Sa Re Ga Ma Pa- a talent show with a different format

Though I am not a very regular spectator of this show but I still feel that this is one show which brings into limelight the real talent. The singers that come on the stage and perform knows the real meaning of music, and they have been trained to some extent as well. That is a different thing to say who is better but all of them at least know ABC of music. As far as I remember the first host of this show or should I say that when I started watching this show was Sonu Nigam, at that time it was like no body can replace him as a host. But then Shaan came and he had his own peculiar style of hosting the show. May be I started watching it more often when Shaan was there, I liked him better.
In 2005, Hero Honda Sa re Ga Ma Pa- Challenge 2005 came that promised to go beyond just the participants. It was a contest between the 4 Mentors themselves - Aadesh Srivastav, Himesh Reshmayiya (whom I recognized after that show and started becoming more popular), Ismail Darbaar and Jatin-Lalit who came together only to battle against one another in a bid to make their team win the title of the Challenge 2005 series. And in that Ismail Darbaar won through Debojit of Assam.
In 2006, came Sa re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs which was meant literally for those 'L'il Champs' who had an ear for music. Those between 6 - 14 years of age gave audition for the same and on the basis of selection by the esteemed jury - Alka Yagnik, Bappi Lahiri & Abhijeet Bhattacharya. If I am not wrong Sanchita won but kid that got the major limelight was Diwakar, a very sweet guy who could not see.
In 2007, Sa re Ga Ma Pa sangeet ka pratham vishwyudh has started with judges being Ismail Darbar, Himesh, Bappi Lehri and Vishal-Shekhar.Their entry into the first episode was very dramatic. Ismail came on a elephant, Himesh in a big car, Bappi on a horse and Vishal-Shekhar on motor-bikes and of course escorted by other people. All the more for for drama. Then there was some mystery about who the host will be before he was finally introduced.
The show is hosted by 20-year-old singer Aditya Narayan (son of Udit Narayan) who made his debut in playback singing as a ten-year-old with veteran Asha Bhosale in 1995 in the blockbuster movie ‘Rangeela’ about tension of going to school and drinking milk. So far he looks cute, let's see how this show goes. There would be confrontation, heated words, etc - just don't know how much of this is staged to get more people to watch the show.

INDIAN IDOL 3- starts all over again with all the hu-hulla...

And why not??
This is one of the first reality shows that has made the whole nation crazy. Immense participation from the public via SMS's making Sony happy over TRP's + their mobile operator and Sony earning from all the SMS's. The first Indian Idol was Abhijeet Sanwant, second was Sandeep Acharaya and the third one ... yet to find out !!
This show is shown on Sony Entertainment and hosted by none other than Mini Mathur who
hosted the other two Indian Idols and nonono ... not Aman Verma (whom I dont like) but
Hussain (Sumit of Kumkum fame).
Indian Idol provides a platform for real (or people who might think they have) aspirants to show their singing talents to the nation and make their mark in this talent show to determine the best undiscovered talent. The judges for this show are Anu Malik, Udit Narayan, Alisha Chinoy and Javed Akhtar. If they can impress the judges, then an excellent career awaits them.
I was watching Indian Idol 3, in one of the episodes there was one fan of Alisha, he had just come to see her, brought a cake, flowers and what not for her and to be very true was a horrible singer. The judges told him that he had touched them emotionally but not on the singing part.He already knew that, he just wanted to see Alisha and cried when he was going. So what I want to say is there are many contestants who just come to have a look of their idols.
And sometimes you feel bad for the participants when these judges make fun of them and dismiss them as no good. Actually I have always got a mixed view on this, sometimes
I feel that they are doing right but sometimes they (from what I have seen in the last Indian
Idol) really make fun of them. That is something I don't appreciate.
Indian Idol is an adaptation of the blockbuster ‘Pop Idol’ format. It took the nation by storm in its very first season and followed that with an equally popular season 2. I wish 'ALL THE BEST' to Indian Idol 3.

Ghar Ek Sapna - Can be interesting if handled correctly

This is a serial that has only spent around 4 months on air, and by the standard of Indian soap operas, it has only just started, so the story is sure to take on a number of twists and turns. One thing is clear though, it is very different from the K-serial type saas bahu serials. Here people are shown with good parts and bad parts, but you can see a motive. You do not get to see somebody being evil just because the director wanted to cast that character as evil.
This serial started only a few months back and is broadcast on Sahara One. It stars such leading characters as Alok Nath, Himani Shivpuri. The people playing the lead cast are Ujjwal Rana (Samman) and Shayantani Ghosh (Kakul). The story is somewhat different from other stories. It revolves around forced marriage, and what impact this forced marriage has on the lives of the people involved. A sensitive topic, when handled with care. Since the director of this serial is Ajai Sinha, who earlier directed Astitva - Ek Prem Kahani, one can hope that this subject will be treated in a good way.
So what is the serial all about ? It is about Samman from a metro, and Kakul from Bihar. Samma is already in love with Vanshika. They meet at a marriage, and Samman flirts with her. Kakul falls for him. In a twist of fate, Kakul's brother-in-law forces Samman to marry her at gun-point, and Samman does that out fear for his life. He certainly does not love her. His family refuses to accept her, but slowly she is able to convert most of them to like her. Samman's mother however cannot do so, and continues to detest her.
Another turning point in the serial comes when Samman finally forces her to leave the house and go back to her father's house. He does this even when he is scared of whether this could cause problems due to Kakul's family. Another twist (although somewhat predictable) comes at this precise interval when you see Kakul turning sick. Having watched enough serials, you know that she has to be pregnant, and of course she is.
However, she still leaves, but does not tell her father that the marriage is over. So, her father is glorious over her pregnancy even when the rest are wondering how to tell him. However, he is not very stupid, and so realizes that something is wrong and needs more investigation. This is where the story is at this point of time. Samman in the meantime is with Vanshika who accepts him back with the condition that he can never meet Kakul again.

The time machine of Indian serials

Easy way to see a Time Machine: Our Daily Soaps!!!

Have you ever wondered how is it like sitting in a time machine? The simplest way nowadays is to see our daily soaps, especially the K'series (Kasam Se, Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kasauti Zindagi Kay, etc). You never know that today the character who is 30 yrs old will be 50 yrs old in the next episode and you wonder there are no white streaks, no wrinkles, no loose skin, I mean no sign of getting old.
Our beauty parlors should take some tips from the make-up person of these serials, I am sure that the beauty parlours can make good money if they follow their steps.
I am not a very regular watcher of Kasauti Zindagi Kii but what I can understand from the trailers is that it has again taken some years leap and this is second such leap with Prerna coming up with a new hair style. But, she is looking young, a total distortion of everything that moving a few years into the future could be. Kasam Se goes on the same track, this serial took a five hear leap recently. And all this is done just to make the story line lengthy, introduce new faces, build TRPs etc.
Most interestingly, after a leap of twenty years the cars remain the same with the same number plate, the house with all the same furniture properly intact, BAA of Kyuki... remains the same, I don't know how many generations is she going to see still.
I have read interviews of channel executives, and typically the comments are to the effect that we wanted to bring a change to the serial and bring in fresh faces, hence the years gap. Earlier the jump used to be a uniform 20 years, but now it can jump as little as 5 years. Atleast some variety is there !