Trying Hard To Be Rude
Since the advent of Anu Malik in Indian Idol, it has become fashionable to lambaste the participants during the popular shows, as it has become fashionable to have such shows. Latest to join this bandwagon is Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, hosted by Shaan.
There is this battery of judges which includes Himesh Reshamiya, Ismail Darbar, Jatin-Lalit, & Adesh Srivastav. There is a twosome problem with these so called artists. The First one is that with a little semblance of success, they begin to assume that they are a better breed than rest of us mortals.
The other problem is the growing insecurity due to cut-throat competition in their field. I can bet none of these gentlemen see eye-to-eye to each other in their private lives. Sometimes, these insecurities come to forefront at the most unlikeliest of the occasions. One such occasion was last Friday's telecast.
The culprit was Adesh Srivastav. A contestant sang the song from the movie Sur - "Aa Bhi Ja...", originally sung by Lucky Ali. While lambasting the contestant, Mr. Srivastav went deliberately overboard, and ridiculed Lucky Ali as well. This is what he said - "Aapne Bahut Besura Gaya. Jaisa Ki Is Song Ke Original Singer(Lucky Ali) Ne Gaya Tha."
This is was so distasteful, but again the upbringing and the insecurities come into the play. But what surprised me was the fact that this was coming from someone who can hardly boast a decent success to his name. Till last year he would get only one song in the films, particularly a Bhangra, and mostly by Amitabh Bachhan's recommendations(Roop Hai Tera Sona -Major Saab, Say Shava Shava - K3G).
Only when Baghban became a hit, that he tasted some real success. That's after being ten years in the industry. By calling Lucky Ali a Besura - he forgot his own past. During his struggling days, inorder to boost his sagging career, he came up with a misadventure-cum-pop-alblum, sung in his own pathetic voice, called - Namaste (opening lines went like this- Pashchim Ki Laila Ko, Purab Ke Chhaila Ka Namaste...arrrg). That would have put even a crow in better light. While Lucky Ali's debut album - Suno was a smashing hit.
What was even more surprising was the fact that Zee TV didn't 'beep' this unwanted comment. They have another cut-throat competition to face with. So any crap would do which could add to a controversy, and in a way to 'popularity'.
I guess, the proverb - Be Good, Do Good should be changed to Be Rude, Do Rude. In these times, it would work well even with the grammatical error.
There is this battery of judges which includes Himesh Reshamiya, Ismail Darbar, Jatin-Lalit, & Adesh Srivastav. There is a twosome problem with these so called artists. The First one is that with a little semblance of success, they begin to assume that they are a better breed than rest of us mortals.
The other problem is the growing insecurity due to cut-throat competition in their field. I can bet none of these gentlemen see eye-to-eye to each other in their private lives. Sometimes, these insecurities come to forefront at the most unlikeliest of the occasions. One such occasion was last Friday's telecast.
The culprit was Adesh Srivastav. A contestant sang the song from the movie Sur - "Aa Bhi Ja...", originally sung by Lucky Ali. While lambasting the contestant, Mr. Srivastav went deliberately overboard, and ridiculed Lucky Ali as well. This is what he said - "Aapne Bahut Besura Gaya. Jaisa Ki Is Song Ke Original Singer(Lucky Ali) Ne Gaya Tha."
This is was so distasteful, but again the upbringing and the insecurities come into the play. But what surprised me was the fact that this was coming from someone who can hardly boast a decent success to his name. Till last year he would get only one song in the films, particularly a Bhangra, and mostly by Amitabh Bachhan's recommendations(Roop Hai Tera Sona -Major Saab, Say Shava Shava - K3G).
Only when Baghban became a hit, that he tasted some real success. That's after being ten years in the industry. By calling Lucky Ali a Besura - he forgot his own past. During his struggling days, inorder to boost his sagging career, he came up with a misadventure-cum-pop-alblum, sung in his own pathetic voice, called - Namaste (opening lines went like this- Pashchim Ki Laila Ko, Purab Ke Chhaila Ka Namaste...arrrg). That would have put even a crow in better light. While Lucky Ali's debut album - Suno was a smashing hit.
What was even more surprising was the fact that Zee TV didn't 'beep' this unwanted comment. They have another cut-throat competition to face with. So any crap would do which could add to a controversy, and in a way to 'popularity'.
I guess, the proverb - Be Good, Do Good should be changed to Be Rude, Do Rude. In these times, it would work well even with the grammatical error.
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posted by Unknown at 11:54 AM
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