ZEE TV: ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012’ top 7 contestants gets break

 Jasraj, Jazim, Vishwajeet, Renu, Aman, Shenaz & Arshpreet get a chance to sing the opening track of the acclaimed director Vishal Bharadwaj’s upcoming film, ‘Matru ki Bijli Ka Mandola’

“I invite all of you to come to my studios tomorrow to record the opening track of ‘Matru ki Bijli ka Mandola’”, said an ecstatic Vishal Bharadwaj after he had heard all the top 7 contestants of Zee TV’s ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012’.  Christmas became all the more merrier for all the contestants as they got this golden opportunity to give playback for Vishal Bharadwaj’s soon to release film. This episode will air on 29^th Dec, Saturday at 9pm!

And this was not just some claim!!!…Brimming with excitement, contestants Jasraj, Jazim, Vishwajeet, Renu, Aman, Shenaz & Arshpreet celebrated 25^th December – Christmas - with Vishal Bharadwaj, Rekha Bharadwaj and his team as they recorded the song ‘Khatra hai bhai khatra hai…’ Vishwajeet said, “All of us had a brilliant experience recording with Vishalji and Rekhaji. I personally feel blessed to have got this opportunity. Vishal ji was our Santa Claus this year in every sense of the word.  He just came on our show to promote his movie and who would have ever imagined that he would wrap up our show by offering  all of us an opportunity to sing in Matru ki Bijli ka Mandola. We are ever so grateful to him..”

Said a source from the channel, “The contestants got a chance to playback even before the finale of the show. It’s a huge thing for them. We hope Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola is a big hit!”

Vishal and his wife, songstress Rekha Bharadwaj were visibly impressed by the contestants while attending the episode. While Shenaz’s rendition of ‘Naina thag lenge’ had Rekha in tears, Jazim Sharma’s performance on the ghazal, ‘Maye mera Ranjha’  made Vishal say “Yahi sunne ke  liye toh hum zinda hai. I am so thankful to ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’ for showcasing these genres of music. This is real music. It was because of ghazals that I had met Rekha.” Renu Nagar’s powerful performance on ‘Lakad jal ke’ made Vishal comment, “Dikhne mein jitney choti hai utni buland awaaz hai. Sherni wali rare awaaz hai. Reshma aur Abida jaisi. Mitti ki khushbu hai tumhare awaaz mein.” The episode also had dapper Imraan Khan and the gorgeous Anushka Sharma looking absolutely splendid and radiant in a beige backless anarkali dress. The rustic voice of Rekha Bharadwaj kept the audiences mesmerized as she teamed up with Shankar Mahadevan and gave a fun filled performance on the song ‘Oye boy oye boy Charlie’ from the movie ‘Matru ki Bijli ka Mandola’.

Don’t forget to tune into this spectacular episode of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on 29^th December, Saturday at 9pm!