music: 2012

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

	A. R. Rahman, A. R. R.
Born	(1967-01-06) 6 January 1967 (age 45)^[1] Madras, Madras State, India^[2]
Genres	Film score, electronic, dance, classical
Occupations	Singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, music director, arranger, entrepreneur, philanthropist, conductor
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, percussion, drums, harpejji, continuum fingerboard, keyboard, piano, accordion, goblet drum, concert harp
Years active	1987–present
Labels	K. M. Musiq
Associated acts	Nemesis Avenue, SuperHeavy
Website	www.arrahman.com

Sunday, 11 November 2012

Show started in 1995. Till April 2012 it has seen 16 seasons with 1076 episodes.

From 1999 till 2001, the show was hosted by the brothers Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan.
After that, Shaan started hosting the show. Later, the name "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" became known as the "brand name" of the series and completely changed the concept of the show to include public interaction through voting. This was first done in 2005, when the old show concept was completely scraped and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 was introduced.
In February 2007, RealMedia - Zee TV in Dubai, produced and started airing Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Middle East - Pakistan Challenge 2007 for the Middle East and Pakistan viewers based on the original format of the show

Production
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Logo
Format	Reality Musical game show
Opening theme	"Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" by Javed Ali
Country of origin	India
Running time	approx. 52 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Zee TV
Picture format	480i (SDTV),
Original airing	May 1, 1995
External links
Website

Show started in 1995. Till April 2012 it has seen 16 seasons with 1076 episodes.

Sur Kshetra or Sur-Kshetra ( Urdu: سر شتر, Hindi: सुर क्षेत्र) is a singing talent show or musical battle between teams of two neighboring countries: India and Pakistan to be aired simulcast on Sahara One , Colors TV ,Geo TV and Aag TV, . The show is hosted by Indian actress Ayesha Takia. The Indian Team is led by music director/singer/actor Himesh Reshammiya and the Pakistani Team is led by singer/actor Atif Aslam. ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
It is being shown on

Judges/Mentors Atif Aslam - Pakistan Himesh Reshammiya - India [edit] Participants Finalists Sara Raza Khan - Pakistan Mulazzim Hussain - Pakistan Yashraj Kapil - India Pakistan Imran Ali Akhtar - Pakistan Nadeem Abbaas Nabeel Shaukat Ali - Pakistan India Diljaan Aman G Trikha Budhaditya Mukherjee Eliminated Shahzad Ali (Abdul Sajjad) - India Indrani Bhattacherjee - India Ameer Ali - Pakistan finalists Sara Raza khan Mulazim Hussain Yashraaj Kapil Nabeel Shukat Ali Imran Ali Akhtar India Team Buddhaditya Mukherjee Diljaan Aman G Trika Pakistan Team Nadeem Abass Sur-Kshetra

Indian Idol is an adaptation of the Pop Idol format. It started airing in India with the first season in 2004–2005 and followed that with second (2005–2006), third (2007) and fourth (2008–2009) seasons. In February 2010, Sony Entertain
announced tIndian Idol is an adaptation of the Pop Idol format. It started airing in India with the firsthe launch of the Fifth season

Logo of Indian Idol

The winner of the first season of Indian Idol was Abhijeet Sawant, from Mumbai. This season was aired from October, 2004 to 5 March 2005 on Sony TV. Amit Sana from Bhilai, Chhattisgarh was declared the 1st runner-up, while Rahul Vaidya from Nagpur and Prajakta Shukre from Jabalpur, MP came 3rd and 4th respectively, in the competition.
The judges for the First season were Anu Malik, Sonu Nigam and Farah Khan. They retained the same spot for the Second Season. The first season was hosted by Aman Verma and Mini Mathur