Singer Sonu Nigam raised his iota of respect with
clippings of a couple of personal favourites at a SAHARA
INDIA STAGE-SHOW: Gaari Bula rahi Hain & Yeh DES
PARDES/No.603 D/TITLE/ZEE- SA RE GA MA PA JNR & SNR/ worked
wonder. Yeh Des Pardes is a lyric with labyrinthian
proceedings—such a scintillating vocal display, in fact
the voice travels through so many peaks & valleys my
goodness—that I seriously wonder how K had actually
yoddeled away so effortlessly with it. O.K. Sonu, Phir
milenge Chalte chalte (RAB NE BANA DI JODI). SONY’s
Reality show X – FACTOR gave me the surprise of a
lifetime, in fact I couldn’t have asked for more. It was the
ANOKHI ADA of Mr. Vishal sribastav – an autorickshaw driver whose Haal kya hain dilon ka na puchho
SonuNigam [sorry, I failed to miss the fun!] gave Sonu, Sanjay Leela Bansali & Sreya Ghosal steamy eyes
& the stadium a moment to stand together and encourage his Kishoresqueness. Date & time of the
telecast was 31st May 2011 Thursday 9pm. Another memorable telecast of X – FACTOR dates back to 1st
July 2011. It was so charming to watch Sufi group DIWAANA performing Pyar humein kis mod pe le
aaya and getting Sanjay Leela Bansali stand up to acknowledge. It was really cheap
on the part of Sonu Nigam to comment that the composition was too easy for
singers of their stature. Anyway, richest tribute to the song was paid by
Derhadun’s ‘slow-motion king’ Crokroach [DID 3]. Another one Kaate nehin kat te
yeh din ye raat came from the winner Rajsmita. To me, singer Abhijeet who
identifies himself best with “Jani o jani”/No.296 D/RAJA JANI/, at least efforts to
pull it off with true-blue K élan. Himesh Reshamiya was spotted referring K to
highlight occasions/SA RE GA MA PA CHALLENGE 2007/ including his version of the
movie KARZ. A respectful Srikant Acharaya navigates Nayano Saroshi Keno Bhoreche
Joley (Fathers’ first favourite) his neat, nonchalant way/8:30 am E-Tv BANGLA
GAAN LIVE - 4TH Aug 2008/ K performed...