i vowed i will not post any messages in this forum, but when i saw this thread about the margin of votes being 10 lakhs, i wanted to tell u all something. the total number of votes polled were over one crore (remember, aman had announced it in the final gala that the votes crossed one crore?) even if we take it to be one crore, 10 lakhs is a small margin. which means that sandeep got 55 lakhs, whereas karunya got 45 lakhs. the difference then is 10 lakhs. if u calculate the percentage sandeep got 55% while karu got 45%. in the finals aman and mini kept saying that the scale was more or less evenly balanced.
even after giving away free phones, getting people to vote even in chai shops b4 serving tea, day and night voting by sandeep's family could still only manage to get a scarpe-through kind of victory for sandeep. isn't that proof that karunya's talent didn't go unnoticed? yes, the fact is that money and cute smile won the title for sandeep. But imagine if sandeep's family didn't resort to such disgraceful methods to win votes, then what would have been the outcome? neither sandeep's singing nor his 'cute smile' could have got him the victory without his family's money.
Edited by luckyleo - 19 years ago