Gajendra Singh is an

Indian television The television industry in India is very diverse and produces thousands of programs in many of the Indian languages. More than half of all Indian households own a television. As of 2016, the country had over 857 channels of which 184 were pay ...

producer and

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. His most popular shows include Close-Up

Antakshari Antakshari, also known as Antyakshari (अंताक्षरी ) is a spoken parlor game played in India. Each contestant sings the first verse of a song (often Classical Hindustani or Bollywood songs) that begins with the consonant of Hin ...

, SaReGaMa and the recent

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Music ka Maha Muqqabla ''Music Ka Maha Muqqabla'' is a reality show on STAR Plus, which first aired on 19 December 2009. It aimed to bring a new format to music reality shows in India, which is based on teams rather than individuals. The show lasted for a total of 13 ...

and Sur Kshetra. He grew with Zee TV and took Indian Television to an international level. He appeared in "

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" for making the longest running musical reality show "Antakshari" on Indian Television diaspora for 10 continuous years. This was followed by 'Sa Re Ga Ma' another longest running show along with the programs like India's Best Cinestar's ki Khoj and Lil' Champs.

Professional career

He is known for pioneering and popularizing

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s, and musical

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s on

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. He had a long and successful association with

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till 2006. Due to some reasons he left

and commenced with Saaibaba Telefilms and created various projects with

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and various other regional channels. He is from Azamgarh,

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Saaibaba Telefilms

Saaibaba Telefilms is a multifaceted

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spearheaded by Gajendra Singh, with interest in the television reality shows & fictions, upcoming talents, events, creative endeavours, and other growing aspects of the media industry. STPL provides a confluence of cutting edge creativity, and best performance in all its work.

Antakshari

Titan Antakshari - Intercollegiate Championship is an Indian musical game show that airs on Zee TV every Friday. The show is a replacement of the Titan Antakshari -L'il Champs.

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa

The first episode aired on 1 May 1995 and was hosted by

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STAR Voice Of India

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. Voice of India 2 began on 18 July 2008.

Television

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