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I always love to watch musical reality shows from the
saregama days (Sonu Nigam was the anchor and Shreya Goshal participated as a small girl). In those days, the stage was simply decorated and importance was given just for the quality of the singers. Now, the stage decoration has become too gawdy and the anchors mostly talk a lot. But the current 'Indian Idol Junior' has got quality, though I don't like the glaring lights in the background. But the children are dressed up normally and the judges are very genuine in their opinion/advices. I enjoy Vishal, Shekhar and Shreya combination. They are whole-heartedly involved with the participants. They love the children.
My family doesn't approve of actors coming on these stages and performing. Some are genuine but most of them act here too. Yesterday Shah Rukh and Padukone participated. Padukone should not have dressed like she did in a children's show. I know both Shah Rukh and Padukone are talented in their own way. This is a children's show. It is going to be like this hereafter, I know. But the children are extremely talented. Some sample:
First, Sugandha Date: 8 year old girl from Maharashtra. Unbelievably talented singer. All of us love her toothy smile. Bappi Laahiri presented her a chain in appreciation of her singing. She is too good, but simple looking.
Here is a small clip.
This girl Debanjana is 14 years old and classically trained. Her voice resembles Shreya's a lot but has got her own tinge. I love her hair style! Very innocent looking face. Very very talented singer. Rohit has already offered her a chance in his next film.
One more song of hers is
here!
I have got a feeling that this girl, Debanjana will win the title!
Priyam is a very very good singer from Assam. I was not able to get a good video from You tube.
Here it is from her facebook page. Like the judges say here, she sings from her heart.
One of my favourite singer is the small girl,
Sonakshi from West Bengal. She is too good. I couldn't get her good video.
Anjana Padmanabhan, a small girl from Bangalore (Tamil is her mother tongue) is making waves in this programme. I couldn't get a good video of her song.
I have to mention about
Anmol,
Nirvesh and
Aakash. Perfect singers. The videos of 'Indian Idol junior' do not make justice to their voices. Most of them are classically trained but Aakash comes from a small village where he doesn't even go to movies. Heard and learnt music. He is in the top 10 singers now!
I got
this link from rediff.com You can have a glimpse of the singers.
If you are a music lover and a person to appreciate upcoming talents, do watch 'Indian Idol Junior' episodes on Sat. and Sun. at 8.30 pm - Sony TV. I had been trying to get good videos of the singers, but could not. I have recorded episodes of Bappi Laahiri, Mannade special etc. and keep on watching them. All the children sing songs of all genres like pros.
Well, I am disappointed for not covering all the good singers from the episodes of the show. I will include the videos when I come across them.
Edited to add a new video of Anjana (5.8.13): I came across this video in the morning. I was thinking that my post is not complete if I don't feature the videos of other children but I couldn't get clear videos. Even this video is not clear. But you can see how the judges select children for this competition. Check their expressions! This video is the preliminary round of Anjana:
You can notice the awe in the judges' faces. This girl is too good. This video was taken in the beginning of this series. Lateron when they stay there and get trained by stalwarts, they improve a lot. You can see that in the later videos. The judges themselves give them tips. These judges are too good. They know to pick good voices and then they train them. This girl Anjana did not know Hindi in the beginning. Very limited knowledge was there of this language. She has improved a lot now. Again training was there, it seems. She was near perfect in the pronunciation of the words even without knowing the language. She is a versatile singer, she sings any type of songs whether it is Sunidhi Chauhaan's fast nos. or Lathaji's soft songs.
The same goes to Sonakshi. She is a Bengali. Language problem was a bit less for her than Anjana. But this girl is amazingly talented. I will look out for a good video of hers too and post it here later.
Keep coming and enjoy the music and please tell me whom you liked most! I am just curious!
And I must post a video of Anmol! He too is a strong contender!
Another video of Debanjana. I had posted this many times but it was not visible in the preview also. I don't know what mistake I am making! Let me try again!
EDITED TO ADD on 4.9.13: Anjana Padmanabhan won the title. The
link is here.
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