Showing posts with label amit sana. Show all posts
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Saturday, April 12, 2008

The Fourth Season of Indian Idol begins

Indian Idol, the show with a distinctive and breakthrough concept is back with Season 4!!! Yes, the most popular reality show of Indian television, Indian Idol is back with its new season. For the last three years, this popular adaptation of UK's top reality show 'Pop Idol' has been the ultimate platform for budding singers across the nation. Sony Entertainment Television now brings the fourth season of this popular series. The talent hunt begins as auditions start across the country.

The third season of Indian Idol brought out pure raw talent in the Indian youngsters not only from within the country, but from across the world from different strata of society. Voices filled with hope came from everywhere and every shape, possessing genuine talent, to try their hand at becoming the voice of the country. These voices not comprised of thronging voices from the big and small towns of India, but even overseas contestants (Dubai & London). The fourth season will see Anu Mallik and Javed Akthar on the hot seats as they take judges' chair once again for the show.

This year too Indian Idol aims to cover the entire nation to scout for the best singing talent. The fourth season auditions will be held in the following cities:

Ahmedabad – April 7th & 8th,
Amritsar – April 9th & 10th,
Bangalore – April 12th & 13th,
Guwahati – April 13 & 14th,

Kolhapur – April 15th & 16th,
Varanasi – April 16th & 17th.

This will be followed by auditions in Delhi, Gwalior, Jaipur, Kolkatta, Lucknow and Mumbai.

In Ahmedabad, the Indian Idol express will make rounds of high traffic areas with ex- Indian Idol contestants Ankita and Charu sharing their memorable experiences of the third season and calling people to participate the auditions. The bus will move across the city on Monday April 7th, post 3.00 p.m. covering the following areas: Fun Republic, Iskon Mall, Himalaya Mall, and Law Garden (at C G Road).

On April 8th, the bus will cover Nav Gujarat Income Tax, Akhbaar Nagar, Shahi Bagh, Dili Darbar, Shahpur, Nehru Bridge (Opp Rupali Center), Kakarya Bus Station & Bapu Nagar.

To participate in Ahmedabad all you have to do is catch the Indian Idol Express Bus as it moves around your city and go and audition there. In case you miss the bus watch Sony Entertainment Television for numbers and registration details as the phone lines open from April 2,2008. Budding aspirants between the ages of 16-30 can realize their dreams…come, this is your chance. Audition now.

A production of such magnitude warrants only the best in the industry to make it happen. Sony Entertainment Television is once again partnering with one of the country's leading production houses – Miditech Pvt Ltd, the international company – Fremantle Media who are the license holders to the format Indian Idol. Their expertise in producing successful, top quality format shows along with the unparalleled success of Indian Idol 1, 2 & 3 in the past three years will ensure that this year too Indian Idol is the slickest and most magnificent production on Indian television bringing in the best talent that our country has to offer.

Indian Idol is all about dreams and making dreams come true. So if you have a dream to make it big to super stardom, here's your chance. Rush for the auditions.

So get set, as the fourth season of Indian Idol prepares to rock the nation yet again!!!

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Excitement and freshness has died down in Indian Idol

Amit Sana who lost to Abhijeet Sawant in the finals of 'Indian Idol 1' is back with a new album 'Yaadein'. The Bhillai boy says he wants to concentrate on his album and then he will think of playback in a real way. Let's read what Amit has to say about his album and other things.

Q. First of all, we will like to know about the album.....
A. The name of the album is 'Yaadein'. The music and lyrics have been given by different musicians and lyricists. The album is very romantic, I feel. It has eight songs out of which five are original and three are remixes.

It has all moods of love. One song in the album is a little Arabic. I feel the youngsters will be able to relate to the songs.

Q. What is the theme of your album? Going by the glimpses of the video it looks a little sad.....
A. (Stresses) No, it is not sad at all. It is more on the emotional side. It deals with the relation of the boy and girl on the emotional side when they miss each other, the songs deal with the different aspects of love not only the sad part.

Q. The video of your album looks classy; we will like to know who is behind it and what was your thought process while deciding on this type of video?
A. There was a song of Enrique Iglesias, 'Somebody's me' that came recently, I listen to him a lot and we were planning to make a video with a Latin look because my skin tone is dark.

We were planning a similar look for our video and the mood of this song. 'Yaadein' matched and we made this video. The video is directed by Raj Pindulkar. We had many ideas, but finalized this concept.

Q. What do you say about 'Asian Idol'? Was Abhijeet Sawant's choice correct?
A. See, 'Asian Idol' was a program where all the winners from different Asian countries were invited to participate.

Here they had planned a competition between the three winners of 'Indian Idol', but some how the competition could not be held due to date problems. So, they send the first winner Abhijeet.

Q. What do you think is the reason that the benefits reaped by the three the finalists of first 'Indian Idol' got is more than that of the winners of 'Indian Idol- 2 and 3' ?
A. This year the response has been very good and everybody is getting benefited.

I would say that 'Indian Idol' had started that year and every body was eager and there was a lot of suspense but after that many shows on the same pattern came and the excitement level of the audiences died down as all the shows were following almost the same format and there was no freshness.

And it is always said that the first one makes a special impact and is not comparable.

Q. Will you like to tell us about the songs of the album?
A. As I said, the album has eight songs of which five are original and the other three are remixes of the originals..

'Yaadein' with music by Sufian and lyrics by Hanif Sheikh has a painful feeling.'Woh ho Tum' depicts a healthy relationship where they are missing each other. 'Khalish' deals with misunderstanding, where both the boy and girl are missing each other.

The fourth song has an element of 'Masti' where they tease each other. This has a little flavor of Arabic and here the boy sees the girl in her college or school, but when he comes home then also he sees her everywhere.

Q. Which song from your collection do you consider to be the best?
A. It is difficult to say because there are many and every song I sing is close to my heart. I would say 'Yaadein' from my album and the song that will come after that. The song in 'Kalyug' was also successful.

Q. Name one song….
A. Then I would say 'Yaadein' from this album. I consider it to be the best amongst the songs sung by me.

Q. What is happening with your playback singing these days?
A. I sang in a few films like 'Kalyug' and 'Delhi Heights'. I have sung in the film 'Ek Tha Deewana.' Madhavan and Dino Morea are in the film. I am not sure about it. The real thing is that I am concentrating on my album as I want people to know my strengths and what I can sing and what suits my voice.

Q. What, according to you, is the reason that listeners should buy your album?
A. I had said many things during 'Indian idol' and my brother had also said so. I think to know how much I have been able to fulfill those, they should buy one copy of my album. I have tried to give my best.

My attempt is to give something really good to my listeners. I have made songs that people will like to listen to at least 100 times and songs that they will relate to.

I am saying I have tried because at last all depends on the listeners whether they like it or not but I will say I have enjoyed composing and they are close to my heart. I feel people should buy the album to try it out at least.

Q. When is the launch of your album?
A. The date is not fixed till now, but probably we will launch it on January 17. -Sonu Anand

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