''MTV Rock On'', or ''Rock On with MTV'', is a television show hosted on

MTV India MTV India is an Indian pay television channel specialising in music, reality and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 as the Indian version of MTV and is owned by Viacom 18, a joint venture operation between MTV International ow ...

. This show is a platform for musicians in India.

Hosts

The first season was hosted by VJ's Ayushmann and

Anusha Dandekar Anusha Dandekar (born 9 January 1982) is an Indian-Australian MTV VJ, actress and singer, who is best known as a VJ and a host who has hosted several shows. Early life Dandekar was born in Sudan on 9 January 1982 into a Marathi family of Sh ...

. and the second season by

Lisa Haydon Elisabeth Marie Haydon is an Indian actress, TV presenter and model, who mainly appears in Hindi films. Haydon made her acting debut with the ensemble romantic comedy-drama ''Aisha'' (2010) and received critical praise for her performance in the ...

and VJ Ayushmann.

Judges

Judges were Singer and Composer

Kailash Kher Kailash Kher (born 7 July 1973) is an Indian music composer and singer. He sings songs with a music style influenced by Indian folk music and Sufi music. He was inspired by the classical musicians' Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Pandit Hridaynath Ma ...

Ram Sampath Ram Sampath (born 25 July 1977) is an Indian composer, music producer and musician, who started his career composing advertising jingles for Mumbai-based advertising industry, subsequently he started composing for pop albums like ''Tanha Dil'' ( ...

and VJ Nikhil for Season 1. Bollywood music director

Pritam Pritam Chakraborty (born 14 June 1971), also known mononymously as Pritam, is an Indian composer, instrumentalist, guitarist, and singer. After working as an ad jingles composer, he debuted as a co-composer in the 2001 Hindi film Tere Liye. ...

and

Indian Ocean (band) Indian Ocean is an Indian rock band formed in New Delhi in 1990, who are widely recognized as the pioneers of the fusion rock genre in India. Susmit Sen, Asheem Chakravarty, Rahul Ram and Amit Kilam were band members until Chakravarty died on ...

bassist

Rahul Ram Rahul Ram is an Indian bass guitarist, social activist and music composer. He plays bass guitar for musical band Indian Ocean, which he joined in 1991. He is also one of the three members of 'Aisi Taisi Democracy,' along with Varun Grover (write ...

were judges of Season 2.

Results

Season 1: *Winners: Saadhak led by Nirdosh Sobti *Runners Up: Khilaugh led by Rahi Chakraborty Season 2: *Winners: Divine Connection *Runners Up: Kaivalyaa

Format

Season one auditioned individual musicians but the second season saw more band auditions.

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20101130105549/http://mtv.in.com/RockOn * http://www.kailashkher.com * http://www.indianocean.com * https://web.archive.org/web/20110204001327/http://rahichakraborty.com/

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