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Indian Idol
''Indian Idol'' is an Indian music competition television franchise based on the ''Pop Idol ''Pop Idol'' is a British music competition television series created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of the show was to decide the best new young pop singer (or "pop idol") in the UK based on viewer voting and pa ...'' format. Several iterations of the series have been produced by different companies. The first series premiered in 2004. There have been 18 seasons to date. Versions : Currently airing – 0 : Recently concluded – 3 References {{Idol series Television series by Fremantle (company) Indian television series based on British television series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Fuller
Simon Robert Fuller (born 17 May 1960) is a British entrepreneur, artist manager, and film and television producer. He is the creator of the Idols (franchise), ''Idols'' TV format, including the British series ''Pop Idol'' and the American series ''American Idol''. Fuller came to prominence in the 1990s for managing the British girl group the Spice Girls, and he has since managed acts in various fields of entertainment, from sports stars David Beckham and Lewis Hamilton to other musicians such as Amy Winehouse and Annie Lennox. Since 2020, Fuller has been working with tech firm TikTok to aid development of new TikTok creatives and in the same year he announced a partnership with Verizon Communications to develop 5G content. In 2021, Pearson PLC announced a partnership with Fuller to create a new global education business in Performing Arts. In 2016, Fuller persuaded Swedish quartet ABBA to reunite to explore working in virtual reality, which led to the ABBA Voyage project. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farah Khan
Farah Khan Kunder (; born 9 January 1965) is an Indian film director, writer, film producer, actress, dancer and choreographer who works predominantly in Hindi films. Khan has choreographed more than a hundred songs in over 80 films, winning the National Film Award for Best Choreography and seven Filmfare Awards for Best Choreography. In addition, she has worked on Tamil films and in international projects, such as '' Monsoon Wedding'' (2001), '' Bombay Dreams'' (2002), ''Vanity Fair'' (2004) and '' Marigold: An Adventure in India'' (2007), and the Chinese films '' Perhaps Love'' (2005) and '' Kung Fu Yoga'' (2017), earning Tony Award and Golden Horse Award nominations. As a film director, she received two Filmfare Award for Best Director nominations for the masala films '' Main Hoon Na'' (2004) and ''Om Shanti Om'' (2007). She then went on to direct the comedy '' Tees Maar Khan'' (2010) and the dance heist comedy '' Happy New Year'' (2014). Early life and personal lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonali Bendre
Sonali Bendre Behl (born 1 January 1975), known professionally as Sonali Bendre, is an Indian actress predominantly known for her work in Hindi and Telugu films. Considered as one of the leading actresses of the 1990s and early 2000s, Bendre started her career as a model and marked her acting debut with '' Aag'' (1994), which won her the Filmfare Award for New Face of the Year. Following several box office failures, she had her career breakthrough with the romantic action film '' Diljale'' (1996). Bendre achieved further success by featuring as the female lead in the action comedy '' Duplicate'' (1998), the action '' Major Saab'' (1998), the drama '' Zakhm'' (1998), the action thriller '' Sarfarosh'' (1999), the romantic Tamil film '' Kadhalar Dhinam'' (1999) and the highly successful family drama '' Hum Saath Saath Hain'' (1999). In the following decade, Bendre's performance in the romantic drama '' Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai'' (2000), earned her the Screen Award for Best S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiyang Chang
Meiyang Chang (born 6 October 1982) is an Indian actor, television host, singer and a dentist. He came to prominence as a contestant on the third season of the singing reality show '' Indian Idol'' in which he was among the five finalists. He began his acting career with the YRF film '' Badmaash Company''. He is known for his participation in the dance reality show '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4'' in which he was the winner. He also participated in stunt based reality show '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6'' in which he became 1st runner-up. He starred in the films, '' Detective Byomkesh Bakshy'', ''Sultan'' and '' Bharat''. His latest work includes the web series ''Asur,'' '' Undekhi'' and '' Modern Love Mumbai''. In 2024, he had a brief role in the thriller '' Ulajh''. Early life Meiyang is an alumnus of the De Nobili School ( Dhanbad), Colonel Brown Cambridge School Dehradun and Wynberg Allen School Mussoorie. Chang is a third generation Indian-Chinese, with roots in China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amit Paul
Amit Paul (born in Shillong, India) is an Indian singer. His career started by being runner up on ''Indian Idol'' season 3. Famous songs *"Pyaar Ki Dastaan" ('' Luck By Chance'') References {{DEFAULTSORT:Paul, Amit Living people Indian male singers Indian Idol participants Nepali-language singers from India Bollywood playback singers People from Shillong Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prashant Tamang
Prashant Tamang (born 4 January 1983) is an Indian singer and film actor based in Kathmandu. He was the winner of ''Indian Idol Season 3'' in 2007.Indian Idol 3 Personal life Prashant Tamang was born in , West Bengal, India to Rupa Tamang and Madan Tamang and studied at St Robert School. After the demise of his father in an accident, Tamang left school and joined as a constable in his father's place. In Kolkata Police, he sang for the police orchestra. His family includes his grandmot ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javed Akhtar
Javed Akhtar (born 1945) is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist and poet. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards, and received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2007, two of India's highest civilian honours. He is considered as one of the greatest screenwriters in the history of Hindi Cinema. Akhtar came to recognition in the duo Salim–Javed, and earned his breakthrough as a screenwriter with 1973's ''Zanjeer''. He went on to write the films '' Deewaar'' and '' Sholay'', both released in 1975; they earned a cult following, and had a significant impact in popular culture. He later earned praise for his work as a lyricist, winning the National Film Award for Best Lyrics five times and the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist eight times. Akhtar notably campaigned for the Communist Party of India (CPI) and their candidate in the 2019 Indian general election, and was a member of parliament in Rajya Sabha. For his work, he received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alisha Chinai
Alisha Chinai (born 18 March 1965) is an Indian pop singer known for her Indi-pop albums as well as playback singing in Hindi cinema. She began her singing career with the album ''Jadoo'' in 1985, and by the 1990s she had become known as the 'Queen of Indipop'. Her best known songs were with producers Anu Malik and Biddu during the 1990s. Her best known song is '' Made in India''. Career Chinai's initial albums include ''Jaadoo'', '' Babydoll'', '' Aah... Alisha!'', ''Madonna'', '' Kamasutra'', ''Alisha - Madonna of India'' and '' Made in India''. Alisha was introduced to Hindi film music by the veteran music director and composer Bappi Lahiri. They had many disco hits together in many films in the 1980s including '' Adventures of Tarzan'', '' Dance Dance'', ''Commando'', ''Guru'', '' Love Love Love'', etc. When she started her career with him, she was playback singing for many leading actresses, such as Karisma Kapoor, Smita Patil, Mandakini, Sridevi, Juhi Chawla, Mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udit Narayan
Udit Narayan Jha (born 1 December 1955) is an Nepali and Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He has also sung in various other languages including Telugu language, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil language, Tamil, Bengali language, Bengali, Sindhi language, Sindhi, Odia language, Odia, Bhojpuri language, Bhojpuri, Nepali language, Nepali, Malayalam, Assamese language, Assamese, Bagheli language, Bagheli and Maithili language, Maithili. He has won four National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards with twenty nominations among many others. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution towards arts and culture. As many as 21 of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time". He got to sing with Mohammed Rafi in his Hindi playback debut in ''Unees-Bees'' in 1980 and also with Kishore Kumar in the 1980s. He finally made his mark in the 1988 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hussain Kuwajerwala
Hussain Kuwajerwala is an Indian television actor, host and model. After several modelling campaigns and commercials, Kuwajerwala landed a role in the popular soap opera ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' which was followed by a lead role in '' Kumkum - Ek Pyaara Sa Bandhan'' as Sumeet Wadhwa opposite Juhi Parmar (2002-2009). He is the winner of '' Nach Baliye 2'' and also participated in '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6''. Kuwajerwala made his Bollywood debut in 2013 with the film '' Shree''. He made his television comeback after 8 years with the comedy show '' Sajan Re Phir Jhoot Mat Bolo'' (2017-2018) as Jaiveer Chopra. Television Theatre * '' Zangoora - The Gypsy Prince'' Films * 2013 - '' Shree'' as Shree Awards and nominations ;Indian Telly Awards * 2007 Style Icon of the Year Award ; Indian Television Academy Awards * 2007 Best Actor in a lead role (Popular)- Sumit Wadhwa- Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan ''Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan'' (; ''A Love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandeep Acharya
Sandeep Acharya (4 February 1984 – 15 December 2013) was an Indian singer who won the second season of the reality television show '' Indian Idol'' in 2006. He was from Bikaner, Rajasthan, he died on 15 December 2013 Gurgaon's Medanta Hospital. Awards Acharya's awards include: # Runner-up in the Golden Voice of India. # Indian Idol Season 2 (2006): # Bollywood Music Awards (November 2006): Death Acharya died on 15 December 2013 following a bout with jaundice, following is admission to Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon Gurgaon (), officially named Gurugram (), is a satellite city of Delhi and administrative headquarters of Gurgaon district, located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest ..... Discography * " Mere Sath Sara Jahan" * Do Dilon Ke Khel Mein * O Sanam Tere Bina References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Acharya, Sandeep 20th-century Indian male singers 20th-century Indian music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amit Sana
Amit Sana (born 1 March 1983) is an Indian pop artist, playback singer, live performer and the finalist of ''Indian Idol 1''. He was also a part of the show Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar. He sings predominantly in Hindi. Apart from this, he has also sung in Telugu, Punjabi, Bengali, Assamese language films. Personal life Amit Sana was born on 1 March 1983 to Shyamsundar Rao Sana and Rajeshwari Sana in Bhilai, Madhya Pradesh (now Chhattisgarh). He started singing at the age of 3 and by the time he was 8 years old he started begin with his classical training. His father spotted his talent of singing when he performed for Bhilai steel plant and later sent him to Late Shri R.R.Ghule for his initial classical training. He trained him till the age of 16. He later went for learning professional classical singing from his guru Late Shri Bimalendu Mukherjee (vice chancellor, Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya Khairagarh) for 3 years. He was married to Miss Manisha Bansal in the year 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
