available on Disney Channel.
I’ll update you when I get the video of the song.
For the moment, Raja opens his account!
Aneek Dhar was the best singer on the show, with a consistently excellent performance EVERY week. His voice quality and versatility is amazing, he will sing a black and white song one week and then rap the next. Also dont forget his sparkling, sweet personality! The true star won!!
Raja is makin a roaring start to his career….already done with his first release…with 6 more waiting in line…
what more can us Raja fans ask for?
I cant wait to see him here in the US on Nov 30…
now its clear, and always has been
RAJA IS THE REAL WINNER!!!
Hello Everyone,
This is my post after a very long time. Seems like a good discussion is going on between musing and jmkegeo. Everyone please try to understand that Amanat, Aneek and Raja, all three of them are good singers. No doubt about it. Amanat and Aneek being trained in classical music have a certain edge over Raja. Amanat is fully capable of singing any type of song, and his voice can suit all the actors of present time. Aneek too can sing all types of songs. Raja is however limited by the range of songs he can sing.
All the people who claim that Aneek is a versatile singer. Do you understand the meaning of being versatile? And in what context you are using this word, and what signficance do you attach to this word. In case of Aneek, it is true he has sung, and can sing any type of song he is asked to, and as per your conclusion, he is versatile. It is an altogether different thing to be able to sing all types of songs, and “to bring out the same emotion, sing at the same pitch with same notes, with same voice modulation and with the same flow of voice having a distinct wave pattern in your voice.” And it is on this point (text in quotes) that Aneek was found wanting. It is not his fault. He is born like this. He tries really hard and works hard on his singing, but he cannot overcome natural limitation. There is a singer named Vipin Sachdev who sang for Salman Khan in Sanam Bewafa. If you listen to him, he does not sound all that bad, but if he is to stretch his voice, inspite of his best efforts, he cannot do so beyond the certain limit, Sonu Nigam can stretch his over to a much greater extent than him. But, even he cannot do so beyond another further limit, and can never reach the pinnacle at the which Mohammed Rafi could stretch his voice, as he had natural gift and his voice suited it, and he was able to stretch his voice upto a level, where no other singer could even attempt to.
When a singer is singing certain song, he needs to bring about the desired emotions, twist his voice and modulate it to suit the mood of the song, and the music accompanying the song. Aneek did sing all the songs, but could not come true when it came to bringing emotion in his song, and he also sang all the high notes high pitch songs at medium pitch and of medium notes. He was rightly told by Shekhar on this count. It is not enough to make your face depict the emotion without your voice doing it. In this department Vinit was way ahead of him. If you listen to Vinit’s Tera Jadoo Chal Gaya, you will know what I am trying to say. There are four Sonu clones at this moment. Aneek, Abhas, Emon and Vinit. Amongst them Vinit is the best. The way his voice produces a wave pattern, and the way his voice comes right from the depth of the throat, and not from the mouth, is something to behold. Vinit being older of them all, has a slightly matured voice. Aneek’s voice, as I have reapetedly said, at this point of time suit only Sachin Tendulkar. Jagjit Singh told him about his voice being childish, and that it could mature in about 5 to 6 years time. I wish it is true and his voice does mature, so that he can prove to the world what he is capable of. But at the same time I am a little pessimistic, because Sachin’s voice still sound the same, as it was, when he was 16 years old. Aneek is already 18 years old. So arrive at your own conclusion. And please, I do know a lot about music, and can definitely pinpoint any flaw in a song, if it is there. So please don’t deride me if you don’t like my opinion (it is my opinion, and is not a judgement). I liked Aneek singing Tumse milke dil ka (Main Hoon Na) and Jaane Ja (Jawani Deewani, but he was highly overrated by ID for this song, which I did not like) the most.
As far as Amanat is concerned, he is similar to Aneek, but has a much matured voice. As far as capability is concerned Amanat and Aneek are matched equally, but when it comes to voice maturity, voice modulation, a wave pattern in voice, Amanat betters Aneek. I loved his Ye Hosla, Rasme Ulfat, and Tujhse Naraz Nahin.
Now we come to Raja. Raja is also a good singer. Although the type of songs he can sing is slightly limited, please note that he is a better performer than both Aneek and Amanat. He has got a slightly stronger and manly voice. He can sing with great aplomb, and he brings right kind of emotions into his songs. As far as putting emotions into song is concerned Raja comes first, followed by Amanat, and then Aneek. I loved Raja’s Meri Zindagi Ek Pyas, Allah Ke Bande and Tu to Jaane Naa (Salman Special).
As far as Playback Singing is concerned Amanat is the best of the three. But on stage Raja is the best. However to let you know all. Amit Paul from Indian Idol can really give a touch competition to all three of them. He can sing any song at at pitch, and with any type of notes. If he were to be in SRGMP he would have won the contest hands down, if properly mentored by any of the Gurus. Just listen to his Nasha Yeh Pyar ka Nasha and Yaad aa raha hai.
All these singers put a lot of effort and energy into their songs. But there is a singer, who simply does not even sing a song and do justice to it or bring proper emotions into the songs, but rather lives the songs, and puts not just energy and emotions, but her entire self into the songs, she is none other than Poonam. If you have to set a standard against which to compare a contestant it has to be her. People have been saying Aneek is Sonu’s clone, but I have no hesitation in saying even Poonam is a clone, and I am glad that she is a clone of both the greats, Ashaji and Lataji. She has the voice clarity of Lataji along with a great thump or bass effect which Ashaji has in her voice. Just watch and see her rendition of Kuhu Kuhu bole koyalia (she sounds better than Lataji (listen it on http://www.mastradio.com)), Rang De (typical Ashaji stuff), Sanam Mere Humraaz (way beyond an oridnary singers level), Hungama Ho Gaya (very much like Ashaji, even Ashaji was highly impressed), Dil to Pagal Hai (very much like Lataji), Vande Matram (very much like Lataji), Khallas (Similar to Ashaji), and Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon (effective voice modulation to sound like Shamshad Begum).
When it comes to making it big in Bollywood, it is true that Amanat and Raja have got a headstart and are on their way to fulfilling their dreams. Aneek has also got some work, but is unfortunately bound by Zee contract. Poonam will be singing for Bappi Lahiri, Vishal Shekhar and Himesh. Good luck to all of them. Vishal and Shekhar are the new sensation a Music Directors. They have mostly been fair and just, and are also in great demand. Bappida is not so lucky, ID is out of business. Himesh is still around. Vishal and Shekhar have promised Poonam that they will have her sing for them, and that they will give a song which will catapult her career, and are waiting for the right kind of song for her grand entry. Himesh is most likely to sign up Poonam rather than Amanat or Aneek or Raja, simply because he sings all the songs on his own, and can leave female songs for Poonam.
@ musing (Absolutely Amusing )
R.I. P was just a Haloween prank,
I do hope you are alive and kicking for another 100 yrs.Wish you a great meaningful,
prosperous and exciting life.
My blessings.. Jum-Kae.Geoooooo
-a musing
Its great to have all the feedback from you and all the others on this forum .Overall its been a great learning experience.
I dont have perfect 100% understanding of sur & tal but can appreciate right adaiegi of lyrics,their meaning and talafuz,
Today again I compared Amanats vocal quality filmed on SRK in background (Ankhon mae teri ajab si adiyea’n hain ) and i chose Amanat to be so versatile & mature vocalist as compared to Aneek’s not very mature voice..
Amanat also did Big B (sona sona iak punjaban )and that was great.
If he gets a break in Bolywood, Amanat’s voice is more suitable than Aneek for current heroes.
I had almost gone through the loss.. denial.. anger.. bitchin stages,but still no acceptance stage to say that Aneek won this contest.
Zee surely have done great injustice.
I dont think Raja & Amanats fans will ever accept Aneek as # 1..
Raja is already cosidered Bea-Taj
Badshah of saregamapa 2007.
@Ashraf,
I am no ustad, but I do pay a lot of attention to music. I believe that if you need to jum kae geoo, you need to have some sur/tal in your life
I liked the detailed write-up you have done. For the most part I would agree with everything you have said. I too feel that Poonam should have been the champion, but reality is such that women always tend to lose such competitions to men..Anyways if such is life then so be it and I am sure Poonam will find the right chances from here on and make good in life(I am positive actually).
About the rest, the competition is over and regardless of what you and I say, Aneek is the winner. I guess we also need to take this in good cheer and move on. I agree that Amanat has a better voice quality and will definitely be singing some masterpieces for us in the future. I also agree with you that Raja can infuse emotion into songs better than the other two..but that is why he is such a singer..he sings from the heart and therefore if he is confused he will not be able to put the right emotion into the songs. Aneek is trained and has a high-pitched voice like Sachin Tendulkar..agree, let’s hope his voice matures in a couple of years(actually he has also given himself a couple of years for this purpose)..wish him all the best.
I was a bit suprised to see this long reply from you since I thought that this forum is dead !! But it was nice to hear from you.
@jmkegeo,
I understood the jum-kae-geooo part long time back
It’s wisdom that lends the clarity for someone to make that as a slogan for life.
When you said RIP I accepted it, if you bless me for 100 yrs I will accept it as well
Believe me I can understood about loss and all the stages through denial, venting anger, exhaustion, acceptance and going ahead in life..Looks like you have decided to move ahead
Actually, if you read my posts I was a fellow commiserator urging you to move ahead ..
These kind of competitions are like any other problems we face in our day to day lives..Both Raja and Amanat got some good things and lost out on some things..Maybe someone got unfair gain..but move on there is a big life an ocean in front and much bigger wars to win.
Raja will remain Raja(King) and Amanat will remain Amanat(precious)..this loss from somebody calles Zee or some voters who believe something will not make them any smaller. forgive and forget..
-a musing.
@musing
Thanks for your appreciation. This is how we can argue with each other, and yet not get carried away and let our emotions get better of us. It is true that Aneek is the winner of this competition, whether one likes it or not. Though no fault of his, he entered the competition to sing, but his mentor and Zee people connived. He is at no fault.Zee people manipulated the result. No one should blame Aneek for that.
With regard to talent, even though people like Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa might score big and over shadow others, but still people will always say that Tendulkar is the best. Same is the case of Aneek, he is the winner (scored big runs) inspite of having stalwarts like Raja and Amanat, he just played his part. Though the Umpires might have given a six when caught at boundary line, or given not out when out. In record books controversies are never mentioned, only statistics are. This is the fact of life.
Yesterday I happened to download two videos of Emon from Indian Idol, Tadap Tadap and Is Pyaar ko main kya naam doo. My god he sang so beautifully, though being another Sonu clone. I could say that he could blow Aneel apart with such a forcefull voice. Please listen to those songs, if you don’t believe me.
ITs not to mention here that aneek can’t sing its here to say wether who is best performer among these three………so I don’t think one need to go to doctor after listening the albela song in which every guru admitted Amanat a winner……….though I didn’t watch sa re ga ma pa 2007 I just downloaded the songs from youtube I truely listened the performances of these three singers and if you ask my rating I truely listen albela song almost daily only to praise the command over the surs of Mr. Amanat ……………Heads off……..and ofcourse aneek has a sound voice too but as far as surs are concerned please re-think……