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| Nearly two years after Fame Gurukul, Arpita Mukherjee cuts an album | |
| Rachana Dubey | |
You disappeared after Fame Gurukul.. why? I've been busy with my album. Besides, I have been doing live shows, modelling and doing playback for a couple of films. Why did your debut album take so long to get launched? There are seven original songs in the album, Yeh Chand, and they're all original. That's why it took so long. The idea was to release them as single compilations, which means every month there will be a song released with its video. There are four other singers who're singing with me in the album. Do you think Qazi and Ruprekha deserved to win Fame Gurukul? I wouldn't comment on that because time will tell. If someone has the talent, he or she will survive regardless of whether they win or lose a contest. One doesn't see them around much these days. I don't know I'm not in touch with any of my co-contestants from Fame Gurukul. We do bump into one another in between our shows but that's about it. Do you think being on Indian Idol would have helped you better? There's no reality show that can assure a successful career Such shows give you a headstart but can't survive on that. Also, with so many talent hunt shows on, the public hardly remembers you. It all depends on your luck and hard work. Your judges on Fame Gurukul seemed quite happy with you. Did any of them approach you with work after the show? There were a lot of promises made on both the shows (I did Sa Re Ga Ma before Fame Gurukul) that I participated in. I did sing a song for Kuch Meetha Ho Jaye but that was about it. See, some promises are fulfilled and some aren't.. that's life. Are reality shows for real? No. They're far from reality They portray contestants in a very different light from what they actually are. Today, every reality show has some weeping contestant and judges fighting among themselves. I can't see how the public accepts it.
You disappeared after Fame Gurukul.. why? I've been busy with my album. Besides, I have been doing live shows, modelling and doing playback for a couple of films. Why did your debut album take so long to get launched? There are seven original songs in the album, Yeh Chand, and they're all original. That's why it took so long. The idea was to release them as single compilations, which means every month there will be a song released with its video. There are four other singers who're singing with me in the album. Do you think Qazi and Ruprekha deserved to win Fame Gurukul? I wouldn't comment on that be- cause time will tell. If some- one has the talent, he or she will survive regardless of whether they win or lose a contest. One doesn't see them around much these days. I don't know I'm not in touch with any of my co-con- testants from Fame Gurukul. We do bump into one another in between our shows but that's about it. Do you think being on Indi- an Idol would have helped you better? There's no reality show that can assure a successful career Such shows give you a head- start but can't survive on that. Also, with so many talent hunt shows on, the public hardly re- members you. It all depends on your luck and hard work. Your judges on Fame Gu- rukul seemed quite happy with you. Did any of them approach you with work af- ter the show? There were a lot of promises made on both the shows (I did Sa Re Ga Ma before Fame Gu- rukul) that I participated in. I did sing a song for Kuch Meetha Ho Jaye but that was about it. See, some promises are fulfilled and some aren't.. that's life. Are reality shows for real? No. They're far from reality They portray contestants in a very different light from what they actually are. Today, every reality show has some weeping contestant and judges fighting among themselves. I can't see how the public accepts it.
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