hmmmmmm..... I have a soft spot for FG vs SRGMP or II.
It was a very well balanced show when it came to saving contestants.
1) Judges had a say
(The Judges were balanced too, Javed Akhtar as veteran who has worked with legends and knows the showbiz world inside out, Shankar a musician par excellence and a Music director whose work is admirable and has a great insight to world and Indian music, and KK )
2) Contestants had a say (Here, we could analyse how a contestant would act when s/he becomes a judge one day and is on the judges seat, is he fair in dealings)
3) Faculty had a say (Ila Arun, a pioneer to popularise Folk in indi-pop, a theatre artist, so has both singing and acting exposure, Prashant sir a famed famed vocal trainer from SRA Kolkata, Padma maam to polish up the raw talent in the academy)
(they even had a yoga teacher, psychiatrist Dr.Anjali Chhabria , and the famous cheoreographer Bosco and Ceasar)
4) Audience had a say.
Also, we got to see the personality traits of the contestants...who was honest who was a politician who was a cry-baby, who had the traits of a WINNER... So, judgement was not just based on vocal cords but also on overall growth of the contestant from when they came to what they learnt to who was working hard, who was absorbing the most as a student. And we also saw the nok-jhoks,,it was like one big family out there..
Unlike other shows where ONLY Audience have a say.
I feel Fame Gurukul was a much tougher competition than the other shows, where 24 hours one was monitored, so that tested not only their vocal chords but also their mental strengths to handle showbiz, negativity, backbiting etc. Its like audiences had formed a personal bond with these contestants. The other SHOWS may have all these groomings, but since its off-camera, we cant identify that much.
And Last but not the least I am proud of Qazi also, who was actually very raw when he came and the way he changed and groomed himself with the acedemy's help is indeed "Kabile tareef"! For this I have to thank the intelligent audience who gave him the chance. At the end of the show even his random "bak baks" became a bit polished though it was still dil se.
No wonder Arijit, Mona, Shamit, Rex, Kirti, Ruprekha, Qazi etc are all doing so well..Lets see how Arpita, Monika, Sandeep does...I am happy that most contestants are going well. Kirti has sung a good song in Rafta Rafta..
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Edited by ticks - 19 years ago