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Sunday, November 22, 2009
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You Got No Talent
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I am sure that I am not the only one to wonder about what happens to the talent show winners and favourites once the show comes to an end. Although talent shows are arranged for almost everything that human beings are capable of doing, at this moment let us focus exclusively on the many singer-hunts that the channels have lined up. It may safely be said that 'Indian Idol' on Sony and 'Sa re ga ma pa' on Zee have been the most popular as far as TRPs are concerned. But what really happens to the newly discovered 'stars' when TRPs are not a concern anymore? They get drowned in the sea of talent that television has started churning up, possibly.
We have nothing against the singing sensations, some of them are truly talented. But the problem is that we have not really voted them for the way they sing. Celebrity judges have assessed them for the way they 'perform' and look and emote. We have watched their hyped 'X' factor and remained agape at how entire families have sometimes captured the stage to circulate sob stories across the nation.
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Sona Mohapatra on the track
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Music has become very very good-looking in recent times. It is not just important to have scenic background that is aesthetically appealing but it is equally important to have the vocal, if vocal it is, picturised on stunning features. Sona Mohapatra is truly lucky that she has it all. All that it takes to be a singing sensation plus some extra - like an engineering degree and an MBA degree and a covetable corporate job (which she has shunned). You cannot get away by saying that you don't seem to remember this Bhubaneshwar girl with the lilting voice. There are too many reasons for remembering her.
Sona is the popular voice behind the 'Paas aao' jingle of Close-up that has a way of lingering in your ears. This quality was only too evident in her first album, which she simply called 'Sona'. It had included songs like her first soft-rock smash hit song 'Bolo na' and other numbers like 'Aja Ve', 'Abhi Nahin Ana' and the Sufi classic 'Tere Ishq Nachya'. These video singles topped the music charts on release in 2006 and 2007.
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Shruti Pathak - Bollywood Music's Sweet Sensation
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One chance is enough to prove one's talent and Shruti Pathak has proved that by grabbing the attention of Bollywood with just one song “Mar Jawaa'. Like the protagonist of the film 'Fashion', Shruti too had to struggle her way into Bollywood. This pretty girl from Ahmedabad, trained in classical music, had to struggle in Mumbai for five years before she could make it to the playback singing front. It took her almost two years to learn all about recording and the techniques involved, after which she got her first big break with 'Leke Pehla Pehla Pyar' in the Baby Doll series with Deepal Shaw.
Shaan noticed the quality in her, and she got the chance to do shows with Shaan, Sonu Nigam, Kunal Ganjawala and Vishal-Shekhar. Shruti's debut playback song came from her friend Amit Trivedi. She penned and sang the song 'Payalia' for Trivedi's 'Dev-D'. Her performance impressed the Salim-Suleman duo who gave her the chance to sing 'Mar Jawaa' in Fashion. Again this was a lovely performance by Shruti and the song got her nominations for 'Best Playback Singer' in all major award functions. “The nominations are like a stamp of confirmation that I've been noticed.
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