Shankar Mahadevan beats Shaan on ‘Music Ka Maha Muqqabla’
March 21, 2010 by Trend PK
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Mumbai, March 21 :
Shaan too gave his best shot to the show and gave tough competition to Shankar with his team “Shaan’s Strikers” that included Harshit Saxena, Anweshaa Dutta Gupta, Debojit Saha and Shadab Faridi.
It was an enthralling finale to STAR Plus’ “Music Ka Maha Muqabbla”, as popular composer-singer Shankar Mahadevan pipped playback singer Shaan in the mega reality show here Saturday night.
Shankar’s team “Shankar’s Rockstars”, comprising singers Rahul Vaidya, Sharib Sabri, Sanjeev Kumar and Neetii Muhan, rocked the stage with peppy numbers and won the show by three points.
They took home a cash prize of Rs.50 lakh (Rs.5 million) presented by sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan.
After the victory, Shankar told IANS: “I used to meet with my team members now and then but I never thought that we will make such a wonderful team. Our main motive was entertainment, but along with that we tried giving some message which thankfully reached to the people. I haven’t decided what to do with the prize money. Now we will party and hopefully go on a tour.”
However, even with a lot of votes, he fell woefully short.
Popular numbers, a lively audience, energetic dancers – the show was a melange of it all.
“Music Ka Maha Muqqabla”, which has been on air since 13 weeks, had Mika, Himesh Reshimyya, Mohit Chauhan and Shreya Ghoshal in the race earlier.
Offers Good And Bad Music,Main Aurr Mrs Khanna
Mumbai: After ‘Wanted’, composer duo Sajid Wajid returns to the music of another, starring Salman Khan, ‘Main Aurr Mrs Khanna. The album can be considered a sure shot hit, but is decent in parts.The soundtrack features five originals and two remixes.
“Don` t say Alvida “, a romantic, sung by Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal and Suzanne D’Mello, is not as attractive. The musical backing and feel of the song is quite old and don `t reflect the music of today. In general, a boring subject.
The song has two versions – one is fast paced with more hits and another is a sad version, but none of them click with the listeners.
Up next is “Happening”, a serial number on the lines of “Kajra Re” and “Billo Rani”. The song is already making waves on television is sung by Sunidhi Chauhan, Wajid and supported by Raja Mushtaq. It is foot-tapping and fun track on the song that makes the listener. Sundhi `s voice not only complements the catchy tune but the song asks.
This issue also has a remix version, which is faster and has more hits. But the original is better.
Then there’s Mrs. Khanna “- begins with a completely Western, including English lyrics. Gradually, the song changes with the inclusion of Hindi lyrics. Fast and energetic, has a bunch of singing behind the microphone, including Bappi Lahiri , Shaan, Sunidhi, Neuman Pinto, Suzanne. It doesn `t ignite much interest.
Next in line is a number in the voice of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, doing what he does best. ‘Rabba’ is a soft, poignant number with rustic influences. A nice relaxing number.
Finally, there is “Tum ne Socha,” sung by Wajid again along with Shreya. A contemporary song and nice to hear, he remembers listening to “Every Breath you Take” from 1983 album “Synchronicity” by the band The Police. Aside from the similarity, the song is very hummable.
Overall, the album has a mixture of good compositions and a half. A few songs use a lot as a drop in a few planes.
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