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Posted: 19 years ago

Originally posted by: Vishesh


thx for the suggestion...Yes ..in the excitement and eagerness to put some good articles here and II2 section.. i was in hurry... so i put it here n there..i put this question in FAQ,.. sorry..i definitely did wrong by putting this query at three places.. will not repeat this in future...


my query is anwered.


Good to hear that your query is answered. Looking forward to see some good articles or references to good articles from you very soon.
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Posted: 19 years ago
Instant recognition
India's Fame Gurukul winners find celebrity life unreal
December 08, 2005 Print Ready

http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/show/story/0,4136,98492,00.html

BETWEEN Qazi Touqeer and Ruprekha Bannerjee, youcouldn't get a more different reaction to instant fame.

The duo is the latest in a long line of reality TV contest winners from India.

Kashmir-born Qazi, 19, and Ruprekha, 21, from Kolkata are winners of Sony Entertainment Television's (SET) talent show, Fame Gurukul (Fame Academy), in October.

The pair were the last two standing in a competition that saw 14 contestants slug it out with song and dance.

The New Paper met them when they were in Singapore last week to present an award at the Asian Television Awards.

Qazi took to his instant fame like a cat to catnip.

'I have always wanted to be famous,' he said.

Qazi said he wanted to be a Bollywood star like his idols Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan.

'I saw Fame Gurukul and I told my mum: 'I am going to Mumbai and I am going to win this competition.'

'I thought this would be a good platform for me to get into Bollywood,' said the very confident frizzy-haired lad from Srinagar.

STILL SHY

In contrast, Ruprekha was still a little shy about how to react to people recognising her.

'The housekeeper at my hotel said: 'Aren't you the girl from Fame Gurukul?'

'I was surprised that even people in Singapore knew us. All I said was thank you,' said the West Bengal native.

Like Qazi, she said that winning Fame Gurukul was a dream come true.

'I've always wanted to be a playback singer. When I was younger, I would write on my pencil box: 'Ruprekha (playback singer)','said the younger of two children.

For Qazi and Ruprekha, the trip to Singapore was their first trip abroad.

Fame Gurukul is based on a Spanish reality TV show called Operacion Triunfo where 14 contestants live in a house together for 14 weeks.

During the show, India's top singers and musicians tutored the contestants.

Each week, one contestant was booted out through viewers' SMS votes.

The two final winners or the Fame Jodi (Fame Couple) got a one-year artiste contract worth 10 million rupees ($364,040) with SET and a recording contract with Sony BMG.

The show was so popular that about half a million SMS votes were polled for the finals and reportedly caused a near meltdown of India's handphone services.

Qazi and Ruprekha, who were the favourites throughout the competition, described the experience as being in another world.

Ruprekha said: 'We were totally cut off from the outside world. It was just a completely different environment.

'We had to focus on the business of singing and performing. Nothing else mattered.'

Qazi added: 'It had to be the hardest thing I ever did. We were not allowed to read newspapers, talk to our parents. We couldn't even talk to the camera crew.'

PARENTS UNHAPPY

He admitted that his school-teacher mother and his father, a legal adviser with the United Nations in Srinagar, were not happy about him leaving school for fame.

'But I told them I was going be a star and here I am,' he said.

However, not everybody is embracing the newly-minted stars.

Shubha Mudgal, one of India's leading Indian classical singers, was a harsh critic of the show.

In an interview with The Hindu, she said: 'You earn gyan (knowledge), not fame, in a gurukul (music academy).

'Only with gyan comes fame. A gurukul is not a mall where you can buy fame.'

When the topic was brought up, Qazi and Ruprekha were miffed at the criticism.

'This is the shortest way of getting a foot into the industry.

'But at the end of the day, my talent will speak for itself,' said Qazi.

Ruprekha added: ' I worked hard for this. I deserve it and they (critics) are wrong if they say we didn't work for it.'

They will work hard to prove themselves, for the next few months at least. The two will be kept busy, jetting across the Indian sub-continent and performing at live shows back-to-back.

Qazi claimed that he is already getting offers from Bollywood.

He said with a swagger: 'The goal for me now is to be a film star and to sing all the songs on the film soundtracks.'

Edited by aries_sakshi - 19 years ago
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Posted: 19 years ago
Thanks for the article, Sakshi.
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Posted: 19 years ago
"Qazi had been different right from his childhood. He was witty and tried to look different. He wore long hair and performed dances in gardens and all the places he got to. Even the college senior students wouldn't allow him past the gate without a dance. He never learnt dance or singing from anyone but himself. His room had lot of mirrors and he performed there. Local guys used to make ridicule of his style but I guess they were jealous of his different looks.

Body building was another passion of Qazi and he wanted to be called a muscle-man. As far as I know him he had been very shy in childhood. He attended local school, Jamia Millia in Nawpora where his mother taught us. Like all other students I never thought he would become such a star, but honesty and his out-speaking quality is what I guess won him votes, fans and stardom."

I quote here which printed my information about Qazi.

** Edited by Viewbie: Please do not bring other forum's add on IF**
Edited by living.doll - 19 years ago
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Posted: 19 years ago

this article i read in midday:-sharing with u all


http://web.mid-day.com/hitlist/2005/december/125350.htm


Qazi's 'Fame'ous mole disappears
By: Shaheen Parkar
December 8, 2005

His dreadlocks remain intact along with his rejoinders; so does his attitude.

Fame Gurukul's Qazi Touqeer, who bagged the Fame Jodi crown along with Ruprekha Banerjee in the Sony show, won't let anyone snip his trademark tresses.

However, post the Fame Gurukul finale, there has been one noticeable change in the Kashmiri — and it hasn't gone unnoticed.

The mole below Qazi's right eyelid has disappeared. A cursory glance at his "then" and "now" snapshots will prove that the mole has gone missing. Was it a brush-up before the final print? Or has Qazi had it surgically removed, for cosmetic reasons?

"Yes the mole has gone," he says. Did he have it removed? "No, not at all," Qazi shoots back. "It fell off on its own. I would keep touching it, and during the shooting of Fame Gurukul's finale episode, it came off. In fact, I was bleeding a lot due to it."

In an earlier interview (hitList, September 14) Qazi had said, "I started getting this wart-like growth that resulted in a mole about six months ago. Initially, I was concerned and wanted to get rid of it. I consulted a doctor but my mother told me to let it be.

'Woh tumhare liye lucky hoga.' And it was. My journey to Fame Gurukul began with the mole in June. The application and the auditions and the final selection, all happened in the last six months. I will never have the mole removed, though I know I want to become an actor — Qazi and the mole; that's another Fame Jodi."

So how come there are no scars on his face? "It came off on its own; that's why. I guess it was lucky for me. I won the title and its purpose was served," he says.

At present, along with Ruprekha, Qazi's busy promoting their music album Qazi, Ruprekha - Jodi No 1, released by Sony BMG Music. It has lyrics by Sameer and music by Prem Pal and Hardip Sidhu. Qazi looks forward to a career in acting as well as performing on stage. "I will do playback for myself, not for anyone else," he emphasises.

Edited by monika_g - 19 years ago
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Posted: 19 years ago

Originally posted by: Vishesh

Hi Friends..

(Thanks Sakshi.. for following the rules..

but this Info is for others users too..)

there are lots of Articles and news.. are being lifted from other places and being posted in Fame Gurukul section..and noone is giving credit or Courtsey to authors and websites..

and if i will comment in every individual's Topics abt this.. then Users personally will not like me.. and will get angry with me.. There are Many users who r doing this..

instead of commenting in every such TOPIC and PM-ing u all abt this..and it's a great pain to Report all such type of Topics..

sp please take care of it urself

i saw this trend in Fame-Gurukul Section at many places.. and as nearly everyone is coming to Read this Topic.. so i put this here for other users info too.. who do not read "Rules and Announcement" thread


i Do mind this too much.. because in past, three of my articles were posted to Many forums and web-pages.. and it took me months to get those cleared from every place..



i am just posting this info here, bcoz maybe some users are unaware of it..

http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=134837


Thanks. Most of us are aware of what u are trying to imply - I would advise you to leave it to the oderators to take care of these situations if such vioaltions occur. First, I would request you to look into the copyright rules associated with the publication of news articles. Also, if we go by what you are trying to imply, then I think most of the odd 60000 members out here ought to give acknowledgement of the avi source as well as their signatures. BTW, before deciding to put Thoreau's quote as your signature on the suggestion from your esteemed brother, did you care to find out the source of that quote and give due acknowledgement to it.
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Posted: 19 years ago

Originally posted by: Vishesh

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Thanks. Most of us are aware of what u are trying to imply - I would advise you to leave it to the oderators to take care of these situations if such vioaltions occur. First, I would request you to look into the copyright rules associated with the publication of news articles. Also, if we go by what you are trying to imply, then I think most of the odd 60000 members out here ought to give acknowledgement of the avi source as well as their signatures. BTW, before deciding to put Thoreau's quote as your signature on the suggestion from your esteemed brother, did you care to find out the source of that quote and give due acknowledgement to it.
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i think this special thread..is for public info..so it is not better..if u and me..talk here..
if u have any problem with me.. please PM me..or Start a Topic in General Section abt this subject..we will talk there...
as far as my Avatar and Signature is concerned.. my Avatar is free..i can give u site-address.. and "Quotes" like i am using..is copyright-free.. and.. i am adding the name of Author with it.. so i am acknowledging it too..
if u have any problem with these things.. PM me.. i will send u Articles abt it.. and sites address.. if i will answer it ..here..
it will be Off-Topic.. and take a Big Space..
And as far as this info is concerned.. if u have any problem.. contact S.Priya ( Global Mod)..that what to do with news articles,Avatar and Signature..
i found a normal abnormality here.. and i told to All my friends abt it..bcoz they might be unaware abt it.. otherwise as Priya put it .. "Posting something without credit to the original author is called "plagiarism" and we are sure none of us want to be labeled as such and for something we don't do intentionally. "
so i guessed..that "My friends" are doing this "unintentionally".. I tried to help them as a friend does..

i don't know , why u r being angry with me.. i am sorry if i hurt ur feelings.. "u can do whatever u want".. That message was only for friends.. if u think i am ur friend..then it was for u too.. otherwise it's ok..
any problem "Please PM Me" or open one Topic in General Section.. and send me link in PM..
but i am not going to answer anything abt it..here again..

i was just trying to be helpful to my friends here..


First let me categorically point out that I am not angry on you. On what premises do you come to the conclusion that I am angry with you. I am here in this forum to enjoy and have fun - I am not here to fight with anyone. Neither have am I here to take the self proclaimed role of a so called moral and ethical guardian. Secondly can you please refrain from being aplogetic - do you seriously think that your comoment had any bearing whatsoever to cause me to get hurt. You have made a comment, and I have commented back on it suggesting that it should be left to the moderators to take action. And FYI, I am involved in helping out the corporate and public sector with respect to cyber crimes. I am very well aware of the IT Act in India, as well as to what extent copyrighting is applicable to internet contents - especially published news items. I am not interested in wasting my time and energy with PMs to you. Neither am I interested in links and articles that you intend to send after digging them out of a google search.
Finally, your statement "u can do whatever u want" in your above comment was in very poor taste.

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Posted: 19 years ago
Here's some info fro MidDay


Qazi's 'Fame'ous mole disappears
By: Shaheen Parkar
December 8, 2005

His dreadlocks remain intact along with his rejoinders; so does his attitude.

Fame Gurukul's Qazi Touqeer, who bagged the Fame Jodi crown along with Ruprekha Banerjee in the Sony show, won't let anyone snip his trademark tresses.

However, post the Fame Gurukul finale, there has been one noticeable change in the Kashmiri — and it hasn't gone unnoticed.

The mole below Qazi's right eyelid has disappeared. A cursory glance at his "then" and "now" snapshots will prove that the mole has gone missing. Was it a brush-up before the final print? Or has Qazi had it surgically removed, for cosmetic reasons?

"Yes the mole has gone," he says. Did he have it removed? "No, not at all," Qazi shoots back. "It fell off on its own. I would keep touching it, and during the shooting of Fame Gurukul's finale episode, it came off. In fact, I was bleeding a lot due to it."

In an earlier interview (hitList, September 14) Qazi had said, "I started getting this wart-like growth that resulted in a mole about six months ago. Initially, I was concerned and wanted to get rid of it. I consulted a doctor but my mother told me to let it be.

'Woh tumhare liye lucky hoga.' And it was. My journey to Fame Gurukul began with the mole in June. The application and the auditions and the final selection, all happened in the last six months. I will never have the mole removed, though I know I want to become an actor — Qazi and the mole; that's another Fame Jodi."

So how come there are no scars on his face? "It came off on its own; that's why. I guess it was lucky for me. I won the title and its purpose was served," he says.

At present, along with Ruprekha, Qazi's busy promoting their music album Qazi, Ruprekha - Jodi No 1, released by Sony BMG Music. It has lyrics by Sameer and music by Prem Pal and Hardip Sidhu. Qazi looks forward to a career in acting as well as performing on stage. "I will do playback for myself, not for anyone else," he emphasises.

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Posted: 19 years ago
thanks maddy for the article... 😊
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Posted: 19 years ago

Originally posted by: aries_sakshi

thanks maddy for the article... 😊


You are welcome, Sakshi.

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