Maharashtra team declared SaReGaMaPa MegaChallenge winner
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra team comprising Vaishali Mhade, Rohit Raut and Kaushik was declared winners of Zee TV's Hero Honda SaReGaMaPa MegaChallenge on Friday evening.
The culmination of SaReGaMaPa MegaChallenge also marked 1000 episodes of reality show - �SaReGaMaPa' which completed its stint of 17 long years on Zee TV. To celebrate this occasion, Zee TV set the stage on fire by getting the singing sensations of the country all together on one stage. The evening anchored by Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Afsha and Dhairya took the audiences down memory lane, creating a nostalgic experience as they performed as well
The cast of Three Idiots - Madhavan and Sharman Joshi, along with the director Raju Hirani and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra graced the occasion. Notable singers like Kavita Krishnamurhty, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Bappi Lahiri, Abhijeet, Leslie Lewis and many more were a part of this glorious moment. Kailash Kher and Kunal Ganjawalla rocked the evening with their incredible performances. For the very first time, the father-son duo - Udit and Aditya Narayan, were seen performing together. Shreya Ghoshal, Sanjeevani, Raja Hassan, Vishal Dadlani and many more who started off their singing career on this stage, attended the event and expressed their gratitude towards �SaReGaMaPa'.
Adding to the excitement was the Indo–western fusion put together by Terrence Lewis. This performance brought flavours of different dance forms in one act by accomplished dancers from across the world Storm, an internationally acclaimed choreographer from Germany, displayed his skills at hip-hop, popping n breaking while African dancer, Hari Das, performed international stunts effortlessly. Bertwin and Shumpa from Terrence's troupe completed the performance with kalari plus contemporary and Indo classical acts, respectively. The telecast of this celebration is on 12 December at 8 pm onwards.
The 1000th episode also saw the conclusion of �Hero Honda SaReGaMaPa MegaChallenge', the seven-week series of fierce competition between various states. The finale, between West Bengal and Maharashtra, announced Maharashtra as the winning team. Vaishali Made was the captain of the Maharashtra team while West Bengal was headed by Abhijeet Ghoshal of Kolkata. Abhigyan from West Bengal who was declared as the Super Singer of the series walked away with a brand new Maruti Estilo. The judges for the evening were Sonu Nigam, Suresh Wadkar and Pyarelal.
Commenting on the show, Zee TV COO Nitin Vaidya said, The completion of 1000 episodes brings back beautiful memories of the years that passed by. Over the years, SaReGaMaPa has given the country - the magic of some of the outstanding performances, the excitement and curiosity during each of the elimination rounds, the grandness of each finale and the popularity of the show that only peaked as time passed. It's an extremely emotional moment for all of us and we look forward to continue the musical journey and sing along another 1000 episodes in the future. I am very thankful to all those who have been an integral part of this milestone....
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra team comprising Vaishali Mhade, Rohit Raut and Kaushik was declared winners of Zee TV's Hero Honda SaReGaMaPa MegaChallenge on Friday evening.
The culmination of SaReGaMaPa MegaChallenge also marked 1000 episodes of reality show - �SaReGaMaPa' which completed its stint of 17 long years on Zee TV. To celebrate this occasion, Zee TV set the stage on fire by getting the singing sensations of the country all together on one stage. The evening anchored by Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Afsha and Dhairya took the audiences down memory lane, creating a nostalgic experience as they performed as well
The cast of Three Idiots - Madhavan and Sharman Joshi, along with the director Raju Hirani and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra graced the occasion. Notable singers like Kavita Krishnamurhty, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Bappi Lahiri, Abhijeet, Leslie Lewis and many more were a part of this glorious moment. Kailash Kher and Kunal Ganjawalla rocked the evening with their incredible performances. For the very first time, the father-son duo - Udit and Aditya Narayan, were seen performing together. Shreya Ghoshal, Sanjeevani, Raja Hassan, Vishal Dadlani and many more who started off their singing career on this stage, attended the event and expressed their gratitude towards �SaReGaMaPa'.
Adding to the excitement was the Indo–western fusion put together by Terrence Lewis. This performance brought flavours of different dance forms in one act by accomplished dancers from across the world Storm, an internationally acclaimed choreographer from Germany, displayed his skills at hip-hop, popping n breaking while African dancer, Hari Das, performed international stunts effortlessly. Bertwin and Shumpa from Terrence's troupe completed the performance with kalari plus contemporary and Indo classical acts, respectively. The telecast of this celebration is on 12 December at 8 pm onwards.
The 1000th episode also saw the conclusion of �Hero Honda SaReGaMaPa MegaChallenge', the seven-week series of fierce competition between various states. The finale, between West Bengal and Maharashtra, announced Maharashtra as the winning team. Vaishali Made was the captain of the Maharashtra team while West Bengal was headed by Abhijeet Ghoshal of Kolkata. Abhigyan from West Bengal who was declared as the Super Singer of the series walked away with a brand new Maruti Estilo. The judges for the evening were Sonu Nigam, Suresh Wadkar and Pyarelal.
Commenting on the show, Zee TV COO Nitin Vaidya said, The completion of 1000 episodes brings back beautiful memories
of the years that passed by. Over the years, SaReGaMaPa has given the country - the magic of some of the outstanding performances, the excitement and curiosity during each of the elimination rounds, the grandness of each finale and the popularity of the show that only peaked as time passed. It's an extremely emotional moment for all of us and we look forward to continue the musical journey and sing along another 1000 episodes in the future. I am very thankful to all those who have been an integral part of this milestone....
The article is good except for two mistakes it made. Abhigyan Das is not from West Bengal. He was a part of the Assam team, which lost the semifinal by West Bengal. Again it says "The Judged for the evening were Sonu Nigam, Suresh Wadkar and Anandji". It should have been "The judges (not Judged) for the evening were Sonu Nigam, Suresh Wadkar and Pyarelal (not Anandji)."
I was minutely following the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega Challenge 2009. The judges basically forced Maharashtra to be the champion. In Maharashtra team, except Vaishali, Kaushik and Rohit are by far the poorer singers compared to the West Bengal team members as well as a few other States' singers (almost like comparing apples with oranges). In the final today, West Bengal were given less points for all three solo performances. The extreme bias of the judges were very clear when Sanchita got 6 points and Rohit for 9. Ridiculous!! In the duet, how come Kaushik gets more than Keka? What was wrong with Abhijit's first duet with Vaishali? There was no "atman"? Where were judges' "atman" residing then? Did they drink too much during the competition or what? Very clearly, judges were biased to Maharashtra. I would not be surprised if they were also bribed. After this event, I have lost all my respect for Sonu, Suresh and Pyarelal. View: http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1305
