Originally posted by: mademoise11e
The 'Challenge' hots up!
Sudipto Chattopadhyay
Monday, January 16, 2006 19:32 IST
The music contest 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge' on Zee is gearing up for the finals. The top slot is reserved for the three finalists - Hemchandra, Himani and Vineet as participant Debojit Saha will be ousted out this week.
Hemchandra states nervously, "I am hoping for a miracle. Everything depends on the public vote and my performance." He has already sung for composer Adesh Srivastav's forthcoming film 'Alag'. "Adeshji trained me to project my voice in the microphone and about the finer nuances of a public performance," says Hemchandra.
Himani, the most buoyant of the three, feels, "The boys will battle amongst themselves, while I will have to prove my individual worth." She is indebted both to Adesh and his wife Vijeta Pandit for having fine-tuned her talent. Himani has sung three numbers for the Sushmita Sen starrer 'Chingari' and has recorded a song each with composers Lalit, Raju Singh and Himesh Reshmaiyya. "I would like to do something for the illiterate in my hometown Faridabad if I win this contest," says the spirited girl.
Young Vineet, whom Kapil Dev fondly referred to as 'topiwala Tendulkar', gets candid, "Hemachandra and Himani are better singers than me." He is deeply indebted to mentor Reshmaiyya. "Whatever I am today is because of Himeshji. He helped me find my own voice. I used to mimic Rafi Saab and Sonu Nigam before." Vineet is nonchalant about failure or defeat, "I have achieved more than I ever dreamt of. I will be happy if I win, but even if I don't, I'm here in Mumbai for good."
Source: http://dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1007830&CatID=7
Come on all the voters and non voters but who have endured (should it be enjoyed?) the spirited singing of the melodious singer -- himani -- LET'S VOTE FOR FARIDABAD. What if I don't live in faridabad, I equally care for the less fortunates (and I have this 'connection' -- an affinity with illitrates like me). Man who on this earth has the guts to spend the hard earned (1 crore prize money) money on such nobel a cause as spreading education in fellow citizens. Maybe some day some other kind hearted from my surroundings might decide to spend a bit on my education as well......
Come on you all slum-dwellers!!! I know you don't know how to sms but if you really want to be capable some day to sms, first you have to learn to read. BE Literate. Your Himani didi is on her way...I mean, just a few votes away....Had gajju taken me-like people into account and allowed for post-card voting..........😭😭
Damn Himesh!! I knew from the first day that he is going to use the raw vulnerability of poor vinit. Now, what he has put the kid into. How else can he now be able to pay back the borrowings from himesh, especially when, himesh himself is from head to toe in debts, except from the prize money of 1 crore? But, himesh is not coming out of this mess even from this 1 crore. I suggest, they both collectively file for liquidation. May be this way they regain liquidation in their eyes. Don't get? I meant - 'AANKH KA PAANI' ........ jise guzre huye zamana hua.......😭