The voice behind “Mera Dil” and “Babuji Dheere Chalna” from Salaam-e-Ishq, Nihira Joshi has captured the hearts of various music lovers with her sweet voice during SaReGaMaPa Challenge 2005. She had a critical acclaim and though she could not make it to the finals of Challenge 2005, she is one amongst those budding singers to have sung songs for leading music directors. From Bunty aur Babli, Alag, 88 Antop Hill, Marie Gold to Salaam-e-Ishq, Nihira has given one super hit song after the other. We caught up with Nihira to know about her future plans.

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The hot and handsome Hyderabadi contestant of SaReGaMaPa Challenge 2005, Hemachandra Vedala will now be seen in an entirely new avatar.After the success of his first album, he is now all set to host Zee Telugu, SaReGaMaPa L’il Champs. The show has the same concept as of Zee Hindi L’il Champs where kids from age 8 to 15 will be participating to showcase their talent. Chandu, as his friends lovingly call him is extremely excited about the whole affair and shares with us his experience of being a host.Hemachandra who started his classical training at a very young age, is amazed after hearing the talented kids of the show and couldn’t stop praising them. “The quality of singing is awesome.All the kids are sounding like professionals and I am shocked to see them sing as well as perform with so much confidence. I am also helping these contestants and trying to groom them for a better a performance”.

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Reality show judges across the board are facing the ire of the public and the media after Shinjini Sengupta, a contestant from a regional dance reality show, went into coma unable to digest her loss and the ‘harsh’ comments from the judges. While it must not be discounted that Shinjini’s case has served as fodder to the media to crack down on such reality shows but it has raised certain valid questions. As Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 gets underway in a few days its judges had to face the music at the show’s launch yesterday.The jury panel of Himesh Reshammiya, Aadesh Srivastav, and Shankar Mahadevan must have expected an easy evening but they were bombarded with uncomfortable questions from the media. The fourth judge Pritam was spared the blushes as he arrived way after the press conference was over.

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The Grand Finale was made extra special with lot of grandiose and great performances and dazzling stars from musical and tellyworld. Lot of legendary figures from the Bollywood Music fraternity like Anand Bakshi, Pinaaz Massani, made it to the show. Past SaReGaMaPa show contestants, Debojit, Sumedha, Aishwarya, Mauli Dave and many others were also there as special guests. Both the Guru’s Sonu Nigam and Suresh Wadekarji came up with some brilliant performances along with the mind-blowing numbers from all the top ten contestants.

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During Challenge 2007, Zee Muzic launched a new show with Manasi Joshi Roy – Hangama. This gave the viewers behind the scene happenings of Challenge 2007. Now they have come up with another new show – The Best of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.

This show is going to air the best performances of the finalists and with that, heart to heart chat with these contestants. Want to know if Aneek really could find his true love on the sets? Or what does Sumedha have to say about Poonam’s performances? Why was one outraged on a Guru’s comment? The show will cover all, and bring it in front of the viewers.

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Rohit Roy and Mansi Joshi Roy’s magic indeed works! Their Production House Magic Works’ is just few months old, but with 3 short films ready for a release this month, and 2 Bollywood movies slated to release in 2008, Rohit and Mansi’s Production House is growing from strength to strength.

The Dashing Actor and Anchor turns a new leaf now, as he turns a Director; having just finished shooting for his directorial debut, ‘Rice Plate’, here is Rohit Roy sharing his experience on the same. “Rice Plate is one short film in the movie Dus Kahaaniyan

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This week’s shows turned out to be a gala event full of fun, frolic, dancing, and extravaganza galore. It seemed more like a musical concert than a musical reality show.

Zee SaReGaMaPa C2007 reached its finale and gave a fitting closure to another season of journey of voices, music, sur, taal, some exceptional performances, the magic of the magical mentors of the show, and of course the strong (over)doses of drama. The venue for the show, Andheri Sports Complex was decked up in magnificent splendor, and the celebrity list was endless. The stadium was packed to capacity, and it was a marathon 4 hours show with mentors, the top 12 participants, previous SRGMP participants and also celebrity guest Akshay Kumar crooning. The final results saw Aneek Dhar from Kolkata as the winner, while Raja Hasan from Bikaner was the first runner up followed by Amanat Ali from Pakistan. But the show stopper was Himesh, the winning mentor of the Rock Gharana. He was so excited at the news of Aneek winning that he forgot where he was, and just refused to let go of the mike. He narrated out all his past, present and future projects and could have gone on and on with his talks on “Sanskriti”, had Aditya not stopped him - “Am I Right”, Himesh? The manner in which Aditya handled the whole show proved beyond doubt that he has come a long way now to become one of the best hosts.

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Aneek Dhar is the Winner of SaReGaMaPa Challenge 2007. Check out for details and winning pictures.

The last two weeks of tension, apprehensions, jubiliations, heart attacks, wishful thinking, the craze that gripped millions of fans who campaigned and voted relentlessly 24/7, have now decided the winner for the much sought after #1 crown. The mandates have chosen the topper. It is none other than the 18 year old Royal Bengal Cub of Kolkata - Aneek Dhar!! He beat Bikaner’s Raja Hasan and Pakistan’s Amanat Ali to take the title “Vishvayudh ka Vijeta”. Raja was declared

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