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Sunday, June 19, 2005
Abhijit Sawant and his orchestra
Did you watch "India Session - Abhijit Sawant and his friends" on MTV last evening? Lucky if you didn't. I did. And that gave rise to this post.
Well, when I say I did, I meant I watched portions of it. Of course, I just couldn't bear to hear "Aapka Abhijit" sing his entire "classics". It was amazing to see him choose the best of the good ol' hindi numbers. It says a lot about his refined taste in music. But sadly, i cannot say the same about his singing tho'. He sang so bad that it looked like he would drive away the thick monsoon clouds from the Bangalore skies to a safe distance. To maybe Somalia where MTV is not broadcast, and where rain is really needed. It actually did drive away the clouds & rain from Bangalore - awaiting confirmation from Somalia whether it managed to reach them however.
Aapka Abhijit went on murdering song after song after song - he could most certainly put Jack, the ripper, to shame. After watching "Sur" (movie) in the afternoon, it was like watching "Be-sur" in the evening! This guy, i believe, was a singer in one of the orchestras in Mumbai. The guys who sing in Ganesh mandals. It really shows. He should go back to it and spare us. Not that am against people who sing in orchestras, just that i haven't heard of any Kishore Kumar / Lata who came out of any orchestra, you know. The least i expect from a guy who comes through from a field of thousands of aspirants to emerge as the "Indian Idol" is that he has some decent singing potential. Not kill numbers which are classics lodged in our collective memory. Would it remain so after Abhijit Sawant has had a go at them?
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