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baz786

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Posted: 16 years ago

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whats with the different colours on the markers next to everyones name do they have any significance. I'm a groupie i'm green yet ive seen groupies that are red. Explain please if you can.

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Posted: 16 years ago

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Originally posted by: baz786
Summer3

whats with the different colours on the markers next to everyones name do they have any significance. I'm a groupie i'm green yet ive seen groupies that are red. Explain please if you can.

I do not think it means anything. The colour is not constant either and sometimes I get red and sometimes green. Same with you too.

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baz786

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Posted: 16 years ago

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Originally posted by: *Woh Ajnabee*

Hey Baz, you can use the following format for Youtube links:

[YOUTUBE]ENTER URL HERE[/YOUTUBE]

This only posts Youtube videos and only one such link can be added to each post.

For non-youtube links or multiple postings:
You can simply hit the Hyperlink button at the top. It looks like this ----

You can enter the link there -- preview the post to make sure the link works, and then post it.
Hope this helps. 😊

WA does that mean that only youtube can be uploaded only and links for rest

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baz786

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Posted: 16 years ago

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By the way does anyone know about the movie she has sung for it was originally titled Surma Mohabbat but changed to World Cup 2011. It was originally meant for release in Feb 2009 but can't find anything about it.

If anyone does can they please post.

If i'm not mistaken, she sings that song at her birthday party organised by zee think clip is on dailymothion will post if i find it.

i found the video of asmas bday.

http://www.dailymotion.com/Aamir_aC/video/x7go1e_housearrest-zee-news-20th-nov-08_shortfilms

if you listen i think she sings surma mohabat wala song later in vid. Wonder if thats the song she sung as original title of move was surma mohabbat.

Already posted on ASMA is back topic by myself thought i'd post it here as well.

link works

any thoughts welcome

enjoy 😊

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Summer3

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Posted: 16 years ago

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Originally posted by: baz786
By the way does anyone know about the movie she has sung for it was originally titled Surma Mohabbat but changed to World Cup 2011. It was originally meant for release in Feb 2009 but can't find anything about it.

If anyone does can they please post.

If i'm not mistaken, she sings that song at her birthday party organised by zee think clip is on dailymothion will post if i find it.

i found the video of asmas bday.

http://www.dailymotion.com/Aamir_aC/video/x7go1e_housearrest-zee-news-20th-nov-08_shortfilms

if you listen i think she sings surma mohabat wala song later in vid. Wonder if thats the song she sung as original title of move was surma mohabbat.

Already posted on ASMA is back topic by myself thought i'd post it here as well.

link works

any thoughts welcome

enjoy 😊

Thanks nice vid. do not know what song though. They had a great time.

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baz786

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Posted: 16 years ago

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Is there not a way to upload videos on IF other than youtube ones and just there links like above

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Posted: 16 years ago

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The following two posts are other articles i found on asma. It's fairly old so apologies if posted before

Voice of Oman

Swati Dasgupta Saturday, November 29, 2008 11:16:19 PM Oman Time

MUSCAT ' For all the music lovers in Muscat and viewers of reality shows in India, Asma Mohammed Rafi is a well-known name now. Having made it to the list of the top seven finalists in the popular musical reality show, Zee TV's Saregamapa 2009, this extremely talented Omani singer has indeed brought glory to her nation.

Asma was recently in town to take a break from her hectic schedules, and she shared her excitement, dreams and aspirations with Times of Oman.

" I am extremely delighted to be one among the top seven finalists of Zee TV's Saregamapa 2009," said an elated Asma.

Talking about her long and fruitful musical journey, this Omani singer who has created ripples on Indian television, said that she had never ever thought even in her dreams she would make it.

"When I was selected as one of the top four finalists in Saregamapa Middle East Pakistan Muqabala held in Dubai, I actually gained confidence in myself."

Not having any formal training in music and not knowing Hindi, it wasn't easy for this seventeen-year-old to make it to the top ranks.

"I can't converse in Hindi effortlessly. My access to the language is very limited. But all these hindrances didn't dissuade me from pursuing my passion," she added.

Asma, who is carving out a niche for herself in the musical field through her talent, is intensely proud of her musical genes, as she prefers to call it.

Her father, Mohammed Rafi, who is a well-known singer in Oman, has been her biggest inspiration and also her leading support.

"It was through hearing him sing that I developed interest in singing. Without him I wouldn't have reached where I am today," she reiterated.

Recalling her experiences at Saregamapa, Asma said the show has really been a great platform for her. "In all these months I have been able to learn so many things when it comes to singing. All the mentors at the show really help a lot in polishing our skills," she says.

While Himesh Reshammiya, her mentor, has helped her in refining her voice quality, the others like Aadesh Srivastava and Pritam have helped her with her diction. "My biggest problem is my accent as I cannot speak Hindi fluently. That's where all my mentors have helped me. My fellow contestant Pratibha has also given me a lot of support," said Asma.

A few months' back the spotlight remained on Asma for a while not just for her singing acumen but also for the controversies that surrounded her when she revealed on stage the differences between her parents pertaining to her singing.

Quite candid about the whole issue, Asma said the matter was not a publicity gimmick as many had thought, and that everything was true.

"My mother, who still loves me a lot, doesn't talk to me as she doesn't quite like my taking up singing as a career," she affirmed.

"It's the unconditional support that I get from my father that keeps me going," she added.

Asma, who plans to take up playback singing seriously, has already started getting offers from several music directors in Bollywood.

"I was given my first break in Bollywood by Aadesh Srivastava in the film Surma Mohabbat. The song has been picturised on Kashmira Shah and would be released in February 2009," she said.

Being aware of the fact that the hype of musical reality shows fades after a short while, Asma agrees that in the end it's talent that actually matters.

"Playback singing needs a lot of dedication and I hope I will be able to work hard," she said.

If Asma's passion for singing has come in the way of something, it's her studies. Being constantly away from Muscat to be part of the reality show has affected her studies. She's a Grade XI student.

"I am planning to finish my studies from Mumbai now as it's not possible for me to travel so often," the singer said while discussing her future plans.

An ardent fan of Sonu Niigaam and her mentor Himesh Reshammiya, this high-spirited singer's joy knew no bounds when Sheikh Humaid bin Ali bin Sultan Al Muaani, the ambassador of Sultanate of Oman to India, personally congratulated her for making Oman so proud.

"It was the best compliment of my life. I was extremely thrilled when he said that I had brought glory to my country," she said.

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Times of Oman

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Posted: 16 years ago

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Asma was initially voted out but was brought back by the producers as a 'wild card' entry.

Omani girl takes Indian reality TV world by storm

By Sunil K. Vaidya, Bureau Chief
Published: December 07, 2008, 23:31

Muscat: A doe-eyed Omani teenage girl has charmed the Indian reality television world with her rendition of Hindi movie songs and superb stage performance.

Asma Mohammad Rafi can barely converse in Hindi/Urdu languages but when it comes to rendering songs from Indian films, she is at ease. So much so that she has made her way to the final seven of a musical reality show - Saa Re Ga Ma (musical notes).

"I know it is not my singing that has taken me to this stage," Asma candidly admits in an interview with Gulf News during her break from the hectic shooting schedule in Mumbai. A strike by production personnel had stopped all shooting schedules in Mumbai television industry and that gave Asma a break to come to Muscat.

Asma agrees that her own stage antics and straight remarks have given her an edge over the other contestants when it comes to voting out a contestant. Asma was initially voted out but was brought back by the producers as a 'wild card' entry, since then this Omani teenager has not looked back.

In this reality show, viewers decide whom to vote out via SMS voting and Asma has become the darling of Indian television viewers, with her performance taking Television Rating Points (TRP) of the show to new heights.

After agreeing that her singing was not so great, Asma quickly adds that now she was making an all out effort to stay in the competition and win it. "I want to win this competition for Oman and Omani people," she said. She agrees that unlike most of the contestants on the show, she is not a trained singer. But, "Now I am getting trained and rehearse for over four hours every day," she adds.

"I wasn't that serious in the beginning but advice from the previous winner Raja Hassan changed my attitude. Now I determined to go all the way and Insha'allah win it," said Asma, who has already recorded a song for music director Adesh Srivastva for a Bollywood film titled Surma Mohabbat.

Arabic-speaking Asma's father, Mohammad Rafi, a well-known singer in Oman, has been her biggest inspiration and also her leading support. "When I was small, I used to hear him sing Hindi songs and that is how I developed taste in this music," she said, adding that it was rendering of an Arabic song on mother's day that set her off on the path to musical career.

"My Arabic song on mother brought so many in audiences to tears and that was the first time my father encouraged me to take to singing," says Asma, whose mother divorced her father.

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http://www.gulfnews.com/news/gulf/oman/10265504.html

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Posted: 16 years ago

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Asma - Chunri chunri - January 24 GRAND FINALE Saregamapa Challenge 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH-jkwep0Ps

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH-jkwep0Ps[/YOUTUBE]

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baz786

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Posted: 16 years ago

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Hi all,

not sure if ive posted this already but ive just wanted the members thoughts on how they felt that the pakistani contestants were not part of the srgmp ch09 grand finale. I myself was rather disapointed.

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