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Sony TV's new reality show "Fame Gurukul" has three finalists from Delhi in a total of 14. An update by SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY
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ON A HUNT FOR NAME AND FAME: Mona Bhatt, Deepak Singh Meher (right ) and Anubhav Suman, the three "Fame Gurukul" finalists from Delhi
With flashbulbs on, cameras rolling and journalists spurting incessant queries at them, their nervous smiles and blank looks are understandable. Hailing from middle class families across Delhi, flashbulb fame has not touched them till the morning.
"I have talked about the same things six times already," smiles Mona Bhatt. "Ditto," adds friend Anubhav Suman. Deepak Singh Meher is already cloaking his coyness with an uneasy grin. But love it or hate it, for the next few months, Mona, Deepak and Anubhav won't be able to run away from rolling cameras and media glare. These three are among the 14 total finalists for the Sony TV's new reality show, Fame Gurukul.
Having appeared for audition in the city to enter this music show, which will take them to a hidden camera-fitted swank gurukul set-up in Mumbai's Malad area, they had to sing songs, one of their choice and one of judges' choice. Hundreds tried their luck to catch the attention of celebrities like Usha Uthoop, and only these three could do so.
"We are flying off to Mumbai this evening. We will be completely cut off from friends and family for the next six months depending on who will be turned out by the judges and the viewers. We will have to do lot of riyaaz there. Big names in the music industry will visit us to check what's right and what's wrong with us. There will also be personality grooming sessions," says 19-year-old Mona, a student of Facuilty of Fine Arts, Delhi University.
Her batch mate Anubhav adds, "It is sad that we will be away from what we are so familiar with for so long, but when we think of it as a great launching pad for a career in music, we feel good." Deepak's father, a shopkeeper near Faridabad, pushed him to go for audition. "It feels good now. I will be on TV. Mein to hero banjaunga," he says.
With singer Ila Arun as the `headmistress' of the gurukul, the show will have judges like Javed Akhtar and Shankar Mahadevan. With a life of about five-six months on television, the show will be hosted by Mandira Bedi and should hit the Sony screens soon.
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