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A platform for budding singers

MUSIC GURUS: Adesh Shrivastav, Himesh Reshammiya, Jatin Lalit and Ismail Darbar, who will train 48 contestants for a new version of "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa", with programme's anchor Shaan.

To provide a platform to aspiring singers, Zee TV will bring its viewers a revamped version of its popular "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" programme from this Thursday.

The channel, which is celebrating 10 years of this musical programme, has now roped in some of the leading music directors from Bollywood -- Adesh Shrivastav, Himesh Reshammiya, Ismail Darbar and Jatin Lalit -- for its new competitive series, "Hero Honda Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005".

Under the guidance of the music directors, 48 contestants selected from 13 cities across the country would compete with one another to impress the judges -- Jagjit Singh, Ghulam Ali and Shiv Hari.

As head of the "gharana", each maestro will be allotted eight aspiring singers whom they will have to groom for the challenging programme. The winners, a boy and a girl, will walk away with a music contract and an opportunity to sing for a Zee tele-film.

Speaking at the launch in Delhi on Monday, singer Shaan, who will anchor the programme, said: "The cedibility of each music director will be at stake as they would not like singers trained by them getting eliminated."

While Darbar said the contestants must constructively utilise the opportunity offered to them by going in for voice modulation and improving their diction, Reshammiya -- whose songs in "Tere Naam" became chartbusters -- said that contestants interested in finding a foothold in Bollywood must realise that if they imitate legendary singers of the bygone era then their voice would not suit the current crop of actors like Hrithik Roshan and Salman Khan. "I will not encourage the contestants to imitate yesteryears' singers like Kishore Kumar and Mohammad Rafi. Of course these legendary singers could be a source of inspiration, but the contestants would have to sing in their original voice. To sustain interest among the viewers, the programme's endeavour will be to promote genuine talent," added Reshammiya. -- Madhur Tankha

-- Madhur Tankha

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