Debojit and Vinit live in Kolkatta...

Debojit and Vinit live in Kolkatta...

At the Kolkata airport when Vinit gets off the aircraft from Mumbai thousands of fans surge forward chanting his name. They throw flowers and thrust slips of paper into his face. Vinit looks flummoxed, then pleased. Coincidentally, the two Fame Gurkul winners Rooparekha and Qazi are also at the airport. There's minimal interest in them.
Few hours later at City Centre, Salt Lake: Debojit and Vinit arrive at the crowded hysterical venue for their live concert in Kolkota. While Debojit looks around curiously and cautiously, Vinit is a little bewildered when the girls and boys start shrieking.
"It isn't as though I'm not used to crowds by now. I've been through enough live performances all over India ever since Sa Re Ga Ma Pa happened to me. I do take to the audience immediately and instinctively. But this is something else," Vinit whispers as he gets on stage to sing Janaab-e-jaani with his mentor Himesh Reshammiya.
When Debojit gets together with his mentor Ismail Durbar to render Woh kisna hai, the audiences are enthusiastic in their response, though not delirious.
"Debojit definitely has a fan following, and you can see he has fanatics instead of fans," Sa Re Ga Ma producer Gajendra Singh points out to large clusters of Debu-philes shouting his name, holding up banners, insisting that he's the best.
Singh then points to the fans of the other finalist. "But Vinit has fans who love him for what he is, and not where he comes from. Vinit definitely has an edge."
Himesh Reshammiya actually gets on stage during the performance to warn audiences not to get swayed by the contestant's place of origin but to focus on talent.