The journey of the Indian Idol started 3 years back when a theme inspired by a reality show in the US became a mania in every household in India. Twas a new theme a rather experimental theme for the Indian crowd and no one would have prophesied that it will one day become the biggest reality show on the Indian grounds. It was such a frenzy that it captivated every being...young and old..The first Idol, Abhijeet Sawant...an unforgettable one, got mixed riposte from the flock..I was myself not very satisfied with the denouement as i had a little soft spot for Amit Sana...he being from my hometown but lately after the album release of Abhijeet, really felt this guy had content. A couple of songs from his latest album "JUNOON" are my fave these days..amazing work! The second Idol, Sandeep Acharya...cute smilin' face was easily forgotten...not much ballyhoo this time i guess...people were no more charmed by the theme...cuz almost every channel in this one year time span had dumped enough talent hunts and other reality shows...alas Indian Idol 2 had lost its appeal...and was being counted as mere just another reality show in a rabble...the arch of all reality shows had lost its eclat..But it looked like a different story for the Indian Idol season 3...A record-breaker in terms of voting...with almost 7 Crore votes received...a record-breaker in terms of the winner...Prashant Tamang, who learnt music from hearing...never had any professional training in music and competed with the voices that had been trained over years...That was a good attempt on his part but to be candid...I really dint find anything so gala in him which would have put him on a higher ground than Amit Paul, the runner-up. It came as a surprise for many when the Darjeeling based lad stole the show vanquishing the down to earth, ever smiling, and extremely talented Amit. I still wonder how the whole nation can be so wrong in judging...or may be am wondering on what grounds do the masses actually vote!!?? Is it the voice, is it the singing style, is it the looks, is it smartness, the personality of the person, the location...or what on earth do they see in the singer to vote for him!!?? I still cant say how pertinent it is to judge the Indian Idol thru voting by common people, majority of whom might not have good understanding of music!? But may be it wont be justified to place the onus of choosing the Indian Idol on four judges as well. The long 8 months journey of the Idol witnesses a lot of emotional ups and downs, sees a lot of talents exiting the stage early not because they dint have a better voice than the rest but because of the lack of votes that they were able to bring into their lots..I am stil wondering if selecting the Indian Idol is just about getting the best voice in India!! You go to every nook of the country to get the voice you are searching for, thats absolutely justified...but how much justice are you doing to them after bringing them here on centre stage and evicting them to be chosen or rejected on the basis of the number of votes rather than on their real talent of singing??
I dont know if its wrong or right...justified or not...All that can be said is that popularity of the Idol matters...left alone the prize moneyand other perks...all that matters is that people of the whole nation have chosen you...oughtta do justice to the trust levied on you...After all the Indian Idol is truly the People's Idol..
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