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Jan 25, 2005

Indian? Idol

Saw Indian Idol on Sony. I was stumped when I realised that they hadn't visited any Southern cities. So went on a self introspection journey and came up with some excuses or reasons for it.


1.They thought South Indians couldn't sing or win.
(Too dramatic and silly)


2.They didnt say South Indians couldn't participate. Southies could have come to other cities.
(Of course, those from Ahmedabad can't travel to Mumbai, but those from Chennai can travel to Mumbai).


3.They thought since no one sees Sony down South why bother.
(Sounds probable)


4.Hey the regional TV channels have their own contests.
(Though they wouldn't dare to call their programme Indian Idol and omit Delhi)


5.In American Idol, the program goes to all the states in USA. The program is not called USA Idol but American Idol.


Canada is in the American continent. But the Canadians haven't protested against the show and asked the program to come to Canada also, have they?


Hmmm now I think I understand :)


posted on Sunday, October 31, 2004 12:52 AM on O3

7 comments:

  1. INDIA DOES NOT ONLY INCLUDE LUCKNOW,DELHI AND WHATEVER IT ALSO INCLUDES BANGLORE,CHENNAI..... THERE R ALSO A LOTTA SINGERS DOWN THERE 2..... WAITIN TO BE IN THE LIME LIGHT!!!!!!!!! ITS NOT INDIAN IDOL..ITS AN EGO IDOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!EGO IDOL

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  2. well thats what i said.. though i dont want to use the term ego idol:)

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  3. why is indian idol just in hindi? there are other singers who sing just as well in english etc. and wouldn't having an idol capable of belting out mariah carey and whitney houston expose india to the international entertainment industry? why just hindi?

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  4. So they mean Sounth is Dumb and all are Ass? i hope things change fast.

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  5. hopefully in future it would change.

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  6. Why have Indian Idol forgotten Bangalore and Chennai? Why have they forgotten the contributions from S.P. Balasubramaniam (Dil Deewana!!!), K. J. Yesudas (Gori tera gao bada pyara!!!), Shankar Mahadevan (Suno Gaur se Duniya Walon!!!), Kavita Krishnamurthy (Hawa Hawai!!!), Anuradha Sriram (Aaja re choo le meri chunari sanam!!!) etc to Hindi films.

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