Indian Idol 2’:The first look

Coming Nov 21

'Indian Idol 2':The first look

Sudipto Chattopadhyay
DNA
Friday, November 11, 2005 18:27 IST

Rehan Khan
(street vendor)

This physically challenged Class X student sells clothes on the streets of Lucknow to make a living. He uses the money he earns to learn classical music from the Bhatkhande Musical Institute.

Anshuman Dev Varma
(journalist)
He composes his own music and has done a lot of shows. Having worked with Hindustan Times, Times of India and now Aaj Tak as a reporter, he now wants to pursue his love for music to impress his girlfriend.

Lavanya (radio jockey)
This RJ with Radio City always wanted to be a singer and is a disciple of Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan for the last 13 years. Her idols are Lata Mangeskar, Asha Bhonsle, Sonu Nigam and Hariharan.

Swagata Sarkar
(housewife)
This housewife from Howrah, Kolkata, believes that marriage has been her biggest achievement. "My husband fell in love with my voice," she says. She has learnt music from universities in Allahabad and Kolkata and plays the harmonium and the tanpura.

Lopa Mudra Das
(dancer)
One of the finalists of the 'Musafir Item Bomb' contest, Lopa has learnt kathak, salsa, tango and jazz. She is learning music from her father NC Das, a musician with Vividh Bharati. She has performed in shows in South Africa, and Malaysia and is a theatre performer too.

Ravi Tripathi
(music teacher)
He is learning music at Suresh Wadkar's music school Gurukul. He also helps Wadkar to teach new entrants. He had auditioned for 'Fame Gurukul' but was rejected.

Deepak Kumar Halla
(orchestra-singer)
He has been singing for local orchestras and thus contributes towards the family income. The place where he stays has no electricity since the last four years. Deepak has been learning classical music and feels that the show could change his fortunes.

Mansimran Kaur
(engineer)
This physically challenged engineer from Delhi has also done her BA in Hindustani classical music and is an artiste on AIR (All India Radio) from the age of 16.

oh... these ppl are old no young ones like rahul..i have a feeling its not going to b as good as the first one but then agen i shuldnt judge.....indian idol 1 cant b beaten by anyyyyyyyyy.

On the other hand, it would be really interesting cos these people seem very talented!!!!

Ravi Tripathi has appeared in Fame Gurukul when there was a twist in the show and 2 new students were brought in.
Ravi
Sandeep Batra
and
Monic Gadgil
competed for wild card entries.

and Ravi lost that time around.

It seems like all II2 contestants are little old... I am not sure how fun this shouw would be to watch.
II -1 had lot of young blood...

and we all love some on screen chemastry.....

why only 8 people and there are no young contestants. and im also curious to know if they are going to auditions for the 2nd II 😊

Hi thanks 4 d info...I hope all the people been selcted will b as gud as the previous indian idol contestants....

i dont think these are all the contestants.. there will be more.. its just that we will get to know soon... 😊

only 8 contestants???????????????? 😕 And these contestants seem to be old! I didnt watch idian idol I but have heard a lot abt it 😃 so i was waitin for indian idol 2 but i dont think it is goin to be as much fun as b4. 😕 😕

Indian idol 1 was rocking... By the end of the show I felt as if all the contestants were part of my family... Its was really gud...When someone gets voted out I felt like one of my family members have been voted out... hope Indian Idol 2 will give the same feeliing...