Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007

Infobox Television
show_name = Hero Honda - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007


caption = The "Hero Honda - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007" logo.
format = Interactive Reality Musical Game show
picture_format = 480i (SDTV)
audio_format = Stereophonic sound
camera = Multi-camera
runtime = 52 minutes
director = Gyan Sahay
creator = Rajeev Arora And Abhishek Dwivedi
presenter = Aditya Narayan
starring = Ismail Darbar
Himesh Reshammiya
Bappi Lahiri
Vishal-Shekhar
opentheme = "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007" by Aditya Narayan and Shriram Iyer
slogan = "Sangeet Ka Pratham Vishvayudh"
country = IND
language = Hindi
network = Zee TV
first_aired = 4 May, 2007
last_aired = present
num_episodes = 44 as of 29 September, 2007
preceded_by = Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs
followed_by = Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International
related = Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005
Indial Idol
Amul Star Voice of India
Bathroom Singer
website = http://saregamapa.rediff.com

Hero Honda - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 is an Indian Television singing competition that premiered on 4 May, 2007 and ran until October 13, 2007. It is the 2^nd installment of the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge" series and the 4^th public voting competition in the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" series. Chronologically, the show is preceded by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, however systematically it is followed by Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005. The show features two of the previous mentors, Himesh Reshammiya and Ismail Darbar, and two new mentors to the Challenge series, Bappi Lahiri and Vishal-Shekhar. Shaan did not return to host and was replaced by Aditya Narayan, son of playback singer, Udit Narayan.

The new logo is significantly different from the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005" logo featuring headphones on the globe to represent itself as an international competition, instead of a previous logo comprising of a portrayal of a duet singing.

On 21 July, the show had topped the television ratings in India for the episode featuring Salman Khan according to "Television Audience Measurement" [cite web
date=August 2007
url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/july/july378.php
title = Zee's 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' on song, tops ratings charts
publisher = indiantelevision.com
accessdate = 2007-07-27] .

On October 13 at the Grand Finale, the show broke voting records with a collection of 10,61,44,354 (10.6 crores or 106 million) votes worldwide from 181 countries. Aneek Dhar, the favorite throughout the show and the favorite to win the title, was the coveted winner with 3,65,89,134 votes, Raja Hasan as the 1st runner-up with 3,52,40,963 votes and Amanat Ali as the 2nd runner-up with 3,43,14,257 votes.

Concept

Unlike other singing competitions, the concept of this season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa was to discover singing talent. However, this time the show had also targeted innocent hidden talent outside India. With Zee TV being broadcast internationally via satellite, it was an attempt that promised more viewers of the show and definite success for Indians only.

This time round, the idea was to conduct auditions all over the world and select the top singers from different regions who would then compete against each other on stage in front of hundreds of thousands of television viewers. The initial rounds were judged by notable artistes from the Indian music industry as well as the mentors who subsequently selected the top 14 finalists. Currently, the finalists are performing in each episode with the goal of being the winner of the season which all depends on public voting.1st= Aneek 2nd= Raja 3rd= Amanat

Zee TV's SRGMP 2007 is also in competition with the 3^rd season of Sony Entertainment Television's Indian Idol which also premiered on the same date and Star Plus's Star Voice of India which premiered three weeks later. But the TRP Rating of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 is much more than these other shows.Fact|date=September 2007

Additionally Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Hungama, a behind-the-scenes show similar to American Idol Extra, also starting airing, corresponding with the start of the finals. It airs on Zee Muzic on Fridays and Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. (UTC +5:30).

The production of each episode is filmed 5 days earlier than the broadcast date. [cite web
date = 2007-07-17
url = http://news.indya.com/newsDetails.aspx?xfile=2007/July/News_20070717_180
title = Salman creates havoc on Sa Re Ga Ma sets
publisher = indya.com
accessdate = 2007-07-17]

Regional auditions phase

Locations

The auditions were held in the following cities in India each between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.:
*Indore: Ravindra Natya Grih, 1, RNT Mar - 13 March
*Ludhiana: Satluj Club - 13 March
*Jaipur: RoRavindra Manch, Ram Nivas Baug - 14 March
*Ahmedabad: Dinesh Hall, Ashram Road, Navrangpura - 15 March
*Guwahati: Prachees Kingdom - 16 March
*Lucknow: Gandhi Bhawan - 19 March
*Mumbai: Andheri Sports Complex, Veera Desai Road, Andheri West - 19 March
*New Delhi: S.G.T.B. Khalsa College, North Campus - 25 March
*Kolkata: Salt Lake Stadium - 27 March

The Auditions were held in the following countries internationally:
*America: judged by Bappi Lahiri
*Dubai, U.A.E.: judged by Ismail Darbar
*Johannesburg: judged by Vishal-Shekhar
*London, England: judged by Himesh Reshammiya
*Pakistan: judged by Ghulam Ali - 30 March

Auditioning contestants were required to provide proof that their age was between 18 and 28 on March 2007 (born between March 1979 and March 1989).

tructure of auditions

Auditions for the show were held in the cities shown above. As shown in the pilot episode, the 2007 process was very chaotic, especially in India: contestants waited in long lines and large crowds and people jumped fences and lines to get a chance at auditioning. Although for the first time, the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa series did not begin the show with an episode of the audition clips, the majority of them were rejected leaving only 16 final contestants chosen from India that performed on the pilot

"Gharana" selection

The "Gharana" (literally "House") is utilised similarly to a House system used in schools and colleges. The contestants of the gharanas have been chosen by the mentors themselves.

Two of the four previous gharanas that were featured on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 have been replaced - Aadesh Shrivastava's Jai Ho and Jatin-Lalit's Dum have now been replaced with "Josh" and "Hit Squad". The following list represents the initial 32 contestants who were chosen by the mentors and in the order they were introduced:

Yalgaar ^{- Ismail Darbar}

*Rimi Dhar from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India -Eliminated on Episode 21: July 13
*Jyoti Mishra from Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India - Eliminated on Episode 14: June 16
*Desh Gaurav Singh from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India - Eliminated on Episode 6: May 19
*Wasi Efandi from Karachi, Pakistan - Eliminated on Episode 15: June 22
*Brijesh Schandaliya from Basti, Uttar Pradesh, India - Eliminated on Episode 12: June 9
*Poonam Yadav from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India - 3rd runner-up. Eliminated on Episode 43: September 28
*Amanat Ali from Faisalabad, Pakistan - Mega finalist and 2nd runner-up.

Rock ^{- Himesh Reshammiya}

*Joy Chakraborty from Lumding, Assam, India - Eliminated on Episode 29: August 10
*Amrita Chatterjee from Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Eliminated on Episode 6: May 19
*Nirupama Dey from Agartala, Tripura, India - Eliminated on Episode 25: July 27
*Shreshta Banerjee from Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Eliminated on Episode 15: June 22
*Yogendra Pathak from London, England - Eliminated on Episode 4: May 12
*Tushar Sinha from Silchar, Assam, India - Eliminated on Episode 10: June 2
*Anita Bhatt from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India - Eliminated on Episode 12: June 9
*Mussarat Abbas From Lahore, Pakistan - Eliminated on Episode 39: September 14
*Aneek Dhar from Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Winner

Josh ^{- Bappi Lahiri}

*Reecha Tripaathi from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Eliminated on Episode 16: June 23
*Sunil Kumar (Gando) from Sunder Nagar, Himachal Pradesh, India - Eliminated on Episode 16: June 23
*Koyal Chaterjee from Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India - Eliminated on Episode 4: May 12
*Sikandar Ali from Karachi, Pakistan - Eliminated on Episode 14: June 16
*Abhijeet Kosambi (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi winner) from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India Eliminated on Episode 27: August 3
*Mauli Dave from Houston, United States - Eliminated on Episode 37: September 7
*Sumedha Karmahe from Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, India - 4th Runner-up. Eliminated on Episode 41: September 21

Hit Squad ^{- Vishal-Shekhar}

*Apurva Shah from Mumbai, India Eliminated on Episode 23: July 20
*Saaberi Bhattacharya from Kolkata, West Bengal, India Eliminated on Episode 16: June 23
*Meghna Verma from Pune, Maharashtra, India - Eliminated on Episode 10: June 2
*Sarika Singh from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India - Eliminated on Episode 8: May 26
*Imran Aslam from Johannesburg, South Africa - Eliminated on Episode 8: May 26
*Sumana Ganguly from Toronto, Canada - Eliminated on Episode 15: June 22
*Junaid Sheikh from Karachi, PakistanVoted Out: August 24
*Harpreet Deol from Ludhiana, Punjab, India - Eliminated On Episode 15: June 22; voted back in the show during the "Bramhastra" week from the Josh Gharana. Finally Eliminated on Episode 35: August 31
*Raja Hassan from Bikaner, Rajasthan, India - Eliminated On Episode 16: June 23; voted back in the show during the "Bramhastra" week. Mega finalist and 1st runner-up.

Eklavya

In addition, there was another Gharana called the Eklavya Gharana - it was a "reserved force" of eight singers. The exact purpose of this Gharana was not mentioned during the initial days of the show but soon it was determined that it basically prevented a Gharana from getting eliminated in the initial rounds. The contestants in this Eklavya Gharana performed on the 2^nd episode of the show. Later on, each week two contestants from this Gharana were chosen to join a mentor's Gharana after that mentor has had any of his contestants eliminated the previous week.

*Sumana Ganguly from Toronto, Canada - transferred to Hit Squad (15 June)
*Sumedha Karmahe from Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, India - transferred to Josh Gharana (18 May)
*Tushar Sinha from India - transferred to Rock Gharana (18 May)
*Anita Bhatt from Lucknow, India - transferred to Rock Gharana (25 May)
*Raja Hassan from Bikaner, Rajasthan, India - transferred to Hit-Squad Gharana (15 June)
*Brijesh Schandaliya from Basti, Uttar Pradesh, India - transferred to Yalgaar Gharana (25 May)The only two contestants who never appeared in the competition after their performance on 5 May, 2007 were:
*Sayan Chaudhary from Kolkata, India
*Binoy Mohanty from Raurkela, Orissa, India

Episode themes

Just as was done in previous Sa Re Ga Ma Pa shows, the idea of themes is featured to determine the contestants' versatility and ability to sing different genres.

*Episode 01 - Week 1 (Fri, May 04) - Introduction to Indian Contestants in Gharanas
*Episode 02 - Week 1 (Sat, May 05) - Introduction to Foreign Contestants in Gharanas
*Episode 03 - Week 2 (Fri, May 11) - Songs of R.D. Burman and Asha Bhosle
*Episode 04 - Week 2 (Sat, May 12) - Modern Hit Songs
*Episode 05 - Week 3 (Fri, May 18) - Guru's Choice
*Episode 06 - Week 3 (Sat, May 19) - Contestant’s Choice
*Episode 07 - Week 4 (Fri, May 25) - Songs of Bappi Lahiri
*Episode 08 - Week 4 (Sat, May 26) - Contestant’s Choice
*Episode 09 - Week 5 (Fri, Jun 01) - Songs of Ismail Darbar
*Episode 10 - Week 5 (Sat, Jun 02) - Songs of Raj Kapoor
*Episode 11 - Week 6 (Fri, Jun 08) - Songs of Himesh Reshammiya
*Episode 12 - Week 6 (Sat, Jun 09) - Songs of Rajesh Roshan
*Episode 13 - Week 7 (Fri, Jun 15) - Songs of Vishal-Shekhar
*Episode 14 - Week 7 (Sat, Jun 16) - Contestant’s Choice
*Episode 15 - Week 8 (Fri, Jun 22) - Contestant’s Choice (Chakravyuh Phase)
*Episode 16 - Week 8 (Sat, Jun 23) - Contestant’s Choice (Chakravyuh Phase)
*Episode 17 - Week 9 (Fri, Jun 29) - Contestant’s Choice (Bramhastra Phase)
*Episode 18 - Week 9 (Sat, Jun 30) - Punjabi or Punjabi Flavor Songs (Bramhastra Phase)
*Episode 19 - Week 10 (Fri, Jul 6) - Contestant’s Choice (Agnipariksha Phase)
*Episode 20 - Week 10 (Sat, Jul 7) - Contestant’s Choice (Agnipariksha Phase)
*Episode 21 - Week 11 (Fri, Jul 13) - Old Romantic Songs
*Episode 22 - Week 11 (Sat, Jul 14) - Rain/Monsoon Songs
*Episode 23 - Week 12 (Fri, Jul 20) - Club Songs
*Episode 24 - Week 12 (Sat, Jul 21) - Songs of Salman Khan
*Episode 25 - Week 13 (Fri, Jul 27) - Superhits of 60's and 70's
*Episode 26 - Week 13 (Sat, Jul 28) - Songs of the Contestants' Favorite Singer
*Episode 27 - Week 14 (Fri, Aug 3) - Sad Songs
*Episode 28 - Week 14 (Sat, Aug 4) - Friendship Day Special
*Episode 29 - Week 15 (Fri, Aug 10) - Universal Hits
*Episode 30 - Week 15 (Sat, Aug 11) - Independence Day Special
*Episode 31 - Week 16 (Fri, Aug 17) - Dance Songs
*Episode 32 - Week 16 (Sat, Aug 18) - Qawwali
*Episode 33 - Week 17 (Fri, Aug 24) - New Romantic Songs
*Episode 34 - Week 17 (Sat, Aug 25) - Songs of Akshay Kumar
*Episode 35 - Week 18 (Fri, Aug 31) - TV Stars' Choice Songs
*Episode 36 - Week 18 (Sat, Sep 1) - Folk Songs
*Episode 37 - Week 19 (Fri, Sep 7) - Comedy Songs
*Episode 38 - Week 19 (Sat, Sep 8) - Songs of the Contestants' Favorite Actor
*Episode 39 - Week 20 (Fri, Sep 14) - Black and White Films' Songs
*Episode 40 - Week 20 (Sat, Sep 15) - Wedding Songs
*Episode 41 - Week 21 (Fri, Sep 21) - Stage Songs
*Episode 42 - Week 21 (Sat, Sep 22) - Round 1: (Raj) Kapoor Family Songs | Round 2: Songs of Kareena Kapoor
*Episode 43 - Week 22 (Fri, Sep 28) - Round 1: Ghazals | Round 2: Semi Classical Songs
*Episode 44 - Week 22 (Sat, Sep 29) - Round 1: Songs of Om Shanti Om | Round 2: Song Choice of Shah Rukh Khan
*Episode 45 - Week 23 (Fri, Oct 5) - Round 1: Violin Songs | Round 2: Guitar Songs | Round 3: Songs to express yourself (Nokia Express)
*Episode 46 - Week 23 (Sat, Oct 6) - Round 1: White Feather Films' Songs | Round 2: White Feather Films' Emotional Songs | Round 3: Song for one of the cast/crew of Dus Kahaniyan

"Mahagurus"

The Mahagurus appeared as judges in the semi-finals. They "commented" and decided who the top contestants were on the performance episodes and also decided who got eliminated on the "elimination day" during the initial rounds.

*Episode 1 & 2 - Week 1 (May 4 & May 5) - None
*Episode 3 & 4 - Week 2 (May 11 & May 12) - Ghulam Ali and Asha Bhosle
*Episode 5 & 6 - Week 3 (May 18 & May 19) - Asha Bhosle
*Episode 7 & 8 - Week 4 (May 25 & May 26) - Asha Bhosle
*Episode 9 & 10 - Week 5 (Jun 1 & Jun 2) - Mohammed Zahur Khayyam and Rajesh Roshan
*Episode 11 & 12 - Week 6 (Jun 8 & Jun 9) - Mohammed Zahur Khayyam and Rajesh Roshan
*Episode 13 & 14 - Week 7 (Jun 15 & Jun 16) - Mohammed Zahur Khayyam and Rajesh Roshan (Roshan was not present on Jun 16)
*Episode 15 & 16 - Week 8 (Jun 22 & Jun 23) - Anandji Virji Shah

Bramhastra

The "Bramhastra" round ran through Week 9. This round basically allowed the public to bring an eliminated contestant back into the competition. The gharana who received the Bramhastra got to choose two eliminated contestants for the finals (Agnipariksha). Vishal-Shekhar received this Bramhastra and they chose 6 contestants. The six contestants were:

*Sarika Singh (Hit Squad)
*Sunil Kumar (Josh)
*Raja Hassan (Hit Squad)
*Saaberi Bhattacharya (Hit Squad)
*Harpreet Deol (Hit Squad)
*Desh Gaurav Singh (Yalgaar)

Of the six contestants that were chosen by Vishal-Shekhar, the two contestants with most votes from the public and subsequently elected and brought back into the competition were:
*Raja Hassan with 31% of the votes
*Harpreet Deol with 20% of the votes

Top 14 Finalists

The 14 finalists were announced at the end of the episode broadcast on June 29, 2007. This year, Aneek Dhar and Abhijeet Kosambi who were winners of the regional spinoffs, "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Bangla" and "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi", got direct entry as finalists. Their direct entry into the finals caused some controversy Ismail Darbar had the courage to point it out. However, after HR pleaded with Ismail, the issue dissolved. See the Aneek-Abhijit controversy section for further details.

These are the names of the top fourteen finalists listed in order.
*Aneek Dhar - Winner (Rock Gharana)
*Raja Hassan- 1st Runner Up (Hit-It Gharana)
*Amanat Ali- 2nd Runner Up (Yalgaar Gharana)

Eliminated Contestants:
*Poonam Yadav- (Yalgaar Gharana)
*Sumedha Karmahe- (Josh Gharana)
*Mussarat Abbas- (Rock Gharana)
*Mauli Dave- (Josh Gharana)
*Harpreet Deol- (Hit-It Gharana)
*Junaid Sheikh- (Hit-It Gharana)
*Joy Chakraborty- (Rock Gharana)
*Abhijeet Kosambi- (Josh Gharana)
*Nirupama Dey- (Rock Gharana)
*Apurva Shah- (Hit-It Gharana)
*Rimi Dhar- (Yalgaar Gharana)

Celebrity Guests

*Week 9 (June 29) - Director Anil Sharma and Sunny Deol
*Week 11 (July 14) - Shamita Shetty and Dia Mirza
*Week 12 (July 21) - Salman Khan and Lara Dutta
*Week 13 (July 27) - Ritesh Deshmukh and Anubhav Sinha
*Week 13 (July 28) - Vidya Balan and Sajid Khan
*Week 14 (August 4) - Fardeen Khan
*Week 15 (August 11) - Kapil Dev
*Week 17 (August 25) - Akshay Kumar
*Week 18 (September 1) - Daler Mehndi and Lalu Prasad Yadav
*Week 19 (September 7) - Aashish Chaudhary and Asrani
*Week 20 (September 15) - Tusshar Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav and Kunal Khemu
*Week 21 (September 22) - Kareena Kapoor
*Week 22 (September 28) - Pandit Jasraj and Jagjit Singh
*Week 22 (September 29) - Farah Khan, Deepika Padukone and Shreyas Talpade
*Week 23 (October 5) - Adnan Sami
*Week 23 (October 6) - Cast of Dus Kahaniyan (22 guests!)
*Week 24 (October 13) (Finale) - Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan and Dia Mirza

emi-finals and finals elimination charts

Contestants are in alphabetical order by last name, then by reverse chronological order of elimination.

Semi-finals

In the Agnipariksha round, eliminations are based on public voting. Public voting is done through SMS, telephone or online. Each week, the contestant with lowest votes is eliminated.

Additionally, if all the contestants of a Gharana get eliminated, the Gharana also gets eliminated and subsequently the mentor(s) have to leave the show.

^† During the week of 17 August, there was no eliminated contestant. That week's votes were added to the votes for the week of 24 August, and Junaid was then eliminated on the episode airing on August 24.

Controversies

The "Love Triangle"

Throughout the show a love story has been promoted by Himesh Reshamiya. It has been said that supposedly Aneek proposed to Barbie Doll, Sumedha, but she rejected him and later she was proposed to by Amanat. Amanat and Aneek's love story has been promoted mainly by Himesh Reshamiya, but it has also been stated that the story is false by many. Although many declare that this conclusion has no base, Himesh still advocates it because as he said he believes while he is on the show he will. The fact is that the contestant's families are not being considered and this has upset many because Aneek's parents were disappointed at him after hearing this story. Many conclude that they are sticking to this story for "masala", but the truth is still to be revealed like in many controversies. Now that Sumedha has been eliminated, this love story promotion has stopped and it has been said that after Sumedha was eliminated, she said on the show that she was tormented by Himesh and Aneek's remarks about their "alleged" love story. This was not aired on television.

Aneek-Abhijit controversy

On June 29, Aditya Narayan announced that Aneek Dhar and Abhijeet Kosambi, the winners of the regional spinoffs of "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Bangla" and "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi", would be getting direct entry as a Top 14 finalist. This was a pre decided qualification as it was a part of their respective prizes of winning the regional contests. The viewers of Marathi and Bangla had already seen and heard this announcement at live telecast on stage when Abhijeet Kosambi and Aneek Dhar had won the respective competitions, so in fact there was no need for any controversey in that case. Yet the mentors did not approve of this saying they should not be allowed to enter the competition in the middle and that they should have come from the beginning. Ismail Darbar tried to walk away from the show stalling the shooting of the program.

In the latter episodes, Abhijeet Kosambi was eliminated with the least number of votes. Aneek Dhar is the only contestant in Himesh Reshammiya's 'gharana'. However Aneek Dhar has been in the Bottom 2 once.Aneek was also the top contestant thrice in the show and eventually ended up winning it all.

Independence Day controversy

The Independence Day special episode shot on August 10 (Week 15) ran into a controversy when the issue came up of the Pakistani contestants, Junaid, Mussarat and Amanat refused to sing Indian patriotic songs on the 15th August special. All work on the sets was stalled for 6 hours. Finally, the Zee TV officials decided that the Pakistani contestants should sing Pakistani patriotic songs as a solution. However, the next week, the three Pakistani singers were the Bottom Three. It was then decided that no contestant would be eliminated that week and the week's votes would be added to the votes of the following week to decide the next elimination

Final Results Controversy

Many people believe, including one of the show's gurus, Ismail Darbar, that the final results were rigged. Many felt that Raja Hasan, who was generally the most popular, or Amanat Ali should have won.

"Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Shaam Taj Ke Naam"

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Shaam Taj Ke Naam was a one-day special episode organised by the SRGMP team as a tribute to the Taj Mahal and also dedicated to request and encourage people to vote for the Taj Mahal as one of the "New Seven Wonders of the World".

As well as performances from the contestants of the season, the special episode also featured performances from contestants of previous SRGMP seasons such as Twinkle Bajpai, Sanchita Bhattyacharya, Diwakar Sharma and Sameer Mohammed.

Miscellaneous Observations

*According to facts, there are six not four Pakistanis taking part in the competition unlike as shown on the show. The other two Pakistanis who got selected apart from the original Pakistani screening are Imran Aslam from South Africa whose hometown is Karachi Fact|date=July 2007 and Amanat Ali from U.A.E. who hails from Faisalabad [cite web
date = 2007-07-17
url = http://news.indya.com/newsDetails.aspx?xfile=2007/July/News_20070717_180
title = Salman creates havoc on Sa Re Ga Ma sets
publisher = indya.com
accessdate = 2007-07-17] .
*Raja Hasan's father, Rafiq Sagar has been a playback singer himself and has sung a ghazal for a Bappi Lahiri composition in the 1980 film Pyaara Dushman. [cite web
date = 2007-07-21
url = http://www.rajahasan.com/?p=17
title = Raja Hassan's father and the Bappi Lahiri connection
publisher = rajahasan.com
accessdate = 2007-07-21] .

References

External links

* [http://saregamapa.rediff.com Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 Official Site]
* [http://zeesaregamapa.rediffiland.com/iland/zeesaregamapa.html Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 Official Blog]