Idea Star Singer: Sucky Anchor
My wife watches Idea Star Singer on Asianet regularly. By the time I get back from work I usually don’t get to watch it. Today I watched one episode in full.
Ranjini Haridas hosts the show and she is the worst Malayalam television anchor I have seen (BTW, that is a heavily contested title). Here is a snip from an interview (linked above) with her:
Although, as anchor she is on the other side of the judging game, Ranjini continues to be judged. Her ‘Manglish’ draws a lot of flak, be it ‘Sahasikante Lokam’ or ‘Idea Star Singer’.
“I can speak colloquial Malayalam, which I speak at home. I am no Malayalam pundit, it is not that I intentionally avoid the language. I respect it. But I cannot speak the kind that is spoken on television. I told Sreekantan (Nair) Sir this when they approached me for the show, he gave me the go ahead. And if people have a problem they should be speaking to the channel,” she says cheekily. In fact, she is open to anchoring in Malayalam, provided she is given a proper script right down to the minutest detail.
The forum that Asianet had set up for the contest has a huge thread titled Please Change The Anchor – and a quick glance suggests that most of the comments are indeed saying that they hate the anchor. Is anyone at Asianet listening?
I agree with your comments on the idea star singer anchor. She is the worst anchor i had seen ever. I am not watching this show only because of her manglish. Her anchoring also made another show “sahasikarude lokam” a flop. Hope this show” idea star singer” will escape from that tragedy by changing its anchor. Also they have to take out chewing gum from the sharath’s mouth and give it to usha udup.
Hello friends, I have been watching Idea star singer from first episode. sorry not to accept with you. when compare with other anchors she can not be pushed that behind. Unlike other anchors, she is atleast transparent. I think you are not the right target audions for this show, that’s why you are geting enough time to evaluate anchor. Idea star singer is one of the best programmes being telecast these days. May be i get more involved in music , i am not able to find fault with her. i like her attitude to participants who got out of the show also. hope she will improve herself gradually.
Hello
I have been watching idea star singer from last year.Present format is better. The anchor has to polish her Malayalam.
I am fed up of hearing the contestants saying that they were sick, had sore throat and fever, why make excuses? I feel that people making these excuses should get 50 points reduced from their total score.
I am amazed at the in depth analysis of MG Sree Kumar ! He is terrific !! Although, he should have avoided makling comments on the physical aspects of a contestant!
Hi,
I agree. The talented must win and there is no excuse as far as music is concerned. Great skills are attained by years of practice and that must be respected. The judges and the anchor are awesome. Its the coolestttt show. Hope it continues to be the same.
The man says “My wife watches Idea Star Singer on Asianet regularly. By the time I get back from work I usually don’t get to watch it. Today I watched one episode in full.”
I think you are too hasty and harsh about the anchor. It is a free world to give your opinion or even make a mimicry show about it. But you must realise that language alone will not make a show good or bad. Language is only a medium if you understand what she says thats good enough, whether it is manglish of gonglish. (I am sure she will improvise) If you are looking for true and perfect slang malayalam may be Asianet will try Kamaladas or Sugatha kumari. Give everybody a chance my friend. This is showbiz, incompetent ones will not survive in this business for too long.
Anyway I must add that the programme as a whole is really fantastic, especially our dear MGS in a different role as judge is amazing.
Sure kumar; as you said in a free world everyone is free to voice their opinions. Like the programme? Good for you, I say!
I think you are too hasty and harsh about the anchor.
You seem to have missed the two pages I linked to. A journalist interviewing her asks about her accent; and many folks posting on the ISS forums mention her accent too. Hasty? Maybe. Harsh? I don’t think so.
I have not missed a single episode of Idea Star Singer previous year as well as this time.
Asianet has brought some innovations in the Combination Round which was missing in previous year. The judges especially MG Sreekumar and Sharath should concentrate on judjing the contestant based on their Voice, pronounciation, Pitch and anything else to do with music and their singing. It was highly unprofessional for them to comment about the physical aspects of a contestant and it was really hurting to hear such comments from them. Sreekumar has a god gifted voice but to comment like that, it was not acceptable. I guess Asianet look into such matter and advice them not to pass any comments that could discourage young talents of kerala. Also i think Rajasenan was particularly knowledgable in the way he analyzed.
I am watching this from starting. Only two things i would like to say that is
1) The judges should avoid unnecessary comments on contestants especially by Sarath.
He aways asking the contestant that do you find the mistake? (molku manasilayo evidya kuzhappam), please avoid these type of stuppid question to contestant. You are the judge and you are hearing the sing and how can they tell the mistake. The judges should clarify the mistake.
2. Please avoid to singing of other languages. Even in south indian states such type of contest they have used their own language only. Example on saturday, in Jaya TV, telecasting programm on “Enodu Pattu Padungal” judged by Dr. SP Balasubramanium. In that programme no contestant has been singing other languages except tamil.
I just take this opportunity to congrat the participants of idea*singer. but I regreted to note that so Judges like nandhini, Vinayaprasad are Just “VESHAM KETTU”. They are very poor in judgement and not giving right marks to some contestant. in which manner they do it? Please appoint more efficiant and tallented personalities, who know music and how to evalivate in big music competitions like idea * singer. So please take this as serious.
Iam on a holiday here and take this opportunity to congratulate all those involved behind the show.The guys in the front takes all the brickbats.All those who are criticizing IDEA STAR SINGER show needs to see INDIAN IDOL, VOICE OF INDIA & other similar shows aired by other channels.
It is a matter of pride to all mallus that our judges are the best and they pinpoint the mistakes committed by the contestants without insulting them.Look at other channels how they maul the contestants and the way the judges fight among themselves.I agree with everyone that the ANCHOR needs lot of training and her vocabulary is limited. Even if any contestant is cool Ms. Ranjini Haridas will crate a “TENSION”.
Can we wish for a show with all our talented youngsters, the mature judges and hosting bu Minnie & Hussain of INDIAN IDOL.
Congratulations to all of you once again.( Just look at other channels and you know how HIGH you all stand).Indeed you guys have made all mallus proud with such a fantastic show like IDEA STAR SINGER.
Sasi ( Washington DC)
the anchor in idea star singer is really good and she is professional too
which is not seen in most of the anchors in malayalam channels .
she is mature enough to handle high profile judges like sarath and M.G and also easy in handling the contestants . her language can be a limitation but the way she handle the show is superb !! many of our anchors doesn’t know how to handle various type of people and renjini does it gracefully and her costumes are indeed perfect .
the show is really an oppurtunity to many , and let every one utilise it ….
all the best to all participants .
What is the need for contestants to dance (like item number dancers), if their singing ability are to be judged?
Why is there no classical pundit as the judge?
What is the need for actors like Vinaya Prasad and Asokan on the show?
I agree that the anchor needs to improve her Malayalam. Even I speak better Malayalam then her, and I was born and brought up in the U.S.
Chippy K Chicago
she’s a hot babe…
I am a regular viewer of Idea Star Singer. Programme wise it is excellent. I do not know why some viewers are very much criticising the anchor.It is not idea star Anchor. Give advice her to improve. I am sure she can improve a lot.
Judgements are concerned I have an observation. I cannot find out a uniform scale for the judgement. Every day it varies. If you take one day judjement, it is OK. But if you compare many days judjements there are problems. Eg. One girl named Sreenanda , she got only 35 marks out of 80. But so many other contestants sang poorer than her got high marks. This could be avoided. And praising their physical appearances are not important at this context.You are not selecting Actoror Actress. Another thing I do not understand is the role of celebrity guest in this platform. Rajasenan, Asokan are OK . Actresses like Nandini, Suchitra ???
I congradulate Asianet for arranging this good show.
I feel Ranjini is doing a good job. As someone else tried to allude to earlier, if you don’t like her style, you probably aren’t the target audience. Have you interacted with the SMS crowd in kerala under the age of 20? Having lived outside India most of my life, I sometimes am shocked to see the way these folks act and speak. Ranjini is right at home, very frank and forthright in whatever she does. Her attitude will be quite a pioneering one in mallu tv and is here to stay.. Get used or tune out
Neal, thanks for commenting.
As someone else tried to allude to earlier, if you don’t like her style, you probably aren’t the target audience.
dear malayalees(including me)
i ve read almost all the messages about ranjini n the forum.what i feel that,malayalees attittude cannot change at all,thats why keralam s the same as 1950 s.i hope u ll be watching shows like INDIAN IDOL,i really feel jelous abt the anchors & contestants,the level of confidence they re showing n the stage & the shows.dd any malloo can do that????? nt possible ,its all ther negetive attittude,they just like to critisise if somebody does something good.thats why we r nt growing…
what we really feel ( we r hyderabad malayalees,its our common opinoin) ,ranjini s really good ,she s very smart,we cant call its manglish as like some other shows like kiran tv live music VJs speaking(just eg,not to critisis).asianet should nt listen such comments,because of ranjini only we re watching the shows
the same people who s critisising ranjini, can they perform at least 10% of that????
all d best ranjini & idea starsinger
The anchor sucks…I liked some of the singers but the anchor…she is so boring.
I can’t agree with you guys…
I think she is doing an excellent job in ISS.
Her Malayalam accent and pronunciation in excellent. She is not saying anything like “ Ariyilla”
Some times some English words is coming his communication, that’s not a matter quite natural.
As a anchor , she is handling lots of different situations in ISS.
She is handling lots of various situations and emotions very well.
I think we should appreciate her dealing ability.
The anchor is one of the worst one cud see in a television channel..No issues with her language,used to mute my tv,whenever saw her speaking..Shez too typed and doesn’t know wht to say and whn to say..Simple example is during the show dated 30 July,she was telling to one contestant – two times u escaped being eliminated and third time u’ll b shown the way out..Her actions with her right hand is too horrible to watch..Surely we miss good malayalee anchors,with the exception of ramya ravindran,rajashree warrier etc..i know 90% hates her and have no words to those who likes her..
Idea Star singer program is doing well. I dont understand the need of some of the celebrity guests who are useless for this kind of program. If Sreekumar says ‘You sang well” then the rest of the panel just repeat the same. Look at the show Indian Idol and you see the difference. Ranjini has brought some sort of life to the malayalam channel anchoring and she is doing well other than her malayalam. The judges should comment on the performance of the participants and not on their physical appearence and trying to make cheap comedy out of that. Its really irritating and clearly shows the level of our judges.
Dear Sir
100% correct Asia net is not selecting the best singer they are selecting the Best Dancer …….
At the end of the episod we will see the first prize is goes to the Best dancer.
what a cheap programme
Now their forum is not working . Hope they understood the audience mind
So song-and-dance is over. What next? Item number or cabaret? Or mimicry? I pity the channel who continues to run the show. People in Delhi and Mumbai are ridiculing the programme as sub-standard.
Idea star singer is a very nice program…. ranjini is is too good…have not seen any body is doing such in any other program… but mallu’s won’t like her..they always critisize a succesful person…:)…….
this discussion forum is is the best example for the success of the program………..i doubt whehter any other program have got such feed back forums.. and peple commenting on it… guys you are all doing mktg for the show.. all the best…
i watch idea star singer with my family. we all share the same view about the anchor. she is really awesome with her witty comments. it is because of the hostess that we enjoy the programme(at least this is what i think. our mother tongue is tamil and that may be the reason why we don’t find any mistake in her accent or whatever others think. her frequent kiddings at sharath- like her reference to his lucky number and other things, her comments about the participants’ old performances and her calls to the parents and friends for their comments in the midst of the program itself are really enjoyable. but nowadays, for around two weeks she is surprisingly quiet as if trying to maintain her dignity or whatever it is. her changed attitude does not make the program interesting. was her change because of the negative responses that she got from the viewers in this forum or was it because of some secret warning from the judges not to comment on them? we look forward to the old ranjini with her witty comments on everybody in the show.
I live in the U.K.and I watch idea star singer regularly.I would like to bring the attention of all the viewers about the partiality of the judges today.Today Sree Nanda was singing and dancing and all the judges were giving good opinion about her performance.But when the marks came she got only 56.Why it is ,she is black and not that beautiful.Many other contestants got good marks even though their performance was not good and the judges remarks were negative.This type of partiality is not at all good for a show like this.I strongly disagree with that judgement
i dont know why many of you guys are so much against her speaking in english during the programme. english is the most accepted language everywhere and we cant survive without speaking english once we come out of state.. i feel she should be appreciated for her sportiveness, smaart, calm and confident way of carrying herself and transparency in her words.. her words doesnt look as artificial as those who anchor the phone in programmes in typed , byhearted, so called ‘pure malayalam language’ .. i am not telling that she is the best anchor .i feel she is showing very much improvement nowadays… and any criticism are always appreciated, but should carry the intention to improve them.. be constructive..
I Agree with Antoney’s comments about sreenanda,as though her singing had problems,she got only 12 marks out of 30 for performence,(singing 28 in 50 may be ok)despite her genuine performence.Does ISS think it fare?it is not good if the judges are getting fooled by somebody’s appearence and dresses.
anyway the contest will be between Arun gopan,Sannithanantan,Najim Arshad,Hesham Abdul Wahab,Krishnajith and Tushar Murali Krishna, if he improves in performence(he is a 3 time 1’st price winner in all kerala school festival for both light and classic).But unfortunately no female participant would be there in final five.
Abdul Wahab hesham and Amrutha Suresh are best.
This is regarding Judgement for Y’dy’s programme for medley round…in that Ms. Vani Jayaram sung in her style through classic touch..any way nice to hear…(not mean that she is 100% perfect)…Mr. Sreekumar & Mr. Sarath found lot of mistakes in her songs…ok..great ..nice judgments! In same medley round one Mr. Yasin sung some songs…It’s totally bad perfomance from him…from beginning onwards ” Mahaganapathe” He sung in very fast and I felt that he want to go somewhere in urgent after this programme!( no ” Raga” or ” Thala”) It’s totally out of pitch… and base sound was very worst..landing too… and some words were not had much clarity..then Mr. Sreekumar & Mr. Sarath appreciated his perfomance! and given maximum mark to this guy! and requstd to sing ” Mahaganapathe” again…It’s horrible to hear again!!! I don’t know in which scale these judges measuring talent!!! In earlier round he sung Rafi Saheb’s “Chahoonga Mai Tuje” this song was also not in average Or near to original song or Feeling…same judges had impressed with his singing that day too…( Dear Judges…pls watch star Tv’s Amul star singer & Zee tv’s Saregamapa..then you will get lot of idea aboutjudging songs in Hindi…useful to malayalm songs too) I am not discouraging this Guy..he is having good talent…but for comepetition…I think he is not perfect fit to compete with other contestants! Anyway I wishing all success to Idea & Asianet for this Mega event!
mr binil,
please change the title of this topic and use better terms to express your opinion as it really ’sucks’ to read your personal opinion written under such a title which is seen whenever we open google search. As it is purely against a person,please dont use such demoralising words at least in the title..
Dear Susmi,
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
please change the title of this topic and use better terms to express your opinion
This post on my blog is, as you said, purely my personal opinion. The title is the summary of the post. I think as such it is doing a good job of that.
as it really ’sucks’ to read your personal opinion written under such a title which is seen whenever we open google search. As it is purely against a person,please dont use such demoralising words at least in the title
The word sucky is just a slang which means ‘unpleasant’. There is nothing in my post which is a personal attack. If you read carefully, the title is the only place where I give my own opinion about RH.
There are lots of things written on WWW, some of which might offend you. I would recommend getting used to it.
Thanks again for dropping by to comment. I am sorry, but I can’t entertain your request to change the title of the post.
Cheerio,
Binil
Renjini’s anchoring just sucks! Honestly!
Asianet is a Malayalam Channel! The people who watch this channel are just Malayalees! Folks, no single Westerner watches this show! Then why the heck are these anchors trying to imitate the westerners? R any westerners trying to imitate us?
Those who have watched Renjini… She shivers her whole body! Also, she holds her hands as if she has looted a jewellery shop and hid some ornaments between her armpits and is afraid it might fall down! Relax! Renjini! Relax! When we see you like that, we ourselves get tensed!!
It just make me laugh! HAHA!!
Guys! Who the hell is that Meera who comes at the end of the show? I have only seen that elikunj at the end of the show singing with the contestants… and during elimination round walking down the steps for bringing the “HEAVY” result paper one 1 by one!
Remember this is a 1 hour show with 30 minutes of ads … LOL
GET LOST RANJINI.BETTER DO SOME COPRA JOB
Dear all,I feel this program has many flaws and the anchor’s accent is of much lesser importance.To note a few
1. The way it goes I am sure the winner is going to be an average all-rounder and certainly not the best singer among the contestants.
2. It is uncomfortable to watch the contestants in strange and flashy outfits, which I feel they aren’t liking either.many of the good singers seriously underperformed during perf. round.
3. The elimination round was a pain to watch.In order to eliminate some 5 out of 50, all of them were individually staged; even their parents were not spared! Their emotions were carefully streamed and played over and again..all across 2 full episodes.
4. From the audience, there is a tendency to vote based on the song selected and personal appearance, and his/her clout.SMS system therefore I feel is corrupting the judging process.The judges are already doing a fair job which is sufficient.
5. The celebrities called into the judging panel simply echo the remarks of permanent judges, and often pass some silly remarks just to add something.
6. During the course of the programme, events shot at different times are inserted which can be easily detected.
Personally Iam not liking it as much as I liked in the beginning.A potentially good show already spoiled!
Hi’
To be honest all these star singer and superstar reality shows sucks. Doesn’t these channels have anything better to show? I must say Amrita TV is the worst as you won’t see anything else other than the superstar crap every night. Most of Kerala’s proffessional singers and actors are out of work. So why the hell are these channels hellbent on producing more and more singers and actors? People, stop watching this crap.
The two celebrity judges MGS and Sharath are rude and impolite. How could they ever pass judgment on Usha Uthup? I am referring to the independence day show. These two sure like to grovel in their conceit of having a better understanding of classical music.
“When smart people gather, attitude marks the winner amongst them”
She is India’s first pop diva…a musical life and heritage these two can never match upto, even if they tried their best, for the remaining part of their lives.
I think Ranjini is cool. She is an important part of this show. This is undoubtedly the best programme that comes to memory that Asianet have ever broadcasted.
hai,
First episodes of the ISS is very very good and interesting. And in this time the show is flop.And there is partiality in judging. Some contestants are sand well and they get only less marks. some contestants sing very bad and they got good marks. and judges says they ‘aree wah what a good singing? why they says like this? and some celebrity judges are not totally good. That’s Amritha TV celebrity judges are very good. And Renjini is not so good and bad. “Judges Pls don’t show partiality to Contestants” This is a singing contest or dance-performance contest. If the singers know dance very well Asianet pls start a dance competition soon. And they get prizes from there. this is too horrible.
Hellloo
A very good programmee..RANJIINI YOU THE BEST.
THOSE WHO SAY RANJINI IS NOT SOO GOOD NOT BAD,GO TO HELL ETC ETC..PLS COME FORWARD AND ANCHOR
ANY SHOWS..OR DO YOU HAVE ANY COURAGE TO MERGE A FAMILY FUNCTION..STUPID PEOPLES..GO AWAY
Helloooooooooooooo
Yeah, Renjinis actions are too bad, don’t see yesterday’s programme. (Onam Programme) What Renjini is doing Her mouth actions and her eyes actions are not good for a malayali woman. Her actions are too bad. Especially her lip moments and extra poor laughing.
The anchor in idea star singer is really good and she is professional too
which is not seen in most of the anchors in malayalam channels .
There is partiality in judging. Some contestants are sang well and they get only less marks. some contestants sing very bad and they got good marks.
The celebrities called into the judging panel simply echo the remarks of permanent judges, and often pass some silly remarks just to add something.
This is for the kind attention of all Renjini supporters. There is no particular animosity against the anchor, but when we are seeing the conduct of anchors in different channels and in different languages, we tend to compare her performance relatively to others.
In yesterday’s (20th August) show there was a parting message from Geethu Mohandas and we all got the best opportunity to see them both together. Geethu was dressed in traditional Keralite’s costume and spoke very good Malayalam and her words in English too was without any put on accent or pretense. This assigns great importance knowing that she was born and brought up in Canada and could have been greatly influenced by the upbrining there. But the Renjini was continuing to speak in her irritating Malayalam and put on accent in English that she probably acquired as asset ( or liability??) during the few months she spent in UK. Her costume continues to be mismatch, her lip movements are awkward, and body movements are eccentric!
Once you observe both of them closely, it isn’t difficult to understand what is being objected to by the spectators.
pls stop commenting abt renjini. Mallus attitude will never ever change. i think they would prefer our CM Mr.Achudanandan or someone like that to host the show.
philip
what a cheemutta joke is this. Achuthanandan is our Minister, how he could host a show. whatever it is Najim is the “Star”.
Hi,
I read all the comments here. According to me, Renjini the anchor of ISS is good, her malayalam is not that bad and she uses English terms not as a fashion it comes spontanously and her anchoring is very professional, compared to other mallu anchors she is really better. As far as judges are concerned they are accurate, and we should be really proud to have such talents like MGS and Sareth. The only question is “Does performance in a stage means dancing”? No Never performance in the stage while singing only means to be pleasant, smart, interactive with audience, orchestra etc and a full involvement in the song through a good body language. In ISS , its very shocking to hear the judges commenting on their steps of dancing in performance round. In one episode i even heard a judge saying “kurachu steps kude avamayirunnu”. The event is Idea Star Singer, so please pay attention to the singing talents of the contestants and provide us a super idea star singer who could be the pride of mallus all over the world.
The show is good but there are few points affecting it…..marks are not given according to their performances and they are shades of partiality shown in the compliments from the judges after the performance…for eg. even though Varun.J Thilak has sung all his songs well, the judges has not given the support he deserves….
Oh!Stop about the langauge.She is really a sexy girl with good figure body structure and all so why telling her langauge watch the show for her body and the onam edition was superb exposing renjini’s sweet belly!
In conventional discourse, the monism of music and dance fell only under some generalizations (under the rubric “art forms”). Both were then widely divergent in phenomenological terms, i.e., phenomenologist argues “music and dance equally appeal to aesthetic sensors, nevertheless, evoke varied responses and emotions in the perceiver’s mind, hence there is duality”). However, theoretically, postmodernism – the governing paradigm – requires knowing the “other”, yet practically, it is might be a folly (at least early) to expect the performers to do the “other”. On balance, in ISS, there is a no “thathvachindatmaka vairudhyam” but there might be “prayogika vairudhyam”
Anyway, on the central theme, the anchor’s anchoring angering is one thing, and angering turning to gossipmongering on the anchor’s anchoring is another. Pondering on the anchor’s diction during anchoring is blathering.
Afterall style is a matter of choice.
Nair
Well……..errrrr……………above I wrote: “Pondering on the anchor’s diction during anchoring is blathering”. Oh! totally a senseless sentence! What this poor soul meant is that post-pondering talks on the diction of the anchor are blather.
Nair
hi Renjini you were superb in yesterdays (23rd August 2007)episode, you looked great and your kerala style of dressing was awsome. Dont ever be depressed about the comments which come over here as you can be sure that the percentage of audience who support you are very high than those who find fault in you.
All the best Renjini, we all love you and support you.
World’s largest democracy that we boast ourselves is ruled by a party who has the support of hardly one-fourth of the valid voters in the country. And if the majority of the viewers support the anchor, so be it, let her be the queen of all anchors.
Being born and bought up outside Kerala, if someone says ‘eniykky malylam areella’, that is, unfortunately, considered a meritorious quality by some people. And if someone is able to twist his/her tongue the way a foreigner does, even if it sounds unnatural, there are people qualifying it as an enviable achievement.
Do you find it unnatural when from Malabar speaks in Malayalam?
Do you find it funny when you hear someone from Trichur?
Do you find it unpleasant when you listen to the native of Trivandrum?
Definitely no!!!
Then why do people criticise this anchor’s Malayalam and English too?
The answer is very simple. It sounds unnatural and put on!
Those who could see the difference will disagree. And those who are impressed with anything which is not natural, will applaud.
I am not a regular viewer of Idea Star Singer due to my work schedules.. But I try my best to squeeze in as much time as possible to watch this program… No doubt this is a great initiative from the part of Asianet. But, the above comments made by the anchor Ranjini Haridas calls in for flak…
““I can speak colloquial Malayalam, which I speak at home. I am no Malayalam pundit, it is not that I intentionally avoid the language. I respect it. But I cannot speak the kind that is spoken on television. I told Sreekantan (Nair) Sir this when they approached me for the show, he gave me the go ahead. And if people have a problem they should be speaking to the channel,” she says cheekily. In fact, she is open to anchoring in Malayalam, provided she is given a proper script right down to the minutest detail.”
Since this is the program which has the highest TRP in Malayalam, Ranjini should be considering herself lucky to be still in the show… She need to learn to be more humble… Its not thats she is the best talent available that she got the offer..there would be many ithers who would host this show in hundredtimes better way…
ranjini should stop thinking that she is doing a favor to the channel, audiences and Mr. Nair for asking her to be on the show…. When she says she doesn’t know Malayalam ( except for colloquial usage), her acentuated English sounds put up in every sense… People trained today for call center jobs can speak English with a much more better and desirable accent…
Another thing she should understand is that, its the job of the presenter to reasearch ab prepare for the job that they have got.. U r no film star just to add value to the show with jus your presence on stage… If u don’t know how this job is done, there are atleast 5 shows running on National Channels from where she can learn from on how to conduct the show…
Rajeev, you said it well.
It is big lie if she says she doesn’t know malayalam. Frankly my comments would have been a lighter one if it was true, and if she was born and brought up in a differnt environment. I have come across children from the Gujarathi community who live in the city where she too had her education. They speak chaste malayalam, not just the colloquial one, and none of them are anywhere near malayalam pundits! Even pretense must have some limits.
Ram & Rajeev,
I think you are not much to watching musical shows in other malayalam channels. I feel that Renjinni is far far better than those anchors, who simply kills malayalam language To be noted they even dont know proper english. I feel Renjini is very natural, her english accent is too natural and she doesnt pretend as if she dont know the malayalam language. She is doing a good job.
Pleasant accent is cent percent an [communicative] agent for a cogent presentation in any pageant. However, “pleasant” is a feeling evocatively varied – from Mr. Hyde to Dr. Jekyll.
Nair
Anu, will cancer in another person make your migrane less painful?
I heard anchor in another channel appreciating the ‘casuality’ of the contestant’s costume. But does it make this anchor any better.
And when you say ‘I feel Renjini is very natural, her english accent is too natural and she doesnt pretend as if she dont know the malayalam language’, I may please be excused for not being able to distinguish between natural and bizarre
i accept with the viewers who feel that there is partiality in the judgement. this is clearly evident when sharath comments on shreenanda. he is completely irritating in his attitude towards the charming and cute little girl. he never stops his rude remarks on her till the cute cheerfulness fades away and finally disappears from her face. i can’t really understand what cheap pleasure does he derive in making the little girl disappointed? and notice the marks after the tiresome and irritating comments, it seems to be pretty good – at least enables her to move on to the next stage with a little help from the viewers in the form of sms, which i believe that she gets more. it may seem that sreenanda has no basic knowledge of classical music but i believe that this programme searches for a good singer and not a vocalist. will sharath ever changes his attitude towards her.
Why nobody talking about Nithin Raj . He is very much talented guy.Excellent performer.See his confidence and his body language. He is a borne artist………..
Judges in ISS are found to lack impartiality. Often they are trying to impress upon the viewers with their technical superiority rather than delivering a sound and unbiased judgement. Again, I have read a lot of criticism on erring judgements from some professional music lovers. Ms.Usha Uthup is the only one who appears to be concerned about the predicament of the contestants and therefore she carefully chooses her words while making her comments. There are better jugdges elsewhere. It is worth viewing the judgements and remarks given out by Jayachandran in Amritha TV. Hats of to him…
Ram
If no one, who knows the [musical] know-how, knows to say no, someone taught in the art of “nots” ought to be gavelling at the panel.
Congratulations Asianet. Idea Star Singer is very goods show. Anchor Rajni also good. She is improving her language. I feel contestant exuses are not allowed. It is a good programme.
I LOVERENJINI HARIDAS JUST 4 BIENG REAL! B4 U SAY U HATE A PERSON U SHUD DO SUM RESEARCH! B4 THIS WHOLE SHOW STARTED THE DUDE FRM THE PRODUCER OF ISS TOLD RENJINI SHE HAD 2 DO ITz! BCUZ SHE IS THE BEST ANCHOR THERE IS, SHE WARNED ABOUT HER MALAYALAM BUT HE INSISTED! I THINK SHE DOES A FABULOUS JOB! SHE IS VERY INTELLECTUAL AND IS HIGHLY HONORABLE 4 HER ACADEMIC XCELLENCE!!! ANOTHER THING IS SHE ISNT SO FAKE!! THE OTHER ANCHORS REHEARS EVERYTHING USING THE BIGGEST WORDS THEY KNOW 2 SOUND SMART!…ASIANET IS NOWALSO SHOWED IN AMERICA AND THEY NEED 2 UNDERSTAND 2! HER BRITE SMILE SHINES AND I THINK THERE IS NO ONE BTR 2 DO HER JOB THAN HER! I AM 13 BUT I KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE. my SISTER IS ON ASIANET. SHE USUALLY EXPLAINS WHATS JELPA SAYS ON AMERICAN JALAKAM BEAUTY TIPS. AND SHANA DOM THE OTHER HOST IN AMERICAN JALAKAM KOOSERDHI SOMETHING IS MY COUSIN IN LAW! i AM SORRY 4 THE BAD SPELLING….I AM IN A HURRY! SO LET THIS B A LESSON 2 ALL OF U WHO HATES HER: DO UR RESEARCH B4 CALLING SOMEONE “THE WORST ANCHOR EVER!”
THANK YOU FOR UR TIME AND PLEASE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION EVEN IF ITS FROM A 13 YEAR OLD!
Lincy, thanks for dropping by to comment.
THE OTHER ANCHORS REHEARS EVERYTHING USING THE BIGGEST WORDS THEY KNOW 2 SOUND SMART!…ASIANET IS NOWALSO SHOWED IN AMERICA AND THEY NEED 2 UNDERSTAND 2!
There, you bring a new insight into this whole discussion! Thanks, and I wonder how much of this has to do with Asianet trying hard to market this to its international audience.
SO LET THIS B A LESSON 2 ALL OF U WHO HATES HER: DO UR RESEARCH B4 CALLING SOMEONE “THE WORST ANCHOR EVER!”
Lincy, you have not revealed anything that should come as a “lesson” to anyone who does not like RH’s performance. You need to do a little better than name-dropping to make a compelling case for RH.
Thanks,
Binil
Renjini Haridas is doing a wonderful job, there’s nothing wrong, one jenson spoke about culture and language, then why do mallus follow western style of dressing / fashion, why dont they use mundu and chatta. We dont understand why most of the people of Kerala have launched such a heavy attack on Renjini, what has to be looked into is the way the Judges (M.G and Sarath) perform, they are the most disgusting – very biased/partial and feel that there is nobody above them in the field, let them learn from Usha to feel the pulse of the contestants and judge them only for their performance and not make them the butt of all jokes and ridicule.
And futher I would like to add it would have been better if it was purely only a singing competition as the name suggests – not a fashion show and dance competition – that could be conducted later.
Thanks
Martin
Hi Martin,
I very much back your comment and view about Renjini Haridas. She is doing a pretty good job!
But talking about, judges i feel MGS & Sharath are excellent talents in music. We, all mallus should really be proud to have such excellent personalities in ISS. Usha Utup is a respected singer in India, but surely she is not well versed in classical music, but hats off to her for her wonderful comments about contestents which is really helpful to raise a lot of self confidence in them.
Anu
“ASIANET IS NOW ALSO SHOWED IN AMERICA AND THEY NEED 2 UNDERSTAND 2!”
Shown in America or rest of the word for whose sake? Foreigners or Malayalees??? And since when do we need to understand a program in mother tongue with the help of a foreign language?
Ram
To Mr. Binil
You say first that you do not get to watch Idea Star Singer as you get back late from Work. And, your opinion is based on a thread you read and the one episode that you watched!! I must say that you are but a very judgemental person.
As an anchor Ms. Ranjini Haridas does a wonderful job, coordinating the show between stalwarts in the industry, laypeople in the audience and most importantly, the very young contestants.
Her malayalam may not be impeccable, yet, she is impressive. If the hint of a western accent worries you, perhaps what you should do is to give up anything and everything that is Western, including the attire that you probably most happily wear to work – the Trousers!! Why not go to work in a Dhoti?
Furthermore, if you are looking at perfect Malayalam, as someone hinted – why not suggest people like Madhavikutty, Sugathakumari, Sara, Anweshi President – Ajitha, etc.
And who said that this is an only Malayalam show? Aren’t they singing Hindi, Tamil, Telugu songs? And, don’t we have a judge who is non-Malayali?
Please go and have some life Mr. Binil and be a little more reasonable in your comments! Good luck, you sure need it.
Prayaga,
Thanks for dropping by to comment. I have a fine life, but thanks for the wishes nonetheless.
You said:
You say first that you do not get to watch Idea Star Singer as you get back late from Work. And, your opinion is based on a thread you read and the one episode that you watched!!
If you notice, what I wrote was (emphasis added):
My wife watches Idea Star Singer on Asianet regularly. By the time I get back from work I usually don’t get to watch it. Today I watched one episode in full.
Her malayalam may not be impeccable, yet, she is impressive.
Sure, she impresses you. Enjoy the show, of course! Unfortunately, I don’t share the same enthusiasm about RH and said as much.
Thanks again for the wishes!
Cheerio,
Binil
Mr. Binil,
You are most welcome for all the good wishes! Binil, yes, she sure impresses me and she sure impresses hundreds if not thousands of people out there! But the point I want to raise is that, you have an opinion or a distaste, as much as you have the freedom to voice it, you also need to know HOW to do so. Using language in poor taste, goes way ahead to speak about yourself above the issue of Ranjini Haridas itself (SUCKY ANCHOR?). Apart from that, just as much as that, if you respect your own opinion, you need to know that there are many others who respect their own opinions.
Throw away that manglish anchor. We only see that lucky super singers. They will be in the heaven like place in the ISS. WHo will be the ISS. That we see. Moreover everyone is good and better to another. And Williams is a good singer. But unfortunately he is out. What s show that is. All of them and we were also cried. One SMS is thrown out Williams from this ISS . It is a feeling show. The great usha uthup also cried. He will be a good career.
Anoopa
Prayaga,
But the point I want to raise is that, you have an opinion or a distaste, as much as you have the freedom to voice it, you also need to know HOW to do so.
Agreed.
Using language in poor taste, goes way ahead to speak about yourself above the issue of Ranjini Haridas itself (SUCKY ANCHOR?).
I do not think that the language was in poor taste.
Apart from that, just as much as that, if you respect your own opinion, you need to know that there are many others who respect their own opinions.
Yes I know that – but what does that imply in the present context? Honestly, what is your point really?
Thanks,
Binil
Dear Mr. Binil,
For every attack against the adjective you have given to the anchor of the ISS, you defend with the attitude “afterall it is use of slang” (hereinafter “slanguage”). Indeed, sucky is a slang. Etymologically, “sucky” is a member of “suck” family of which every other member is also a slang. Some of them are even wicked, I mean vulgar slangs. A few of suck’s verbs are innocuous, yet the family culture of “suck” hardly hides from view.
Reflecting on slang, what prompts one to speak slang? A psycholinguist would say the speakers are mostly “the young, especially who have not lived very deeply into customs, habits, and other imperatives of life”, one for whom norms of the society have the effect of deadening his/her impulses. Etymologists have associated slang use with rebellious nature seen in wayward individuals. Slanguage is also a contemptible attraction-grabber. Only a few psycholinguists have asserted slanguage to have a positive side, most of their assertions relate to group behaviour among teenagers. In addition, every empirical study on slanguage operates under the banner “evils of society”. Given these [few] reasons, why should we adhere to slanguage in articulating a criticism against an anchor of a TV show which has profound influence upon our society? Are we in a semantic poverty that we had to resort to informal, nonstandard, and contemptuous words?
Being a slave to slang is like being an evil to the society; afterall we build society through discourse.
Nair (speaking a very affectionate and friendly tone)
Dear Nair,
Thanks for commenting. You make a coherent argument at least, thanks for as much.
Off the bat, let me say that I did not intend this post as a personal attack on anyone. I called as I saw it. In at least my circles, saying that something “sucks”, just means an expression of unpleasantness – nothing more, nothing less. It does not mean anything vulgar.
Now onto slangs. Opinions are divided as to whether use slang words is a healthy practice or not. Phrases ranging from “the grunt of the human hog” to “proletarian poetry” have been used to describe slang. Your argument conveniently pictures only one side of this debate
Subsequent characterisations like “being an evil to society”, though subtle, are largely uncalled for.
Given these [few] reasons, why should we adhere to slanguage in articulating a criticism against an anchor of a TV show which has profound influence upon our society? Are we in a semantic poverty that we had to resort to informal, nonstandard, and contemptuous words?
Nope, usage of a word does not indicate any semantic poverty. OTOH, I suspect that attacking the messenger demonstrates a distinct semantic poverty.
Slanguage is also a contemptible attraction-grabber.
No less contemptible than using indigestible accademic prose to express simple ideas in a lame attempt to sound cooler-than-the-average, if I might say so.
Thanks,
Binil
speaking in a firm but equally friendly tone
sucky just means disagreeable or unpleasant
Ref:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sucky
Dear friend Binil,
Thanks for your interesting response. May I try to provide a rejoinder? Please! Only as an informative dialogue. Hope you would not mind adding a bit satire in the same vein as you.
1) “In at least my circles…It does not mean anything vulgar”.
The “corporate slanguage” of the minutes of your undertaking’s AGM would be of academic interest for a semanticist. Okay, you might have meant casual circle, which is, if, in fact the case, your post 78 would have been 79. What do you say Prayaga?
2) “Using indigestible accademic prose to express simple ideas”, according to you, is contemptuous than characterizing a person with a slang. Right?
I guess this is with reference to my post on the theoretical underpinnings of music-dance symbiosis. First, every idea is unfathomable, the extent to which one can descend depends on the individuals cognitive power coupled with social background. Characterizing ideas simple or complex depends on the perceiver. Most of the ideas which are known to us are known only to a certain extent, true knowledge lies beyond what is known. Action on any idea considered as simple is nothing but “hollow pragmatism”. In terms of explaining ideas, the deeper you go, the harder you find to express the idea using layman’s vocabulary. I hope [and pray] you will not recommend slanguage for this purpose. Second, your assertion on slanguage being less contemptuous than “indigestible accademic prose”, the implication is that slang is superior to philosophical vocabulary – “kalikaala vaibhavam”.
3) You say Binil, “Phrases ranging from ‘the grunt of the human hog’ to ‘proletarian poetry’ have been used to describe slang”.
Utility of these phrases in describing slang does not render the phrases slang. I am unfamiliar with the first among the phrases, however, a propos of “proletarian poetry”, I can vouch, stylistics does not accept the phrase in a constructive sense. On the other hand, there are quite many works, where “proletarian poetry” is used in a pejorative sense. One instance is, in a classic research piece the phrase is used to highlight a poet’s dilemma in broadcasting his sensitive sentiments to the masses. The poet, in order to write poetry for the people (proletarian poetry), is forced to “learn to be brutal”.
4) You say, “Subsequent characterisations like ‘being an evil to society’, though subtle, are largely uncalled for”.
I intended only a generalization, if you felt it “uncalled for”, kindly accept my apologies!
Nice to say Hello to you!
Nair (only a pseudonym)
Nair,
Prayaga’s comment was mean and a personal attack – hence it was yanked. You made a coherent argument, and I am thankful to you for as much. BTW, you two are ganging up on me? How did you come to know of his/her comment?
“Using indigestible accademic prose to express simple ideas”, according to you, is contemptuous than characterizing a person with a slang
That is not what I said. Using dense accademic prose to sound sophisticated is just as contemptible as using slang to attract attention. Both techniques employ deviation from the average to attract attention.
I can vouch, stylistics does not accept the phrase in a constructive sense
Mashe, although I admit that the use of slang was seen with contempt in the 19th century, it is looked upon with lot more sympathy now. After all, “Correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays”.
I intended only a generalization, if you felt it “uncalled for”, kindly accept my apologies!
Apologies accepted; thanks!
Peace,
Binil
“In conventional discourse, the monism of music and dance fell only under some generalizations (under the rubric “art forms”). Both were then widely divergent in phenomenological terms, i.e., phenomenologist argues “music and dance equally appeal to aesthetic sensors, nevertheless, evoke varied responses and emotions in the perceiver’s mind, hence there is duality”). However, theoretically, postmodernism – the governing paradigm – requires knowing the “other”, yet practically, it is might be a folly (at least early) to expect the performers to do the “other”. On balance, in ISS, there is a no “thathvachindatmaka vairudhyam” but there might be “prayogika vairudhyam”
Anyway, on the central theme, the anchor’s anchoring angering is one thing, and angering turning to gossipmongering on the anchor’s anchoring is another. Pondering on the anchor’s diction during anchoring is blathering.
Afterall style is a matter of choice.”
What the heck is being talked about here ? My guess is that a tremendous effort is being made by Mr.Nair to make a couple of simple points sound pompous. Sadly the points were lost in a sea of pretentious words.
pradeep what a words you have. TERRIFIC……..WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nair,
I wonder how many Mallus have understood your English. Where did you do your English Mr.Nair, I am sure it is not anywhere in Kerala.
Regards
Martin
Martin u said a good thing. I think u are a english Pandit.
Well Anoopa, thanks for your comment, anyway I am not an English Pundit,however English is my mother tongue and am proud of it.
We are going off topic right now, we are supposed to comment on the Idea Super Singer (Dancer) show.
Those who have a problem with Ranjini’s anchoring I am sure they either do not understand English as a language or they get green with jealous at someone’s success. She is one of the very good hosts Asianet/Surya has ever had.
I dont know why they are making much of Sannidhanam, they are giving him alot of high hopes,at times they make him feel like a clown, and Sanni as innocent as he is takes everything gracefully with high expectations, and MG is always making him invoke Swami Iyyapan – dont know what his plan is. Any Way All the best to Sanni, dont get carried away by these bickerings and be prepared for the worst.
Dear Binil,
Well, if you yanked my comment because you felt it was a personal attack and was mean – at a certain other level, your comment against Ranjini was personal and mean as well. So, I think your entire thread needs to be jacked.
By the way, there is no teeming up with Nair, as much as I know and Prayaga too is only a pseudonym!
Binil, when it comes to expressing thoughts, you must always remember that opinions could be divided on just about everything. If you feel ’sucky’ is an innocent slang – well, then, a bunch of people don’t think the same! It is not just the universal four lettered words that are unparliamentary – in public posting there are lot more. Therefore, you ought to think twice before you use certain words! And this is not your blog, buddy where you can simply call anyone anything and so on and so forth!
Bye for now, I hope. I do wish to bow out of this really corny kind of conversation that is happening out here that looped me in because I was particularly struck by the personal attack on a young lady out there, who is indeed doing the best that she can given the circumstances and limitations that we all live under.
God bless!
I think Prayaga is totally right.
Prayaga,
You are being very unreasonable to say the least. I wouldnt dare to use another word (instead of unreasonable) because “a bunch of people” might confuse it with another word and I shudder at the thought of what might happen :-p
>>”If you feel ’sucky’ is an innocent slang – well, then, a bunch of people don’t think the same! ”
Well, sucky is an innocent slang and it is time to change ur belief that it is otherwise. If somebody says XYZ movie sucks, it just means it is a bad movie and not that there are oral sex related scenes in that. I suspect your brain is hardwired to relate stuff to where your interests are, but please spare us from it.
>>”you ought to think twice before you use certain words!”
Only if a “bunch of people” who really doesn’t know what is being talked about or the sense in which something is talked about intrude and unilaterally define the meaning of words.
>>”And this is not your blog, buddy where you can simply call anyone anything and so on and so forth!”
This is the biggest of them all
FYI, this is Binil’s blog where he can write his opinions in words he seems fair. If you would rather misinterpret words and then make a huge deal out of it, then what can Binil do ?
Need an advice ?
Get a life, pal.
Oh Ho!! I didn’t know that this is Binil’s blog. Okay….I take that back. I got into this at the end of a random search for something else, that is all. Thanks for englightening me about that.
“”"”"”"Well, sucky is an innocent slang and it is time to change ur belief that it is otherwise. If somebody says XYZ movie sucks, it just means it is a bad movie and not that there are oral sex related scenes in that. I suspect your brain is hardwired to relate stuff to where your interests are, but please spare us from it”"”"”"”"”"
Okay Pradeep, you needn’t advise me about what words mean in the English language – for your very kind information, I am an English novelist, bred in Cambridge and I am the product of the Cambridge university. Anybody wanting any proofs about this, PM me. I shall leave my e-mail address for anyone who might want to negotiate this, okay?
“”"”"”"”">>”you ought to think twice before you use certain words!”
Only if a “bunch of people” who really doesn’t know what is being talked about or the sense in which something is talked about intrude and unilaterally define the meaning of words.”"”"”"”"”
Well, have you set certain benchmarks on the kind of people who should visit this blog? If you haven’t then all sorts of people would, like yourself, myself and a whole lot of others too – many of whom may or may not totally understand the intent behind words.
Trust this sorts out doubts! Hmmm, with regards to advice…I guess everybody has an advice to lend, but, it might be best that we offer ourselves the best advice and that is to not undermine others. Get that? Now, this is not an advice but just a statement.
Prayaga,
Thanks for the update about the Cambridge upbringing. I would have thought you were yet another Kuwaiti malayalee!
Cheerio,
Binil
I am a Malayalee and indeed I am in Kuwait!!!!! And what I do here? Not interested to share that! For now, you could think that I am here collecting some data for a new novel.
I am happy I offered you some diversion of thought…hahahah!!!
I am sure sugarcube is in Kuwait doing some data collection for his novel too…
Sugarcube, is my boyfriend!!
Boy, oh boy ! You sure know how to spin a tale. I am now convinced you are a novelist
P.S. A little joke – A Panda enter a restaurant and eats, shoots and leaves.
Oh Lord, the vanity of a Cambridge prodigy ! [:p]
Dear all,
Anyway today contestants…Let us watch
Vijay Madhav, Mufeeda Majid,Arun Gopan & Nithin Raj…
‘Idea Star Singer – 2007′
Watch it…
Musically
Anil.
I like to express my congratulations to Renjini for anchoring the show so well. She is very natural in her presentation and carries her attire, be it traditional or western very well. Her interaction with the participants is also very good.
i really enjoyed reading all these comments . imean, iwas totally jobless without anyyhing to do. and look what i stumbled upon, something really interesting! quarrels between highly educated people, useless arguments etc. even though all these bickerings were unnecessary and pointless, iloved them. they helped to while away my time. personally i dont take anyone’s side. all of you are fighting like you have some personal rivalry. comeon, you dont even know who you are fighting to. by the way, i do not use slangs, just a little message for someone out there. and before you start, let me tell you, there is no use of commenting back, idont think im going to come back here.
hmm your point is still valid.. but I think she has changed a bit
I really agree with Mr. Kumar’s comment , dont judge others if you cant really do it .I guess probably your english is horrible , but the people around you adjust , man dont judge a person in any way you , nor does any one of us have the right to do so .
You did a very bad job by removing my fav YASIN NISAR.you should have removed the 2 ghosts-Lekshmi and gaya3.they are just boring.its because they did some performances they are in.but YASIN is a very good singer and u removed him.the judgement is absolutely waste.u remove all the good people and keep inside all waste materials like gaya3 and lekshmi.in ragam round they will sing only Kala ragam.kick them out of the show.
Vinaya was better than Gayathri & Lekshmi.Poor judgment,I think they are keeping item number dancers.
Majid you are great. You will be the Idea star singer 2007. god bless u.
Narmada, what u said are correct. What a boring sound (gaya3). Midhun is also good but what a poor poor judgement. In this reality show the judges or anyone has fear to remove gaya3. This gaya3 is in every danger zone and she only got not out. What people are these. In my opinion an average people of 99% did not like gayathri. She also have a speeching intention to the judges. I hardly recommend the idea star singer judges to remove Gaya3 from the next dangerous zone. Anoopa
Najim Arshad is very good and superb. Najim’s is a singing family. Only Najim will be the Idea Star Singer. His song selection is too good.
Hay Judges,
Hay Judges,
Hesham is a good singer.But please don’t spoil him by giving him more than what he deserves for his appearance, costumes etc. You stinginess in giving marks to Varun is very prominent.A comparison between the two may please be done by seeing the old episodes.But in the last two episodes of VARUN, you have restricted the comments but you are pulled back again from giving him the marks.
Hello Asianet,
Will you please be keen to restrict the dressing of the celebrity guests! Padmapriya’s dresses made us off the TV with srrow to not see those episodes
Hay Judges,
Hesham is a good singer.But please don’t spoil him by giving him more than what he deserves for his appearance, costumes etc. Your stinginess in giving marks to Varun is very prominent.A comparison between the two may please be done by seeing the old episodes.But in the last two episodes of VARUN, you have restricted the comments but you are pulled back again from giving him the marks.
Hello Asianet,
Will you please be keen to restrict the dressing of the celebrity guests! Padmapriya’s dresses made us off the TV with sorrow to not see those episodes
kindly ask RANJINI to avoid her laughing, pls it is not the way of laugh in this type of standard programms. pls
siddikh..i too agree with u…her body language n gestures are quite irritating…..n moreover she doesnt knw wat to speak n how to speak………jst blabbering watever cms into her mouth….
I am amazed by the comments made for Rajini. Can anyone let me know how many percent of malayalis can speak & write perfect malayalam?? If we want to hear good malaylam, then its better to make some Malayalam writers or novelist as the Host. I really don’t find any problem with Rajini’s language. She really connects well with the participants and hosts. Ofcourse sometimes her body language or action seems awkward. Rest fine..
hi…i was the 67th commenter…i didnt mean 2 make it sound like that…my point was i have a source..thats all….its just i was kinda mad that day…and i love renjini…she makes iss a little less serious u know? well…my opinion has not changed and i doubt it ever will but i just wanted 2 apologize!:)
once again sorry
hi…….i lik arun very much nd im sure that he wil be da winner…
hi………….arun wil be da winner of idea star singer……we all lov him very much……god bless u…..
hi…….i lik ranjini very much……evry one pls dont write bad comments about ranjini……..
hi,ranjini dont be sad we all love u….ur doin wel….ur smile is very nice…..ur dressing is also very nice……i lik u too much……ur great…..
hai whole idea star singer …….hw r u????we all like u too much…
hey people…just stop talkin about ranjini…wat da hell u people tink???she is really nice…may b yu people r jealous about her…datz y writing baad about her lyk tiz…
hai ranjini..i really like u so much…you r really a good anchor…yur smile so gud…n yu r beautiful….i lyk yur dressing style…n yu r so swweeet swweeet wt evry1..let othrz talk bad abt yu..they r jobless..datz it…never mind…yu carry on…yu r really gud….wish u all da best….
hey people…just stop talkin about ranjini…wat da hell u people tink???she is really nice…may b yu people r jealous about her…datz y writing baad about her lyk tiz…
hai ranjini..i really like u so much…you r really a good anchor…yur smile so gud…n yu r beautiful….i lyk yur dressing style…n yu r so swweeet swweeet wt evry1..let othrz talk bad abt yu..they r jobless..datz it…never mind…yu carry on…yu r really gud….wish u all da best….
hi ranjini….im greeshma frm abudhabi…hw r u?ur dance was superb…. i lyk it very much….i lov ur voice,smile,dressing etc very very much…ur a gud anchor….ilu….byee
Idea Star singer is the best tv programe at present. Obviously the credit goes to its anchor Ranjini also. I dont know why some of my friends critize her presentation? Her presentation is really superb and all such critizism help her to produce super presentation in coming days. i have a request to such critics why you people not watching Tele call programs based film songs? all such programs’ anchors are asking unwanted questions and its really boring. so please leave Ranjini. okay.
hai ranjini hw r u????im saying sorry 4 evryone….we all lov u too much….ur dance[paapooji] on 100th episode was superb…..i like u very much….i think dat u wil see this msg….im prayin dat u shud get more tv programs…..best of luck…….bye
Congratulation to all the participants esp. Amrutha and Nithin. Special greetings all the judges and Renjini.Programme is superb I really enjoy. Don’t worry about other comments. 100th episode was fantastic.
ranjini is ofcoure a gud anchor…..she knows to handle situations properly…4get about the language its enough that u understand wot she says…this is 21st centuary…even grandparents cud understand sum english…i agree with the judges partiality to sum extent ……
well done ranjini……keep it up….all d best!!
i am a regular viewer of ISS 2007,the show is worth watching,the contestants are definitely talented.i think i have got adjusted or rather i am ‘immune’ to the awkward way in which Ms.Ranjini Haridas speaks.her style used to irk me and all others in the family.some people have written above why we should be bothered about the anchor.for a show to be successful and reach out to the audience,all aspects have to be of good quality,hence the Anchor should be good too.one does’nt have to be a ‘pundit’ to deliver good work.As far as i know she was born and brought up in Kerala which is more than sufficient to acquire the ability to speak in Malayalam(even people of other ethnic origin,settled in Kerala speak Malayalam).i dont say that she should avoid English totally,but speaking English with a put on accent and Malayalam with a ’sorry i dont know’attitude tests the viewer’s patience.she does not appeal to international or local audience.i am sure that English speaking community will surely mock at her funny accent.
but i agree that the show is much better as compared to the 2006 attempt.
Good Renjini, keep it up.
Only one thing is that you have to improve your Malayalam.
If you don’t know Malayalam, don’t teach others…. That is the only request to you…
I would say with regard to Anchor you should give a try to successfull male anchors in Asianet. If given an option i would definitely opt for Rajesh of Jhanak Jhanak in Asianet Plus.
Well this is just a thought from me and some of my pals in Cochin.
Hai rangini,
I like your presentation.I want to let you know that the way the marking is in this section is not ideal.I was so shocked when najim had 72 and vani got 76.we all know najim is superb.
hi all,
i just scrowled over the comments and the majority of them seem to be negative with our host ranjini. its cute watching her over stage yet with funny gestures. but im sure ranjini plays her role pretty well. i do agree with some comments like the way she laughs at the judges comments and her loose jokes. anyways my topic here is not ranjini. let me call ur attention towards the judges partiality and they moraly demotivating talented singers. isint there something fishy in it? for instance yesterday’s show when najim sung “kaadal rojave” he was performing at a low profile than before, he had many flaws in the lyrics, emotion, pitching etc, etc, but still when the marks came we were shocked to see him score high. whereas same day varun ws not given much engouragements for his efforts. i prefer varun to be the ISS. wht do u think and please judges please be true and play ur role honestly. another example is muraly, i think sree eatten has some soft corner with murali.anyways the show must go on and we are here to support the right contestant no matter whatever the judges assess.
so far i like ranjini’s accent, i like the way she speaks, its smooth cool malayalam but with a slang of english (thats why we call it manglish)still nice and adds color to such shows. its just like adding a piece of cheery over the creamy cake to make it look beautiful. ranjini ofcourse is bold and modern, n still a malayalee. jealousy comes out in may forms as obviously as above. im sure ranjini is nt dwn by these comments but it gives her more strength and confidence to run the show. we wish u b there till the end of the show nd get better with much more fabulous shows like sahasikante lokam. shes bold and beautiful. just as simple as that.
hiii 2 all,
I am a person watching almost all episodes of idea star singer… in my view the pro gramme is a big success bcoz of the role of ranjiny… her presentation is excellent…I dnt understand that some ppl comments that she is not behave like a malayali gal… this is not a traditional show for protecting malayalam language… its a reality show of music …. she is doing her style… as a malyalee i respect my language than any other language… but its not fair 2 compare ranjiny with good malyalam… its a reality show take it in that way…………Watch it seriously and saying comment is better…
ALL D BEST RANJINY>>>>> and idea star singer whole crew….
hiii 2 all,
I am a person watching almost all episodes of idea star singer… in my view the pro gramme is a big success bcoz of the role of ranjiny… her presentation is excellent…I dnt understand that some ppl comments that she is not behave like a malayali gal… this is not a traditional show for protecting malayalam language… its a reality show of music …. she is doing her style… as a malyalee i respect my language than any other language… but its not fair 2 compare ranjiny with good malyalam… its a reality show take it in that way…………Watch it seriously and saying comment is better…
ALL D BEST RANJINY>>>>> and idea star singer whole crew….
The comments made smacks of teh utter mallu syndrome who cant bear anyone speaking and behaving in a decent manner,,,
no mallu can becoem like her with butler kind of tounge( few exceptions)
and if that is what is trbling you just sit in the loo for soem time..hell with mallu syndrome and mallus
Renjini is good. Except deedi the two judges are very very partial in their job. you are doing a reality show the whole world is watching you Najim’s last performance was the best example for that .he made mistakes in the lyrics, pitching etc we were shocked by hearing his score. like that please don’t hurt the feelings of the participents by uttering silly jokes.
i totally and completely disagree with u. everyone not only pucca malayalis watch this programme for some people who do not know malayalam then this will not only help them but will also make them understand better. as asianet is available in most of the international countries. according to me she’s got her own style and a good personality and talking about the script if she’s gonna mug the whole thing up then it will be like a news programme or something and it will not at all be live or whatever. i think that se should continue as the host and her english is quet good and her malayalam is also ok.
Letz stop talking too much about Ranjini. The real thiefs – the judges – are smartly doing their job and getting away when we silly people waste all our influential as well as informed criticism on the anchor! Of course MG Sreekumar and Sharath exude a very deep knowledge of their field. They too do us proud (like the contestants), BUT don’t ever call them impartial judges. They are good critics, which surely has taught us all that music is not easy. It is NOT. It has its own technicalities and the judges are superb in making us aware of the fact that it is not a joke to sing well. But the way these JEALOUS guys, I mean, MG Sreekumar and Sharath – treat Varun J. Tilak is glaringly unjust. Once Usha Uthup complimented Varun for his rich rounded voice, which many of us viewers feel is as good as Yesudas’s voice. But “mullappoompodi ettukidakkum kallinumundam oru saurabhyam”!- Usha Uthup also is getting influenced by her fellow judges’ partial opinions on Varun. Now she dare not say that he sings well or that his voice is good. She has also started echoing their opinions. Of course she must have learned quite a bit from these stalwarts. But she is such a great lady and her good culture and politeness need not prevent her from NOT contesting their comments.
The most pathetic trait of our MG Sreekumar and Sharath is that they mostly fall for people who respond with a “Sir” along with a slight bow or a cringing gesture. And this chap Varun simply does not seem to know how to curry favor with the judges. Well their partiality is too obvious for anyone not to notice it! But Varun also should know how to be polite without being either arrogant or too humble either. However, the proof of the pudding should be in the eating and other factors should be allowed to take only a peripheral role. If Varun sings well, which of course he does, why don’t they give him good marks or compliments!!!!????? Varun is a very noticeable victim of the guyz’ partiality and liking of sycophancy. But there are other examples as well. As someone said they way they give hopes to Sannidhanam one day and making a clown of him the other day…..the way they retained Lakshmi Jayan (who no doubt is a good performer but not a good singer), but showed the door to Sreenandini….examples are galore in fact.
i like rejani she’s acting she is nice girl i want to give one kiss but she’s had small booms
Ranjini is nice in her behaviour with the participants.she is sensitive too.it is not good to an anchor. yesterday’s show was very good . Thushar sung very well. hats off to varun and nikhil.nithin was also good .Najim’s last performance was bad. He made big mistakes in the lyrics . he was too careless. if he didn’t know the song well why he sang it. he didn’t even know who sang the song he told it was hariharan. instead of these he got 70 marks. yesterday varun and nikhil got less marks than him eventough the steal the show. judges please don’t be partial.judges shouldn’t be partial.if they are, then the show won’t success.Encourage the participats but please don’t give high hopes.these are my humble request to the judges.
Anchoring is not that easy job…I have done anchoring in few public functions and club functions… The programme flow and the perfection is in his/her hand who anchors….As you people say language is not th important thing here… You should see how the show goes.. I believe she is the right person for this show… SHE GIVES LIF TO THIS SHOW…
We should appreciate Ranjini for her great talent instead of cursing or criticising her..
What a bad Judging. Yesterday Varun sang very well and its a malayalam song. And the judges give hime less marks and gave Nikhil more. Varun got 67 and Nikhil got 69. What’s this. What a partiality is this.Varun’s sound is like MG Sreekumar’s. So MG had little fear that Varun take away his opportunities and so the judges give him moreover less marks. I think so. I like varun’s songs very much. Najim is superb but Najim sometimes very careless about his songs. Anoopa Ajith
i dont know why all blaming rajini? only becoz of she dont know to speak malayalam language properly? u know, becoz of ranjini only the show become popular. her presentation is good.
i like u ranjini. dont be upset. your presentation is good from all others.keep it up.
idea star singer with all its smiles n colours is simply dashing..judges, you are doing a gud job..n yes……ranjini…just smile n go ahead..all the contestants are superb,but right from the start, climbing up each step with simplicity n confidence is VIJAY MADHAV..hats off to the young singer..he is sure to reach great heights..my prayers are always there with him..god bless vijay.
Yeah on the whole Idea Star Singer rocks. It is a superb show, particularly because of Ranjini’s effervescence and naturalness (and of course GOODNESS) as also because of the deep knowledge as well as sense of humor of the judges. And sure our young talents are doing us proud.
And none is perfect. We are learning. So are they learning. The judges, contestants as well as the anchor also are learning things day by day. Thatz whatz life. I dunno why this Internet community simply ATTACKS the anchor and the show. If it were anchored by someone such as Ramya Raveendran or Rimi Tomi I simply wouldn’t have watched the show irrespective of my respect for the judges and hopes in the singers.
All the other anchors that I have seen are so artificial. Please don’t think that just because someone wears a sari and gets decked up in Malayali attire, that person will qualify for humility or naturalness or goodness. Whatever dress one wears, whatever tongue one speaks what is within will come out. And Ranjini IS POLITE, no doubt about that. But of course she should not look down upon her mother tongue. But there also by this time I am sure she would have learned from our judges that knowing Malayalam is not a disqualification. Ha ha ha. So thatz what: we are all learning things in the course of our life. So is
Ranjini. She is not self-obsessed like some of our anchors; nor does she act coy and sugary sweet like them. she is dignified and polite. And she freely uses both Malayalam and English.We all LOVE RANJINI.
Can any of you in this group ( who have the MANGLISH issue) tell me the need of language…its for communication, right? there were hardly any language a few hundred years before…language develop over period of time and time to time it will undergo changes…Like this the Malayalam you speak has undergone so much refinement over the time…how do you know that you r speaking the original and pure Malayalam…and can any of you tell me that you don’t use any English words in your normal and daily conversations..u do …right…it depends on how much fluent you are in that language ..and here Ranjini may be well versed in English which influence her in her communication… if you know something, there is no point in keeping it with you …you can show the world that I know this. We as human being have the right for that…That’s what she is doing… I feel all this criticism as just the frustration when you see someone else is capable of doing what I cant.. so I will spread anything I can do to let that person down… the typical malayali style…You can see how many people are watching that program even outside Kerala..
Suppose you guys want to suggest that it is a Malayalam TV show and should be in perfect Malayalam….you are getting lot of perfect Malayalam from serials…right?..let me all ask you onething..how many of you send/want to send your children to English medium/CBSE/ICSE school. If you honest, you will say “yes, I do”. All right! Even if somebody says NO, have you ever given a thought on how our life going to change in few years in this competitive world.. and how your young little one gonna survive….English is must and has so much significance in our life…Howmuchever we resist that, that’s the truth… and even if you disagree with me, at the core of your heart you will feel that’s the truth… Among these, how many of you go out and see whats really happening in the world..do you know that we, India is developing and we are facing revolution in all the fields. We all need either us or our children to be part of that…so the first thing we need to do is to have a mind to accept changes..Changes will be there in all the fields…we have very well accepted changes as Electricity, TV, Internet…(none of these guys had any problem to accept any of this revolutionary changes in technology I guess…) Take Idea star singer as a revolution in the entertainment media… and while thinking about such a program, even the people behind that would have wanted to have an anchor who is versatile.. How many of you know that this program has developed after similar programs in western countries….new style should come..and people should accept changes too… It should not be like blaming or complaining every new things that coming across your way… I don understand why people make so much out of this small stuff? If somebody has what I don have, naturally frustration will build up..how many of you don understand what she speaks..I guess all of us understand..even elders at our home too….its not an alien language ..not French/Italian…its just Malayalam mixed with English….Take it in the positive way with that spirit…..so lets just not criticize on her language ..its fine as long as all of us can understand it…rather lets all give effective suggestion on how to improve and make the program better..lets take it that way… ……New programs and changes should come in all the fields…Don’t just object it.. think what am I going to get by criticizing a person….making someone else life miserable…(I am sure Ranjini wont be taking any of these comments to heart..) but we do have a courtesy as a human being…Don’t you think so?
I love you too Ranjini
have u ever watched other channels reality show anchors, renjini is superb, she runs the show, she only made iss this much popular
Ranjini is superb. She is not self-obsessed unlike
some other Malayali anchors who seem to think
too much of themselves. Ranjini’s focus is always on the
“other person”, like Amitabh Bachhan
used to be, when he conducted the “Carorepathy” show.
But wait … how about our judges yaar? They too REALLY IMPRESS us
due to their deep knowledge as well as unassuming, down-to-earth
demeanor. MG, SHARATH AND USHA CHETTATHI (Yeah letz proudly use some Malayalam too. After all Usha “Didi” is Uthup Chettan’s wife and naturally in my mother tongue Chettan’s wife is Chettathi and not “Didi.” OK, i shall relent: Chettathi is too long a form of address. But I shall settle for Chechi.), Yeah, MG, SHARATH AND USHA CHECHI ARE THE BEST JUDGES ONE COULD GET. Lemme confess something, in the beginning, I used to rush to the TV when the comments of the trio would begin. I didn’t mind skipping the contestants but I wanted to hear the judges. Usha Chechi always finds out the positive and the other two will draw our attention to the flaws. They all are both
critical and appreciative. And the contestants surprise us
each time they appear. We should congratulate the singers as well
as the entire Asianet Team for their efforts. THEY DO DELIVER.
I am a regular viewer of idea star singer 2007.. i just want to tell that its ROCKING……. renjini u r doing a good job .keep it up ..
shammi u r correct. I agree with u. Pls stop blaming to renjini. she had more gud expressions and some bad. That all are in everyone. That’s why realize by all. God did not given anyone all. If the people does not like Renju they did not see that portion. She is also a mankind. She has also a good heart. Hey people pls don’t hurt her heart.
Hai Renjini take care. with love anu
Pls stop blaming to renjini. she had more gud expressions and some bad. That all are in everyone. That’s why realize by all. God did not given anyone all. If the people does not like Renju they did not see that portion. She is also a mankind. She has also a good heart. Hey people pls don’t hurt her heart.
Hai Renjini take care. with love anu
HEY U IDIOT…..DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SINGING…F..O…O…L….
what happened 2 our dear judges yesterday they all were really moody…. so do the episode…
hi viewers,
shame… shame…
ranjini is one of the best anchor in the media world..
she is not signed any contract with channels.. why??
she is like a freelancer… my experience, she getting 6000 rs per episode from star singer and same time getting from jeevan tv and amruta also.
thats enough… she is talented and outstanding performer..
anyway i like it her attitude and anchoring…
by
Hi SANNI, I am my friends are very much love you. Your voice is very much similar to TM Soundarajan and K. Veeramani and Seerkazhi Govindarajan. You are more successful in Tamil songs than Malayalam songs. We all are love you SANNI, MAY GOD BLESS YOU TO REACH THE FINAL AND GET THE FLAT.
Hi Trishaa, you are right. Sannidhananthan is ofcourse a great singer. Yes, his voice is resemble to the great singers of TM Soundararajan, Veeramani. Sannidhananthan is not only a singer but a great comedian. He can very well replace the malayalam comedian Indrance. I wish him all the best.
according to me , ranjini is the best anchor i have ever seen in malayalam channels altogether… shes got the flair, the looks, the style and delivery to knock others off… her performances are really good…. much to say commendable… i wish her great success… and i just cant believe when i see ppl who dont enjoy the “fresh air” in the industry,,, its time things changed…seriously!!!
Meera is hot!!! You have to admit. I only watch the last one minute of the show — just to see Meera. I say lets replace Sharad Saar with Meera.
true… replace sharad saar… one total negative character…hehehe…i dunno bout the part to put meera in.. hehehe
Sharath is not negative. Your comments are.
I think u need to encourage art,,not discourage
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Hi guys,
All the comments above made for interesting reading. The show is simply superb. But I do not agree with the comment that Sarath is negative. I think he is a musical genius and has proved himself to be one with the limited number of opportunities he has got in malayalam cinema. The music in all his films has been outstanding, right from the very first “Kshanakathu”. Recently heard that he is a disciple of Balamuralikrishna. Thats awesome. If someone feels he is too critical then pass the blame on the malayalee DNA. Every knowledgable malayalee is always critical and seems apparently arrogant,even if they aren’t. Even the great Ravindran master was always critical of the present generation of singers. I think Sarath is a good judge with a vast amount of knowledge. I m also impressed with the way he handles the contestants. I hope all remember how he encouraged Yasin Nisar in his very first episode by promising him a chance to sing in his next work. I only hope Sarath is given more assignments in malayalam cinema. I believe he has tremendous potential as a music director.
i liked the show very much.i like usha deedi much.i do like ranjini ,mg sreekumar and sharath too.meera also does well.i feel very sad that renjin and sudarshan went out.they are very good singers.
vijay madhav’s smile is very nice .i think he is very good by character.he is very simple.i am sure he will reach ahead in the show.best of luck vijay
Idea starsinger is a good programe, it is a success, but you started a dance programe which is nota dance programe ratheran acrobatic orbreakdance and the way they judge that,is silly.reputed people can be made silly for money.It is not upto the mark compared to Idea starsinger.shame on you.
I liked Rimi Tomy’s comments on Idea Star Singer at the end of her performance
with Sanni. When she said that the judges are people who have “sangeethathinte ella mekhalayum
aracchu kalakki kkudichirikkunnavaraanu,” I simply loved her for her honesty, naturalness,
good expression, apt imagery which we all can immedialtely relate to, and OF COURSE for
the TRUTH in her words.
People in delhi and mumbai rediculing the programme as substandard?
Who is asking you to watch ,switch off if not interested .
Believe it or not ISS is ranked No 1 programme in Asianet.
which is watched by maximum viewers . Time alloted for commercials proves it.
Two brats were exhibiting their english language prowess. Avoid this
and write something understandable, we are no shakespears just ordinary
readers .
hey bacchu kuchuu i know about singing and those peoples who blame renjini is too idiotic. Why they can’t tell the singing side. that is too cruel.
the audience of mumbai and delhi only wants to see the shaking of breast and buttocks during dance. In this show such thing are not happen. so they dont like the show. In North the anchor is also sexy and shows her body to public. They critic Ranjini because she is not showing her breast or buttocks in this show. She present in a fabulous manner. Keep it up Ranjini dont listen these malayalies staying in Mumbay or Delhi.
sivaranjini ur comment is very good. What u tell that’s the poor people are watching. good good good comment
I totally agree with sivaranjini comment. She told it. the malayalies in mumbai and delhi is unhappy because they think ranjini is not wearing any sexy dress and they could not see the shaking BOOB of the participants. Since it is a singing competition please listen the songs sung by the participants and dont expect any shaking of breasts or buttocks in this show. Ranjini keept it up. I love you.
@ Dhanya.
Dear.. My problem with Ranjini is not that she uses English words in between! Neither that she speaks “pure” malayalam. The issue is that she is too artificial!!! The way she stands,talks, actions…evrything!! We all use Eng words in our conversations; but the malayalm words we use we pronounce it right. Theb way she says “paattu” some times.. she pronounces “ttu” like in the word, “pattichu”!! This is really horrible considering the fact that she spent most of her life in ernakulm! That gives me the impression that she falls among those people who take proud in saying that they dunno malayalam and are good in English! So my issue has nothing to with the history of a langauage or whether i wanna send my kids to an Eng medium school etc!
Dear Asianet,
Please take this message as very serious. Because there is a Roumer spreads out that the Program idea star singer is already completed shooting and Hesham or Najim has won the Flat.SMS is only a trick to watch the programe regularly by the audience. So kindly clarify this matter in the very next episode of Idea Star Singer or the Mailbox programme anchored by Sreekandan Nair.
Anil… Its so clear that Asianet is taking the viewers for a ride! They dont tell the viewers when is the last time to send the sms. I am not sure whether the entire show is over and a winner is decided. But they are cheating veiwers; for sure! The day when one round ends; they end the show showing clips of the elimination round!! So what abt the SMS sent for the contestants on the last day??? So if they really look at the SMS it is unfair to the contestants performing on the last day; defintely! (May be its unfair for the contestants of the previous couple of days too) So i think all this SMS is a farce to get money; its decided by the judges (probably Sreekantan Nair or Mohanan gets involved too!
) So send SMS only if yo dont have a problem getting cheated.
Hello all,
Idea star singer is a superb reality show, but i seriously doubt whether the SMS we sent has anything to do with a person’s exit from the program. I feel it is predecided and that is how they are able to show the preview of next day’s show on day of elimination day it self. For example, suppose wednesday is the last day of stage 6. Thursday will be the elimination day. How do they judge the people who performed on Wednesday? Even if they consider, these guys can get only few SMSs since they dont have even 1 day to the result. All these reality shows are making us fools and earn crores of rupees through SMS.
Please pour in your opinion.
Well, as rightly stated by Anil, I too feel that the shooting is over for Idea Star Singer(Dancer/Actor)
2007 and the winner already decided by the `honourable’ judges, put poor malayalees are being taken for a ride, it has become like any other mega serial
just keep stretching and stretching over the weeks & months,just fooling thousands of their own bretheren which amounts to gross injustice in God’s Own country, this sums up the fact that the whole show is run/manipulated by some big business people for their own gains. Dear Malayalee fellowmen please dont waste your precious time. Get on with your own work.
Yesterday’s programme we saw M.G and Sharath going hammer and tongs at Varun J Tilak who is indeed one of the best in the race, I dont know why they are so harsh against this guy, he has a voice that is much much better than M.G.Sreekumar and so many in the field, why all this partiality, this is a contest for the participants and not for the judges to show their prowess/authority, they should point out where they went wrong in a better manner, for this they have to take a leaf of Usha’s book and watch the show in a tamil channel dome by the great S.P Balasubramaniam, who is never seen getting off handed and ridiculing or condemning any person. Most probably this may be the last show for a couple of these guys anyway, they must be feeling the heat already.
Anyway people like Varun should never be discouraged, what they need is the support from the viewers/admirers which is more than the flat from Confident group.
yes Martin,
Varun has the best Voice among all participants. He is some times better than MG Sreekumar. There are few people like Najim, Hisham, Vani Jayaram who always gets good mark even though they perform average.
yes Varun’s sound is good and better than M.G’s the judges are all harsh against Varun’s super song and that time praise Arun Gopan’s song . What wrong with these judges. Varun also selected best malayalam songs. M.G is too cruel to him. Why we are all said this. The ISS’s shooting is over and perhaps Varun is eliminated also. Hey “Varun” the viewers are all with u. GOOD LUCK FOR U. The god given u a great voice. don’t upset with that. u will get a golden chance in singing field. Best of luck.
This ISS is not a reality show, this is a cruelty show. The viewers and SMS sending peoples are monkeys and donkeys because the viewers give SMS vote to the singers and the money goes to the Director and the Asianet. And these SMS is not a life for the participants. What a foolish thing this is!!!
Hai…you are all fools..Idea Star Singer Contest is already over..Najim Arshad is the winner. Asianet is fooling the viewrs as there is no validity for the SMS votes.
I think you guys are totally wrong. who cares about this stupid malayalam language. No one really care about. So everyone need to hear some english. look at everyone in kerala. They don’t speak malayalam . I mean most of the kids. So I really like the anchor. It is your problem.We are not living in 70’s to talk pure malayalam. We all grown up.
what a foolish and stupid words by this Liya. In Kerala everyone speaks malayalam. You fool only said this as a stupid language. One who brought up in Kerala and anywhere, whether he/she is a malayalee they humble to say that he/she is a malayalee and they try to speak in good malayalam. No one see this stupid comment!!!!!!. What a pity words this is. Don’t try to say this words again to the malayalam. Who cares ur words. u want to speak in poor english u said. Don’t interfere with malayalam language. u jokingly said what a stupid language this is. how can u tell that. Ur father and mother taught u this? ha.
what a foolish and stupid words by this Liya. In Kerala everyone speaks malayalam. You fool only said this as a stupid language. One who brought up in Kerala and anywhere, whether he/she is a malayalee they humble to say that he/she is a malayalee and they try to speak in good malayalam. No one see this stupid comment!!!!!!. What a pity words this is. Don’t try to say this words again to the malayalam. Who cares ur words. u want to speak in poor english u said. Don’t interfere with malayalam language. u jokingly said what a stupid language this is. how can u tell that. Ur father and mother taught u this? ha. Avalude ammoommaude oru comment! Cheap words.
IDEA STAR THATTIPPU SHOW!!!!!NOT ONLY THIS, BUT ALL THE OTHER REALITY SHOWS………………..
New Elimination list
Sanni
Ritwik
Dr Bineeta
They are already eliminated on 16th nov 07.
But still there performance going on channel and peoples keep sending sms till this month last
…everything is decided..finals is a live show with 3 candidates…
I know about the final five..its -Najim, Varun, Arun, Vani and Amrutha.
Still telecasting with 17 candidates and shooting going on 1 month advance…
final 5 is confirmed and winner also confirmed…then whats is the use of such real thattippu show????
IDEA STAR SINGER- ‘NAJIM’ is the Winner
Hi dear friends……..
The final Winner in Idea Star Singer is — “NAJIM”….
Plz inform this to all malayaleee fools who are wasting money by sending
SMS….. If u know any other way to inform others kindly utilize it…………..
Let anyone be the winner…
Just watch the show, if u like.
if u have money to spare.. send sms to all
send some to Renjini, Sarath, Usha Uthup..
these folks are not getting any.. “Avarkku vishamam thonnaruthallo!!! Avare pariganichilla ennu paraathi vararuthu!!”
The best joke i have ever heard was in this show..
Mr Sarath was offering a chance to sing in his next film to an eliminated contestant.
God only knows when Mr Sarath is going to get a film. I think his last film was released in 2002.
hi
renjini your dressing is supper
Do the judges get extra money if they are emotional ?
hai friends,
what has happened to Sharath. he who humiliated Sreenanda earlier like anything else is now justifying himself to every candidate whenever he happens to comment on his mistakes. if u happen to read this Mr. Sharath, i’ve a message for u. be your own self. don’t change ur styles whatever the reason may be. the ability to speak out the negative remarks straight on the face is indeed a good quality. anyhow i feel pity for Sreenanda.
First a comment to ALANA LIA
ARE U A MALAYALI OR A DONKEY?????? Because while going through your words, i understand that you rae not a malayali. Some mallu guys marriesd a DONKEY ALANA LIA.. you are GOOD FOR NOTHING………
Second About Asianet IDea Star Singer.. Why asianet is CHEATING all malayalees?????????? We will defenitely going to complain aginst the anomalities (If proved ) to consumer Forums.. And courts
Third To Sharath…
Mr..Do you know how to sing? Accidentally I heard your singing performance in ASIANET.. THALLU KOLLANJATHU than TV-kku ullil ayathu kondu mathram..
I have read some comments regarding the ISS anchor Ms. Ranjini Haridas. At the outset, let me say, as pointed out by one of the persons above, it appears to be very difficult for Malayalees to change. When we criticise someone, we should first of all think about the attitude of most of the Malayalees in general. Most of us are proud to be Malayalees/Keralites belonging to Kerala – God’s Own Country. But are we sincere to our mother tongue ‘Malayalam’? Most of the Malayalees, including the Chief Minister and the Ministers, utter English words even in the Kerala Assembly while there are simple Malayalam translations for most of these words. Then, why should we criticise Ms. Rajini Haridas for mixing English words with Malayalam words. I think she is doing a good job as the ISS anchor. However, I suggest her to try from side to speak in Malayalam as far as possible. When will Malayalees learn to speak 100 percent in Malayalam? There is another problem here that there are no proper Malayalam transations for some English words.
hai Mekha i love ur words to that MONKEY ALANA LIYA. And hey Manu, What r ur words yesterday the three person eliminating r Ritwik, Sanni and Dr.Bineetha. What a fool that is. Ritwik is correct and the two r wrong. Ellam manassil aakkiyittu ezhuthuka. OK…
I have been watching ISS for some months now. I do enjoy the songs and the singers, but it is the elimination episode which I always ensure not to miss. Was disappointed to see Usha didi not there for the elimination on 26th Nov. Dont know what she was missing.
Also, I feel Vani Jayaram will be the winner this time (eventhough she is not the most talented in the lot). She has good music skills, looks good, presents herself well, and the judges like her.
ALL MALAYALI WATCH THS COMENTS THS SITE ASIANET CHEATING EVERY BODY
Yeah she sucks. They have to get rid of her or I swear I’m gonna shoot her. Everytime she opens her godamn mouth I wanna jump out the freakin window.
All said and done, Vani Jayaram is the best of the lot – there’s no two ways about this, she is the most verstile singer and since the show is meant also for looks and attitude etc.etc. (though it is named Idea Star Singer) she has it all, and should be the clear winner – If the winner has not been decided as yet but anyway M.G.S &Sharath
have their favourites (their blue-eyed boy / girl) and their word will be final – of course they are influenced by some dirty rich malayalee to do the dirty work, they are just killing talent,hope all the thattippu comes to light atleast when the show is over and action taken against the offenders.
Regards
Martin.
Hi Asianet
Yesterday’s performace given by durga was too good. she is very talented and she made all of us emotional by her gesture. Congrats Durga! You are doing a great job!
I also heard that Najim is the winner of ISS and that the flat has been given to him. I think Asianet should clarify this or have they done it already can anyone tell me?.I dont know if I missed it. This puts off the audience watching the show. The thought that Najim is the winner will definitely upset the people who are fans of other singers. I like Varun, Arun, Durga, Bineetha. From the day I heard that the winner is Najim, I dont feel like watching this show. Ultimately Asianet will be losing the audience. Wake up Asianet and clarify this doubt.
“i dont know why all blaming rajini? only becoz of she dont know to speak malayalam language properly? u know, becoz of ranjini only the show become popular. her presentation is good.
i like u ranjini. dont be upset. your presentation is good from all others.keep it up.”
i pity on this above comment
Ranjini is destroying malayalam by speaking malayalam or english .god knows in which language she speaking.
i am not blaming ranjini. she does her job.wat abt asianet programe administrator?
we have to kill him by vocally
Hi John,
What are you trying to say, we’ve had enough of comments on Renjini, dont you have anything better or worse to say about ISS?
Martin
Yesterday Durga’s presentation is too over. All of us have feel in their mind When they sang don’t show that in front of the viewers. That is the original singer. The singers try to show this in open then how they sing. When in an open stage also. That is too bad. She think that when she show the feel in high the judges gave her good marks??? Her attitude is good but don’t show this in open. All r stopped blaming renjini and then why this John try to speak this?
those who have complaint about ranjini please go through the comment of sivaranjini at 171 above. you will understand the reason for criticism
Anoopa – You are 100% right, no need to become so emotional on the stage, this is not a test for selecting actors, some parents too are so overwhelmed by the situation that they make a big scene, and our respected judges are not far behind – but if you notice they cry only for certain people, this is not a show for Sympathy – this is a show for the 40 lakhs flat, and these days Ranjini Haridas is getting a bit too far, she should try to control her emotions and her body language which is not very presentable.
Yes Martin u r correct. Renjini is also try to shutting the emotions in her mouth. When we watch that we all r laughed at that. That is why, the emotions by her is, when some mimicry artists are imitating the monkeys. Too emotional is too bad to all. We correctly know when the emotions are from the heart and when imitating mimicry numbers. They try to understand that the peoples in this 21st century is not at all fools.
Don’t you people have nothing else to say other than commenting about Renjini. Looks like all of you are jealous about her. She does her job really well. Emotions are a personal feeling and depends on individuals. Some can control and some cannot.If you are stone hearted you are to be blamed. Its only emotions, sentiments etc that make a human being. If there is no emotion in the world there will be no difference between humans and animals.
hi hi hi Pritish, Padumbol emotion kanichu karayanamenkil Amritha TV yil Best Actor Show undu. Athil poyi abhinayikkanam. OK. Emotions ellaperkum undu Athu padumbol stagel kanikkan ullathu alla. Athum e flat kittunna showkku. Try to understand that. kanunnavarum kelkkunnavarum, judgesum, Anchorum, Achanum Ammaum, Contestantum karayukayanankil pinnathe karyam parayendallo. Enthu boring aayirikkum. Ellam oru podikkanenkil kollaaaaam. All of the human beings have sentiments. Athu ivide vevikkanda asaneeee. okkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk…
We are not sitting up and watching the show not to see the contestants, mummy, daddy & didi cry, sometimes M.G and Sharath too, earlier there were programmes like this conducted by Kairali TV and the one of the judges were none other than the Big Boss of all kinds of Music Dr.K.J.Yesudass and nobody cried and fretted, because there was no big money involved and it was purely on merit and real class was exhibited (i dont remember the name of the programme)
Anyway hope this is the last and ends well and all the fraudsters brought to book and ensure that malayalis are not made fool of hereafter.
CONGRATULATION SANNI. YOUR FOLK SONG PERFORMANCE ON 30/11/2007 IS REALLY REALLY FANTASTIC. KEEP IT UP. ALL THE BEST.
I am very much exited to see the folk song sung by Sannidhananthan. It is a great performance. Really a person like Sanni would have struggled very much. I can only pray GOD to bless you in your future songs/performance. All the best SANNI.
Sanni, It is really g8, keep it up.
hai Sanni ur performance is very good. Ur father & mother had a lots of happy with that song by u. we r all enjoy with u. Keep it up. Good Luck “SANNI”
“the audience of mumbai and delhi only wants to see the shaking of breast and buttocks during dance. In this show such thing are not happen. so they dont like the show. In North the anchor is also sexy and shows her body to public. They critic Ranjini because she is not showing her breast or buttocks in this show. She present in a fabulous manner. Keep it up Ranjini dont listen these malayalies staying in Mumbay or Delhi.
Comment by sivaranjini — November 13, 2007 @ 8:45 am”
Those who live in Mumbai and Delhi don’t even have to sit in front of idiot box to see what you appear to have seen! Wish you knew it!
By the way when did you see these things? When did you join Malayalees of Mumbai and Delhi?
Simply enjoy like a peeping tom and then make great fuss about it! Morality?
Have chicken curry, beef fry and mutton masala for lunch and then give a speech on prevention of cruelty to animals!
Ha Ha Ha
Yes indeed Sanni’s performance was good. Very nice that he got the highest score for the first time. Teenu you were also too good.
Friends,
Reality marketing show started in America and has spreaded to most of the countries including, india. So Please don’t send any SMS and just watch the show to enjoy the Singing. Absolute guys are already out of the show , so its better not to worry about the final result.
Thanks,
San
Please do send SMS if your are watching Amrita TV.
They will use the money to help some poor disabled child.
The rest of them are fooling you with cocodile tears.
They get paid to cry in the ‘reality show’ so that
you will sympathise and send more and more SMS.
Thanks
seban
hi, i’ve been regularly watching idea star singer. ranjini-though her malyalam is not upto the mark is real spontaneous. she doesn’t sham and shout before a break-unlike other anchors who do so forgetting they are doing so into the microphone.but her crying during elimination rounds looks made up!then this whole idea of sms! if contestants are getting selected to next rounds by menas of sms- it should be a live show is it not?but already from reliable sources i do know- the recording for next round is near completion.so whats the role of sms here????????????
and please asianet do not get spl: celebrity guests who dont have any knowledge of music! it doesnt add to glamour -only takes away the authenticity of the episode. ranjini u r versatile! keep it up!
HI SANNI YOUR SONE SAMAJA SANJARINI IS SUPERB. YOU SHOWED THAT YOU CAN CLASSIC SONGS ALSO. VERY GOOD. KEEP IT UP SANNI. ALL THE BEST.
As a Nonmalayali occasionally watching ISS, I think it’s as good/bad as any of the other reality shows.I think the channels hosting these shows are only bothered about the SMSes.According to a report, for each SMS, the poor gullible mobile phone owner loses Rs.6.Of this, Rs.2 goes to the service provider,while Rs.4 goes to the channel hosting the show.So, 10 lakh votes per day means Rs.40 lakhs for the channel.I think that would explain the ‘bubble gummy’ nature of the show!For me, the most positive person of the whole show was Ritvik Rajan’s mother.She’s truly inspiring.About the competitors, everyone has started sounding similar!!
Hai,
i am a regular viewer of idea star singer. Renjini, your anchouring is very good and improved a lot. I wish all the best to singers , Renjini, Meera and Asianet.
Devasree.
Dear Asianet ,
“Idea Star” singer is one of the best programm being telecast these days
Our special Wishes all the Respected Judeges Mr.MG sreekumar ,Mr.sharath ,Mrs.Usha deedi.
Renjini is really good & and she is doing a woderful job
We compare with other anchors she is really natural in her presentation
Dear Mg sir & sharath sir , contestants they want more confidence from your side please avoid unnessary comments on contestants -Please take this as serious
We feel sometimes some contestants are sang very well and they get less marks (eg: sanny & Esham -both are good singers and sanny he need more confident from your side he is very good singer )
Some contestants sing ok -not bad (eg. arun gopan , vani etc.) they got good marks please avoid this partiality in Judging .
otherwise ok . excellant programm .. and special congratulation renjini for your good presentation , we love very much music and this programme ,our special wishes all the judges
Rgds/Robert Antony & Mini Robert Antony -Dubai.
hi
i thought about what you had said. I realized you may be right about somethings. She in not fluent in Malayalam. But as I look back how many parents have said “i went to malayalam medium and u r in english medium so u should be happy!” as much as we hate to admit it many of us see english as a higher standard and we may believe it is “better” i dotn completely agree with this opinion but it is true that many actually believe this. Another thing is she brought up in places where they spoke only or mostly english (research) so I honestly wouldn’t blame her. But we see that she is trying and we should support it. But two things in her defense: she connects with the audience and the the contestants through her liveliness and she brings REALITY to REALITY TV SHOWS. I mean I could totally imagine girls from old shows like “patupetti” say “namaskaram njan ____. Ennethe patupettilotu shenikunnu….” then after the show…”ooof ini anike vitil povam” or “athrem paiseyum cude ondaki” But i feel like she is one of those peol=ple who acts the same way in her regular everyday environment. If it was all an act i doubt she would tear up during elimination rounds. Also you brought up she speaks horrible manglish…I think many if not all of us speak mangils. Haven’t you seen those 4-minute game shows where you cant say anything but Malayalam? How many of those people who call actually make it through those 4 minutes. Imagaine doing it for a whole hour on television.I think Renjini has had a part in the chartings of idea star singer in a posistive way. my own parents have lived in INdia for over 30 years…they cant even make it through a whole subject without even one word of english let alone me who has been raised in America for well over half my life(I am 13) (7 years) I think for a girl like that she is doing a fantadtic job. From my point of view America is filled with so MANY different races and religions…I find nothing wrong with it. We all bring a little piece of who we are here and we put it together to make each of us feel like we belong. There in nothing wrong in mixing languages/cultures/religions a little bit as long as we dont COMPLETELY loose touch with where we came from and who we were.
That reminds me of a joke
If people from iceland marry cubans they will have icecubes. Thier cutures will blend and Melt together but it does not mean they will. I agree that sometimes she overreacts and has slightly awkward movements though. I also dont appreciate the way she asks the parents if they are happy with the score..its not like it will change anything…but its a very spur of yhe moment thing and we never know how its like unless we are in her shoes. I love Malayalam but if people in Asianet talked like me and my parents did(like normal human biengs) instead of reading from a pre-written-every-word-from-a-malu-dictionary…i might have watched asianet a little bit more from when I was little. This is what renjini brought me and this is what Renjini brings to millions of hopeful viewers like me. Dont take this the wrong way basically i think renjini is a very talented girl who is criticized too often and rarely appreciated. She is also like all of us not perfect but she is trying. Bottom line: give the new type of anchors a chance.
By the way
just wanted to let everyone know the final 14 in the iss contest
AMRUTHA
VANI
VARUN
ARUN
DR.BINEETHA
DURGA
TEENU
VIJAY
SUNNY
ROSHAN
HESHAM
NITHIN
NAJIM
AND THUSHAR
hai,singers
i love singers
but i didn’t gey any single chance to sing on a stage
but am proud of these guys because they are doing there best always
at next idea star singer i will participate this is my dream
my favoite singers
1.Najim
2.Thushar
3.Hesham
4.Nitin
5.durga
my favorite performers
1.sanni
2.arun gopan
i have reuest that dont give 1st prize to the good performer but to the real singer
for the ist prize winner i will give a small gift
that will goes to my selection
gift will be a chance to sing on my new filim(sakthi)
MR. SANNY ,
Your voice is very very good , we are all enjoy with U
“GO AHEAD”
Rgds/ANCY ANTONY DUBAI
DEAR SANNI, WE ARE ALL FROM DELHI
WE ARE A GREAT FAN OF YOU. YOU ARE NOT SIMPLY GREAT, YOU ARE UNIQ. WE LIKE NOT ONLY YOUR SONGS BUT ALSO YOUR PERFORMANCE. IT IS EXCELLENT. WE ALL ARE ENJOYING YOUR SONGS AND PERFORMANCE. ESPECIALLY THE FOLK SONGS AND PERFORMANCE. NO WORDS TO CONGRATULATE YOU. ACTUALLY WE AVOID ALL OTHER COMMITMENTS ON THE DAY YOUR SONGS ARE TELECASTING. SANNY KEEPT IT UP. GOD BLESS YOU.
WITH REGARDS/SAMYUKTA/SAJINI/RESHMA/KRISHNA/JAYANTHI AND OTHERS.
Everyone are just sympathizing with Sanni, of course his performance (dramatics) on stage is good,but you cant call him versatile, he can do songs of TM Soundararajan and Sirgazhi Govindarajan,anyway you have to congratulate and encourage him for the pains he has taken to come so far, and if he is going to be the winner I would be the happiest person, but do you people thik they are going to give it to him?
However All the Best Sanni – keep up the good work and all the very best for a bright future.
i love roshans singing.and ur dressing is superb
Why do the organisers get people like Ganesh as celebrity guests for the programme, yesterday his behaviour was just deplorable, he targetted poor Sannithanam as his victim, bringing out issues that need not be brought out in such a situation, but he was smartly snubbed by Sanni which definitely alot of people would applaud and just as any dirty politician would do he (Ganesh),put the blame on the public trying to make himself clean, and another thing he asked a stupid question to Tinnu’s father, whether he was working for a circus? and that her father was taking all the pains to get her the flat as a dowry for her marriage – dont you all think this is far too much? Cant the organisers get somebody better and more decent than these former actors / politicians who can never see another person come up in life? Any way Sanni hats off to your courage to face it off.
I understand only a smatter of Malayalam but I fully agree with Martin. And what’s wrong or deplorable with working for a circus?It is definitely not required to demean other professions.I didn’t really get the comments on Sanni.I think the judges of this show have impossibly high expectations from the participants.If I were one, I would be really relieved if I were voted out!!
i was watching iss yesterday and was amazed by the irrrational comment made by one of the so called celebrity judges eventhough he is not a celebrity anymore.mr ganesh was mean to one of the poor contestants namely sanni. his untimely and and irrational comment hinders sannis chances to become an idea star singer. shame on ganesh.asianet should give instructions to these uncouth judges some guidelines
thanks
Shame on Ganeshan, the dirty politian. His comment on SUNNI is very much unwanted. I think he is jelous to see such people come up. He should tender an apology to SANNI as well as to the viewers. Request to Asianet at least you should apologise to Sanni and to the viewers for the comment made by the dirty actor turned politian Ganesan.
Shame on Ganeshan, the dirty politian. His comment on SUNNI is very much unwanted. I think he is jelous to see such people come up. He should tender an apology to SANNI as well as to the viewers. Request to Asianet at least you should apologise to Sanni and to the viewers for the comment made by the dirty actor turned politian Ganesan.
Dear Sanni, Please don’t feel bad about the comment made by the dirty politian. He has played the politics here also. He dont like the talent of the people. We know you SANNI very well. We know that the dirty politian is made you discourage. But take his comment as a barking of a street dog. We demand an appology from Mr.(?) Ganesan. Asianet should take more care while calling the celebrity people in future.
Ganesh remarks on Sanni was totally uncalled for,
the organisers should be more careful in getting people to do the role of a Celebrity, the thing is that he Ganesh thinks too much of hemself, he was afterall not a very big star in the movies too and his short stint in politics too was because of his father,and this too was not a very colourful phase for him and he is just called on to do this as a celebrity and he thinks he can blabber whatever he feels like, is he getting off his rocker? he should be asked to be more decent and behave himself and not act so cheap, however I am very happy that Sanni did’nt take his comment very lightly, I saw very different Sanni that day, he gave a Ganesh a fitting reply – which proves he (Sanni) is a true man and Ganesh story is all just cooked up, something that he will never repeat anywhere again. He should be kicked out right away and the matter ends there.
DEAR HESHAM,
U R DOIN A GR8 JOB…. KEEP IT UP…..ALL THE VERY BEST 2 U….
judjes pls give good marks to hisham v all love him a looooooooooooooot
roshan ki jai
najim is good. Ganesh sir already told that he got a “purushande shabdam”. But i dont know why he is getting less marks? judges please take right decision.
Najim i liked your sad song very much. god bless u and u will be the winner.
amrutha suresh, she dont have any feelings in her voice. only high pich
but she is getting high marks. tinu is beetter than amrutha.
NAJIM IS GOOD BUT JUDGES IS NOT GIVING 80MARKS OR MORE THAN 77 THAT IS NOT RIGHT HE WILL BE THE IDEASTAR SINGER. HISHAM IS ALSO GOOD .ALL THE BESTTO ALL
RENJINI U R SOO GOOD YOUR PRESENTATION IS NATURAL BUT JUDGES WANT TO GIVE MORE MARKS TO ALL …………………. ESPECIALLY NAJIM,HISHAM,THUSAR,SANNI……………………………..
Hi everybody
I gone through 50 percent of the comments. I couldnt understand why people are against Ranjini. I too agree that she is having bad Malayalam, in fact bad accent not language. I am a regular viewer of ISS, and i tried to watch almost all other realy shows. But for none of them couldnt drag me towards it. and I found that all those shows dnt have much for the anchors to do. They are for just to say welcome to the show. Judges pls markes. And I was really deparated to see much hyped STARWAR. kairali. What al;l comments are there about Ranjini in this site I think its applicable to Shwetha. She is also a malayali. She speaks 99% percentage English. And her dressing is too vulgar. I cant expalin, her actions and evrything. compared to all these Ranjini is very natural, spontaneous, and her attitude to cpntestants is too good. She know how to handle in their bad mood. What else there should be in an anchor. Ranjini your dressings are modern and yet very decent. And I tell you(Renjini) my husband who generally likes thani malayali penkuttikal, was against Ranjini at the starting. But now he changed comments. Its only because of her attitude, so natural.
Hi Varun…Hats off to you.Better early than late..From the day u told Usha didi that ur mood was good good, i’ve been closely watching u.I was happy to hear that at least u were there to raise voice aganist the crew.I was not happy with the judges not giving u marks and insted passing ugly comments. You have a wonderful voice and good future in your IT field.Y our singing is amazing.Don’t give up Varun ..keep going.
I heard that Varun has kicked out because he has not signed the agreement of 18 months for not to participate in any kind of musical programs or filim. Its really a shame for asianet if this news is right. I was watching idea star singer in asianet plus at europe time 7.30 PM everyday. I have noticed that judgement and comments made for Varun is little different compared to other participants even though he was singing somewhat in a better manner. dont think I am a fan for anyone here. Just noticed this difference. Looks similar to tamil politics in IT comapnies which I was seeing in my day to day life.. I would like to know your view on the same.
Hi Everybody,
ISS judges (esp. Mr. MG & Mr. Sharath) should realise that they are not the two unique creatures of this kind. Please don’t think we all the spectators are fools. Varun was one among the best contestants of the Show and the unjustifyable comments made by both on his last performance before elimination itself showed their urgency in eliminating him. We wonder why the most poor performer Vijay Madhav is getting such an appreciation and 1st Rank ? The most Vulger comments by the dirty actor cum politician-The feudal Ganesh Kumar on the one of the best singer “SANNY” was too much painful. We also condemn his untimely comments on Teenu’s father. BRAVO SANNY … GO AHEAD DEAR… WE ARE WITH U….
Somila Harinath, Doha-Qatar
People’s Star Singer – VARUN J THILAK, Keep it up, Hope to see you singing for films very soon.
I am regularly watching Idea star singer from the first day. I learned classical music for 7 years. I can sing very well but my voice is not good. But after watching ISS now I have a lot of confidence. Varun & Nithin are out and Vijay Madhav is the highest. I had some respect to Usha Deedi , but I wonder even she is saying with her recorded comments like fabulous voice about Vijay.What creepy sound Vijay have? He sounds like M.G Sreekumar. Male sounds like a lady singing with a gooseberry in her mouth. I have a question… If M.G Sreekumar participated in Idea star singer 2007 and if nobody knows that Sreekumar is the brother of M.G Radhakrishnan..What will be his rank in Idea star singer? Less than 100! Right ? Also the elimination is already planned that is why they eliminate one of the best singer to make it sensational. Also they will keep Sanni.. Until the last minute because 90% of the people are watching Asianet because of Sanni..
This is for all the viewers of the most controversial program of Asianet known as Idea Star Singer
Most of you might have thinking what is really happening in ISS? Always good singers are getting eliminated and the worst ever singer like …. Hesham,vani,sanni and the ever worst nasal singer VIJAY are safe always…
It’s a real facts that 3 out of these contestants are very much related to Asianet and the last one Sanni is there just as the voting machine of ISS.
New Elimination :VARUN, NITHN
For saving some of the favourite contestants ISS started ranking system-first 5 members in each round will not get eliminated even they don’t have any sms!!!You can see that VIJAY is the number 1…what a stupid judgment..
Let us take the example of Vijay. As all of u know that he don’t have any sound clarity, but judges always praise him for his”good voice”..real drama starts here. Many of you may not aware about the relations between Vijay and Asianet. His own sister is an anchor of Asianet. Also his cousin sister is an anchor in Asianet plus. They got some good influence in ISS crews and producers. The same producer of ISS produced some programs which were anchored by his sister.
Another one is the dramatically elimination of the viewers favourite contestant VARUN J THILAK..All may be aware that he is the ultimate singer in ISS. But by playing a cheap drama he also got eliminated yesterday…what a stupid action..
Another one was the elimination of Krishnajith.even K.S.Chithra raised voice against his elimination. He was not in the list till the previous day of shooting. On the shooting day our great MG changed the list with the help pf sarath and eliminated Krishnajith.
Also, very good singers like sudarsan, murali ramanadhan, etc.., are already out of hte competetion and the ultimate winner will be Asianet only, the benefit they get from SMS and sponsors, so stop sending SMS and stop advertising in this program, coz people how know the backstage hate this program now.
In an interview our ever favorite K.J.Yesudas mentioned that ” I don’t know why asianet is taking more than a year to find the good singer-why they are stretching like this?”
By seeing all these dramas now the support of Asianet and ISS is rocketing downwards.They were getting about 40,000 sms votes before these dramas came out. But now they are getting about 15,000 sms votes onl.So dear friends please don’t support ISS in any forms…Let us pledge that we wont sent any more sms to ISS and Asianet..
Please forward this mail to all your friends to raise our voice. let us show that Malayalees are not fools…
dear friends,
reason why varun quit the show………
once during a shooting renjini asked varun ‘orupadu girl friends kanumalllo’ ennnu…varun replied tellling no…..our MG gave a commment…”achante monallle illathirikkumo’ ennu……unfortunately varuns parents were there…his mom started crying there…they stoppped the shooting and continued….later in the green rooom sharath made a sarcastic laugh and told Mg ‘MG annna athenikku ishtapetttu….ennu…..so alll others including renjini started laughing…..varun retaliated tellling ‘enikku ottum ishtappettilla…if u have to tell me something tell at me…don drag my parents in between ‘…ennnu…..
so there starts the story…..after that incident varun was humiliated sooo much…….
the poooja of the movie “star singer’ was conducted…all famous people were there….viji thampi,6 music directors,suresh gopi all 10 contestants who were part of that movie and also the parents…..sureshgopi told varun ‘varunte shabdham enikku nallla ishtam…nallla consistency ullla voice’ ennu…..sharath paranju ‘ athey nalla consistency pakshe oru improvementum illla’ ennu in front of alll………..he didnt realise he is killing the chances for varun….
didi knew alll this toook varun to sharath and they talked…sharath told ‘enikkonnumariyillla’ ennnu……….that happened the day before the shooting of his song where everybody enquired about the mood of him……he was crying the whole day before shooting……
and day before yesterday the day before elimination…….all the 14 contestants were asked to sign a contract…it says that 14 of them wiillll not sign any movie,TV or stage shows tilll 1 year on completion of ISS…ie apprx 1 1/2 yrs from now…..many protested….but ellavareyum avar sign iduipichu……people like roshan and nithin were hesitant….but lastly they signed…also vani n tushar….any way somehow they were made to sign….varun told me ‘chetta…enne ee roudil illenkil adutha elims il theerchayittum thattum….why shuld i sign such a thing and wait for 1 1/2 yrs’ ennu…………
Another one
Varun is not eliminated from the show!!!!!!he himself quit the ISS….this is what happened….
News from the true source…varun”s own father…..SBT Manager of Parippally branch…
As usual…he went for the elimination round…
he got the most SMS…So he cannot be eliminatd…
So ISS got a new idea to eliminate him!!!
What is that?
ISS asked all the 14 contestant…whether they are INN or OUT to sign an agreement for 18 months that they won’t sing in any other channels,albums,film songs…etc…
varun called his father for opinion…..
father advised him…any way you will be out in the next round….then why you want to stick on again in asianet…?
so varun just went out….
now today i know they will show like that Varun was not presented for the show…so they are forced to eliminate HIM!!!!
What a fantastic IDEA!!!
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED IN ISS ON SATURDAY…..
Idea star singer is a programme,Asianet has designed to cheat people. I am not saying that they have already decided on the winner.But most of the judgements are just pree planned foolishness.
Varun was the best singer among the entire group.Najim or Arun Gopan is no where nearer to Varun. I am sure,all of you would have noticed the fact that the judges giving more marks to Amritha suresh,while Durga sings much better than Amritha.Vijay madhavan being such a stupid singer,becoming the No.1 is just un-imaginable and against all ethics of music.
Thushar is the only singer who reached this stage with his own talents( after Varun and durga).They keep Sanni,still on the board to exploit the sentiments.I,also heard that Asianet is spreading the news about Sanni’s community which is a backward one to exploit the sentiments..
The elimination of Krishnajith Bhanu is planned decision. K.S.Chithra shared her unhappiness about the elimination of Krishnajith.
MG Sreekumar don’t want the real talented singers to reach the limelight which will effect him adhersly.I found this Sarath a fool by himself.
Amritha TV and Kairali looks better now.
Kairali’s Gandharva samgeetham is really well organized.
Asianet is the real cheat.As Yesudas opined,why they need one year time to find out the best singer? why are they dragging this stupid programme for such long time?
I am glad that many things I felt had been already expressed by many above. Still, I found one particular stuff missed by many. Some one above said, Ranjini seems to shiver. The issue with her is that she do not know how to be presentable (in terms of body language nor expression) when lights are not on her.
Believe me, Just try to see , how her expressions would be when she just forgets or do not realize that camera is on her.Ahhh God! Can’t help> She sucks.
A perfect anchor especially something like ISS, if its reality show is to handle both viewers in the gallery and before the TV sets. So she needs to be more the same irrespective of camera lights are on her or not.
Just thought to share my thoughts here.
It is a great relief that the good singer Sri. Varun has escaped from the partiality and jealousy of the men judges of the mega show. Surprised to see that no opportunity was offered to the DIDI for any comments on the farewell of Varun. If somebody else is eliminated Ranjini sheds crocodile tears, whereas, she did not even feel sorry for the Best Singer in the hearts of viewers. Good Bye to Varun and Best wishes to Durga.
All the Best Varun!!!!
You are the real star!!!
Varun should have quit the show much earlier and exposed the dirty games of MG and Sarath and whoever is behind this ugly drama..wish he strips them in public at least now…Request Vivek (comment no.249) to convince him to do this…
Fail to understand how a singer of such an inferior quality like Hesham, who does not know to sing even a single Malayalam song properly, has made it this far !!!
Varun u r great.You will always have a place in our heart.Our prayers will always be with u. I was aware of wat happened to varun,everything was told by one of his friend at kollam;but i was just reluctant to express it in this forum. Vivek told u everything and its the real truth.ISS is the real drama show in tha Asianet. I had stopped sending sms ..its time for us to take that two men – MGS and Sharath ,to the public and strip off..
Varun we all are with u..
Dear all,
ALL THE BEST VARUN. YOU ARE NO.1. DOESN’T MATTER YOU ARE OUT FROM ISS.
WE ALL ARE WITH YOU.
Please note that Asianet is blocked their forum for ISS. http://www.ideastarsinger.asianetglobal.com/forum …. This proves that they themselves are feeling shame on whatever happened in the case of Varun. Yesterday, many people were supporting Varun and criticizing the 2 stupid judges. Now they have blocked the forum. well done Asianet
) ..shame shame.. guys, dont encourage such programs by sending SMS…you are the ultimate looser…
No doubting the fact that Varun was the best and deserved to be the winner. I also agree with one of the earlier comments that had Varun become the Idea Star Singer, he would pose a threat to the ‘Great’ MGS. Varun had the best voice in the show – so effortlessly masculine! MGS’ voice reaches nowhere near to Varun’s. During the last elimination round MGS commented that envy has no cure and that he would not mention names (we know whom he meant!), that there is a God above and that music would be the winner. Well, I think the same comment has to be directed towards him. Varun, you made the right choice to leave the show and kept your dignity. We know who are the ones who have made fools of themselves. We love you Varun, and I am damn sure you’re well on your way to become a great singer like our beloved Yesudas of all time.
dear asianet,
the show was so wonderful initially ,, day by day the quality of the show is going down since the good singers are eliminated,, we think that toomuch politics is going on in the show,
why do you keep a judges like MG and sharath ,THEY ARE THE WORST AND MOST CORRUPTED JUDGES WE EVER SEEN,, they allways support the worst singers like vijay and vani and teenu…may be they are worried abt thier future, if the singers like varun n nitin wins, thye will be great threat to them because of their talent and voice,,,, this is full of politics any common man can understand that fact.
the only true and supportive person is usha didi,, she is great..
MG AND SHARATH IT IS TIME FOR U TOO GET OUT OF THE SHOW BEFORE PEOPLE DRAG YOU OUT.
dear varun you are the best, thanks for showing the guts to talk to them before leaving the show.god bless you.you can come up without these kind of foolish shows.
Varun, you are the luckiest, not to be in the race for the winner – they won’t allow you to be by any means!
And, luckier still, not to be a prey to get eliminated on later rounds after having signed the agreement to kill your singing career for 18 months!
A few more daring contestants like you and a few more exposures of SMS cheating, all these reality shows will be off the air!
Or at least it will be aired with lesser paid judges, crew and contestants, those who agree to compromise their professionalism and turn blind and bonded.
I think we should not bother about the judgements, marks or SMS votes to track the winner. It is already being decided and planned by the conductors and they will have their way, no matter what we do.
Well, that is about 1 out of 14!
Let’s cry for the rest of them. 13 unlucky youngsters are doomed for 18 months – They can’t appear on any other screen, stage or show. They will be bathroom singers for 18 months! And when they return from sentence of 18 months imprisonment, who will remember their faces?
And if they stay on to the bonded labor of Asianet, they would not be seen singing. At the most they would be seen cycling like the one who is doing it right now to advertise their FM Channel!
‘reality’ is really sad!
Sam
VARUN…NITHIN…YOU BOTH ARE NOT OUT FROM IDEA STAR SINGER… ONLY SOME STUPID JUDGES TRIED TO MAKE SOME OF THEIR MAN IN..
IDEA STAR SINGER IS THE ONLY COMPETITION IN MY KNOWLEDGE ALLOWS ASIANET & ITS EMPLOYEES AND THEIR RELATIVES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION. NASAL SINGER VIJAY MADHAV’S SISTER IS AN ASIANET ANCHOR AND ALSO TEENU TALLENT IS ALSO ANCHORING WITH ASIANET (CAN BE SEEN IN ISS WEBSITE). ASIANET MAY BE THINKING LIKE THIS.. ANY WAY CONFIDENT GROUP IS GIVING OUT 40 LAKHS FLAT.. THEN WHY CAN’T THEY GIVE TO SOME OF THEIR PEOPLE.
WHAT THE STUPID COMMENTS AND JOCKS THAT M G IDIOT IS MAKING..LAST DAY HE WAS TALKING TO SUNNI THAT IF YOU DIDN’T GET A HAND TO HOLD AT LEAST HE CAN HOLD RANJINI’S HAND..I NEVER THOUGHT RANJINI IS THAT TYPE.. IF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY FAMILIAR WITH HER MAKES SUCH COMMENTS WHAT CAN WE SAY.. IF RANJINI DENAYED IT HE MAY TELLING TO HOLD HIS WIFE’S..
IN SUNDAYS SA-RI-GA-MA SHOW MG SREEKUMAR WAS COMMENTING ABOUT GREEN COLOR TO MAKE FUN OF NADIRSHA.. I THINK HE HAVE SOME EXTRA TEETH IN HIS MOUTH WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE OUT..
HERE THE MAJOR PLAYER IS MG WHO IS AFRAID OF YOUNG TALENTED SINGERS WITH GOD GIVEN VOICE.. ALSO ASIANET IS PLAYING THE SUPERIOR ROLL.. THEY DELETED ALL FEEDBACKS ABOUT VARUN IN ISS SITE.. ALSO MG, SARATH ,RANGINI ALL ARE WORKING FOR ONLY GETTING PAID…THE REAL STUPIDEST ARE STILL BEHIND THE CURTAIN..
roshans performance is very super he is the best..actually i am a very great fans of roshan,arun gopan,nithin,sanni,sudarshan etc…..goes on like that….. all the very best 4 for all the partipants…………….
I think didi’s all emotions and sentiments have gone.There is no place for it in this show. After the varun’s incident she already understood that the two men who is sitting right to her are frauds and also those behind the curtain..ASIANET. She somwhow wanted to push off.There will b no wonder if she quits in between.
Yesterday what a poor performance from Vijay, that was very evident from his face.
Najeem’s perfomance was excellant, he deserves the applauds.He should learn to control his breath during singing.Otherwise his carreer will not extent for lomg. He should learn this from Dasettan.
Once upon a time, when we were fools enough to think that Asianet is encourging young talents, we were Very happily viewing the Reality show. When it became a Partiality show, we viewed with a sigh and a little bit disappointment. Now the show is a Cruelty Show and I am really sorry to say that I now want to watch some other channel or do some other works than watching the melodrama, the IDEA show. Stopped sending SMS. Friends, you too agree with me? From most of the comments above, I think I am right.
I agreed with Ms.Nimmy, her comments for Ranjni. At present, she is good anchor than other anchors who are “barking” in realty shows. Realty shows like super dancer (Amrutha tv), Prasanth (Superdancer), Anish, Shabnam, all are acting with famous actors and getting more chances. Before shows who knows them??. In ISS some contestants are getting chance to sing in Album/Cinema. If the realty shows not in TV channels, who knows Varun (agreed that he is a good singer). I request that, Asianet must clear the SMS rating for all contestants with Judges Marks in each elimination round. One side, the Asianet decision is good for signing the agreement because one or two contestants who are getting chance in Cinema, they can get better sms rating, apprecaition. At the same time, some best contestants may avoid and their confidence will loss. (This is a competition for flat and singer chance). Compare to other judges, ISS judges are good, because they are findout and clear the mistakes. If not, any bathroom singer can get ISS Singer award.
mkn001us@yahoo.com
SMS to ISS Space Cheating .. C-H-E-A-T-I-N-G
Guys!!!!!!! Wake Up!!!!!!!
Realise what’s REALITY SHOW….
One thing is true Asianet or any media will not do such shows for Charity… But here with Asianet, something was FISHY!!!! But it’s all on AIR now….
I am regular viewer of ISS, i have been noticing these partial comments & marks from the Judges..i found only Usha didi with the seriousness of choosing the right one… at the same time encouraging the contestants…BUT MGS & SHARATH have decided who should come forward & to whose leg to pull out….. About Varun’s case we were notiding this from many days…
That stupid singers SANNI, VIJAY, Amrita & all getting good scores even if they have lots of FLATS & SILVERS & SHRUTHY problem & PITCH prob , they will get above 75… but in VARUN’s case it was very much visible that they were purposely pulling him down……………
VARUN’s is the BEST voice for malayalam film industry, you can compare his voice with Yesudas’s voice without any second thought….
We know VARUN’s family personally, vivek’s comment is all correect… And also VANI Jayaram has signed this agreement without her father’s knowledge later her father came to know abt thse conditions, a big fight happened there her father shouted at her “nee arodu chyothichitta sign cheythathu, athu englishilallae ezhuthiyrikkunnae”, “aah oru cherukkanu(varun) mathramae nattellulloooo”…
GUYS, please don’t vote from now…
And pray for the contestants, those who have signed the contract & for those good singers who are already out from ISS.
Hi friends, It is understood that SANNI IS OUT in 9th stage. Very sad. Even after singing and performing brilliantly and getting lot of SMS he is out from the show. Dont worry sanni, as Mr. Jayasurya said, the people is with you. All the best for your future programmes.
I guess USHA didi is the Idea Star Singer…:-)
hi all Varun’s fans,
i am not sure whether you all know that Varun is doing a great job in “Sokkuthe Manam” (Collection of old songs) music program telecasted in JAYA TV on every sunday at 9:15 PM. Varun is expert in Ilayaraja songs. I accept that Varun is another Yesudas in voice.
Im not a Malayalee. But I have been watching ISS regularly since the time my remote accidentally got struck on Asianet, some six months back when ISS was going on and our Murali Ramanathan was singing a song. Lots have been said about lobbying for some contestants and aspersons on judges, including the anchor Ranjani. I’ve been watching the Forum also on ISS website and it’s not coming nowadays. No doubt, Varun has been a good singer; but I wont agree that his presentations in the 8th round were good. He was not in a mood to accept the judges’ criticism, particularly, Sharreth, as displayed by his body language. He sings for ‘Chokkudhe Manam’ on JAYA TV and he is no doubt a good singer. But, I feel, much hype has been given to him and he was misled to think that judges were prejudiced. We all must know one thing; in a competition, one must be ready to receive constructive criticisms; should not be carried away by the lobby’s views. There should be no emotional attachment towards any contestant. Look at their performance and judge only by performance. I dont know about the reason for Varun’s withdrawal from the competition; may be true that he was asked to sign an agreement for not participating in other TV Shows. But, howz that he was performing on JAYA TV all these Sundays, even while he was participating in ISS.
I agree that the judges have been too personal while making criticisms on the performance of some contestants, like, Sannithanandan, Murali Ramanathan, Varun, which should have been avoided.
Sannithanandan should have been eliminated in the 6th round itself. Murali Ramanathan, Nithin, Krishnajith Bhanu should not have been eliminated when Sanni is still in. Sanni is good in typical songs, like, folk and deovotional. He has to practice a lot to dream of a Star Singer.
I observe, Usha Didi has been positive and decent while expressing her views; style to be emulated by every one on the judge’s seat.
I accept, Dasettan’s view on stretching the competition for long. Of late, monotony has struck in and the initial impact the show had created is withering. Let the show be over early, since we had already witnessed the strengths and weaknesses of all the contestants while singing.
My choice would be (not ordered to ranking) Najim, Tushar, Durga, Vani.
Would like to rebutt Subramanian’s arguement – if the judges’ criticism has been gennuine, can you please give one reason why Hesham Abdul Vahab never receives any negative remark wherewas Varun has been receiving only negative remarks, at times even humiliating, from the time he decided to hold his head high and started to respond to the judges bravely ????? And, your introductory comment itself is an explanation for all your ignorance – you have not watched the initial episodes of ISS… Varun was all humility personified when the judges were handing him out comment after comment, and ultimately awarded him with the least marks….we, viewers, were perplexed at the low string of marks given to this wonderful singer, as certain others were escaping unscathed after singing pathetically.Now, slowly we are being given to understand the reasons. As for his singing on Jaya TV, your question is ridiculous as to how he was participating in ISS while he was performing on Jaya TV – reason is simple, Asianet has tried to rein in the singers only at this stage, and thats why he has decided to quit the show !!!!!
*********We viewers just cannot digest the ill treatment meted out to Varun*********
As for your views on others, fully agree that Murali and Krishnajith should have been in in and Sanni should have been out much earlier !!!
The contention that the contenstants should be compliant to the rules and regulations cannot be ignored. But the point is these rules and regulations should have been read out to the participants in the beginning and before entering the contest. It becomes an exploitation of the helplessness when such conditions are brought it at a later stage when they are nearing fulfilment of their aspirations.
As for judges, their remarks are very much relevant in many cases, especially whatever they comment about music. But the way in which they put these remarks across is not worthy of appreciation. Often their snide remarks are not intended to improve participant’s performance. They are found humiliating the contestant on matters not related to music and are too personal in nature. While the camera is focused on judges, they are seen more concerned about impressing the viewers (Usha Uthup is an exception probably for the reason that she is an established professional from the time others probably started singing nursery rhymes)
We the viewers are not bound by any rules or regulations of the show. We are not paid for, but we rather pay for the services of these channels. We have the right to protest when we are fooled by the SMS trick to fill in the kitty of the telecom operator to be shared by the channel. We also have the right to evaluate the genuineness of judges’ remarks. And when in every forum, in every discussion, in every blog the viewers are posting adverse remarks, the judges too may realize that they too should improve professionally.
Of late the ISS show is forced on us just as the flop movies were run in theatres just for the sake of celebrating siver/golden jubilees. That was possible when people had no other options like TV/Cable/DVDs to reach home. And even in this case, ISS TRP is just a false propaganda. May be they started off very well. But now that is not the case. Three minute performance of three contestants in one hour!!!
Fortunately music and dance are being promoted in almost every channel across the country. A welcome replacement for the depressing serials filled with never ending tears. There are equally good talents performing in real time shows. Pretty young and budding talents! There are judges whose remarks are never felt offending. And there is at least one TV channel pleading for SMS assuring utilisation of funds for the benefit of disabled children. At least you don’t feel cheated when you send an SMS.
Ultimately the acceptability of a STAR is vested with viewers! Winning a flat or merc could be manoevured by the managers of the show. But viewers will decide who the popular future performer would be. That would be their choice. Not the judge’s choice.
To Madhu’s comment, I wish to state that I’ve been watching the ISS from the third round onward. I never wanted to offend anybody, particularly the contestants. I have given my honest feedback after reading 270 comments, most of which oriented towards Varun. I have also observed about the too personal remarks attributed by the judges on few contestants too! Madhu has to mind his words. This is what I exactly meant; let objectivity overtake subjectivity. There are quite a few others too,who were treated like Varun in the show. Pls recall the way Murali was treated, like, ’symbol of naanam’, etc. If you have observed, Hesham is critized for his flop in the low range pitch by all the judges. But, the marks of course did not reflect that! I am not commenting, judgement is perfect. Judges too have to be professional, as rightly observed by Sam.
I fully agree with Sam too. Winner of ISS may get a flat! But, any of the other contestants may rise to stardom in singing, as these are opportunity-openings! Remember, BOYS movie of Director Shankar. Siddharth was the main hero and Bharath was one of his other three or four friends. Now, Bharath has been a celebrity hero with many wonderful performances in good lot of movies in Tamil! So, all these guys and girls who may not win the ISS Flat, may find the luck in store for them, in the days to come.
Good Luck to all! Let the discussion continue!
To the comment by Roy from London, Forum on ISS website is now available.
I watching idea star singer 2007 daily. The anchor performance is Beautiful & Wonderful & Fantastic.
Please Convey my Regards to Ranjini Haridas.
Hai Judges
Envy is the human nature ,Don’t worry MG Sri kumar .no one can chace your sound,why you are getting jealous ,We are always watching when you see the professionals you want to
drive them out.Every body has got their own talent,it has been given by God .Nobody can perform what he/she doen’t have,but every body can display what they have.According to their perfomance you have to pay them. ” Verdict truly then you will also be judged truly.
We are supporting VANI JAYARAM who is the maestro of the music
Yours truly
S.Fernands
Hi,
I have been watching the Idea Star Singer for the past 3-4 months. While I appreciate that fact that it has given opportunity for many talented singers, I’m still not able to understand the following facts about this show.
01. Why does a singer have to perform while singing? Would you expect a Dancer to Sing or an actor to sing while assessing their talent?. In the name of performance the participants are made to organise the set, and other resources, which makes it difficult to many talented singers to participate. Can M.G Sreekumar perform while singing and ensuring all the technical aspects of the songs as he expect from this participants?
If the purpose of the show is to recognise the best singer let’s focus on that.
02.In the category of Comedy Songs, participants are made to “perform” to bring comedy in the song!!!. We all enjoyed these Comedy songs in the period when Radio was the only source to listen to music, and all of us could enjoy/feel the comedy without seeing the singer or the singer “performing”.
03.Very often it is felt that the judge Mr.M.G.Sreekumar is very biased in his feed back/attitude towards many of the participants. Varun J Thilakan who was having one of the best Voice and an excellent singer was one of such victims. Both judges (except Ms.Usha Uthup) and Anchor is always in an attempt to portray Sannidanandan as a Comic Character.
04.If a participant (those who were brought up out side Keralam) mess up the pronunciation, judges has not issues, and Ms.Usha Uthup feel as “Good North Indian Singer” singing a Malayalam song!!!.At the very same time those participants from Keralam are pointed for incorrect pronunciation of Hindi Words!!!
05.I have never seen any Music competition like this in Hindi Channels or any other languages making it mandatory for their participants to sing songs from any other languages. In Idea Star Singer they have stooped down to force their participants to sing Gazals!!!
We watch Asianet and other Malayalam channels to listen, watch Malayalam programmes. If we have to listen to Hindi or any other language programme we have multiple of other channels available.
Any one who cannot sing a Malayalam Song properly can easily win the title as they can sing well in Hindi!!!
I feel ashamed to see the “DASYA BODHAM” of the organisers and the Channel
We expect you to select the best singer on her/his capability in our own language.
Remember Ganagandharvan Yesudas, Chitra all sung Malayalam songs first and later conquered the mind of music lovers of all languages. Janakiyamma who was the all time favorite of Malayalam music lovers is not a native of Keralam. If the singer has the capability then they will succeed in other languages as well, but for that Asianet doesn’t have to waste the time
06.While selecting the Anchors, Asianet (other channels too) give preferences those who can speak in the worst style. Why do we have to bring any anchor who cant pronounce the word correctly? or who doesn’t have the word power?. Those who argue that the purpose of language is to communicate and you can speak the way Rajini is doing, I have small doubt would you consider/rate as good communication skill if some one speak in broken English? Would you say that they English Language is getting developed? I’m sure no one who loves his or her language would tolerate any one who assassinates it through a public media like this. The young generation who watches TV uses this as a media to pickup and improve their vocabulary. If they are watching our Anchors, then the beautiful language Malayalam will not survive long.
It is the phenomenon seen only among Malayali’s that they have no shame to say that they cannot understand/speak their mother tongue if they happens to have been out side Keralam even for short duration. I have seen North Indian kids born and brought up in UK, US speak fluently in their languages.
Malayalam like any other language has good vocabulary and can be an excellent media to communicate, the only problem is that the Channels are not encouraging those who are versatile in the language.
D Rajesh
Mavelikara
I’ve read some of the comments from the 278 comments above. Most of them criticise the anchor. What if she is bad or poor in diction. I feel she is okay so long as she makes the programme lively. One or two comments I’d like to make here. It is true that the show is “Star Singer” and we are not looking for actors or actresses; hence the performance part is totally unnecessary. The contestants should be asked to sing different types of songs and judge them as such. There is nothing wrong in contestants singing other language songs. Usha Uthup was very appreciative of this fact and she remarked that nobody in the north tries to sing other language songs in their music programmes. Don’t u think Malayalees are promoting national integration in this way?. As for the judgements passed by the Judges, it is amazing. In the 8th stage in the sad song round Durga Viswanath sang perhaps the best and she got the poorest marks. Ordinary performances by other contestants are exaggerated by the judges and given high marks. I feel a levelling process has been set in motion. Whoever performed poorly in the 8th stage have got very high marks in the 1st round of 9th stage with the exception of Vani. When the first 5 positions (after the 1st round of 9th stage) was announced, the name of Amrutha Suresh(who also got 68 marks for Ghazal singing) was omitted. Can I know why? Except a few musically talented celebrity guests, most others are making a mockery of the show. Will Asianet wake up to the realities and take corrective steps? Next year atleast, we would like to see Rajashri Warrier as the hostess of the ISS 2008.
OMG!IDEA STAR SINGER 2007 is really going bad.This programme is full of cheatingggggg.ranjini is working her job.she is really hot & smexy girl.but MG & SARATH is r born killers.I don’t knw watz kracking on them.actually creepy guyz & girlz like Hesham,vijay,thushar,vani,bineetha,Amrutha shud b deleted 4rm this programme iss.Najim,teenu,sanni,roshan r da best.but varun v miss u lot u waz da junior yesudas in ISS.And atlast is da IDEA STAR SINGER is gonna b **Arun gopan & Durga**. no one is better than arun & durga. god bless u all….THANK U
~DIPZ~
RANJINI I would like 2 meet u 2 say that u r da superb anchor 4ever… even this programme is flopp but all shud vote 4 arun & durga plzzzzz..
~DIPZ~
da varun j thilak…. aadhyam NEE MARYADHAKK PADAN NOKKADA. ENNITT MATHI NINTE VACHAKA KASARTH. SRUTHISUDHAMAYITT PADANARIYATHA NEEYOKKE EVIDETHE SINGARADA?????????
Hi everybody!
Everybody’s point of view is right as far as it goes.
First thing: Varun’s scores have always refelcted the judges’
partiality. We apppreciate Jesudas’ “golden voice”
a lot, don’t we? So it is NOTHING ELSE but justice, if we appreciate
Varun as well. But one thing: voice alone won’t make a
great singer. The shruthi, laya, bhava, pitch, tempo,
sangathi, all go to make a GREAT singer like Dasettan.
VARUN IS GIFTED WITH A GOLDEN VOICE ON A PAR WITH
DAS ETTAN’S. But HE SHOULD BECOME A DISCIPLE OF A GREAT GURU,
LIKE BALAMURALI KRISHNA or someone of the same calibre.
Then certainly HIS WONDERFUL GIFT COULD BE BROUGHT TO
FULL FRUITION. Varun should take to music in a more engaging
manner, in the sense that the engagement with the raaga should
be more sustained and more involved. If he gets good training
and tries to improve more instead of thinking that he is the perfect
singer around, HE WILL BECOME THE
GREATEST SINGER WE HAVE, COMPARABLE TO JESUDAS. No doubt about that. But Varun,
you PLEASE DON’T BECOME CONCEITED, and TRY to IMPROVE MORE AND MORE,
because WE ALL WANT TO SEE YOU UP THERE.
The judges have certainly been
partial in their granting you marks.
But Varun, all the comments of the judges
are RIGHT, as I consider my own knowledge of Music quite good, and I know for
sure that THIS PANEL OF JUDGES are great, no doubt about that. They
have seen and felt the depth of music. And I find fault with them not for their
comments – I appreciate their fine sense of humour also – but for their
prejudice while giving marks. For instance, even when Hesham sings with
problems, particualry in Malayalam, THEY JUST DOLE OUT VERY HIGH MARKS
TO HIM. I don’t know why they get “ROMAANCHAM” when he sings!!!!!!
But I love Hesham for his attitude: he is NOT haughty like Varun and his father.
VINAYAM IS AN ORNAMENT, WHICH VARUN AND HIS FATHER SHOULD ADORN ASAP (AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE).
Varun, please climb up the ladder of success
with the firm base of strong musical rungs and the supportive structure of
VINAYAM (politeness, humility, grace) AS THE RAILINGS for you to catch every time
you go up. PLEASE DON’T EVER BECOME HAUGHTY. Be smiling always, be humble and
polite always. AND PLEASE BELIEVE US WHEN WE SAY THAT GOD HAS GIFTED
YOU WITH A GRRRREEEEAT VOICE. Please cultivate on that. The first thing you
need to do is to LISTEN more…..Listen listen listen as Shivamani says.Listen MORE TO THE MODULATIONS OF MUSIC.
Also, listen to what your critics and commentators and detractors say. There will be some
truth in that. Nobody can become
perfect in singing, unless and until on becomes ONE with music. That ONENESS will
come only if one is more open. The other day when Sharath made you sing again,
he was engaging with the music and the raga and the modulations, BUT you were
very impatient. Before he completes you started repeating and that too IN A VERY
IMPATIENT and IMPERFECT manner. When sharath sings aaa aa a, you would sing aaaa. That
was it. But every other contestant tries to LISTEN more and, when made to sing
again, SING PERFECTLY. Why? Because they try to listen with their ears and hearts open, and
TRY to improve. So VARUN, SUCH QUALITIES YOU NEED TO CULTIVATE. IT IS NOT ENOUGH THAT
THE QUALITY OF YOUR VOICE IS GOOD. YOU SHOULD HAVE OTHER QUALITIES AS WELL.
Now these judges. They are the best JUDGES you can ever get. And the anchor:
she is the best anchor you can ever get. One can learn a lot from the judges:
they are perfect in their music, their comments are very sharp, which should help
TRUE LEARNERS learn a lot from.
But they are PARTIAL NO DOUBT. They mostly like people like Amrutha who
cries and pleads and whines and pines …. though her singing is good, she speaks
in a very crying voice and tone, which the judges like a lot. When it comes to
marks, they give marks in a very UNJUSTIFIABLE MANNER. Hehsam and Vijay Madhav
DO NOT DESERVE EITHER THE GOOD COMMENTS OR THE GOOD MARKS THAT THEY USED TO GET
TILL NOW. They HAVE TO COME A LONG WAY STILL.
After all the criticism, these two guyz are given surprisingly GOOOOOOD
marks!
Now about Hindi, yeah, why does Usha didi become very touchy when it comes
to Hindi accent?! It is not aank, it is aankh, it is not dak, it is daagh….
Arre Baaba, I have been in the North, in the East, in the West, in the Daccan, in Kerala, and abroad too. EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD EXCEPT MALAYALEES LOVE AND RESPECT THEIR OWN
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. Do you know, people in the North LITERALLY LOOK DOWN UPON
Madrasees (all the South Indians are dark, uncouth madrasees according to them!). And here
people like Ranjini PRETEND THAT SHE DOES NOT KNOW “PROPER” MALAYALAM, and try to
DISTORT her Malayalam accent. That trait itself shows her up as a TYPICAL MALAYALI!
Because Bengalis don’t distort their Bengali, North Indians are particular
about their Hindi, Hyderabadis are very proud of their Urduish Hindi, Oriyas
love their Oriya, and here Ranjini feels ashamed to speak her mother tongue.
So that proves her to be a malayali.
I love Ranjini’s resourcefulness, presence of mind,
effervescence, sense of humour, sense of dignity, ATTITUDE, lack of self-consciousness,
her English, her grace, her smile, her behaviour towards the contestants, the judges, the parents and the audience. In all respects she is one good factor behind making the show so lovely, and
lively. But her attitude towards Malayalam is SIMPLY CHEAP. HA HA HA.
Arre Baaba,
I represent a typical cosmopolitan Indian citizen who is quite well-established
in almost all major countries of the world. I don’t like to speak anything
appreciative about myself. But still, to instruct you, I would like to tell
you that my English is appreciated by Westerners, but when I speak Malayalam, people
smile and ask me, is it Sanskrit? I say no it is Malayalam. Because I don’t distort
it the way some snobs do. I am capable of distorting, ‘coz none can beat us in mimicry. But still I don’t distort.
I use a fair proportion of colloquialisms in my Malayalam too.
When I am outside Kerala, and ouside India, in public places (if I have another
Malayali in my near vicinity or company, I SPEAK ONLY MALAYALAM, and that too with
no smattering of English. Maybe that CONFIDENCE can come only if one is confident
of one’s ENGLISH also. I am QUITE strong in my MALAYALAM, HINDI, ENGLISH, URDU, BENGALI,
TAMIL, TELUGU, AND I CAN COMPREHEND A HUGE NUMBER OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
LANGUAGES. sO I DON’T NEED TO UNNECESSARILY IMPRESS ANYBODY BY DISORTING MY MALAYALAM
AND SEASONING MY SPEECH/ DIALOGUE/ CONVERSATION WITH English words. ENGLISH IS MY
FORTE. HINDI TOO IS MY FORTE. BUT MALAYALAM IS MY HEART. AND I ALWAYS WEAR THAT HEART
ON MY SLEEVE. I AM PROUD OF BEING A MALAYALI. I AM PROUD OF MY TYPICAL MALAYALAM ACCENT.
And this is for Usha Uthup, you also are a cosmopolitan and a polyglot I believe.
Do you think a Bengali can ever sing a Malayalam song properly, a North Indian can
ever sing a Malayali song properly? NO THEY CAN’T AND THEY WON’T ALSO.
These wonderful tribe of Malayalees HAVE GOT ALL OF 51 LETTERS IN THEIR ALPHABET,
and some difficult letters, such as zha, nja, and the like, which make the
mastery of all TONGUES quite easy. Hesham’s Paagalaare (the Baul song) the other day
was perfect, for the same reason. But do you think a Bengali can sing Pallikkalappante
Moolle perfectly? No, HE/ SHE WON’T/ CAN’T. sO RANJINI, BE A JUSTIFIABLY PROUD (not arrogant)
MALAYALI. And Usha Uthup, sing more praises to “ENTE KERALAM.” The VERSATILITY
which you stress on a lot, you would find only in your “Ente Keralam.”
Hey Varun’s voice is too good. But his character is too bad. So the judges are so harsh to him and giving less marks. He has asooya and Kusumbu. When once a singer(name orkkunnilla) gets lots of claps from all and good marks from the judges, only the Varun’s face was too gloomy and also he is not clapped at all. This thing is showed in the TV very well. All the viewers are conveyed it also. Varun thinks that he has some (evideyo) glamour, too good voice and i am singing in Jaya TV also then why I treat like this!!!!! The main thing for a person is humble and vinayam. Pinne prayam kooduthalullavare bahumanikkanum padikkanam ketto Varun. Ennalee munneran pattukaullu. Illankil Oridethum ethilla. Durga is not at all good. She has more flops in her singing. Sanni has only the way to singing folk songs and Diety songs. Hesham is only singing Hindi songs. Varun has not at all touch with Dasettan’s voice. Dasettan is great. Every time he have a good smile and good voice.
last performance of naJIM WAS TOO GOODGHAZAL IT WAS MIND BLOWING HE WILL BECOME THE IDEASTAR SINGER SURE HE GOT 90MARKS
PLEASE VOTE FOR NAJIM HE IS SUCH A NICE SINGER
dear frendz,
I noticed that everyone is commenting about Ms Renjini’s anchoring is horrible, she speaks manglish….etc… what happened to all these people? I don’t find any wrong with her.Her way of anchoring is super. This is the problem of all malayalees…they don’t accept any people talking little english in malayalam language. why you people don’t say any english words while speaking malayalam? Ms Renjini is absolutely doing fine job? She is much better than any other anchors.Well done Renjini!!! Keep doing the job. I’ll definitely support you.
I think there will be some readers who will find my comment irritating.
If you don’t like it, pls ignore it. Don’t blame me.
I want to ask a questions. why asianet is taking too long to find a winner of Idea Star Singer2007? December is almost going to finish.Its like watching serial, without any fullstop.
Its pity to say that great talented singer’s like Varun,Ritvik….are eliminated.I think usha didi’s judgement is better than MG Sreekumar and Sarath. She gives valuable advice to the contestants and supports all the contestants equally. sreekumars and sareth’s comments are disgusting.Judges should give more importance than singing rather than performance. Sannidanathan is the example. He gets too much vote for his performance, but his singing is not good.Celebrity Guest JayaSurya
is wonderful. I enjoyed his paara very much. He has the great talent of capturing audience
Good luck to all the participants in the Idea Star.
Comment by
Faheema
AbuDhabi
Hi,
We have no problem any one using any languages and any style in private talk, but the concerned we are having the way Ranjini (any many others) on TV is
01.While there are good and apt words available in Malayalam they try to squeeze English words in between and many case in one sentence there are more English at time Hindi words than Malayalam words.
02.Would you consider a Briton speaking an English like the way Ranjini speak Malayalam as an Excellent Anchor? I’m sure no Englishmen would never accept it.
03.We are not expecting any anchor to speak 100% pure Malayalam, but we expect them to speak properly and pronounce and use Malayalam words as much as possible.
04.This is a media the kids uses to pick new words and usage. If they listen to such anchors they will never be able to speak any language perfectly
While reading many of the views it appears that they believe that it is impossible to speak in |Malayalam. There is no dearth of words in Malayalam. It is the hypocrisy of the anchors, which makes them act like this.
I’m sure those who support the Manglish would criticise if one fails to speak/write properly in English, at the very same time if you speak broken Malayalm they consider you as educated, talented and coooooooooool.
I
Cheers
D.Rajesh Mavelikara
You may please read the point 2 in artilcle 290 above as
02.Would you consider a Briton speaking an English like the way Ranjini speak Malayalam as an Excellent Anchor? I’m sure no Englishmen wouldaccept it.
Thattippu – IDEA Star Singer on Asianet
Any Asianet guys dare to respond?
http://www.simplymalayalees.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=35
മത്സരം ദിനം പ്രതി അശ്ലീലമായിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്നു.. നജീമിനെ സ്റ്റാര് സിങെര് ആക്കാനുള്ള തയ്യാറെടുപ്പ് കണ്ടില്ലെ അങ്ങേരുടെ ഗസല് റൌണ്ടില്.. അയാള് മോശമായി പാടി എന്നല്ല പറയുന്നത്..അയാള് ഒരു വിധം നന്നായി പാടി സമ്മതിക്കുന്നു. പക്ഷെ 90 മാര്ക്ക് കൊടുക്കാനുള്ള പെര്ഫോര്മെന്സ് ഒന്നും അല്ലായിരുന്നു അത്. പാവം ഉഷാ ഉതുപ്പ്.. ചെകുത്താനും കടലിനും ഇടയില് പെട്ട പോലെ ആയി.അവരെ ഒന്നും മിണ്ടാന് സമ്മതിക്കുന്നില്ല. ഇപ്പോള് ബാക്കി ഉള്ളവരില് ഏറ്റവും നല്ല പാട്ടുകാരന് തുഷാര് ആണ്..അയാളെ അടുത്ത് റൌണ്ട് കാണിക്കുമോ എന്തോ?
Enthanavo 90 markil othukkiyath. Moonnu jadgimarkum kolmayir undayi ennanu prasthavana nadathiyath. Aa sthithiyk 100 markum angu koduthukoodayirunno ? Kashtam, engineyum undallo jadgimar !
Najim sings well; his demeanor is good.
He has got a sonorous voice to boot. Then whatz ur
problem? Asooya, asahishnutha.
Hindi ariyillennu parasyamayi paranjittullavar Gazal (Urduvinte karyam pinne parayendathillallo)kettu kolmayir kollunnengil avarude yogyatha valla natturajavinte darbaril sthuthi padal alle?
Gazal nannayittu padi enna karyathil or tharkavum illa. Pakshe jadgimarude (Didi ozhike) sthuthi padal malsariykunna payyanodavubol manam pirattunna pole thonnunnu.
HI EVERYONE..GOOD NEWS ..DEEDI CAN NOT TAKE IT ANYMORE.. SHE IS FED UP WITH THIS.. I AM WACHING ISS NOW AT US CENTARAL TIME 9:14PM 12/26. DEEDI FOUGHT BACK TO SARATH ABOUT HIS PARTIALITY & BULLSHIT COMMENTS ABOUT DURGA. SARATH ALWAYS SAY THAT HE IS A SINGER.. IF HE IS A SINGER WHY HE IS NOT SINGING? FOR NITHIN ONE SARATH TOLD, WHEN SINGING HARIHARAN’S SONG JUST SING IT DO NOT IMITATE HIM.. HERE FOR COMMENTING DURGA HE TOLD IMITATE HIM.
ONE MORE THING TO SAY.. I PREDICT ..DEEDI WILL BE OUT FROM THE SHOW IN COUPLE DAYS..THAT IS THE HISTORY OF ISS..
BASTARD SARATH IS FIGHTING WITH DEEDI.. THIS IS GOING TO SPOIL HIS CARRIER. .. WHAT IS SARATH IN FRONT OF DEEDI..DEEDI IS A REAL STAR WHO SANG IN ALMOST ALL INDIAN LANGUAGES.. HOW SARATH CAN MAKE FUN OF HER.. IF MG IS SAYING IT IS MORE O.K BUT WHO IS SARATH? JUST LIKE AN ANT IS COMMENTING ABOUT AN ELEPHANT..
Can anyone tell me what happened when Durga sang yesterday. I could not watch the programme yesterday. what is this comment about Sharath you are telling about?
Pritish
Sarath and MG got kicks on their Asses.Usha Uthupp Really took it up with them. She used her high pitch Voice to make sarath sit down.Sarath is a born idiot while MG Annachi is a Joker
Following are the People Eliminated from ISS from round 9 onwards
Round 9 – Sanni, Bineeta
Round 10 – Arun, Tinu
Round 11 – Vijaya Madhav
Round 12 – Tushar, Amruta
Round 13 – Roshan, Durga
Round 14 – Final – 1st prize Nijam, 2nd Prize Haseem 3rd prize Vani
Bye the audience.
Hi Amrita,
It seems you can clearly predict the future. Could you please do me a favour.. please tell a 4 digit number so that I can take the lottery.
Najim will be the ‘Flat’ owner .
Cheers,
Pradip
hi,
i have been a not-so-regular viewer of ISS…but i watch it mainly for the anchor who,I THINK,puts the right spirit into the show…i feel she’s one of the most natural and spontaneous anchors that Malayalam television could boast of..the only anchor who does a better job than Ranjini is REKHA MENON. hope people remember her..the FTQ anchor…sure the latter is any day better than Ranjini…but i don’t think there are any other anchors,in Malayalam television,who are as energetic,spirited and spontaneous…at least she’s better than those Malayalam “phone-in programme” anchors who put on a fake accent and speak horribly…you’ll get to see scores of them in any Malayalam channel(except DD Malayalam..as regards the contestants…Najeem is super talented and very humble…even Hisham is quite good..among the girls,Amritha is really good..no comments about others and the judges..but i love Usha Uthup a lot…deedi is really sweet-natured.
I have seen a opinions by many of the viewers regarding Varun J Thilakan’s performance and attitude. It appears that we all are trying arrive at the conlsuion that Varun is arrogant and doesn’t have “Vinayam” on the basis of his facial expressions. The close up of Varun’s expression shown not necessarily is an indication of his reaction to what was going on, cause these visual are edited and rearranged before being telecasted.
From the very beginning itself it was observed that M.G.Sreekumar was biased against this participant, and many times even Sharath too followed M.G’s track while Usha Uthup was encouraging him. It is high time both Sharath and M G Sreekumar to be careful of their comments. It is not fare from the judges to make funny comments about the participants.
For those who criticise Varun may please understand that it is quite common to react when you are deprived of what you deserves. Many times it is felt that he was not given the mark he deserved, while those who performed badly and found more mistakes by the same panel of judges were given higher marks. We cannot expect every participant to react in the same way.
I agree to the arguments that Varun’s Father’s reaction to the mark awarded was not appropriate, but it can be ignored as sudden out burst by a Father. He is not public figure to be cautious about what he do or speak in such a situation; he just expressed what he believed right. I’m sure that many of the parents whose opinion were asked in similar situation and especially when their kids are eliminated were not honest to what they told publicly. But Mr. M G Sreekmar who has hosted so many shows and should have kept quite rather than reacting.
I’m not trying to portray him as the best, but he is one among the best, and he was always warded lees mark than what he deserved.
Varun, do not waorry about what had happend,you have the telnet to grow and continue your hard work. We love your Voice!!!!
Cheers!!!
D.Rajesh Mavelikara
If only the judges had shown a fraction of the patience and reception given by or expected of the contenstants while at the receiving end of harsh remarks they would be worth chairing the panel. They have shown the least of understanding of others’ temperaments while they misused their position to shower personal abuses to the helpless contestants. They sit back and criticise fogetting the fact that MGS or Sharat cannot even move a single step of dancing or perform the way these contestants did. When they do not know anything other than music how they are commenting authoritiatively about the performance? And even after knowing a bit of music, they should take a few moments to watch Dakshinamoorthyswami commenting on the performance of small kids in Amrita TV, to know how knowledge makes a person humble and natural. Compared to Swami, these people are nothing, nothing at all!
Hi viewers, You know SANNI is out only because he could not sing HINDI songs. You know only in Malayalam programme, the participants sings songs from other languages. If you ever watch such programme in any other indian languages, say it Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada or any other language the participants never sing a Malayalam Songs, We the Malayalees are always give priority to other language, See ISS the participants sings Tamil and Hindi songs more than Malayalam songs. Is it not a shame to Malayalam programme? Poor SANNI, he dont know Hindi, so he is out from the competition. Dont worry SANNI, be a malayalee and sings malayalam songs.
Regards, Amrita.
അമൃതേ,
നമ്മുടെ മാതൃഭാഷാസ്നേഹം ഒരു പ്രഹസനം മാത്രമായി തീര്ന്നിരിയ്ക്കുന്നു.
മലയാളത്തിന്റെ മഹിമ വാള്ത്തുന്നവര് പോലും കുട്ടികളെ ഇംഗ്ലീഷു മാത്രം പഠിപ്പിയ്ക്കുന്നു.
കോഴിബിരിയണി തിന്ന് ഏമ്പക്കവും വിട്ടുകൊണ്ട് അഹിംസ പ്രസംഗിയ്ക്കുന്നു ചിലര്.
വയറുനിറയെ മാട്ടിറച്ചിയും മാട്ടി, ഗോമാതാവിനെ പൂജിയ്ക്കുന്നു മറ്റുചിലര്.
പാവപ്പെട്ടവനു കമ്മ്യുണിസം വിധിച്ചിട്ട്, നേതാക്കന്മാരുടെ മക്കളെല്ലാം ഗള്ഫുരാജ്യങ്ങളില് പൊന്നു കൊയ്യുന്നു.
നന്ദിഗ്രാമില് ചോരയൊഴുകുമ്പോള് നെഹ്രുകുപ്പായമിട്ട ഇടതുനേതാക്കള് തലസ്ഥാനത്തെ പഞ്ചനക്ഷത്ര ഹോട്ടല്കളില് ഹാപ്പി അവേര്സ് ഘോഷിയ്ക്കുന്നു.
തൊഴിലിന്റെ അന്തസ്സ് വലുതായിക്കാണേണ്ട കൂട്ടായ്മകള് നോക്കുകൂലിയും വാങ്ങി തമിഴന്മ്മാരെ കൂലിപ്പണിയ്ക്ക് വഴികാട്ടുന്നു.
പാടത്തു പണിചെയ്യാനാരുമില്ല. പക്ഷേ പാവം കൃഷിക്കാരന് വാഴ വച്ചാല് അതു വെട്ടിനിരത്തന് വാക്കത്തിയുമായി മുമ്പിലുണ്ടവും.
മലയാളം പാട്ടുകള് മലയാളികള് പാടാന് മടിയ്ക്കുമ്പോള് മറുനാട്ടിലുള്ളവര് എന്തിനു പാടണം?
Sam
This forum gets boring as is the ISS Program. All participants in the forum seem to be casting aspersions either on the judges or on the contestants and expressing subjective favouritism on some of the people who matter in the ISS program. Reason could be extending the program still to many more rounds. It is a pitty, we will know the Star Singer 2007 only in 2008!
The judges were not selected properly. We have 3 people who are completely appreciative of male singers. Doesn’t matter how they perform the females, particularly Amrutha Suresh (who I personally regard as equal to Najim as the top 2 contestants), are always given average marks. I request the readers to hear the actual gazal sang by Chitra Singh and compare with Amrutha’s singing. Remember we are the ultimate judges, because ultimately the music is made for common folks like us. Sharath has his own taste and abilities (unfortunately which is not much appreciated by the music audience, right??). How many films was he involved in malayalam?? How many of his songs do you hum to yourself when you are bathing?? probably NONE, right??? Now Didi is another fault that happened in this jury. She has no opinion about songs. She should have been a permanent celibrity judge instead of the actual judging team. We should have had ACTUAL FEMALE singers like Chitra/sujatha/many others even old jewels like Janaki/vanni etc. Then the females would have been heard better. Remember I love the way Najim sings, no question, but Amrutha is there on the top with him. Time will prove that. I hope Jayachandran sir the previous judge is watching this program. There is absolutely no way that people like Vijay, Sanni, Roshan would have been in the 9th round. Now reg Roshan, remember, he is excelling in Hindi, right?? Do you honestly think he would succeed in the Bollywood???? Do you?? pls ask yourself before judging a person who sings hindi songs. My friend even a common person in Bihar would sing better gazals and we literally cannot survive in that tough competition. We need people singing good quality malayalam songs to come up, may be tamil but never hindi. It is simply beyond us to produce a good quality hindi singer. So please those of you who are fan of Roshan for singing Hindi songs, remember to hear a few of the real hindi singers and see whether your favorite singer will be even given a chance to sing in a hindi movie if he reaches top 5 in the idea star singer. Vani is beutiful and also has a nice voice. I personally put her at #3 below Amrutha/Najim. Now be your own judge. To Hell with Sarath, you my friend is the best judge because you are the ultimate buyer of music. Take your time and intelect to judge.
ISS was a very good program and i believe it has lost its credibility with the episode giving Najeem 90 marks. I am not against Najeem. I agree that Najeem is a very good singer and with due respect to his singing abilities, I must say that that particular episode was not looking natural… I mean it looked like someone was wrote the script and all the people attending the show were acting…
Again, I feel Sanni is a misfit in the show right now. I know that Sanni is not a great singer as Najeem or Hisham. But he has his own style (not versatile) and we must respect it. I feel sad when the MGS tells the viewers each and every day NOT to vote for sympathy. Sanni should realize that these guys are referring to him and he should drop himself out of the show as he is not capable (talented) enough among the current contestants.
Now to the judges, please stop praising Najeem for everything he does. There are very good talented singers in the contest (some of them are more talented than Najeem). Start praising their singing as well. It is a style of Sharath now-a-days that he says SUPERB about the singing but gives only 70 marks. The 90 marks given to Najeem is an insult to all other contestants.
Thanks,
Vik
Referring to the comment above, the comments of both MGS and Sharath when Najim & Hesham sing looks unnatural in the sense even when their singing is ordinary, these two gentlemen say it is “SUPERB” when Arun Gopan & Roshan, not to speak of Varun(who has been forcibly sent out of the show)are doing a better job at singing. What is Idea Star Singer upto? Looks like the winners have been already chosen and what is being telecast is merely an eyewash.
Whoever wins, it is very much evident the lady contestants are given a raw deal. There could have been a separate contest for ladies or a separate title for lady contestant in the present format. I am of the opinion, male singing & female singing are two aspects and one cannot compete with the other and both can neither be compared. Will Idea Star Singer 2008(if at all the programme is got up) rectify this anamoly?
Hi Amrita!!!
Well Done!!! You pointed the fact correctly.
No Channels in other languages show this hypocricy!!!.It is seen om;y in Malayalm Channels they test the skill/talnet of the participants in Hindi and other lnagugaes and they expect the partipcipants to pronounce the word with 100% perfection!!!
It is possible only in Malaylam channenl a participant who doesnt know Malaylam can raech the final round and even can Win the First prize!!!
It is not just in songs or the anchoring and now M.G Sreekumar is also ensuring that he speaks less in Malayalam!!!
I’m not asking them to speak 100% Malayalam but do not speak as if the Malayalm langauge deosnt have the vacbulary to speak without the help of other language.
Cheers
Sapna
Hi,
If any one speak in broken English it is considered as a bad manner. Same is the case in any other language.
In case of Malayalam if we speak in broken langauge (like the Anchors of Malayalm TV Channel) he/she is considered as an elite,educated,civilsed person!!! And when a progamme (supposed to be in Malayalam) is anchored in such Manlish we say it is coooool,
It is seen only in Malaylees the habit of worshiping aping anything from other langauge and culture.
Ranjini (the anchor of Idea Satrt Singer) has good presence of mind,confidence and all the qualities to be a good anchor, had she shown the same care in speaking proper Malayalam,it would have made it wondeful and she coud have been a trend setter for other anchors as well.
Regards
D Rajesh Mavelikara
Let me confess first. I too had a very low opinion of Renjini as an anchor peson. But repeated watching of the show made me change this. Her lack of flair with the malayalam language is the only flaw you may notice in her as an anchor. Though language is important, many other aspects also should be considered, before we make a final verdict.The way with which she puts the tensed contestants to ease is really appreciable and is very important too in such highly competitive shows.
I agree with Balu too. Female singing and Male singing cannot be compared and judged with the same scale. Had this been the criterion of judging for State awards( and such similar awards), I wonder how many awards M.G.”annan” would have grabbed!!
Song and music is not the monopoly of a musically intelligent sector alone. The ultimate enjoyer of the music is the commonest man who least bothers what a shadjam is or whether there was shruti and brigas…. Despite shruti, sangathees, shadjams and brhuhas, a song can touch the soul of the listener if it is sung not from mouth, not from heart, but from the soul of a singer.It is a soul to soul commuication where everything else melts into nothing and nothing else matters.
ALL THE VERY BEST FOR ALL THOSE CONTESTANTS WHO ARE CONTINUALLY GIVING , WE THE MUSIC LOVERS A GOOD TREAT FOR OUR SOULS. KEEP GOING. REMEMBER: FALLING DOWN IN NOT DEFEAT. DEFEAT IS WHEN YOU REFUSE TO GET UP…..
What did Vijay Madhavan do in the 9th Round Ghazal song? Can somebody who knows music give me an authoritative opinion on this? Were his notes clearly defined? Were his notes even complete? This is my opinion as a layman viewer: It did not even sound like somebody was singing a ghazal. It sounded like somebody is giving a voice modulated talk, with some tunes thrown in here and there. This person gets 64/90 when Amrutha gets 61/90 for her Ghazal? The judgement has ceased to have any rational basis. Isnt MG Sreekumar contradicting himself when he says “shruthi avideyum ivideyum okke poyenkilum, mothathil shruthishuddhi undaayirunnu”. Who do the judges and Asianet think they are fooling? I have lost confidence in the credibility of the judgements, judges and Asianet. They have already decided who the winner is. So many singers got 61/90 in the ghazal round, Wasnt there any difference in these peoples’ singing quality? Or have the judges and Asianet simply decided on “token marks” for people whose performance they dont care about? Agreed Najim is a good singer, and his singing has good quality, but is it so superior to other peoples’ singing quality/ability so as to justify getting 81/90 when the max marks among others is 67/90? Ridiculously biased judgement. Vijay, Sanni, Teenu, these are not people who should be in the 9th round at all!!!
SANNI
I agree that Sanni is not a bad singer. He lacks versatility. Idea star singer should be versatile. I think that he’d excel in devotional and comedy songs though.
NAJEEM
The dude can sing anything that he will definitely glue you to the seat. Versatile and the mood that he creates is definitely exemplary.
M.G.SREEKUMAR
I hate the fact that his comments are just downright rude at times. 9th round last episode, his comments were exclusively aimed at Sannidhanandhan. The voters know who to vote for. I think that he is definitely questioning the credibility of the voters by making such comments.
SARATH
You definitely see partiality from his side. He says nice things because he is forced to…I mean, he is on TV.
USHA UTHUP
I personally think that she is a genuine person. She wants everyone to succeed and she is very disappointed when someone messes up. This was very evident when she commented on Sanni’s 3rd round.
Contrary to what some of you say, I think that these judges are very knowledgeable and more qualified than the rest of us. These people know the basics of music and they judge accordingly.
Ranjini
I think Ranjini is alright. She may not be the best anchor in the sense that she really doesn’t know what to say certain times. She’s very upbeat though. The girl’s can relate to the rest of the group and she compliments them accordingly. She gets along with the judges and the contestants. She doesn’t demean everything nor does she try to act like someone else. The english comes in at times..which is quite normal..because some of us find English the best language to convey certain things.
Marina,
You misunderstand my intention when I call into question the credibility of the judges and their judgements. Please read my post carefully. Definitely these people are more qualified than a lot of us in terms of their knowledge of music which is why, as a layman viewer, I have asked the authoritative opinion of a person who knows music. What I meant was that, these people
(the judges) are not making their judgements on any rational basis(which, in this case would mean, they are not making judgements and decisions based on what their knowledge of music would indicate). Instead, I think these people are giving judgements based on the dictats of Asianet(which in my opinion, has already decided who should stay in competition, who should be eliminated etc.,).
About Usha Uthup: I have always respected and appreciated Usha Didi’s constructive criticism and constant encouragement of the participants, especially, as opposed to some of the snide remarks and comments that the other two judges seem to make at times. And yes, I too feel that she is a human being who is genuinely good at heart. But from her comments in the recent past about peoples’ performances(singing, especially Vijay Madhavan’s ghazal), I am not so sure that she is expressing her own, independent opinion anymore.
I hope I am clearer as to the intention and meaning of my views. Of course, if you dont agree with me, that is a different thing. Afterall, everybody has freedom to their own, independent thoughts and opinions
Mr. RR
I was talking in a general sense. In no way that I was aiming my post at you. There are many people who think the judges are not qualified.. which is absolutely ridiculous. It is a TV show and the producers certainly want programs to be a certain way. These judges get paid for what they do. So they have to be on the same page with the producers.
We don’t know for sure how these judges are making these decisions. We are not in their presence. So, I don’t think that it is safe to assume that these things are done a certain way.
Obviously SMS count (otherwise Sannidhananthan would have been voted off a long time ago). At the same time, if judges feel that a person can do better, they stay in the competition. As the ‘DAY’ is getting closer and closer, it is definitely understandable that there will be tensions from all directions.
I have a supporter in Sunita Nair regarding judging male & female singers on different scales. Thanks Sunita for this. But I would have expected her to be more vociferous(being a lady herself) about conducting competitions separately for male & female singers. I also noted a post in which the discrimination in the matter of awarding marks for Amrutha Suresh and a male singer in the ghazal round. Here I would like to point out that in one of the previous rounds Durga sang the sad song right from her soul and was awarded the lowest marks in this category. What is this all about? Being a female is a crime. Doesn’t the film industry or for that matter the general public need female singers also in equal number singing quality songs. It is time Asianet sets its record right by being impartial or scrap the whole show.
it is really sad to see a superbly talented singer like Amritha Suresh in the danger zone…..and that too when a singer like Vani Jayaram is safe..(here i am only speaking about the female singers..but its more sad that there is only 1 female singer in the safe zone)…i really don’t think Vani deserves to be in the safe zone when singers like Amritha, Durga and Dr.Binita are in the danger zone….and lets not forget that this is due to the judgments and marks given by our highly qualified and esteemed judges…many might argue that in this round Vani sang better than the other females…but i beg to differ…Vani was not at all good in the Ghazal round…and i have always felt that her singing lacks depth and soul….it has always been lacking in ‘bhavam’…i am not a music maestro to comment upon the sur and taal…but being a listener, the aspect of music that catches and holds my attention is the “bhavam” which i feel she is utterly lacking in…
On one time you say, you didn’t watch ISS, on other you are telling about the anchor. You are not telling this from your heart. Please watch the show regularly and then comment about the Anchor. Can you please suggest some better acnhors in malayalam channels than Ranjini
A.Rahim
SANNI IS IN FOR ROUND TEN. THIS SHOWS THAT HE IS SO POPULAR AND LAKHS OF HIS FANS SAVED HIM FROM THE DANGER ZONE. EVEN THOUGH IT IS CORRECT THAT HE COULD SING SOME PARTICULAR TYPE OF MALAYALAM AND TAMIL SONGS, ASIANET AND THE VIEWERS KNOW THAT WITHOUT SANNI, THE SHOW IS LIFELESS. THEREFORE EVEN THOUGH HE GOT LESS MARKS IN 9TH FOUND,JUDGES AND ASIANET KEPT HIM ONLY BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT OF PUBLIC AND AS MR. SARAT SAYS SANNI IS NEVER SING FOR FLAT, HE IS ALWAYS SHARP AND HIS PRESENCE IS ONLY TO RUN THE SHOW FURTHER. MY CONGRATULATION TO SANNI AND WISH HIM ALL THE BEST FOR HIS FURTURE ASSIGNMENT.
sanni got the lowest mark in Gazel while Binita and Teenu were much better. But Sanni is in and other two are out.Asianet cannt eliminate Sanni because he is a SMS capturing machine.His singing is awful
As a fan of SANNI, i am happy he is in. No matter he is getting less marks, Though his all songs are not upto the marks, his performance is superb. It is evident that even after giving less marks by the judges, SANNI’s popularity is such that he is getting much more SMS than any other participants. That is why now judges are saying to SMS to only those participants who sings well. It is an indirect indication that they wants to out SANNI, but his humble attitude save him though SMS. Also Asianet very well know that SANNi is a crowed puller. Therefore SANNi is a hen giving golden eggs to both Asianet and the mobile companies (particularly IDEA CELLULOR) and they are not ready to kill such golden hen immediately.
Sanni cuts such a sad figure on the stage when he is to be judged, he gets most of the sympathy votes of the people of Kerala who are fattening the mobile company and Asianet, otherwise though Sanni is a good singer in his own right you can’t call him versatile, just keeps the show going.
In the beginning I had been supporting Renjini Haridas but as the days go by I feel that she is jumping out of her skin, there’s so much of overdoing her part which makes it look awfully stupid and irritating, I feel that she is being influenced by the bosses and the two jokers MGS and Sharath,she looks more the female version of Andrew Symonds. Thats it malayalees for now.
I stopped watching Idea Star Singer from Tuesday; because they got Sanni in; We are selecting the best singer and not the one who deserves most sympathy. Instead of selecting Sanni let Asianet give
him a bagful of presents becasue he is coming from an economically weaker family. Please do not fool people.
Raj
With the results of the 9th stage elimination finally out, my stand is thoroughly vindicated.What do u say Sunita? They want only male singers to go to the further rounds. The female singers who go more marks. viz Dr.Bineetha and Teenu are out. This is utter sarcasm. Sanni who performed below average is in. People may argue he is popular and all that. But we are looking for a star singer and Sanni is definitely not a star singer. May God save the other participants especially the female participants. Girls, beware, u’ll be knocked out in the next rounds.
yesterday, they celebrate 60th birthday of didi. Actual date of birth is 8th November 1947. We saw the 9th elimination round (LIVE) todays before. Or what else needed
hai viewers, the show is in 10th round and only two participants are sung for 1 hour show. what a pity is this. Asianet is getting much much money from the 1 hr reality show. Dr.Bineetha is not at all a bad singer. And she is out and the Sanni is in. What a creulty is this. Yesterday when Thushar sang his song the great judge sarath said “ENIKKU PATTU ISHTAPPETTILLA”. Hey judges pls see the reality shows in other channels.
hello,
I am still wondering why in this 10 th round they are having 4 rounds for each participants, it is high time to end the show by finding the best singer.
Now Asianet is cheating poor viewers, just for making money from sponsors/ and thru SMS .
Also they telecast only 2 songs in the stipulated 1 hrs.. simply waste of time and energy and ofcourse our MONEY !!!!!!
sanni is not the person who comes in the final list of 10. i think it iwas a big mistake from the channel side.let the contest who worth should be in and other should out .If it is just case of sms why there is a need of judges?
down down sanni! cheating peaple for money.I stoped seeing it !not only me my family it self stopped .we turned to amruta tv [super star global]
Hi viewers,
Actually it was SANNi and BINEETA eliminated from the 9th found. TINU and Arun was actually planned to eliminated from the 10th round. SANNI himself told at the end of 9th found that his marks are low and he was sure that he will be elimited at 9th round. But Asianet know that he is an entertiner, though his songs are average. It is understood that due to his popularlity only SANNI was retained for 10th round. SO it is the business formula of Asianet to earn more money.
It is also their business trick tht in 10th round they allow only two participant and drag one hour. During this one hour they earn crores of rupees through advertisement. The final winner will get only a flat of Rs. 40 lakhs. But as on date Asianet has earned more than 40 crores from this programme. FROM 11th ROUND ONWARDS ONLY ONE PARTICIPANT WILL BE ALLOWED TO SING IN AN EPISODE.SO THAT ASIANET CAN ENTER IN THE GUINESS BOOK WORLD RECORD.
SO PLEASE WATCH THE PROGRAMME AND SEND SMS TO ALL PARTICIPANTS AND ALLOW ASIANET TO BECOME THE RICHEST CHANNEL OF THE WORLD. WE THE MALAYALEES CAN PROUD OF IT. HA HA HA HA
Sanni in 10th stage unbelievable! It is too much to here the same kind of voice performance of this person. he is good for only ayyappan pattu .i think i will sing better than him.krishnajith banu,nikhil,varun,teenu telance —-they are 100 times better –best than Sannithananthan.
Njan oru trissur kari aanu.ennalum ente sahanathinu oru paruthi undu. sanni iniyum ninnal ente controll pokum.eppol thanne najan ideaSS kanarilla [sanniyude pattu ullappol].
Dear viewers, Elimination in ISS is not based on marks or SMS. It is only based on recommendation and likes of judges, sponsors and asianet managements. If the elimination is based on marks and quality of singing capacity, people like Varun, Murali Ramanathan, Nitin, Dr Bineeta would not be eliminated.
Singers like Amruta, Sanni, Vijaya Madhav, are still in the show only because of Highly recommendation and faveratism. Have you ever watched the face expression of Amruta Suresh while singing? It is just like the expression of an english XXX movie actress. So as I said repeadely, dont blame anybody, dont see the quality of the singers, just watch the show if you have time and want to watch the funny elimination round, and make Asianet the no. one channel.
The worst sanni—–dont fool people who were watching the show from audition round onwards.I stopped seeing this foolishness-it is not acase of sms .i asked every one not even 1% support sanni…..then.the sms he got is send by himself ..i will see this program only when get eliminated
plz eliminate sanni.there is only 2 songs per day this is too much.people are not fools.
Hi viewers
There are many singers in 10th round who has to be elimited before.
1. AMRUTA – DUE TO HER FACE EXPRESSION AS SAID BY SURESH AT MAIL NO. 337 ABOVE.
2. VIJAY MADHAV – HE SINGS WITH HIS NOSE.
3. DURGA – OVER ACTING (REMEMBER HER SOGE – ACHACHANEYANENIKKISTTAM)
4. SANNI – DUE TO HIS UNABILITY TO SING ALL TYPES OF SONGS.
Singers who were wrongly elimited from the shows are
1. VARUN – DUE TO DIFFERENCE WITH MANAGEMENT AND JUDGES
2. MURILI RAMANATHAN – ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY HE IS ELIMITED
3. KRISHNAJIT BHANU – UNDER AGE
4. DR. BINEETA – LACK OF PERSONALITY
5. TINU – VICTIM OF 9TH ROUND (ACTUALLY IT WAS SANNIS NAME, BUT DUE TO SOME PRESSURE HE COULD NOT ELIMITED)
Hai
Ippol nadakkuunna thattippu pattupetti program mabu malayalikale uddeshichanu nadathunnathu. Asianet-nte vicharam avarkku mathrame buddhi ullu ennu. what a foolish & vattu show. Only two participants are singing in one hour. now i stopped seeing this ISS and i usually gone to Gandharvasangeetham (Kairali) and Superstar Global (Amritha) that r good shows. Why the Asianet don’t eliminated sanni. They were getting lots of money through SMS for him. And usually judges comments that he has a ayyappa pattu voice. ennalum eliminate cheyyathilla. Because he is a golden mutta idunna kozhi. Athu kondu backi ella kozhikalum (Judges except Deedi) koodi avane ittu valarthunnu. Ithanu sathyam. Vallathum manassilayo kuttikale.
Usha Uthup’s b’day was on 8th Nov. We saw B’day wish messages for her on that day during ISS programme. Then how come they played a drama of B’day celebration for her 2 days back. I thinking Asianet is playing a big drama by cheating everyone. See this
http://www.madhyamam.com/news_archive_details.asp?id=4&nid=173863&dt=1/10/2008
HI viewers, why all are blaming SANNI, he is an ordinary singer like many others and has his own limitation. If you wants to blame for his retention blame on Asianet and the idea mobile phone company. Becuase of SANNI they are earning much more money through SMS. So my request to all viewers dont send any SMS not only to SANNI but to all participants. Then only they will make an end to this show.
With increasing rounds(stages) ISS is becoming like a long drawn out serial with no end in sight. It is also becoming evident that both Najim & Hesham can sing only particular types of songs and they are praised to the sky for their effort. As many of you pointed, it’s time we boycotted ISS and watched Super Star Global & Ghantavaram Sangeetham. The comments of the Judges is much better and they give valid reasons for eliminating good singers and they give a warm farewell to them and don’t make them feel un justifiably eliminated as against the case of ISS. Sanni is a big joke on ISS.
Nobody is forcing ANYBODY to vote for sanni. If he is in the 10th round, that means that he has so much of public support.
There are a lot of versatile singers in the round. I think we should appreciate the fact. Most of us are quite biased in the sense that we defend our favorites. Those lakhs of people are just doing the same as you are…..and SMSing.
I think that Sanni will either FLOP this round or he is gonna resurrect. The whole ‘blaming’ deal is getting to him. Poor guy. He’s not manipulating anybody to keep him in there. But…his millions of fans are just not doing it right.
Drag or dont drag thats up to Asianet…
But please be just to all the wonderful kids out there!
http://www.simplymalayalees.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=35&PID=635#635
Will anybody drive home the point to Asianet that they can give the first second prize to Hesham and Najim and give the consolation prize to both MGS & Sharath and wind up the show. The limit is reached in both MGS and Sharath projecting both Hesham & Najim as super singers when their performances are much below ordinary.
I occasionally watch ISS. But after watching the last two episode, I understood ISS means not IDEA STAR SINGER, but it is INSULTING SHRI SANNI. Yesterday also I heard that Mr. SHARAT is saying to SMS to such people whose songs you like. Mr. Sharat people like SANNI so they vote for him. Mr. MGS and SHARAT deliberately give less marks to this poor chap. But the people understand that SANNI has plenty of talent to sing and perform and very much impressed.If people is voting this poor man, it is because people like his songs and performance. The ordinary people is watching the programme just for entertinment. They are least bothered about the SANGATIES, SHRUTI or RAGA. SANNI is having the capacity to entertain the people. So he is getting SMS from all over the country. It is not know why the judges are so against this man and not encourging him.
Yesterday Mr. MGS said about NAJIM IS A GOOD SINGER AND THEY CANNOT SAY THAT HE IS SINGING BADLY EVEN THOUGH NAJIM SANG AVERAGE. THEY GAVE NAJIM GOOD MARK. IT IS A CLEAR PITCURE OF PARTIALITY.
SO MY ADVISE TO THE PUBLIC WHO WATCH THE SHOWS THAT ENCOURAGE THE POOR MAN SANNI. WE ALL KNOW THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO GET THE FLAT, BUT ATLEAST HE CAN ENTERTAIN THE PUBLIC AS LONG AS THE SHOW IS GOING ON.
I fully agree with Major Krishnan, ISS means INSULTING SHRI SANNI. The audience are very well understand from the partiality you have shown towards SANNI, You are giving very less mark, even though his songs and performance is good. But granting more marks to other singers very well knowing that their songs also only average. So both of you wants to out SANNI and you can do it. Nobody will object. But DONT INSULT SANNI ANY MORE. HE IS A POOR COULD NOT SAY ANYTHING AGAINST BOTH OF YOU.
MY PERSONAL ADVISE TO MR. SANNI. PLEASE BOYCOT THE SHOW, AS MR. VARUN DID. YOU ARE PROFESSIONAL SINGER. YOU PROVED IT. SO DONT WORRY. WE ARE WITH YOU.
hi
i thought about what you had said. I realized you may be right about somethings. She in not fluent in Malayalam. But as I look back how many parents have said “i went to malayalam medium and u r in english medium so u should be happy!” as much as we hate to admit it many of us see english as a higher standard and we may believe it is “better” i dotn completely agree with this opinion but it is true that many actually believe this. Another thing is she brought up in places where they spoke only or mostly english (research) so I honestly wouldn’t blame her. But we see that she is trying and we should support it. But two things in her defense: she connects with the audience and the the contestants through her liveliness and she brings REALITY to REALITY TV SHOWS. I mean I could totally imagine girls from old shows like “patupetti” say “namaskaram njan ____. Ennethe patupettilotu shenikunnu….” then after the show…”ooof ini anike vitil povam” or “athrem paiseyum cude ondaki” But i feel like she is one of those peol=ple who acts the same way in her regular everyday environment. If it was all an act i doubt she would tear up during elimination rounds. Also you brought up she speaks horrible manglish…I think many if not all of us speak mangils. Haven’t you seen those 4-minute game shows where you cant say anything but Malayalam? How many of those people who call actually make it through those 4 minutes. Imagaine doing it for a whole hour on television.I think Renjini has had a part in the chartings of idea star singer in a posistive way. my own parents have lived in INdia for over 30 years…they cant even make it through a whole subject without even one word of english let alone me who has been raised in America for well over half my life(I am 13) (7 years) I think for a girl like that she is doing a fantadtic job. From my point of view America is filled with so MANY different races and religions…I find nothing wrong with it. We all bring a little piece of who we are here and we put it together to make each of us feel like we belong. There in nothing wrong in mixing languages/cultures/religions a little bit as long as we dont COMPLETELY loose touch with where we came from and who we were.
That reminds me of a joke
If people from iceland marry cubans they will have icecubes. Thier cutures will blend and Melt together but it does not mean they will. I agree that sometimes she overreacts and has slightly awkward movements though. I also dont appreciate the way she asks the parents if they are happy with the score..its not like it will change anything…but its a very spur of yhe moment thing and we never know how its like unless we are in her shoes. I love Malayalam but if people in Asianet talked like me and my parents did(like normal human biengs) instead of reading from a pre-written-every-word-from-a-malu-dictionary…i might have watched asianet a little bit more from when I was little. This is what renjini brought me and this is what Renjini brings to millions of hopeful viewers like me. Dont take this the wrong way basically i think renjini is a very talented girl who is criticized too often and rarely appreciated. She is also like all of us not perfect but she is trying. Bottom line: give the new type of anchors a chance.
hi
i thought about what you had said. I realized you may be right about somethings. She in not fluent in Malayalam. But as I look back how many parents have said “i went to malayalam medium and u r in english medium so u should be happy!” as much as we hate to admit it many of us see english as a higher standard and we may believe it is “better” i dotn completely agree with this opinion but it is true that many actually believe this. Another thing is she brought up in places where they spoke only or mostly english (research) so I honestly wouldn’t blame her. But we see that she is trying and we should support it. But two things in her defense: she connects with the audience and the the contestants through her liveliness and she brings REALITY to REALITY TV SHOWS. I mean I could totally imagine girls from old shows like “patupetti” say “namaskaram njan ____. Ennethe patupettilotu shenikunnu….” then after the show…”ooof ini anike vitil povam” or “athrem paiseyum cude ondaki” But i feel like she is one of those peol=ple who acts the same way in her regular everyday environment. If it was all an act i doubt she would tear up during elimination rounds. Also you brought up she speaks horrible manglish…I think many if not all of us speak mangils. Haven’t you seen those 4-minute game shows where you cant say anything but Malayalam? How many of those people who call actually make it through those 4 minutes. Imagaine doing it for a whole hour on television.I think Renjini has had a part in the chartings of idea star singer in a posistive way. my own parents have lived in INdia for over 30 years…they cant even make it through a whole subject without even one word of english let alone me who has been raised in America for well over half my life(I am 13) (7 years) I think for a girl like that she is doing a fantadtic job. From my point of view America is filled with so MANY different races and religions…I find nothing wrong with it. We all bring a little piece of who we are here and we put it together to make each of us feel like we belong. There in nothing wrong in mixing languages/cultures/religions a little bit as long as we dont COMPLETELY loose touch with where we came from and who we were.
That reminds me of a joke
If people from iceland marry cubans they will have icecubes. Thier cutures will blend and Melt together but it does not mean they will. I agree that sometimes she overreacts and has slightly awkward movements though. I also dont appreciate the way she asks the parents if they are happy with the score..its not like it will change anything…but its a very spur of yhe moment thing and we never know how its like unless we are in her shoes. I love Malayalam but if people in Asianet talked like me and my parents did(like normal human biengs) instead of reading from a pre-written-every-word-from-a-malu-dictionary…i might have watched asianet a little bit more from when I was little. This is what renjini brought me and this is what Renjini brings to millions of hopeful viewers like me. Dont take this the wrong way basically i think renjini is a very talented girl who is criticized too often and rarely appreciated. She is also like all of us not perfect but she is trying. Bottom line: give the new type of anchors a chance even though most people don’t.
I occasionally watch ISS. But after watching the last two episode, I understood ISS means not IDEA STAR SINGER, but it is INSULTING SHRI SANNI. Yesterday also I heard that Mr. SHARAT is saying to SMS to such people whose songs you like. Mr. Sharat people like SANNI so they vote for him. Mr. MGS and SHARAT deliberately give less marks to this poor chap. But the people understand that SANNI has plenty of talent to sing and perform and very much impressed.If people is voting this poor man, it is because people like his songs and performance. The ordinary people is watching the programme just for entertinment. They are least bothered about the SANGATIES, SHRUTI or RAGA. SANNI is having the capacity to entertain the people. So he is getting SMS from all over the country. It is not know why the judges are so against this man and not encourging him.
Yesterday Mr. MGS said about NAJIM IS A GOOD SINGER AND THEY CANNOT SAY THAT HE IS SINGING BADLY EVEN THOUGH NAJIM SANG AVERAGE. THEY GAVE NAJIM GOOD MARK. IT IS A CLEAR PITCURE OF PARTIALITY.
SO MY ADVISE TO THE PUBLIC WHO WATCH THE SHOWS THAT ENCOURAGE THE POOR MAN SANNI. WE ALL KNOW THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO GET THE FLAT, BUT ATLEAST HE CAN ENTERTAIN THE PUBLIC AS LONG AS THE SHOW IS GOING ON.
I fully agree with Major Krishnan, ISS means INSULTING SHRI SANNI. The audience are very well understand from the partiality shown towards SANNI,They are giving very less mark to SANNI, even though his songs and performance is good. But granting more marks to other singers very well knowing that their songs also only average. So both of th judges wants to out SANNI from the show. Mr. judges you can do it. Nobody will object. But DONT INSULT SANNI ANY MORE. HE IS SO POOR THAT HE COULD NOT SAY ANYTHING AGAINST BOTH OF YOU.
MY PERSONAL ADVISE TO MR. SANNI. PLEASE BOYCOT THE SHOW, AS MR. VARUN DID. YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL SINGER. YOU PROVED IT. SO DONT WORRY. THE PEOPLE ARE WITH YOU.
i fully agreed with suresh.renjini enna a ‘janthu’sanniye kaliyakkukayaanu
I agree with the comment 349 and 350 , Its an insulting towards Sannidhanandan
, Once I herd MGS asking whether you know Hindi?? It seems all others are know hindi well , including MG .
I am not watching that show continually . I saw once all the families are acting in that show, wat does these ppl means performance??? .I think the intention of performance round is sing and dance well , but these are some idiotic things.
hai,
When the cruel Sharath and MG criticise and jokes towards Sanni Usha Didi wake up and she gave a good comment to Sanni and she blows up (with WORDS) towards MG and Sarath. They are all fools like two monkeys and also i enjoyed it. Didi is a good character and she does not want to joking towards that poor sanni. she said sanni, ur song is very very good and the public is with u sanni. She told that with high voice to that poor sanni. He was happy with that words. And the guest(Arun) also told good comments to sanni. Its a classical round. And he sang very with his voice. Most of the particiapants are taking keertahnas in this round and he has a strong mind to choose the good classic song (I don’t remember that song very well) THen the MG and Sarath give him totally bad marks. Sarath ask sanni that why u tell me that this song is to be singing in this round. Then i will teach u more better (Ennittu venam athil parayidan) Sannikku ariyam enthankilum clue koduthal parayidum ennu.Athu kondu ethu pattanu padunnathu ennu paranjilla. GOOD LUCK SANNI.
Yesterday I watched the ISS. Yes it is again the partiality towards SANNI. Yesterday only two participants were performed. Mr. Hesham and Mr. SANNI. When Mr. Hesham was sang, the judges said that his shruti was gone and in many places he made mistakes. But surprisingly the judges was given more mark to him. At the same time when Mr. SANNI was sang a good song, they said shruti gone and in some places there are flat and sharp. However the stupid judges give less marks to SANNI. Here we can see that even though Mr. Hesham and Mr. SANNI was made mistakes in their songs, the stupid judges given more marks to Hesham and less marks to SANNI. This is a clear indication that the judges wants to eliminate Mr. SANNI from this show. But they could not do so because of the poor sannis popularity and the SMS he got. That is why Mr. (?)Sharat says to the public indirectly not to send any SMS Mr. SANNI.
Hello judges, the people know very well that you are trying to eliminate sanni from the show by giving less marks to him even though he is also doing the same mistakes which other singers are doing. You give marks generously to Amrutha whose songs are average and her face expression is horrible. You give more makrs to Durga whose songs are below average. And
VANI gets more marks only because she is cute and good looking.
So it is not a reality show. it is a partiality show. As mentioned by Major Krishnan ISS means INSULTING SHRI SANNI.
We pitty about the judges.
hai,i agreed to suresh’s comments. Yesterday Sanni sang very well, and it is a better song. And i thought the judges give him 55. But that stupid judge……. give him only 46. When i hear that i struck. What is this . Is this a partiality show. Sarath give him 46 and then he ask to MG MAthiyo anna mathiyo ennu. What a stupidity is this. Sanni got too sad. Asianet pls stop this partiality show, allengil janangal asianet studio adichu thakarkkum.
ISS is a partiality show. It’s only a business. What can Sanni do? It is correct that he could only sing some particular type of songs.
Without Sanni show cannot go on. Public support him. Anyway ISS are not trying to select best singer. So everyone support him .Let him get the 40 Lakhs Flat.
Idea Star singer is getting worse these days. I do not think Sannidanandhan deserves to be in the 10th stage. He is a good singer, but when compared to the other contestants he is just an average singer. I thought Vijay and Sannidanandhan would be eliminated from this round. I have never liked any song of Vijay Madhav except ” Veshangal janmangal….”
About judges,Usha Uthup do appreciate the good and also she tells them the corrections. Sarreth and M G Sreekumar are ok. The judge I never liked is Ganesh Kumar. He should not have said those words to Sannidanandan.
About Ranjini, She is a good anchor and she is trying her best to be a best anchor. We all mix up malayalam and english. Too much of Manglish is not good either. Sometimes it seems ok, but sometimes it sounds weired.
Recently, I stopped watching ISS, they are dragging this program too much. It’s not worth to watch 2 songs in an hour. We do understand that they need money to broadcast a program like this and they do need to have advertisements in between. But if they show the same ad more than 2 times it looks awkward and is boring for the viewers.
I have also been watching the ISS for quite some time. Yesterday (18th Jan), there was a real drama enacted by the judges. The song is of course full of pathos. I remember the original song was enacted by Rajnikanth and Pandaribai. The singer in ISS (Arun Gopan) did not bring the feelings enshrined in the song. He did not move around the settings and in fact his body language did not show any sorrow. But all the judges (including the guest) showed so much emotion which was not really called for. Judges should behave like judges and not like participants. They should control their emotion if there is anything really.
The ISS goges like a Tele-Serial now. Yesterday Arun Gopan’s show is unsahikkable. Manushyanayal oru nanam vende. Why he go to cinema field. There he got more chances to Abhinayam. And the judges are also like school students. They are crying like a dog (especially Sharath) And they give him good marks. Judges pls avoid these abhinayams. Viewers are too bored with these ISS. First 1-2 months this is a good show. I told it that earlier (at Durgas Abhinayam) that if they want to perform these dramas pls go to Amritha’s BEST ACTOR SHOW….. Hey Asianet Pls change the show’s name to ISS 2009 (This show will end only at 2009)
I’ve been a regular viewer of Idea Star Singer. I’m from Baroda, Gujarat. By far, it is one of the best reality shows aired on TV. The judges’ comments may be biting, but I’m not sure if anyone has noticed the tremendous improvement of the contestants from one episode to the other. And the singing of songs in various languages is what every Malayalee muse be proud of. No other channel are so open to other languages. So hats off to ISS. There’s nothing to be ashamed of!!!!
Finally, ISS has got a good anchor in Ranjini, I agree she may not be good in Malayalam, but her stage presence is definitely felt and c’mon we need some anchors who do not speak in English ‘jest like thaat’!!! Some polished speakers are needed than speaking Manglish!!
Yesterday after the performance of Vijay Madhav, MG Sreekumar said that even though shruti has gone in many place and he made many mistakes, he says that that is nothing but his performance is good and Mr. MGS and Sharat has given him 57 marks out of 70 and 25 out of 30 totalling 82 marks. where as when Mr. SANNI make some small mistakes and his shruti is gone here and there, Mr. MGS and Sharat is saying his songs is very poor and they give very less marks to SANNI. Is is not a partiality? or is it because that MR. VIJAYMADHAV’s sister is associated with ASIANET?
Yesterday Amritas songs is very bore and she should be eliminated from 10th round along with Mr. Vijay Madhav. But the public know very well that MGS AND SHARAT cannot do this. Contrary they will eliminate SANNI. POOR SANNI.
Because of ISS and such programmes, many ordinaray people who did not even care for music have became very good listeners of music, some have became crazy and even became (or pretend to be) criticisers of singers. Also, it is true that these contestants are now very popular and famous even if they are ordinary singers just like gaanamela singers. What a rush of people in the gaanamela of Sanni, Varun etc. though the quality of the programme is only an ordinary one. Those who have watched such a music programme only will understand the difference. Is this a good trend? Why will they sing only in floodlights and 10000watts music systems for a high amount? Dont say poor Sanni- do you know how he is earning per programme? he is demanding more as he is in the field (ISS) than those who are out.
best wishes
Sanni is not that great singer.He is just average.But he is a sms gaining machine.So that Asianet has not eliminated him.Teenu and Bineeta sung much better than Sanni but they were not good sms getters.So they were eliminated.
Thushar is the best among the 10
Aalukalude mukham nokkathe mark kodukkan eee judges-nu ariyille. Why they show like this.
Hi Malayalees
Amma En raizkathe Uyir Illaiye is a great song wonderfully done by our K.J.Yesudss, music by Isai Gnani Ilaiyaraja, though it is a wonderful rendition from the movie Mannan enacted by Super
Star Rajini Kanth, we who saw the movie did enjoy the song and was touched by it, and though we too love and respect our mothers we did not star weeping in the theatre, ISS makes a ass of the participants and not only the participants, they are forced to bring the families to the stage to Vesham kettu, I would not do what Arun Gopan did, I will not bring my mother to the stage to win a flat worth 40 lakhs, she is more than that to me and I love and respect and adore my mother and all people like me would agree to this, I dont understand why hard hearted arse holes like Sharath and MG Anna break down at these instances, they are guilty about some wrong doing that brings out the emotion in them, if anyone loves and respects their mother they would not bring them to the stage for personal gains and that to to a show like ISS. I request the remaining of the participants not to put your families and dear ones in such situations whatever the price may be, they are not mere show pieces – I hope all you Keralites would see this seriously, unless some of them are so anxious to see themselves on the idiot box.
An earlier show saw MGS and Sharath praising Hesham on doing Mannil Intha kathal… it was one of his worst performance, I really cant understand how these judges could act this way, If they really heard the song originally done by SPB (they would’ve seen) they want do this or they are just influenced by the management thru somebody to promote people like this – he has such a female voice just cant imagine how they can compare this with the original done by the great SPB (he would feel very sorry if he had to see this)
Just waiting for this rig ma roll to come to end
Hello judges, the people know very well that you are trying to eliminate sanni from the show by giving less marks to him and says to the public indirectly not to send any SMS Mr. SANNI. Why?
Hallo, the Stupid Judges You deserves punishment from THE AUDIENCE.
Hai MARTIN,
What a wonderful words are that I like ur comments very very well. I told this later with few words. Good comments. VERY VERY GOOD.
The ISS goges like a Tele-Serial now. Yesterday Arun Gopan’s show is unsahikkable. Manushyanayal oru nanam vende. Why he go to cinema field. There he got more chances to Abhinayam. And the judges are also like school students. They are crying like a dog (especially Sharath) And they give him good marks. Judges pls avoid these abhinayams. Viewers are too bored with these ISS. First 1-2 months this is a good show. I told it that earlier (at Durgas Abhinayam) that if they want to perform these dramas pls go to Amritha’s BEST ACTOR SHOW….. Hey Asianet Pls change the show’s name to ISS 2009 (This show will end only at 2009)
HI VIEWERS, CAN ANYBODY GIVE THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF THE STUPID JUDGES OF ISS. IF ANY BODY HAVE THE NUMBER PLEASE PUBLISH IT IN THIS SITE. I WANT TO TELL THESE IDOT JUDGES TO GET OUT FROM THIS SHOW. WE ARE ALL KNOW THAT THEY ARE PARTIAL TO SOME PERTICULAR PARTICIPANTS. ALL WE KNOW THEY HAVE DONE INJUSTICE AND ELIMINATED MANY GREAT SINGERS LIKE VARUN, MURILI RAMANATHAN, WILLIAMS, SUDARSANAN ETC. NOW THEY ARE INSULTING SANNIDHANATHAN IN EACH AND EVERY EPISODE HE PARTICIPATE. SANNI ALSO KNOW ABOUT IT. BUT HE CANNOT SAY ANYTHING TO THESE STUPID JUDGES. SO HE SIMPLY LAUGH. POOR MAN.
Hi Martin:
You are right. Arun not only brought his mother to stage but also projected him as a Widow, when his father was sitting in the hall. How his father must have felt abt it? Surely this sort of sympathy gathering must stop. BTW I’ve stopped seeing ISS. Like I earlier wrote, it is a mega serial now.
Heard a lot about “idea start singer” programme n i got to watch it once and that was the end.yucky programme,i think i felt it that way because of that anchor!!Malayalam channles have to grow up,please stop being a copy cat.do something creative and classic.
To be very honest,as a malayalee,i say,these malayalam channels are good only for movies and news and few documentry programmes.phone and ask for a song programmes are HORRIBLE.cant stand any of the malayalam channels and we dropped the plan of taking connection overseas.
Hai Audience,
I think the Anchor is not a problem in this programme. The only problem is the judges – M G & Sarath. They already decide the winner of this programme (40 Lakh FLAT) to their “PET”. All the viewers read this message, who knows that “PET”. Very cheap programme. Please stop this programme.
I am semi-malayalee and a regular viewer of ISS. I am basically an andhrite. I am,of course, quite satisfied with the running of the programme despite of Ranjni’s manglish. What if find it with this programme is that too much of importance is given unnecessary things. For example, why should these singers dance that too with their parents, friends and relative. I agree to the fact that the present singers should be capable of giving stage performances. But that does not mean that these talented singers have to struggle to dance and sing perfectly without ignoring the so called ’sangathi’ aalaaps and of course the shruthi’. I even feel it is dramatic in situations where human sentiments are celebrated which can for go all the technical errors of the song. For instance, the songs sung by Durga(she cries for her father), Arun Gopan(that song “amma” which made even M.G.Sree kumar and Shareth cry) gave me a feeling that those songs have mislead the jury in performing their role.
One more thing that makes me wonder so much is that the contestants are not examined to sing a single song in different pitches and tempo i.e shruthi and thaalam which is one of the crucial aspects for a singer. On the contrary, this is a main aspect which is taken into consideration in all the shows held here in Andhra (Zee sa re ga ma pa, Maa t.v paadaalani undhi etc).I dont understand why this is neglected in ISS. As some of you have mentioned earlier it is not an honourable act of the judges(especially the celebrity judges) to comment on the physique of the contestants. I was very astonished by the way Jaya Surya was commenting Hesham and some others also. I strongly believe that physical appearance does not matter for a singer. If it were to be given that much importance how could our Gaana gandharva or K.S.Chithra or in fact Isai Jnaani Maestro Ilaya Raja gain such a great fame. It is only music alone that matters. Last and also least is that I dont understand why Shareth adores Tamil in this show inspite being a malayalee and obviously in a malayalam show. I suggest that any short malayalam poetry that is useful to the society can be recited by the jury daily than giving the same old introduction. As ISS has won a number of viewers doing this poetry recitition it will have a good effect to the society which is the central motive of television.
As it is traditional to invite our senior generations singers for the finale, we expect from asianet to see our (G)olden singers like S.Janaki, P.Suseela, Vani Jeyaraam and of course the presnt singers also to be a part of the Grand finale.
Now a days ISS is getting bore and worse. I think the participants are also bored like the public. Yesterday it was horrible to see Amrutha’s song. She was struggling to sing that song i.e. ANURAGA NARTHANATHIN ARANGETRAM… She made a lot of mistakes in that songs. But the judges are as usual partial and gave her good marks. That is her luck. As sombdy earlier told her face expression is very very awful as if she is acting in a XXX movie. Anyhow good luck to amruta and other participants. Since the judges are partial our comments is like a line in the water.
Dera Asianet,
I have been watching the Idea Star Singer since beginning and it is a very good reality show. It is nice and hope that smoothly going on. I have gone through the above comments about Anchor ‘Ranjini’. Don’t care about such comments. Such negative peoples are living in Kerala that is why the Kerala is going down from every point of view. People are getting money from outside Kerala and enjoying the life. But they don’t how and from where they are getting. People like us are fighting for the money even in peak winter and summer.
One thing they should understand that Ranjini speaks English as well as Malayalam. Because she knows that the Reality Show is being watched by not only by Kerala People but the entire world where the Asianet is telecasting and the children and other people in outside Kerala cannot speak and understand full Malayalam, they can speak mix english and malayalam. That is why she has to speak mix english and malayalam. The message for those criticising people is that you watch the songs and not the Ranjini.
Regards,
Perhaps you all must see the Zee SaReGaMaPa. None would watch Idea Star Singer after that.
Zee Judges are to the point not picking at the flaws everytime. They give some consideration that the contestants have to sing at one take whereas the pros sing in ‘n’ number of takes depending on their health and mood. Wonder how these ISS judges would sing in case of a show where you have to sing at one take.
The participants are much better to hear. They don’t crib so much like ISS guys.
Even the ZEE Little Champs participants seem to outsing the ISS contestant.
And we malayalees cannot sing Hindi/Urdu properly then why attempt that?Diction of many is poor in that language.
She is horrible…in fact a insult to malayalam…
Only worst person in TV worst than her is MG Sreekumar
I NOTICED AMRUTHA SURESH AS THE BEST FEMALE SINGER AND NAJIM ARSHAD AS THE BEST MALE SINGER. TEENU WAS MUCH BETTER THAN VANI JAYARAM. VANI JAYARAM IS NOT AT ALL RESPONDING PROPERLY TO THE LEVEL TO THE COMMENTS OF SHARRETH AND HER PERFORMANCE IS POOR. WE ARE MUCH DISAPPOINTED THAT, STRONG CONTESTANTS LIKE NTHIN RAJ, KRISHNAJITH BHANU ETC ARE OUT AND VANI JAYARAM STILL ON THE STAGE!!!!!!!
very bad program
Hi Malayalees,
Tell me sicerely if Hesham’s voice is so great, and why are the judges of ISS praising him so much. 31st.January saw one of his worst performances and the Judges were getting so excited, even Usha who is otherwise correct was just lifting him to the heavens, I dont understand what they find in his voice, people like Najim, Arun Goban amd Tharun (out of the competition) have very good voices – no doubt, dont know what the hell is happening to Usha Deedi, about MGS and Sharath there is no need of saying – they have gone too far beyond telling – the most shameless and listless people on earth.
And as for Ranjini Haridas she acts so stupid and ignorant looks a real sight for sore eyes, really crazy,waiting when and how this will end up.
Regards
jelous
Certain points to ponder on:
1: Ranjini is cute and her feigning stupidity (all of you who thought she is actually naive have perhaps been fooled)is her charm. It adds a little spice to the whole show.
2: The judges are extremely dedicated. They are doing a fine job of judging as well as guiding the contestants.
3: The dances and excesses of physical exhibitionism is quite out of tune with the whole purpose of the show, if the reality show is meant for music.
4: Let us not forget that this is a show for hard core musicians only. This means that there should be no time or place for other considerations like physical challenges/financial weaknesses etc. The judgement should be based purely on musical talents. I must admit that the judges have done a great job of putting down sms popularity, where as the ignorant sms’ers have made such asses out of themselves voting for people for all the wrong reasons.
hey Suresh
This comment is very cheap. U only think urself and ur sisters.
hey Suresh, where is ur comment. nee athu mukkiyo. ennalum valare mosam aayippoyi.
I feel Vijay Madhav is gay to the core. So shy and useless for his singing talents. And I find people saying he has a fantastic smile. Hell… He smiles like a girl.
I like Vijay Madhav.
he sang very well.
his song very nice.
he is good smile in his face.
he smile like a gril.
in Idear Star Singer.
bye….
If you saw Asianet Film Award function you could see this female doing ‘samarpanam’ of awards. I heard her saying this when Nadia Moidu gave the award to Meera and Madhu gave to Mamootty.
My text may not be verbatim but ‘samarpanam’ figured on two occasions I heard. She said ‘Nadia Moidu ee award Meera Jasminu samarpikkunnu’. Similarly ‘shree Madhu Mamoottykku ee award samarpikkunnu’.
As far I know ‘samarpikkunnu’ is used when we sacrifice or means something like a submission or subjugation. I don’t know if this could be used when giving away a prize that too by a senior artiste like Madhu or Nadia.
And Asianet must have saved a fortune by asking the ISS singers and Vodafone Takadhimi dancers to sing and dance. They must have been told of the exposure they will get etc. and saved paying professionals. Most of the dances were just palatable that’s all. And there is no Malayalam song for the occassion of a Malayalam film Award nite?
Gosh most songs were hindi with intermittent tamil with half clad dancers.
God save Malayalam.
HI ALL
I LOVE TO SAY THAT RENJINI SHE IS GOOD IN ENGLISH ( BUT STILL HER ACCENT SOUNDS TOO BAD )
“WE INDIANS ALWAYS WELCOME SMART PEOPLE ….INTHE OTHER HAND WE DEJECT THOSE WHO ARE TOO SMART ( RENJINI YOU ARE IN THIS CATEGORY ) ” WE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH UR PRESENTATION …SPECIALLY ..THE WORST ..BODY LANGAUGE AND OFFCOURSE THE CRAP GIGGLING ATTITUDE ..NOT NICE .
PLEASE DNT SPOIL THE BEAUTIFUL TV SHOW …PLEASE ..I BEGG !!!
MOHZIN
HI !
MY HEARTY CONGRATUS TO ..USHA DEEDI … TO KEEP EACH AND EVERY CONTESTANT HAPPY !!!
“PLEASE SREEKUMAR AND SHARRETH ….KEEP DEEDI AS AN IDEAL PERSON ”
THAT MAY HELP YOU A LOT …HOW TO BE A SMART JUDGE !
THANKYOU SO MUCH
MOHZIN
You are absolutely right, she is the worst anchor with a bad attitude. She speaks as if she has got something stuck in her mouth and speaks through the nose. Her english and malayalam are both bad. She should be changed. She should be sacked immediately and bring another good anchor.
Dear All !
WE ALL MISS ROSHAN ..FOREVER AT THIS PLATFORM ( WHO SINGS HINDI SONG AND OFFCOURSE NO ONE ELSE CAN SING AS FLUENT ..HINDI SONGS )EVEN NAJIM ( I AM A GREAT FAN OF NAJIM )..; BUT HONESTLY HE CANT SING HINDI SONGS LIKE ROSHAN ) ROSHAN IS MADE FOR THE FUTURE NOT FOR THE IDEA STAR SINGER …ROSHAN IS BORN FOR SINGING . NO ONE CAN STOP YOU …GO AHEAD !
ROSHAN AS A VIEWER I LOVE YOU SO MUCH ..BCZ ONLY YOU MADE AN ADDRESS OF YOUR OWN STYLE ( WITH YOUR TREMENDOUS VOCAL ) DNT GET DEJECTED ..GOD KEPT SOMETHING SPECIAL AND GREAT TO YOU FOR THE FUTURE .
I MISS YOU …WE ALL KERALITE MISS U A LOT ..BUT YOU WILL REMAIN IN OUR HEARTS TILL WE DIE. ( BCZ YOU ARE TOO SPECIAL TO ME …BCZ I LOVE MUSIC ..PURE MUSIC .
MOHIZIN
Hai Roshan,
MYSELF n MY FRNDS are great fans of yours. Its the stupidity of ISS
to eliminate you . Defenitely you are having a bright future .Sure,we
we are going to miss you.
As an Indian who is settled in US since last 8 years, my biggest worry is when my 3 year old daughter talking to me in Manglish and you can be just helpless watching that and hearing that. She wants to talk in clear malayalam and i can see when i ask her to do that, she is trying.. but when she goes to daycare everyday, english get mixed with her attempt to speak in malayalam. So who should be blammed? My daughter or myself and my wife? I dont think anyone is at fault here, it is just life and we accept it.
But a true malayali channel like Asianet should try to preserve that “Malayalitham” all the time. I dont think my daughter can ever be a good malayali anchor and I feel sad about it but I can accept that fate. But at the same I will feel proud to be a true malayali anchor doing these kinds of shows for each and every malayali like us. Yes, we love Malayalam and we dont hate any other language, BUT WE HATE MALAYALAM + OTHER LANGUAGES IN A MALAYALAM SHOW – MAY BE IT IS A SINGING OR DANCING SHOW. I think title suits very much : “She and her actions and words sucks”
Today I couldnt bear myself watching the Elimination round emotion by Ranjini – superb acting and worse by Ramya Nambisan. Her questions and they way she was acting was “entamme. Sahikkan vayya”. Also why Sarath and MG all the time saying, these guys will give them a chance in future???????????? How many singers they are going to give the chance? I heard from very close sources to Music industry that, now a days singers are giving money to Music producers and film producers to get a chance in singing in their films. I wouldnt be surprised too!
Ranjini…Many people think she is “beautiful and she herself thinks the same”. Do you guys agree? I can never agree in my whole life that she is beautiful – My beauty perspective comes from “Malayali Penkuttiyude Soundaryam”. She is absolutely no where near to be called as a beautiful girl. We couldnt stop laughing during the UJALA Award function when she was standing with other girl and Comedian actor Salim Kumar and she mentioned “2 sundari penkuttikalude koode nilkkumbol enthu thonnunnu”. That simply shows how much pride this girl is carrying!
Anyway, always thought of writing about this show to some forum.. Today couldt stop myself from writing this. Sarath should never be allowed to judge any show. MOst arrogant nasty guy i have ever seen. A human being should be polite in his actions and words and more importantly, he should be respectful to be get respected.
MG – I lost respect for him after I watched his Sa-ri-ga-ma-pa program with a celebrity gues before Thakadhimi. Absolutely low standard talk. Sometimes his words were very vulgar. Something I have to write her. One day it was that comedian lady in movies [that screaming lady in Kasthuriman movie] as his guest. And he was talking about some “nunakuzhi and that talk lead him to even tell – kuzhichu kuzhichu ‘kuzhi’ angu valuthayo”. That lady herself was surprised and asked him back -”athrayum venayirunno”.
I am disappointed overall, but humans make mistake and learning from the mistakes are most important and our mentality to forgive them when they make mistakes.
Emotions should be thrown away during elimination and there shouldnt be any acting of crying etc. This is not the end of the world for anyone. And any acting of emotions is just for the hype.
“More you smile and laugh, the longer you live.” – Please everyone, dont forget this simple message.
Thanks
-Mahesh
I think the Anchor is not a problem in this programme. The only problem is the judges – M G & Sarath? and next problem is advertisement. manusyanmamra viddi akkunna paripadiya eth . idea-star-singer 2008-2009.
HI
deedi kaya ha chala .apko bahara jana kaliya may kuch dana hai AP BOLO DEEDI ETHANA GANDA PROGRAM KOHN DAKKUGA .DELHI MAY HUM LOGO KI PASANTH NAHI HAI .DEEDI E PROGRAM KAB KATHAM HO JAYANGA .ABI 2007 KATHAM HO GAYA. DEEDI ESKA NAM CHANGE KARO PLS HAMARA REQUIST HAI
SO PLESE STOP THE PROGRAM.HUM LOGO KI PAGAL HO GAYA .
THNKS
VINU
Dear Roshan,
We, the viewers miss you a lot. You will have a bright future….keep going ahead!!!!!
We feel that the judges are forced to keep some inefficient / low level participants on the stage and only because of that you are out. Don’t worry at all.
Best wishes,
Jayan & Family
Vijay Madhav.. So funny. He looks like a guy but cry like a girl for vote. What are these idiots begging for? They want people to vote without being deserved to be voted? Absolutely shame. His sister was saying “so far ellavarum vote cheythu ithu vare ethi. Ini yum ellarum vote cheythu munnottu kondu pokanam”. Shame.. shame… Kudumbam adakkam irangikollum thendaaaan.. Vijay absolutely looks like an idiot begging for vote… girl’s voice…and singing through nose.
He is in only bcos of contacts and not even thru votes..
-Mahesh
How come this asshole “Vijay Madhav” is still in the Star Singer arena…..
by way of talent!!naaaah ……..
this stupid needs to be shown the door straight away…..
I think Ranjini Haridas is doing a good job. I dont think you need a PhD in Malayalam to host the show. She speaks everyday Malayalam which is fine. Are their any malayalees out there who don’t understand her Malayalam? What is important is she gels well with the participants. She is very polite with their family members. She handles the judges well and above all shows she comes across as very natural. She dresses well. Please check out the 2 clowns in Vodafone Thakadhimi – the more I see of the 2, the less I want to watch the show.
IT IS EXTREMELY SAD TO SEE THAT SANNI IS OUT FROM THE SHOW. HE IS SO DEAR AND POPULAR TO EVERYBODY NOT ONLY IN KERALA BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT IS EVIDENT FROM THE PRIZES HE GOT FROM THE PEOPLE OF GULF AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
AS ALL OF US KNOW SANNI IS THE ONLY CROWD PULLER OF THE SHOW. NOW WE CAN SEE THE DECREASING VIEWERSHIP OF THIS PROGRAMME. NOW ONLY THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OF THE EXISTING PARTICIPANTS WILL WATCH THE SHOW. BUT WHEN SANNI WAS THERE THE SHOW WAS WATCHING EVERY BODY.
AS MR. SHARAT RIGHTLY SAID, HE TOOK MORE THAN 19 YEARS TO GET A RECOGNATION FROM THE PEOPLE WHEREAS SANNI BECOME SO PUPULAR AND FAMOUS WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD. HE IS THE ONLY PARTICIPANT IN ISS TO BECOME SO POPULAR.
HE IS OUT FROM THE SHOW ONLY BECAUSE OF SOME PRESSURE FROM THE PARENTS OF SOME PARTICULAR PARTICIPANTS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR UNDESERVED SON/DAUGHTER WHICH CANNOT BE REJECTED BY ASIANET MANAGEMENT. THAT IS WHY THE JUDGES ARE CONSTANTLY GIVING LESS MARKS TO SANNI EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE DOING WRONG.
SANNI YOU ARE GRATE AND YOU ENTERTAINED THE ENTIRE PEOPLE. WE WILL YOU EVERY SUCCESS IN YOUR LIFE.
Jayasree u r right. Sanni was the only person who made the show so pupular. Ofcourse he is not only a crowed pullar but an assest to the mobile companies. Through Sanni the mobile companies got so many SMS and they earned lakhs of rupees. The mobile companies atleast give some amount to Sanni.
Now sanni is escaped that he cannot bring his mother/brother/sisters to the show for getting the flat.
Dear Sanni you are out only from the Stupid show. You will be in the heart of every people. We are eagerly waiting to release your film in which your songs are pictured.
Good luck to you in all your future asignment.
Sanni,
We are waiting here to listen your songs especially Ayyappa Bhakthi Songs. Wish you all the best in your future. May God Bless You.
Now we are not interested to watch the show as some poor singers like Vani is still continuing in the show. We wonder how she managed to be there in the stage!!!!!
Judges , please ask her to sing a classical song through her throat.
Did you think she is better than Roshan????????
We miss Sanni and Roshan and their beautiful songs.
Sanni,
We are waiting here to listen your songs especially Ayyappa Bhakthi Songs. Wish you all the best in your future. May God Bless You.
Now we are not interested to watch the show as some poor singers like Vani is still continuing in the show. We wonder how she managed to be there in the stage!!!!!
Judges , please ask her to sing a classical song through her throat.
Did you think she is better than Roshan????????
We miss Sanni and Roshan and their beautiful songs.
You are right Mr Binil…
It will be good if a person from musical background to host such Shows..She hardly knows music….:(
DEAR SANNI
WE MISS U VERY MUCH. AFTER YOUR ELIMINATION WE ARE NOT INTERESTED TO WATCH THE SHOW.NOW IT IS A LIFELESS SHOW. ALL OTHER SINGERS ARE ORDINARY SINGERS. WE ARE EXPECTING YOUR SONGS IN FILMS SHORTLY. BEST OF LUCK SANNI.
Sanni ningal valare valiya manushyananu. Ningal ningalude koottukarante familiye sahayikkunnu ennu kettappo njagalkku valare santhosham aayi. Sanni nee ee programmil ninnu matramaanu out aayi poyathu. Njagalude manasil eppozhum nee undavum. Ninakku ellaa vidha ashamsakkalum nerunnu.
Sanni You are Great. Your humble attitude towards the judges and public is superb. We all miss you boy. Keep going on with your singing and performance.Wish you all the best.
ISS without SANNIDHANANTHAN is bore and dull. With your exit we miss a good singer and a super performer. I pray God to give you good opportunities in your life and one day we will see that you are singing for all the heros of the Malayalam/Tamil film. GOD BLESS YOU SANNI
After the tenth elimination round, the rating of the ISS drastically come down.
Now the viewers getting confirmed that the Judges decided already and the show is going
just for business, whatever Asianet’s claim, the participation of the general public
in the live shooting to clear the allegations, people not to convinced anymore.
Its very clear now, ISS ELIMINATION ROUND BEGINS ALREADY.
BEST WISHES ROSHAN AND SANNI, MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
Pradeep
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea_Star_Singer
see what wiki is telling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea_Star_Singer
njoy reading
read most of the comments about ranjini haridas…asianet is a malayalam channel and i think we shld have people who speaks proper malayalam rather than manglish…i am not against any languages..but it is really sad to see that people appreciate when someone says korachu korachu malayalam ariyam…this was not what it used to be in kerala..we had our own culture and our language.
the subject of this topic is very apt for ranjini..
I watched the last elimination round. It was disheartening to see that Sanni got out. It is very much sure that he did not got out by less SMS. These people have made such a change in the rule so that they can eliminate Sanni. I think Sanni would have left the show much earlier before these people done this injustice to him. I am also disappointed that Sanni was saying the judges are like gods to him. I think that he must not have said like that. Oh man!!!!! give respect only to the persons who deserve it. All these days, they were making fun of Sanni and was teasing him whenever they were getting chance. MG and Sharreth, what to say????????
It is certainly unfortunate a popular singer like Sannidanandan is eliminated. Watching ISS is like watching cricket match without Tendulkar!
HI, SANNI AND ROSHAN BOTH OF YOU ARE ELIMINATED IN THIS PROGRAMME BUT NEVER ELIMINATED IN THE PEOPLE’S HEART
BEST WISHES
sanni is superb””’
asianetum ideayum janangale kalippikkukayanu karanam votinte adisthanathilanu show enkil judjus enthinu mark nalkanam. sanniyum roshanum out ayappol mark kuravanu ennu paranju appol vote chodikkunnathu mobile companikalkku labham undakkanallathe mattenthinannu
ethrayo nalla gayakar ee showyil undayirunnu nikhil, nithin, varun
vinaya, sri nanda. srinanda nannayi padiyalum perform cheythalum mark kuravu. nikhil oru pravasyam mathrame danger zonil vannullu annu thanne nikhil out, varun enthu kondu out ayi enna karyam arkkum ariyilla. ithil arannu winner ennu adyame decide cheythittundu pinne ithoru business mathram . 10th eliminationil amrutha sureshinu vote valare kuravu , vijay madhav annenkil nose vachu padunnu . ithu kasullavarude mathram show annu ee showkku votinte avasyamilla
HI, SANNI AND ROSHAN BOTH OF YOU ARE ELIMINATED IN THIS PROGRAMME BUT NEVER ELIMINATED IN PEOPLE’S HEART
BEST WISHES
Durga viswanath is VERY TALENTED GIRL
I LIKE HER VERY MUCH
ISS PROVES SUNDARANMARUM SUNDARIKALUM MATHRAM PROGRAMMIL PANKEDUTHAL MATHI
PANAMILLATHAVAN VERUM PINAM
I’ve been in the Uk for more than 3 years now. Here people call these people who try to be a non-indian a confused desi. I think this girl has is trying hard to acquire this quality…trying to be confused desi. She is in an identity crisis..confused as to whether be a malayali or a foreigner. Good English doesn’t mean stupid accent.
I think srikantan nair should be blamed for selecting her.
A confused desi in a foreign land is a natural outcome.
But act like one in her motherland is irritating. (sucky anchor!)
From what I read, this lady enjoyed the UK breeze for a few days
and thinks that has given her a mandate to act like or try to be a confused desi!
Richaandi(post 416), please don’t blame Sanni for equating those judges to God. Afterall, he was being practical. The smaller God arranged him a gift of Rs.25000 from his Dubai friend, and the bigger one arranged two lakhs through his Bahrain connection!
Poor fellow is contract-bound and cannot openly do many things. These brokers are helping him out!
All of them knew well in advance that Sanni and Tushar lost, and that too a thin margin. But acted well playing an emotional drama with tears and sighs and sympathetic comments. It was worse than a serial.Two days to eliminate two persons!
Dear People,
Now it is very clear that Who will win this Stuphid Programme. Their (MG & Sarath)strong pressure will put Sanni out of this competetion. But he will never out from our hearts. Roshan & Sanni are good singers. They sacrifice their position to very poor performed Vani & Amrutha. Very Cheap programme. AFTER THE ELIMINATION OF SANNI & ROSHAN WE ARE NOT INTERESTED TO WATCH THE SHOW. PLEASE STOP THIS PROGRAMME OTHERWISE PEOPLE WILL DISTROY YOUR STUDIO.
I AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENTS, ANIL GOPAL
In an interview K.J.Yesudas mentioned that ” I don’t know why Asianet is taking more than a year to find the good singer-why they are stretching like this?”
The man says “My wife watches Idea Star Singer on Asianet regularly. By the time I get back from work I usually don’t get to watch it. Today I watched one episode in full.”
I think you are too hasty and harsh about the anchor. It is a free world to give your opinion or even make a mimicry show about it. But you must realise that language alone will not make a show good or bad. Language is only a medium if you understand what she says thats good enough, whether it is manglish of gonglish. (I am sure she will improvise) If you are looking for true and perfect slang malayalam may be Asianet will try Kamaladas or Sugatha kumari. Give everybody a chance my friend. This is showbiz, incompetent ones will not survive in this business for too long.
Anyway I must add that the programme as a whole is really fantastic, especially our dear MGS in a different role as judge is amazing.
Comment by kumar — July 10, 2007 @ 11:26 am
Reply to this commecnt:
Do u think only Kamaladas or Sugatha kumari speaks good malayalam??. Most of the Mals know to speak malayalam properly even they studied in English medium school. People do not need to be good in literature to speak good malayam. If a channel starts a programs expecting big revenue, they should consider all facts. Language is very important for each and every person. If one malayalee pronounces a malayalam word in different way, definetely a malayalee feels very bad.Then what about in a big show. I dont know whether you guys listened the importance of pronounciation of word when singing a song. This M G has found mistakes when one person sings a tamil fusion. I can bet MG cannot sing that song that much perfectly. That guy was singing with very good perfection in that particular language. It is very difficult to sing and speak in other language perfectly.If you hear MG sings in other language, you will feel that he is singing a malayalam song. So language is very important…….especially if anyone is presenting in front of people.
I can also speak like Ranjini. That is not a big matter to speak Mangleesh. I use English most of the time except in my home. Still I have no problem to speak malayalam properly. In 24 hrs, I use english atleast 10to 12hrs. If i am in home, i use malayalam. But I never spoke like this.
Amrutha is disappoing us in last 2 rouds. Durga is superb growing.
Amrutha really do well. We want to see you in the final round. Dont give up.Give your best in the coming rounds.
This is a tragedy – THE way these peoeple dragging this process. It could have end on 2008 New Year Day!
I hate the elemination drama. Why judges are crying (While parents are smiling ?) here in the scene ? We need to check their bank accounts. Why they are begging for SMS ? Where this SMS goes ? Need a investigation by a sitting judge or CBI (?), What Umman Chandy and Ramesh Chennithala doing there ? Set up a picketing and or a HARTHAL on this. I Remember Vaikam Muhammad Basheer SIR’s ” VISWA VIKYATHAMAYA MOOOKU”. This program looks like that.
Eee Idea Start singer will Take your DAL, Malayalees…Looks exatcly like TV Serials……..
Poor Kerala people, this is our fate. We punish ourself ! By watching this kind of meaningless third rate program.
I stop watching this program, (I know 50 family here in NJ, USA also having same opinion.)
That sarat, he should be elimnated. His insulting comments irritates a lot. I know more than 100 better music directors than this guy in kerala. Why Asianet choose him ? Is this moran that much great artist ?
This is the time to start another program. 2007….?? Confused Title…
Reply to Joseph (434)
The judges are knowledgeable in music. They are well qualified than probably the rest of us to evaluate music and to comment on the songs. It is a musical program. It is a talent competition, more or less. The producers are trying to get the most money out of it while the show is lasting. Now, I understand that it is dragging a bit too much..they need to work on that. But…at the same time, you are trying to find the BEST of BEST here.
You are being absolutely ridiculous, by the way. If the show is degrading someone, or hurting someone, or offending someone, or is a threat to someone..then I’d understand protesting. WATCHING THE SHOW IS COMPLETELY UP TO THE AUDIENCE. NOBODY IS FORCING YOU TO WATCH THE SHOW. THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL MEDIA. If you are going to be offended by something that they’re doing..you need to be offended about almost every happening in Kerala. Grow up!
You are being extremely biased and you fail to see the point of the judges. Enna pinne thaangal thanne naale keri angu judge cheythonnaiy! Ennaatthina..!! Arivum vivarom ollavaru will do the job that they do best!!
Reply to Joseph (continued)
Unless you are in the shoes of the contestants or the judges, you have no right to criticize their emotions. These people’ve been together for months and the bond that they create is like a family bond. Naturally, people feel sad when one has to leave. Understand that.
Gosh..malayalees and their hypocrisy!!! Moreover…their close-mindedness!
I stopped watching ISS. Also Disconnected Asianet …The antenna is in the attic now …waiting for another Malayalam channel coming through Globecast satellite. Why Vijay is in & Roshen out? Did anybody hear Roshen’s “Kanneerpoovinte Kavililthalodi”? MG never going to sing like that even in the next birth. I like Roshen’s father’s stand…He really opposed Asianet’s mood creating tactics.
“WATCHING THE SHOW IS COMPLETELY UP TO THE AUDIENCE. NOBODY IS FORCING YOU TO WATCH THE SHOW. THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL MEDIA”
Marina you are absolutely wrong. Aren’t we paying for seeing this stupid show?
What is objectionable is the drama being created for this reality show. Sannidanadan is eliminated comparing a good singer Tushar not other nasal singers. And what Renjini told on that day – Sanni still having more SMS but he is 30 marks less than Thushar. Other vulnerable candidates already have been escaped.
The star singer show reached its peak on 100th episode. Afterwards the show is degrading. And the management is trying all type of dramas to keep the show in limelight. The unexpected emotions are part of it. Only viewers can criticize a program and need not be “in the shoes of the contestants or the judges”.
hi…just wanted 2 let everyone know a couple of things
the remaining contestants are:
ARUN
AMRUTHA
DURGA
VANI
VIJAY
HESHAM
NAJIM
THUSHAR
IN THE 11TH ROUND EVERY1 HAS COMPLETED AD LEAST 1 ROUND…
SO IN THIER FIRST ROUND THEY RECIEVED
AMRUTHA: 67
DURGA: 75 82
VANI: 84
ARUN: 69
HESHAM: 79
NAJIM: 72
vIJAY: 78
THUSHAR: 79
durga has already been through two rounds
according to the 1st round results arun and amrutha are the weakest links. SO if u r a fan vote for them.
now who else thinks it was unfair of roshan and sanni 2 get out when vijay madhav is still in!?!?…he shoukd have beed eliminated ad least 2 stages ago.
also has anyone else noticed that binil who created this forum stopped replying? i wonder why that is…
oh and doesnt anyone think ranjinis malayalam has improved ad least a little bit? anyway please reply and i will continue posting the marks after the completion of each round!
What Sunitha said is right. MG has got no rights to criticize others for pronounciation of other languages. If U hear any songs he sung in other languages U will feel like u r hearing a malayalam song. He is not at all doing any justice to that language. Okay,if u cannot do that it is right. We can’t blame him because it is not our language, but dont criticize the people for things that you can’t do. Hey guys, dont ever hear a song sung by MG in other languages.
Hi Ranjini: I saw the write-up about you in the Hindu Metro Plus Kochi, Monday, May 28, 2007. Did you you see, Monday, Feb. 04, 2008, Metroplus? Sebastian@colorsine.com
Ranjini Haridas, the anchor of the IdeaStarsinger is the best. I had a cxhance to watch the show during my vacation in India from December 2007 to January 2008. I wonder your show will be touring the USA. I met Ranjini in a wedding party in Raj Malabar on Jan 30, 2007; I wonder if she recalls. Sebastian.
Correction: Please correct the date Jan 30, 2007 to Dec. 30,2007 ion comment # 442. Sebastian.
Durga is the best now. From her Remix Round she proved that she will be the number one
I agree with Marina.
I was just commenting, You are right.
hey everyone
just wanted to let everyone know everyone’s marks from the 11th round. amrutha has only gone once so far which is why she only has one mark.
AMRUTHA 67
DURGA 75 82
VANI 84 77
ARUN 69 72
HESHAM 79 80
NAJIM 72 74
VIJAY 78 71
THUSHAR 79 82
PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS AND I WILL UPDATE THE MARKS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO THAT IF YOU MISS A DAY, YOU CAN JUST COME AND READ INSTEAD OF WASTING 5 MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE LISTENING TO THE JUDGES TALK BEFORE THEY GIVE THE MARKS.
PS. I STILL THINK RANJINI IS THE BEST ANCHOR POSSIBLE!
BY THE WAY, THE WEAKEST CONTESTANTS ARE AMRUTHA AND ARUN. AMRUTHA WITH AN AVERAGE OF 67 AND ARUN WITH AN AVERAGE OF 70.5. ONLY SMS AND THE TWO REMAINING STAGES CAN HELP THEM NOW. =(
ALSO THE TWO STRONGEST CONTESTANTS RIGHT NOW ARE VANI AND THUSHAR BOTH WITH AN AVERAGE OF 80.5
IN ORDER THAT WOULD BE:
CONTESTANT AVERAGE
1)VANI 80.5
2)THUSHAR 80.5
3)HESHAM 79.5
4)DURGA 78.5
5)VIJAY 74.5
6)NAJIM 73
7)ARUN 70.5
8)AMRUTHA 67
PLEASE REPLY…
THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF FOOLS IN INDIA. IF YOU SEARCH YOU WILL FIND LAKHS OF THEM. IF YOU DONT SEARCH THEN ALSO YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE WATCHING ISS FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY AT 8.30 PM ONWARD ON ASIANET
I THINK THUSHAR WILL WIN THIS GAME EXCEPT ANY “KAIKADATHAL” IN THIS PROGRAMME. ANYWAY I HAVE NO INTEREST TO WATCH THIS PROGRAMME.
–>>>>Lot of colorful lights, Usha’s saree, vala, Sarat’s EDIVETTU Shrits etc<<<<<<——-
I setup another TV in my living room, I watch Animal Planet while Idea start singer on asianet.
My daughters 4 & 3 year old watches this program, and they wont allow me to switch it off! My wife is neutral.
A 4 year old kid, can not understand PANTHUVARALI Ragam and SANGATHI+TEMPO, but still they are crazy ! So, that is ISS. That is their success ! Lot of colors lights, Usha’s saree, vala, Sarat’s EDIVETTU Shrits etc
So dear friends, real talented or music lovers wont that much interested to whatch this kind of very low class dragging comercial. If you watch the Americal Idol (Who has patent of this show), you never had this opinion. I started to watch this because I heard, in Asia net there is an Idol going on.
I am in USA last 10 years and this year only I got Asianet. I love Kerala, I love Malayalam and I love all malayalees…….But, I dont agree with this dragging drama. Now they are planning to bring all 7 people on stage and start asking …Out akumo ? Ellae ? Ondo …crying…..mooku cheetal etc etc…Horrible. Making fun of poor people SMS money…..
For Babu (438)
You have answered for me to Marina.
Last first round Sarat’s comment,
To Vani,
Molae pole thanne pattum nannay !!!
So, if Durga or someone not looking very good did well what he will say ? Why he making such type of idiotic comments?
To criticize a bad comment YOU DONT HAVE TO BE IN THEIR SHOES!
So, only yesudas can comment on Idea Star Singer ?
Marina, sorry. But you are also right in one perspective. We are not fighting but sharing opinions.
hai.I think this is a most popular programme in asianet.I hope DURGA VISWANATH will win.her voice is superb!!!!!!!!!!!!!I pray for her victory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear viewers,the recent survey conducted by a leading paper indicated that the viewership of the ISS has come down and nearly 60 per centage of the viewers all over india stopped watching this programme after the elimination of Sannidhanathan. Many viewers switched over to Gandharva Sangeetam in Kairali TV and many watching the programme of surya TV. As long as Sannidhananthan was there, Asianet was viewing my many people. Now they lost their viewership.
It is absolutely right that ISS is now dragging like a mega serial like any other serial. The people lost their patient to watch the programme. It is requested to Asianet to please try to end the programme immediately by selecting someone from the remaining 8 participants. Otherwise the day will come people will black out Asianet during 8.30 to 9.30 PM.
hi renjini,
your dressing is superb.
from
faseeha
abu dhabi
Hi,
I have noticed few things in the so called reality show ISS 2007. Let me make it clear of my mind. I do not belive that there is a hidden agenda to select the Najim as the winner. But I have a feeling that Asianet is dragging the show like a mega serial.
My observatios:
1. Look at Ranjini.. How good she is to predict the scores.? Yesterday(13th Feb 2008) she predicted all the three scores correctly. Is she reading the scores from the pre-decided marks and make our judges to agree!!
2. Next is the celebrity guest. He/she gives marks out of 10 for stage performance for song item and out of 30 for a performance item. I was seeing one episode where Arun Gopan was singing “Neelappeeli kavadiyenthi” in the devotional songs item in the 11 round. The celebrity guest was Sukumari, one of the greatest actress in South India. She commented to Arun Gopan saying, you should be more active on the stage and should not be an “Urakkam thoongi”. I belive it was a genuine comment from Sukumari. Finally she gave 7 out of 10 for the performance. Now in the same episode another performer who did well, was very active and lively. The same judge gave 7 out of 10. So what is the purpose of this celebrity judge?
3. Yesterday again performance of Durga and Amrutha. Listen to the comments by the judges. Durga did not perform well according to judges and Amrutha did well… But the difference in marks is 4. Amrutha got 77 and Durga got 73. Listening to the comments any Tom Dick and Harry can say that the difference should not be 4. If you want give marks to Durga, give 73 to her. But measuring the same scale Amrutha should get at least 83. (Remember bothe scores were predicted by our “beloved” Ranjini.)
4. Now a question about the Dress of the judges as well as Ranjini. They change the dresses from episode to episode. One can argue that each episode is shooted on different days. Is that is correct there will be shooting on 5 days per week. The judges did not have any other jobs in the last 7-8 months. Usually a celebrity guest is there for one week. That means these busy actors and actresses are with asianet for one whole week. Eventhogh Sukumari changed her Saree, her rings bangles and chain(mala) remains the same in all episodes. Vani Jayaram in 11th round sang two songs so far. When she was talking about the both songs, she was wearing same dress. Ablue colores churidar. How come only judges change their dresses.
It was planned act by asianet to provide an “extra evidence” to show it is a reality show.
Dear Audience,
Now it is clear that some contestants have getting “Recommendations” from some very popular persons. So that Sannidhanandan is out from the competition. They are VANI, AMRUTHA, VIJAY, HESHAM. I think the winner is out of this four. The contestants remain in this programme with their singing are – NAJIM, DURGA & THUSHAR. Plese reply to this messege who reading this.
Hai Anil,
Ur words are perfectly correct. Most of 99.99% people are not like this Vijay and Hesham. How this Vijay sing – only with his nasal. He has lot of recommendations. This Vijay has also too more marks when Thushar, Najim and Arun get less marks. When this guy sings MG & Sarath said Are wah what a song u sung. very good, brilliant, good sangathis , good pitch, good thalam & layam. What a boring comments. Why they treat like this with him? Because he got more more recommendations. ISS 2007 – 2008(delete this 08)- 2009. This is the correct caption. I stopped watching ISS. Ithilum bhedam Serialanu. What a boring, trapping & tricking show.
Dear Anoop,
It is not only you but about 60 per centage of the people are stopped watching ISS, particularly when Sannidhanandhan was eliminated. Now only the relatives and close friends of the existing eight participants are watching the boring show.
Now this show will end only when the people will go for a hartal and break the Asianet studio.
I think people ignored this programme. Because for the last 2 days nobody have open or write any message in this site. Poor ending of a programme that earns good comments earlier. PLEASE STOP THIS IDIOT STAR SINGER.
All the people that are making bad comments about Renjini just doesn’t have anything else to do. Why can’t they focus on the contestants and judges instead of the anchor?
Renjini is the best anchor!
ROSHAN we all miss u a lot
DEAR ASIANET
PLEASE STOP THIS PROGRAMME ISS BECAUSE IT IS SO BAD
“AA SAMAYATHU VALLA KANNEER SERIALUM AYIRUNNU NALLATHU”
NOW IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT WHO WILL WIN THIS. THE STUPHID JUDGES DOING PARTIALITY TO DURGA WHO SANG VERY WELL. JUST 2 ERROR IN THAT SONG. M G & SARATH SAY – VERY GOOD, FANTASTIC AND LOT. MARK IS 85. WHAT A POOR JUDGEMENT. EARLIER THEY 90 TO AMRUTHA. THERE IS A LOT DIFFERENCE IN TWO. PLEASE PLEASE STOP THIS PROGRAMME. “ILLANGIL JANANGAL HARTHAL PRAQYAPIKKUM EE PARIPADI THEERUM VARE.” STUPHID FOOLISH JUDGES. RENAME THIS PROGRAMME AS – IDEA RECOMMENDATIONS SINGER – IRS
Before conducting the rounds, the participants could have been intimated on the specialities of each round- devotional (every one knows), fusion ( nobody knows- even judges are in consuion) remix (what remix) property (ha ha) – then after performance, asking the contestant what was the fusion factor, how it appears in remix and original- then wihtout satisying answers also, giving the preplanned marks- pure non sense and ‘athinte edaku oru fortune teller’ kashtam thanne. kurachu koodi improve ayal ‘entharo’ okke pole akathe irunnene.
I THINK THE FINALIST ARE – THUSHAR, DURGA, NAJIM & HISHAM. OTHERWISE THIS PROGRAMME IS ” MANUSHYANE KALIPPIKKUNNATHANU “
I NOTICED THAT AFTER THE ELIMINATION OF SANNI, THE CHARM OF THIS PROGRAMME IS GONE. TILL SANNI WAS THERE PEOPLE WAS WATCHING THIS PROGRAMME INTERESTINGLY. NOW THE AUDIANCE IS SWITCH OVER TO OTHER PROGRAMME.
EXIT OF SANNI IS A GRATE LOSE TO ASIANET. I HOPE THIS PROGRAMME WILL ATLEAST IN 2008.
Hi,
What all you people are harping around Sannidhanam, he was bound to be eliminated long back, just to keep the programme going they had hime hanging around, of course he is a good / honest soul and thats all – he is not very versatile as a singer; this is all a big dirty game played by the organisers and the judges (specially the two jokers MG Anna and Sharath) Usha has just succumbed to the guiles and viles of these two frauds and not to forget Ranjini Haridas plays the female role as the clown.
So thats it for you guys and gals – some arse hole is going to walk away with the 40 lakhs flat from Confident – anyway dont be too confident about that. All the Best malayalees – Veetile Panni poi nokku.
Yesterdyas elimination was so bad……..worst… Only vijay Madhav has eliminated. What is so special in Arun Gopan? He should eliminate ysdy. I lost interest to watch ISS from ysdy. Other contests are wrking hard..but he(Arun) is very lazy and Ahangari… His attitude was not goos.. Kerala is famous 4 politics.. Next is ISS politocs…..
I AGREE WITH SSS. WHAT A POOR EPISODE THAT IS,. PLEASE STOP ISS. CHEAP PROGRAMME. THIS WILL END IN 2009. ISS IS IDEA STAR SERIAL .
All we have to do now is just listen the songs from contestants and change the channel whenever jokers like shreeyetta,sangathiand the vamp ranjini appears on the screen. i dont understand how a lady like usha uthup comes to the grip of theses jokers. i admire her a lot.judges please please stop making the contestants fool. dont gave them much tension while declaring the result in elimination rounds.how a celebrity guest can act so cruely .for god sake please dont make fun of the viewers and the contestants.kudos to all contestants
What a show is this. To find a best singer from 45 contestant, Asianet and Idea wants long and tedious 13 rounds. It is our luck that they didn’t opt for 45 rounds. We people are fools by seeing all these drama of Ranjini and other fantastic judges.
Hello everybody,
I have great regard to the asianet and the whole idea star singer team for presenting such a wonderful reality show.
All contestants are having uncomparable skills and by the grace of god every body is trying to deliver their best within the stipulated time they get on the stage to perform.
But, as regards the weightage given for the performance on every rounds, I donot find any reason why it is so necessary for a singer to do dancing / dress according to the situation of the song e.g. wearing the dress of a ‘palleelachan’ if they are performing a ‘pallippattu’ !!!! Suppose if Idea Star Singer Management think that such deed add colour to the show, i would say that it is indeed your foolishness. Music lovers like us are getting bored and irritated upon that.
It is our earnest beg to give emphasis on true and real music and not performance because the show is not about a ’star performance’ but the hunt is to find out a ’star singer’.
Further I would like to add that please come with rounds that tests the ability of singer like asking to sing classical / semi classical composed at a tempo higher than the original or at a higer or lower pitch or asking the contestants to sing a low range, mid range & high range songs in order to test the quality of their voice as well as the abitliy to sing in different ranges.
The thing which I have to say to the honourable judges is that, please pass appropriate comments. I am very thankful to them for imparting knowledge to lay men like us in music.
But, like deedi tells contestants to improve their hindi diction, I have heard very rarely from MGS & Sharat commenting about malayalam diction. I feel that one of the greatest quality of the great Dr. K J Yesudas is his pronounciation which is unmatchable. I think that the judges should emphasis on that and should insist the contestants to make their diction correct, place it properly and then comes sangathees and other aspects.
Last but not the least, I would like to say few more. We being malayalees are capable of enjoying music made in any language. But it is my humble request to give more and more emphasis on our language, malayalam classical songs, semi classical songs.
What an episode yesterday. The comments are very poor to Amrutha. But the mark is 70. Durga earns good comments from judges and only gets 78. What a partiality it is. Once again say that it is very POOR AND PARTIAL JUDGEMENT. STOP THIS PROGRAMME AND GIVE FLAT TO “JUDGES PET” WHO?. THEY KNOW IT VERY MUCH. REPLY TO THIS
Hi all,
Seriously, it seems like Asianet is dragging the program too much. About Ranjini’s malayalam: She can try to improve her language(both malayalam and english). I think it’s ok to speak english and malayalam together but only if both languages are pronounced correctly. Also, we should appreciate her for what she is doing. If we go through ASianet plus “phone-in” programs we can see how horrible the anchors talk.
Contestants: All contestants are talented. The judges should find the best of best.
From one of the comments i read that only Usha Uthup is giving corrections when it comes to the pronounciation of languages. Shareth is also giving corrections if the mis pronounce Tamil.
We always criticize everything, but we never try to appreciate it. It doesn’t matter what language the contestant sings. Atleast, we should be proud that our singers can sing in other languages without too many flaws.
Rahul commented that almost 60% people stopped watching the show. I would agree with that. It’s just a waste of time to watch just 2 songs a day. We can do a lot of other things in that 60 minutes. At first I thought asianet is getting better by replacing serials with this show. The program is “good” if wouldn’t have dragged it like this.
Also, if we compare Vodafone Thakadhimi and Amrutha Tv’s superdancer junior… God!! We will never ever watch thakadhimi in our entire life.
I dont understand the whole drama of having 7 contestants in the semi final round. How many will be out next time? Will they eliminate 5 contestants at the end of this semi final round?
Hope the real music talent will be recognized.
yesterday Thushar sang very beautifully but the mark is 71, Vani have so many mistakes to her song , Vidyadharan Master’s comment is sruthiyum thalavum vannilla but her mark is 73. IS THIS POOR JUDGEMENT? ENTHA VANI JUDGESINTE PET ANNO?
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YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT SEEMA.VERY POOR JUDGEMENT IT IS. VANI & AMRUTHA ARE THE PET’S OF M G & SARATH. HOPE ANY OF THEM WILL WIN THIS FLAT AND WE ARE THE FOOLISH PEOPLE WATCH THIS ARE BECOME VERY “FLAT”.
i totally agree with all comments.it s time to stop the show,instead of dragging it like this.just 2 songs,a day.what a waste a time! & the elimination round is unbearable.everybody s dramas! tears,speeches before & after declaring the results.i actually stopped watching the prog.
yea i totally agree with wat Anil says…vani n amrutha should hav been voted out long back..but they are still in this show…pure politics…
Hi renjini……………………hw r u???????????
ur the most good anchor in da world……..
im saying sorry for every one…….
ur dressing is very very very good……….
byeee renjini…………….do ur job well….
Hi everybody…..today arun is going to sing song……
dont 4get watch it…..
ya
Heshams’s Jodha Akber song was just average….for that the judjes gave great marks…
( Thinking that it was directed by AR Rahmen?)// Sycophancy…
Sorry ..
Najim’s malayalam dance hit song pathinalam ravinte, its so borring but he got 80 marks and he is the No.1 position in the first round of the semi final.
ithenthoru judgement annu
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Though the last performance round of Najim was not good, we should admit that he is a brilliant singer with a powerful voice keeping in mind his previous songs, especially the Ghazal…………….
Najim’s Malayalam performance round is not so good.But he is a versatile singer. Program is dragging and the participants are also too boring. Yesterday Hesham’s performance is too boring. His song is OH Priyee. What a boring song that was. Athinte koode koothara abhinayavum. Enthokke Abhinayam kananam ente Ishwarooooooooo????
You are absolutely right Anoopa. There is partial in judgement. Durga earns good comments and low mark. What a pity?
yesterday najim got 87 marks
thrayum mark kodukkan “enthu sangathiyannu aa pattil undayirunnathu”
Ithilum ethra nalla pattayirunnu Durgayudathu
Before the elimination of Sanni and Roshan the judges says always shuddha sangeethathinu vote nalku but now ENTHU KONDU JUDGES ANGANE PARAYUNNILLA?
IPPOL SHUDDHA SANGEETHAM AYIRIKKUM ALLE?
i watched the song sung by vani today. Really it was the challenge. She tried her level best to sing that song to perfection. But due to the challenge posed by the song she could not register the sangatis and difficult routes perfectly. This is to inform all judges the purpose of challenge round is the contestants to take up a song that is challenging to them and not to sing a song which they can comfortably sing. In that sense I would say that vani has done justice by taking up such a difficult song. In fact she should have given more marks by the judges. Judges please note – mistakes are likely to occur if a contestant honestly takes up a song which is really challenging to them. In my opinion, judges should evaluate the song / singer after considering the real challenge in the composition of the song as well as the difficulty to execute it properly. On the contrary I have seen that the judges giving marks in challenge round based on the performance of contenstants in terms of execution of the song whichever they select as their song for challenge round. IN THAT SENSE, VANI DESERVES MORE MARKS ……
WELL DONE VANI ! MAY GOD BLESS YOU !!!!!! I HAVE A SUGGESTION TO VANI … TRY TO IMPROVE YOUR MALAYALAM DICTION …..
I have seen judges requesting the audience like us to vote sensibly for good music and to the right contestants. NOW IT IS OUR HUMBLE REQUEST TO THE JUDGES TO EVALUATE THE CONTESTANTS HONESTLY AND GIVE MARKS WHAT THEY REALLY DESERVE.
OTHER THING WHICH I HAVE TO POINT OUT IS THAT, NAJIM IS A GOOD SINGER. BUT MY REQUEST TO JUDGES IS THAT PLEASE DO NOT SPOIL HIS CAREER BY PRAISING HIM TOO MUCH ….. HE HAS GOT SEVERAL DRAWBACKS – THE MOST OUTSTANDING DRAWBACKS ARE DICTION, BREATH CONTROL. PRAISE HIM. BUT PLEASE … PLEASE DO IT HONESTLY …… PLEASE …… FOR INSTANCE, I HAVE SEEN HIM SINGING ‘THENGUMEE KATTIL’ FROM THE FILM GURU ….. SO POORLY …….. BUT THE HON’BLE JUDGES PRAISED HIM LIKE ANYTHING AND GAVE HIM GOOD MARKS !!!!!!! I THINK SHARAT AND MGS WOULD NOT HAVE HEARD THAT SONG WHICH HAS BEEN ORIGINALLY SUNG BY Dr. K J YESUDAS. PLEASE DONT DO PARTIALITY.
ONE MORE THING I WANTED TO STATE IS THAT, I HAVE SEEN SHARAT OFTEN TELLING ABOUT ILAYARAJA’S COMPOSITION. IT IS OF NO DOUBT THAT HE IS A GOOD COMPOSER. WHILE RECORDING THE SONGS COMPOSED BY HIM UNDER HIS DIRECTION, IT IS O.K. THAT HE WILL NOT ALLOW THE SINGERS TO SING THE SONG COMPOSED BY HIM DEVIATING FROM HIS STYLE. BUT, IN A COMPOSITION, WHY HE SHOULD POINT OUT IT TO ALL THE CONTESTANTS, IF THEY DO A LITTLE BIT IMPROVISATION ???? WHEN I HEAR SHARATH TELLING “ITHU ILAYARAJA SIR NTE COMPOSITION AAYATHU KONDANU NJAN PARAYUNNATHU …. ADDEHAM EZHUTHI VACHIRIKKUNNATHU POLE ALLATHE PAADAAN PADILLA”. DEAR SHARAT ….. WHY YOU PASS SO RIDICULOUS COMMENTS ? IMPORVISATION DONE BY CONTESTANTS ADDS BEAUTY TO THE SONG AND PLEASE ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO APPRECIATE THEM PLEASE DO NOT PASS THESE KIND OF SENSELESS AND RIDICULOUS COMMENTS.
The performance of Arun Gopan was not up to the mark…. dO YOU AGREE?
let everybody sing,dance do all the mimics & everybody enjoy.someone win 40lakhs flat.we have to work hard our lifetime to achieve such a thing.so let them! it s just some songs,dance ,nothing else.
I am inclined to agree with Manoj’s comments. Immortalising a particular composer is not apt. The judge in question should look at the participants as upcoming stars and offer comments rather than giving comments which many of the participants may not even understand. In addition, I suggest that please try to surf the website which gives full details of plagerised songs of the many of the film composers!
yesterday durgas song “Nadapuram palliyile”there was some mistake which i have noticed yesterday.
1. Insted of “Mala venam makkana venam mylanchi venam” she sang “mala venam oppana venam mylanchi venam”
2. Instead of Moinkutty vaidyar she sang moideenkutty vydiar.Judges please try to amend the partcipants
TODAY JUDGES GAVE NAJIM 90 MARKS FOR THE SIMPLE SONG – ‘THANKA THINGAL’ SUNG BY HIM IN HIS OWN DEVELOPED STYLE OF SINGING – WHICH SHOULD BE TERMED AS “DEERGHASWASAM VALIPPATTU” !!!!!!!!!.
DEAR JUDGES IT IS SO BORING TO HEAR HIM SINGING FREQUENTLY TAKING DEEP BREATH. I DO NOT KNOW WHY THEY ALWAYS KEEP MUM TOWARDS THEM AND HOW THEY CAN GIVE 90 MARKS ?
SINCE IT IS THE SEMI FINAL ROUND PLEASE GIVE WEIGHTAGE TO THE KIND OF SONG THE CONTESTANTS TAKE !!!!!!
DEAR JUDGES …… TRY TO HONOUR YOURSELVES !!!!!!!
I like the show “Idea star singer” so much.
Sebastian, USA
you are correct manoj, Najim take a simple song and the judges gave him 90 marks . What a poor judgement is this?
I think, first EE SHOWYIL NINNU JUDGESINE ELIMINATE CHEYYANAM
NAJIMINANNU 40 LAKHSINTE FLAT KITTUNNATHU ENNU KETATHU CORRECT ANNENNU THONNUNNU
Other Contastants like Durga , Thushar , Arun Gopan ,they sang beautifully but these judges gave them low marks and good comments
I watched daily idea star singer. But I dont know Why MG Sreekumar the famous play back singer always protect from Amrutha Suresh? She is an average singer. Why he is giving too much mark only for her?
u r correct ,seema.i am also sure najim gets the flat.he is the winner.!it s not possible to go on with a prog,dragging like this.all the participents & judges ll sure have other engagements.so how is it possible! the selection is over ,before ages.just making fools of viewers,asking for sms.a good way to earn money for asianet.for a normal sms it s only 3 rs.but for this prog & FM it s 5 rs.WHAT A PITY!
Nobody had put any words on my comment(sl no492).dont u people interested in finding out mistakes
I strongly agree with u Roshan. Ranjiji’s presentation is ok, but her munglish, thinks if speak more words in English will get much rewards…
I wonder still people are wasting valuable one hour time to watch ISS. It was worth to watch till some good singers like Roshan, Williams, Murali Ramanathan, Dr. Bineeta and ofcourse the great Sannidhanandham etc. Now it is a waste of time. I pray god to end this show as early to avoid any mental agony to the viewers.
kavya
u r extremely right. i’m stopped watching ISS and also stopped writing in this blog.What a boring prgrm is that. Hey people don’t waste time & money (through sms)
hi frds…
i hav read almost all comments and views.. wat i feel is to som extend the prgrm nw a days is becoming boring. but it is a fact tht it has got he top position in viewership among malayalam progrms… partiality of gudges mus b avoided.. it’s too much.. roshan was my favourate in iss. nw he is out.. so lost my interest… stil wactch it occationally.. juz to c where it has reachd.. nw frm the existing contestents i think thushar and durga are the best.. but personally i like arun more.. najim’s songs are good but not as much as been said by judges.. lets see wat MSV comments on his performance.. i think he makes som wat correct judgement..
i read one mail,msv s parciality to caste.but dont know ,what happened to that letter now! i am waiting for najim to perform
lets wait & see!
hi najeem,
ur singing is superb
i dont know,whether people concerned,ll be reading any of these letters or others views.i do watch only najim s songs,to be honest.becoz,it s he who has won the flat.i wish to find out ,whats his performances were! i say, noone matches his voice.such a powerful voice,cant imagine the voice comes out of him.really.
MSV has given 23 marks to Mr. Najim, and he deserved it. He is a versatile singer.
I agree to neena.
Idea Star Singer, the program is really good…. this is a reality show which has different round that includes a chance to judge the ability of a contestant as a singer and also a mixture of other abilities like dancing, facing the audience, style etc.. all these are the part of the program. This is not a ” Sangheetha Kacheri ” contest and not a cinematic dance contest too… but it shld keep the mixture of all these, and it does that’s why ppl r watching the show.
i was, actually not “i was”, the correct word is “we were” , both me and my wife are, a regular viewers of the program when we were in India but now we are in Riyadh, due to the time zone change (we are running 2:30 behind Indian time) i was not able to see the program, but when ever i get any chance to see the program i never miss that too.
I red most of the criticisms in the beginning abt the program. Some of them are right up to some level and some of them are not at par. Like
1) Criticism abt Sarath- is not a valid one caz “he is asking the contestant abt the mistake they made” and i found they them self says the mistakes and most of them are admitting that also. then the way he is speaking is just consider as the friendly relation or the caring for the contestant which they should need to grow. Sharath is doing extra good from day one.
2) About the comments of the judges on the costumes and appearance;
that’s little bit correct, i believe the role of both the judges like MG and Sharath are there to mainly judge the contestant’s ability on singing not on their costumes and appearance. Really if they want to comment on the costimes and appearance to make the program more lively then its ok but if that reflects even a .01% when they rate the contestant then its absolutely wrong. And i found most of the criticism are against MG about this, but its a fact that he is really scrutinizing the candidate too.. he is a really good judge ofcrs.
Above all it is better the celebrity guest, if they are judging the contest on that part, ofcrs then they shld say first abt that not the permanent jury.
And “Didi” can do a lil bit at that side caz she dont know some of the malayalam songs, and also i dont think that she is the exact person to judge the contestant on some rounds like, nonfilim song rounds, old sweet songs, may be ghazals and classical songs etc, but surely can judge on the other rounds like singandance, sing with play back singer etc. ofcrs she is also doing her best.
3) About the Clelibrity guest, i can not rate all of them but still most of them did well, especially Rajasenan, he did really awesome job, really he is fit to sit in the jury if there is a permanent member from audience side, he is a good listener and analyzer with good knowledge about “shudha sangeetham”. some of them were not at that level, the imp thing is the Celebrity guest should aware exactly what they should do and what they should not, they should prepare them self to judge the contestant, caz it is just few hours or a day for the celebrity but for the contestant it is their life time effort, so when they judge they should consider that too, not just repeat the same what the permanent jury said. Same time we need consider them also caz all of them are coming out from a really busy schedule, but above that they should think always that they are grading a person’s hardwork, life time achievement and their dream.
4) Finally about the Anchor, frankly speaking i am really getting anger when ever she is their on the stage, the only part which i feel a lil boring is that only. i think the other small girl who comes at the end of the show can do some thing better than this …….. Women. She don’t know where she is standing and what she is doing some times. We have a respect to the talented judges and the celebrity guests who comes on the show, but never found any kind of respect or politeness on her attitude towards them. See like what happened in the recent episode were MS Viswanathan sir was there on the stage singing, we found Didi was crying in front of the Legend, every one was treating him as the God, yes right he is one among the Gods of Music, while this idiotic girl was dancing and singing with him like a little child, you can do this kind of kidding on the stage on that kind of occasion but not like standing with a Legend, really I feel fear abt thinking what this girl is doing. Also some time i feel she is judging the contestant not the Judges, and even some time she is putting some comments on the judges also. she is always trying to rule the stage when ever she is their on the stage, which really feels awkward. She is neither good to do the anchoring for an English Program and nor for a Malayalam program. I am not pointing abt her Manglesh, but the way she is pretending that she doesn’t know malayalam well is really itching. See, Didi is also not speaking malayalam well but we never feel the same against Didi right.
She may be good to do anchoring for the program like “sahsikante logam” to climb on the tree and to fly on the rocket etc… but not good for a musical program which has a wide range of audience… please it is a kind request, find some one who have some knowledge on music and have some good quality like respecting others and a bit politeness.
what ever it is i really dont think that a good candidate is being thrown out from the competition yet, all the candidates who are standing at the semi final round are good enough to reach their. I honestly feel both the doctors will not be their in the final round, not because they are not good but because the competition is very very tight.
My vote is always for Najim Arshad only… need lil improvements but surely he is really really an aowsome guy, he is my favorite in ISS 2007 -2008.
And also i believe Asianet will bring our ever beloved Dasettan on the stage at the finals.
Jacob
extremely sorry that upcoming singer Vani Jayaram is deleted before going to the final round. Judges have already eliminated her by giving her 61% marks in the challenging round although she deserves more marks.Congratulations to the judges for preplanned elimination of Vani jayaram We can’t imagine how the judges underestimate Vani who has entered into semi final with competitive marks!
one or other has to be eleminated! they cant provide more than one flat,right!after 1 hr drama,vani is out! for the rest of the 5 contestants,how many dramas & tears has to be there!!!!!!!!!!!!.i dont know,how long this is going to be on air.but definetely,it s a good prog.but so dragging,though.
Hello Viewers,
In semi final rount only vani jayaram is out. In the final round balance 6 contestants. They declare 4 prizes only. so next time may be two persons will be out. In my opinion Amrutha Suresh want to go out. Becuase she is an average singer only. I think Vani Jayaram is far better than Amrutha. In My Opinion- 1- Najim Arshad, 2- Durga Viswanath, 3- Thushar, and 4 – Arun Gopan. What is your opinion?
MG ANNAN ALWAYS PROTECT TO AMRUTHA. SO NEXT TIME WE DON’T WANT HIS JUDGEMENT. SARATH SIR AND DEEDI GOOD.
Hai Viewers,
Now idea star singer is the Final Stage. Standard programme. Any way ALl permanent judges are good. Especially Sarath Sir, And Deedi. Mg is also good. But he always protect to Amrutha Suresh. Otherwise out fabulour permanet judges and Anchor Ranjini is also very nice. Next time also the same judges and Anchor is ok for us. And celebrity guest that idea is also good. But this time some worst celebrity judges came and performed by some cabera dance. ( Suvarna, Seema, Sukumari, Mohini, Sudheesh, Jayasurya, Ramya Nabeesan, Rekha, Geetha ) these type of celebrity guest don’t bring next time please………………. So you can bring following guests. They came last year. Every body are ok. and good performance and nice watching and they have some knowledge about songs also. They are Sai Kumar, Manoj K Jayan, Ganesh Kumar, Praveena, Sona Nair, Captian Raju, Rajasenan, Viji Thambi, etc these celebrity guest you can bring definitely becuase everybody are also nice. Good personality and dont boring performance. Ok Please consider this matter. Ok Thank You. Pleas write comments in my matter thank you Lov Gopika
no probs with anchor or judges.but let asianet find some other way of making money other than these sms business.they lost their 70% viewers due to this.
it should nt be a mega serial.the competition should end within 3 months max.it has become sooooooooo boring nowadays.
i like didi.but she is just a show piece in this serial.
the contestants have proves their abilities so many times.now what r they waiting for? more sms or ads to compensate their prize money?
Now the time has come for all of us to react and get a better anchor for star singer 2008. anup shankar could have been a better one as he can sing, talk malayalam tamil and english all in one with better accents than Manglish of ranjani.
Also anchors like Ranjani should avoid comments on the song ( like ozhappi, not good etc as they are not the best judges to judge some one far ahead of them)
For a change I propose even Roshan ( I am not sure of his Malayalam ) or Vani Jayaram for Anchor provided she is not bent on serving people with her medicines !
Manoj, Your opinion is good. But vani will not come. cos this is her final year. Now she is only concentrate to study only. Already her 1 year loss. Again one or two years – that is impossible. She is an excellent singer and good performance. I think Durga and Vani is far better than Amrutha. MG always protect Amrutha only. I dont like that partiality. Ranjini always telling to Arun uzhappi uzhappi ennu. So why they are not send out Arun Gopan From idea star singer? It is shame. He got some more chances for Changing the uzgappal. What a nonsense. Is it correct? Just give reply
Luv Gopika
Hi everybody
In totality this is a programme where we all family members get together and really look forward. The judges, i.e. MG Sir and Sharath sir are genuinely good and learned singers and most unbiased in their views and marks. Madam Usha appears to have no knowledge of music but gives some blah blah comments with few goodie goodie words flaunting her hi fi english.Ranjini although having language constraints, handles the participants and judges very tactfully and is doing a stupendous job. As far as participants are concerned, all are good and sincere in their efforts, esp. Durga, Amrutha, Najim, Arun, Tushar and Esham. Whoever wins will be only the lucky although the others are equally good. However, the next idea star singer should totally change the team i.e. the anchor and the female judge and replace with a learned singer who gives only genuine comments.
yes.everything should be changed,just to avoid repitation.even now,it has become very much boring.so cant think of same people on set.
i think,the contestants did nt have time to practice in front of their gurus.thats why ,after this much rounds,they make so many mistakes.
it s time,to make their performances perfect.
for anchor there ll be so many girls,readily available.not vani or anyone from this show.
The anchor Ranjini is certainly capable of handling all kinds of situations well enough. When we compare her to some other self-conscious and vain beauties, such as Honey who came for the elimination round, Meera Vasudev, and many others, we would know how natural and mature Ranjini is! I would put on her on the same pedestal as Amitabhji on KBC Show. She is as good as he was on that show. Hats off to her for her effervescence, innocence, naturalness, and interest shown in others. She does not appear to be self-obsessed/ self-centered/ self-conscious at all. one cannot fake in front of the lights for a long time. So I don’t think she fakes any of the above said qualities. She is ONE of the major factors that makes the show come alive.
Ranjini is stylish without being sexy. People like Meera Vasudev and beauties like Aishwarya Ajith should learn one or two lessons from Ranjini. But no learning would help! Ultimately, only what IS REALLY IN you will come out. So let me repeat, non can replace Ranjini. None is as good as her as an anchor. Anup and Aishwarya of Vodafone are poor things. They are a far cry from Ranjini! I watch the Vodafone only to hear the comments of the three judges. The anchors of that show are dispensable items.
The trio of judges are certainly good. One can learn a lot from MG Sreekumar and Sharath in terms of MUSIC. And from Usha Uthup one can certainly learn a whole lot of other things, such as how to cheer up people, how to appreciate others, how to handle difficult situations well – like the way she handled when poor Thushar spoke out his mind the other day on the Romance Round – how to combine politeness with dignity, smartness with humility, tradition with modernity, and a lot, lot of such things. Let me say, watching Idea Star Singer has been an all-round education for me and my family.
I think Sharath should conduct classical music katcheris/ concerts and sing the keerthanas of the maestros of classical carnatic music. He is breathtakingly superb when he just opens his mouth for as much as a sangathi, and especailly so when he does Raga visthara. He should not confine himself to film music alone. And perhaps his compositions are good. But his carnatic classical rendition/ singing is better than his own compositions.
The long-back-eliminated nikhil (from chottanikkara) was a good singer and performer but perhaps people must have found him not sophisticated or humble enough (either of the two will do in this world) and so he was eliminated at a very early stage. such a pity!
Today Amrutha performed really well and got good marks. Congratulations !!!
REGARDING NAJIM
But, the other contestant NAJIM got good marks for his below average performance. Any small child can make out that the song which he has sung is not at all comfortable for him to sing and one could find him struggling like anything. There was no clarity in his voice. His sangathees were not perfect. His pronounciation was so poor. Over and above the song he selected for today’s round was relatively a simple song. AND HE GOT 84 MARKS !!!!
I don’t have any personal grudges with NAJIM. It doesn’t matter whoever gets the flat. All are talented and have their own drawbacks. I don’t see any K J YESUDAS or K S CHITRA from the present finalists. All are good singers but still they have to go a long long way to match with the likes of great quality singers.
The other thing which I have to say is the judges – especially MG Sreekumar & Sharat are really having technical knowledge in all fields of singing. But very frankly speaking their knowledge is not seen reflected while they really sing.
Sharat has a lot of noise in his sound even though he is so talented.
MGS even though he has a versatile style of singing, at many times I have seen him delivering certain songs so poorly especially while he sings Yesudas’s songs like pramadavanam etc.
As far as Didi is concerned, We know her limitations and can understand that she can not go beyond a certain level. But please think is it rational to retain a person like her to judge such a huge reality show?
LET US HOPE IDEA STAR SINGER 2008 DOES NOT DISAPPOINT US !!!!
I would agree with you Manoj, I didn’t like Najim’s performance this time. His song was just ok. But I wonder how he got 84 marks.
Sharat is really a talented person. I think he is a good judge. The only part I dont really like is when he manages to say jokes.
Personally I think M G Sreekumar is just ok.
No one(judges) has the right to hurt the constestants. They can give the corrections, but they hve to be careful when they try to make others laugh.
Yes, Ranjini knows how to manage different situations. She only needs to improve her language. Ohhh she is far better than Aishwarya Ajith.
I would not think that Ganesh Kumar can be a good judge(celebrity). I was not at all impressed with his judgements just because of his comments to Sannidanandhan. Sanni was not my favourite contestant, but he doesn’t have any right to make such comments.
Hai Viewwers,
What is the episose yesterday? Pesonally I dont like Amrutha. But she sang well yesterday. But Najim, Yesterday his performance is average only. 84 marks is toomuch.75 is enough for his yesterday’s performance. Then new celebrity judges gangi amaran- too much boring. Full time he is singing only. What is this? I don like to him attitude. I think he always talking and singing to Ranjini. It is not good. That MSV Sir, That type of celebrity judges shoud come to this show. We dont want to Gangai Amaran. Yesterday toomuch boring.
I ALSO AGREE WITH GOPIKA.ABOUT YESTRDAY S PERFORMANCE
najim was just average.i think,he has some throat prob.
it s not that rajini or the judges r bad,in any way.but to avoid repetition,it s better to see some new faces.
rajini is good as an anchor.she knows how to handle different situations on a stage.her voice also is so good.& about her language!we r all malayalis,true.but most of us use so many english words in our conversations.whenever ,we get chance,we use only eng words.so i think,it shoud nt matter, about her lang.
Hi guys,
i watch ISS regularly but it was only today i happened to see this forum… i used to discuss with my family members about one thing that has happened in ISS and i wish that never happens again… and now i would like to share that with u….did u ever observe the words of M.G Sreekumar and Sarath every day before the elimination of sannidhanandan…”SHUDDHA SANGEETHATHINU MAATHRAM VOTE CHEYYANAM” i feel those very directly aimed at sanni.. infact these two judges were also jealous about the fame and popularity the public had for him…they purposely gave him low marks to get rid of him… shame on M.G.Sreekumar and Sarath!!! these two judges stink!!!
Thanks Neena. The grand fenale of Idea star singer is Sunday. Who will be out in this round. I think Thushar and Hesham or Durga. In my opinion nextstar singer 2008, the same judges, that is boring. becuase they are talented, good. but they opinion and judgement may be same like this. So better new 3 judges that is fine. I like that. But Renjini she is fine. Chithra, Sujatha, Deepak Dev, Johnson Mash, Kaithapram, MG Radhakrishnan, these are ok. But we dont want Chithra Iyyer, M.Jayachandran (MAZHA>>>>>>) etc.
What is your opinion
LUV Gopika
And of course some standard celebrity guest should come.
i do agree with nitin.becoz,i heard one incident .in a musical prog by MGS,sanni was also singing.but when MGS came he saw sanni s posters all over,not his.he asked sanni,whose prog is this.he replied,urs ,sir.then MGS ,said,then u remove all these posters.
about sms rumours,i remember,he said,asuyakkum,kashandikkum marunnilla.meant,everybody is jealous becoz of the success of this prog.true! there is no med for his illness!
Neena, This is true! I cannto belive this.Sannithanandan is not a good singer and not average also. He is below average singer.He dont know anything to sing. His range is same like Kalabhavan mani’s nadan pattukal. That type of songs he can sing well. Please dont compare about MGS and Sanni. Difference between Elephant and Goat.
i agree with gopika… hw can we compare mgs with sanni? only the sentimence factor worked out in case of sanni. i like his devotion… and dedication.. thts all.. nothing is there in him to be called as a good singer. so no meaning in comparing mgs with him.
This time Who will be eliminated? any idea? We wnat Durga in the grand finale. What is your opinion about last years’s some celebrity judges- Suvarna, Geetha, Sudheesh, Sukumari, Lakshmi Sarma? They dont know abcd of a song. Why Asianet bring this type of stupid fellows. please send next time dont bring these type of the celebrity judges. But this time they bring some good cele. jdges. They are Sai Kumar, Asokan, Manoj K Jayan, Praveena, Sona Nair, Kaptian Raju, Rajasenan, Viji Thanmpi etc. What is your opinion Neena and Anjaly?
LUV Gopika Menon
i feel ths celebrity judge chosen to judge a musical reality show must hav som relation wit music. frankly speaking i felt many of these people came as celebrity were jus dumps!!! som were gud in giving coments useful to enhance stage appearance and performance… (eg. Lekshmi gopalaswami, Rajasenan… even sona nair). Wat i saw in many of these people was som sort of excitement and show off.. do u remember jagatheesh as celebrity guest.. he was more interested in showing his knowledge (filmi) rather than judging the appearence and stage presence. so i feel the celebrity judge must b som veterans like MSV who is capable of judging. even as in the former format… celebrity judgement should b independent and should b based on the stage presence, confidence and etc etc.. wat happened was those who gets good mark for singing wil automatically get good marks for the other part and vice versa. that should b avoided. again i hate these celebrities praising the beauty of contestents… beauty is not the matter to be judged in a musical reality show. they can judge the way they present themselves on stage, the way they interact ..etc.
@gopika – who do u think is the truly deserving person to b chosen as the idea star singer of ths season?
do u remember tht grl… i’m not sure abt her name.. the grl who acted in “Palunku” the blessy film with mammotty.. her name is lekshmi rite.. i wonder hw tht grl can b called as a judge.. she was showing som sort of over reactions and blah blah which not at all suits a judge. she even couldnt stop herself to go and dance wit a contestent. the way she commented each performance was jus s***ing!! roshan was my favourate .. even then i couldnt stop myself swich to another channel as the grl was unbearable to me.. atleast such people should b avoided in next season..
Hai Anjali, I also agree with you. In my opinion, same celebrity judges can come but they need some knowledge about music. Then only they can tell anything. You know, one episode one celebrity judge (Seema, Sukumari), after performing one contest Ranjini said, What is your opinion seema? Seema told- I dont know music, So I dont know what i say. Sorry. Why asianet bring this type of celebrity judges? Shame. IN my opinion if next star singer, we dont want this type of celebrity judges. This is my one and main opinion. Judges are ok, MG, Sarath and Deedi also. Renjini is also good. Mg some times give some partiality about Amrutha suresh. Other wise judges are ok know? And next time please avoid dramatically dangerzone round? You know mohini, Too much jaada. She dont know how to speak also. Evey body Ramya Nambeesan, Honey, [Except Sona Nair.]
LUV GOPIKA
Hai Anjali, Her name is Lakshmi Sarma I mentioned above. She did dance with sudarshan
yes.u two r right about celeb guests.i think,what they meant ,should b just a change from the same faces we see as judges,as most of them dont know the abcd of music.& in a way it s true!for judging we have two, MG.S,& SARATH.& for a timepass,DIDIalso.
I agree to neena.
But I think is the real time pass is the celebrity guest like gangai amaran – a real ridiculous character.
But as far as the judges are concerned, I think MGS and Sharat are really good. Hence for the forthcoming IDEA STAR SINGER I don’t think that there is any need to change the judges. But Usha Deedi should be replaced. Of course, unlike other judges she doesn’t pass unnecessary comments. But many a times I have felt her comments a repetition of what MGS and Sharat told.
Her standard dialogue is “EVAR CHONNA MATHIRI NEENGA PADIYATHIL ANGEYUM INGEYUM” pitch problem irundathu, sharp / flat, – But, where the singer has gone out of pitch – she won’t say at what place the contestant has gone so … she never sing and explain. I don’t think she knows the abcd of sangathees and don’t think she can even sing a semi classical song and I really doubt her capability to judge rounds like thillana / classical music etc….
So before planning IDEA STAR SINGER 2008 please select right persons to be the permanent judges. MGS and Sharat are OK. I don’t think that there is any need of replacement in that area. what so ever people say their presence really adds colour to the show. There may be people who are more talented and knowledgable. But in a reality show the presentation also matters. Hence in my opinion they are perfectly fit. But please do not include Music Director – JAYACHANDRAN not even as celebrity guest.
As far as the anchor is concerned, it will be worthwhile to include persons like Mukesh … Somehow his presentation is really good …
what do you people say
@manoj – personally i like deedi.. becoz of her challenging attitude and dedication to music. but as a judge she never fits in tht seat. often she says comments like “amma” “appa” “wat a gr8 performance” “romba nanna padine”!!! all same and similar ones.. so she mus b replaced in the next ISS. also she is too delicate to judge a show like ths.. i dnt undrstnd y she cries 4 so silly thgs… rediculous!!!
@neena – i think asianet is more concernd wit getting more celebrities 2 the shw rather than thinking about adding value or judging properly. u remember.. in last vote out tht honey was standing like a puppet… wat u hav 2 say abt gangai amaran????? MY GODDDDDDDD… he should hav som dignity while being in such a popular shw, rite.. wat rubbish thgs he says and signs!!!!!! may b he is good in music.. but not at all fit to b a gud judge. nw i feel hw better is the blah blah jokes of sarat… really. mg and sarat are ok.
@gopika – first of all a big hiiiii to u… u seems 2 b a very friendly person… glad to get u 4 a discussion. regarding iss.. not only seema and mohini.. almost all who came as celebrities were jus ment to b shown as a “chamiya” 2 add som glitter to the shw. nandini.. who came in the begining stage of iss, u remember? her dressing and all was really so boring. we can tolerate everythg but the song or dance at the end of there session is the suicidal part… ranjini is ok to som extend.. but often i feel tht she shows more drama whn som male contestent gets voted out.. did u felt tht? also it wil b good if she take som care on her body language also.. she is much gud and better nw than the way she presented sahasikante lokam.. among the anchors i like the grl who hosted super dancer junior in amrita tv. not tht she is the best.. but i like the way she conversates wit the little stars!!!
cheers
Hai anjaly, Neena i am also with neena. MG and Sarath are ok. Personally i also like deedi. but she dont know anything about music. that’s why, deedi no need to continue next star singer. Cos she is always telling “amma” “appa” “wat a gr8 performance” “romba nanna padine”!!! Entha mathiri voice ungalk erikkath, fantastic, beacutiful etc.etc.. One year ok again it is boring… cos next time also she will tell like that only. Then Gangai Amaran — always only singing. boring i dont like.They Should bring MSV Sir and Darshan Raman is also good. And personally I like Renjini is also. But i think again she is continue to the show may be boring. And i thin MG can also change.Dont bring M.Jayachandran (Mazha….(rain) and Chithra Iyyer). Better than the same judges. Celebrity judge nandini yaa, i remembered. Not good. What about suvarna? In the last of the episode he did one dance. what is that? better than silk smitha. THis is one reality show know, why asianet is bring these type of celebrity juges? very poor. Some stupid persons they want to time pass they can accept suvarna, geetha, Nandini etc. Is it correct Anjali, Neena?
LUV Gopika Menon
Recently I am very happy because of the ending of this programme by starting the Final. But i get another shock from Asianet. They starting Star Singer 2008. Please “INIYUM NJANGALE KOLLARUTHE”. ENGANEYENGILUM SERIAL KANDU THRIPTHIPPETTOLAM.
@gopika- u r true in the matter of suvarna… rediculous! yaar lets stop discussing abt judges. wat abt the contestents?? who is ur favourate? for me it was roshan… nw itz arun gopan. abt najim, i like his singing style and all.. ofcourse he is talented.. did u hear his song in major ravi’s movie? itz ok.. thts all… but abt roshan and arun.. they r very versatile singers.. stylish.. among girls, i like durga nw.. amrutha is also good.. but the thg is tht she is been over supported by the judges. tushar is a fine and effortless singer. hisham!!!!! mmmm… no comments! giv ur views on ths… okeyyyy…
cheers
Hai Anjali, How are you? My favorite contestant was Vani Jayaram. Any way she went. Now I like Durga viswanath. and Najim, are also Ok. But i dont like Hesham, amrutha and Thushar. Thushar he sang well but only clasical. and his dance is toomuch irritating. Hishame… me also no comments…. LUV Gopika
i really dont watch any serials.but see some other progs in different channels.but actually started watching asianet only becoz of star singer.but now it has also becoz soo boring.wish it ends as soon as possible.
r they planning to start 2008 soon?ohh! my mother, ll be so sad hearing this! she is waiting to get this idea over soon,to watch some serials during that time.but they better start it after some months.
bringing celeb is only for timepass.nothing else.
let them change the whole set.
can anyone give me pls,the asianet email id? i tried,ideastarsinger.asianet@global.com .but it came back.
Hello,
Yesterday episode full time sang Gangai Amaran sir, Boring
Anjaly, You saw yesterday serial, your favorite artist Archana(Gloria) came.
I just vistied this site today. I agree with those who have have said judges have partiality for Amrutha. I dont like Amrutha much, maybe bcoz she is given too much fame. Durga is good compared to her. She sings so well in two different voices.I vote for her. Najim is also very good. But his performance in finals are not as expected. Hesham is cute with his Hindi and tamil songs. Wonder how Arun is in final and Vani out.
Correct Sindia, IN my opinion also i already wrote. MG always protect Amrutha suresh.
So that’s why MG dont want to continue next star singer. Vani is far better than Amrutha.
Hi Gopika, I thought first Amrutha will be out and Vani will be in for finals. But u wait and see Amrutha will be in for the Mega final also. May be she gets the Flat……Asianet cannot disappoint her sponsors too. I dont want another ISS again altleast for some time and I think its worth watching some Glorie serials instead.
You are Right Sindia. My opinion is now correct. R U reading that.
yeaaa… i saw it gopika. nw itz gonna b exciting..
Amruth she will not get it flat 100% sure but she will get Maruti Alto or 1 lakh rs. That’s all
Neext star singer will coming April. THis grand finale April 7.
Anything happen – If the judges are making right decesion, i think Durga or Najim will win this contest. Otherwise it is very clear that partial judgement will decide the winner – that is AMRUTHA.
Even I vote for Durga or Najim. By the way Gopika April 7 is very near, u think ISS 07 will end by then.
Hai sindia, You r correct. April 7 is very near. You know, from 7 th stage on wards amrutha suresh she got less mark and very very less sms also. still she is the final round. WIthout partiality how she is the final stage? And They gave 3 chances to Arun Gopan for changing his uzhappal, WHy they didn’t give one more chance to Vani Jayaram? If they are doing correct judgement my opinion is Najim is the first place and Durga will be runner up.
@ Anjaly, Where are you? to day i didn’t see u. Always your watching serials? did u watch sreekrishnaleela? Swami Ayyappan already finished know/ That Kaushik Babu is a very talented actor rihgt?
In idea star singer these are my favorite contestants.
1. Vani Jayaram 2. Durga viswanath 3. Roshan 4. Teenu Tallence 5. Dr. Bineetha
6. Vijay Madhav 7. Krishna jith 9. Varun J thilak and 10.Sannidanandan
Some contestant i dont like they are- 1. Amrutha Suresh, Hesham, Thushar
Gopika, Hesham looks like an innocent guy even though I dont like his voice. But did’nt he sing the song from Jodha Akabar “Kwaja mere Kwaja” very well. Thushar the full technopark is voting for him (I also dont like him much – looks like no energy in him). I really feel sorry for Vani. she was very sweet.
Ya Sindia, Thushar’s song is good especially classical. But his dance toomuch boring and some steps very irritating. Hesham, he has good range but his sound same like Vijay Madhav
Hello, Yesterday Armutha’s song is average only. Except MG everybody gave 18 marks Mg gave 19 marks. Kashtam
You are right Gopika. He always protect Amrutha. He gives more mark to Amrutha. We need judges like Ouseppachan sir. What an interesting comments of him. Congtrats to Ouseppachan sir.
Yaa, Anil Gopan, Beofe one guest Gangai Amaran he always singing only. But Ousephachan sir, He is fabulous judges like MSV sir. Compared to Amrutha classical round is better than Najeem. But he got 70 only. she got 73. SO, this round Amruha should pack and leave in ISS
Durga will be the winner
yesterday Najim was not so good.. Even then Judges was given good mark… Ouseppachan has given correct mark…too much politics
ya ofcourse, Yesterday Najim performance only average. Full time he has some breathing problem.Ousephachan sir, gave correct mark to najim. But other all judges give more mark. better they can give flat to najim.
Then you think Amrutha is getting fair marks !!!!!! Najim is a talented singer.
Gopika, I know najim is a bit off road in the finals.Yesterday’s song was a tough one. but dont you see he will one of the leading playback singer in future. When is Durga’s next singing. I did not watch any of her rounds in final.
Renjini SUCKS big time…. come on… either speak in English or speak in Malayalam… stop trying to speak malayalam like english… it’s so not cool… she’s been in kerala long enough to speak the language decently… she makes no effort whatsoever to speak properly.
in contrast Aishwariya the hostess of Thakadhimi, she’s a novice to Anchoring, and she was brought up abroad, she devotes a lot of time in trying to speak malayalam well enough. Everything else aside I think thts an effort worth mentioning.
Dear all,
I don’t know why all are against Amrutha? Judges are not showing partiality to Amrutha. Somebody has told MG had given Amrutha 1 mark more than other judges. That s natural only. One mark difference is common. What do you think?All judges have to give same marks? What I feel is that the only contestant who is getting undeserved marks is Najim…..However bad he sings, still he will be awarded high marks…he doesn’t have any breath control.If you listen properly, u can hear his breathing sounds through the speaker…judges used to point out this issue to all other contestants…but never to Najim… Another example for partiality is once when Thushar sang a song from Geetanjali movie.He sang the song properly.Rajamani was the guest judge.Permanent judges gave Thushar marks in the range 18,19….But this Rajamani gave only 14….Is that not partiality?? Or if MG gives only 1 mark more to Amrutha is the only partiality u people feel?
Anyway on that day Thushar reacte properly.. That was very good…
Hello Jithu, not only this time to give more mark to Amrutha. Always mg give more marks to Amrutha Suresh. I think, from 6 round onwards she is the danger zone. And you know she got very less sms also.One round Amrutha got only 4500 sms and that same round Teeenu got 12000 sms. and difference btn these two contestants are only 2 marks also. Why teenu eliminated? Why did nt eliminate amrutha? so becuase judges gave some partiality among these girls. not only all judges only MG
And i know one episode thushar got less mark. But that is the one round, and celebrity judge only gave less mark. But In AMrutha this is different in out permanent judge only gave partiality. Is it tru? and of course that round thushar got less mark. He react also. And Amrutha all time expressed in overvinayam.
We need good singer like KS chithra, sujatha, Manajari like that.
We dont want over vinayam and konchal to Judges like AMRUTHA SURESH: Thanks
hello gopika jiiiii….. i was a bit busy yesterday.. regarding amrutha’s issue.. if tht sms factor u said is true, itz too bad na? amrutha shows high fledged vinayam and konchal.. i too agree to tht point. she speaks in low sound and feels as if wil cry out in next second. my bhayya and his friends are gr8 fans of this amrutha.. they always sends sms to tht gal. hehehe..
kya yaar.. aap to hamein serial adict bana dala!!! no ayyappan , no sreekrishnaleela.. my amma wathch sreekrishnaleela. ayyappan guy was good.
cheers
hi anjaly! why dont u guys understand! tell ur bhayya not to send any sms to anyone.the selection is over before ages.najim is the winner.dont allow asianet make any more money through sms.just making fools of viewers.they just do the finnale to impress the people.like the elemination rounds.
yesterday (the 26th wednesday) Najim’s Singing “RAAVIL VEENA NADAM POLE” it is an average singing but the judges gave him 80 marks ‘WHAT A PITY’
DURGA Sang very well in THILLANA AND CLASSICAL rounds,she is a good singer
I Agree with ANIL GOPAL (Comment 541) “ITHILUM BEDHAM SERIAL AYIRUNNU”
@riya- my bhayya and all has gone a bit ahead of being fans of amrutha. they are in contact with her. one of her neighbour is in their gang.. also, if they hav enough money.. then y should we try to stop them?
cheers
I was not able to see yesterday’s episode…How much mark Durga got??
She gets 83 mark.
Thanks Anil
While awarding mark for Thushar, Renjani is always starting from celebrity judges only. Reason behind this is not known?????
everybody complaints about ranjini ,speaking eng.but our celeb guest,ousepachan ,a mal music director speaks english always!it s more than enough time for his to learn mal.
Who will get the flat
why still so doubtful,vishnu! it s najim,who gets the flat!the rest ,is a simple melodrama created by asianet.
why should it be duplicate? i just answered vishnu!if anyone so regretful.stop the prog as soon as possible.
who is leading in the final round. Somebody told me Arun Gopan, is that true!!!
Hello Anjaly, how are you? i am not well last two days. Somebody told that Najim song- Raavil, that is absoulutely correct. He sang above average. but he got hight mark. i also agree. but durga sang well. I think now a days durga is better than Najim. Judges always giving highest marks to Najim. May be this round Thushar will be out.
LUV GOPIKA
No Sindia, That is wrong. Leading in the final Najim
So Gopika who is your favourite in this finals. I I have already voted for durga.
My favourite also Durga Viswanath. And Najim, Arun gopan is also good
Hello Sindia, I like Durga. She is my neighbour also. Notonly like that, her way of singing and sound every thing good. so i also send 5 sms to durga. and of course i send Najim also. but 1
So Resmi keep voting for Durga and Gopika give our compliments to Durga and tell her that a lot of people are out there supporting and praying for her. Also our best wishes are there for Najim also.
Yes Sindia, Definitely I shall tell her.What is your opinion, IN this stage who will be out? Any idea? I think two persons will be out. IN grand finale 4 persons- Definitely- Najim, Durga, Hesham and another person may be Amrutha. I am not sure about that. But i think so. What is ur opinion? just send me now
I think Gopika, thushar and Arun Gopal will go out. Amrtuha as you already know, she will definitely be in. What u say about hesham’s performance in the finals, I could not see any of his rounds.May be he can go out and Arun might be in. What u say.
No hesham will not be out. cos i saw his 3 round also. ALl round he got good marks compared to Arun gopan and Thushar. I am also sure about THushar will out in this round. I have one doubt, compared the marks May be arun also will be out. But if they consider sms i dont know who will be out. Becuase arun gopan he will get more sms compared to all other contestants. LUV GOPIKA
hello gopika.. hw was the weekend? came to knw tht 2moro is ur bday.. advance happy birthday madam!!! lol!! juz kidding ok.. then abt iss, no way yaar.. arun should b there for mega finals. did u saw the ad for iss 2008?
cheers
The finalists are Najim, Durga, Amrutha, Hesham. This will be the Final Order of this competition.
@anil gopal-how come you know this final list? is it an offical result or your own creation? i mean, is tht sure tht arun gopan is not there in mega finals?
Hello Anjaly, MY weekend holiday is every friday. I told u know, i am not india, am abroad. So i will not be in friddays. Who will perform today any idea? i didnt watch tv morning. cos my office will start earlier. thanks gopika menon
Yaa Anjaly. It is very clear that Arun Gopan is not in the Mega Final. In mark now Najim and Gurga are in Top. In recommendation Hesham and Amrutha are in Top. Reply Anjaly.
Anil Gopan, After three rouund completed, najim is the first position and durga sedond and Amrutha third one and fourth one in Hesham and Fifth Arun and last position in Thushar. Definitely thushar will be out in this round. But mark difference b/n 3,4,5 posions are 1 or two. so again two more round is there. Nothing to say now At present THushar and Arun will be out.
@gopika- friday holiday means u r in middle east..rite? mmm.. sounds good.. sorry da, no idea abt 2day’s contestents.
@anil gopal- tht means results r not confirmed yet. so i hope arun to com up. he is far better than hesham, i think.
Hello Anjaly, I am not sure about this. One of my frind she just send me now. After final round this is the marklist. I am not sure … if it is not correct sorry.
Najim – Kacheri 70, Dakshina-84, Thillana-87, Judges c-80, Dance Hit-79
TOTAL-400
Hisham-Kacheri 76, Dakshina-78, Thillana-77, Judges c-75, Dance Hit-85
TOTAL-391
Thushar-Kacheri 96, Dakshina-73, Thillana-70, Judges c-80, Dance Hit-74
TOTAL-391
Amrutha-Kacheri 73, Dakshina-74, Thillana-84, Judges c-72, Dance Hit-82
TOTAL-385
Durga-Kacheri 83, Dakshina-66, Thillana-82, Judges c-76, Dance Hit-77
TOTAL-384
Arun —- 380 ( he will be in Danger soon) I can’tbelive that Thushar’s Kacheri Mark. any way let me see
@gopika- letz wait and see!! as per ths arun wil b out for sure rite.. also durga is in the second last position..
Anjaly, Did u saw malayalam film NARAN? Still now I didn’t watch that film. I search internet but that film i didn’t get. Where we will get in internet? If u have that cd can u send me? LUV GOPIKA
Hai Gopika, i think the marks you entered is not correct. Tomorrow i will give the marks. This stage Najim is in 1st, Durga is in 2nd and amrutha is 3rd.
naran!! mohanlal film rite… my bro may b having the cd. let me ask him okeyyy… i think tht was a flop film.. who was the heroine? i’m confused .. was tht one with meena? natturajavu, udayon, naran.. confusion confusion confusion!!!!!
tel me who were the actors..
Naran Actors- Mohanlal, Madhu, Sidique, Devayani, Bhavana, Jagathy etc…. One famous song is there Velmuruga …. Now Okey… I think there is no importance about heroines. LUV GOPIKA
@ Anil Gopan- Aftr 3 round marks is ok Najim, Durga , Amrutha, Hesham, Arun and Thushar. This is the order. But one of my friend, she saw live in all round, she only told me this result. Any way we can wait one more week ok Regards Gopika Menon
ya ya.. i remember. tht came in tv rite.. mmmmm yes i hav the cd. but dnt knw whether in is available online.
Anjaly, If u dont mind Please send to my mail that film . Is it ok i can send my email id. If it is not ok , no problem. Thanks LUV GOPIKA
Anjaly, I am leaving from office now. Inshaallah.. will come tomorrow. Thanks. For my birthday wishes ok. Bye for now GOPIKA MENON.
hi gopika! it s better u dont watch any of mohanlal films.naran is yet another disaster.his recent style is take a four wheeler & make adipidi .but in naran he does it without even a cycle.thats the only difference.anyway glad to know the dicussion went on to other subjects as well!HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO U!
The winner of iss will b Durga. SHe’s the best Najim’s good but hes not doing well
nowadays. he will get 2nd or 3rd and get car.why arun Gopan still in and Vani out? She was too good. Arun’ a slob. all the judges are great, but Renjini doesn’t know how to host.
gopika, i can send it. but hav to upload it na.. here in office i cant do tht.. ny way i wil do it in the weekend at hom. letz see okeyyy.. yaar itz so sweet of u to accept the wish.. nice.. u knw 2day i hav been fooled so badly yaar.. my friends are really brutal.. too bad na..
luv
anjali
Anjaly, I told u yesterday that mark is correct know? Najim and Amurtha their marks are absouluteley correct so after final that is the order
thanks luv gopika
Thanks Gopika,
but One thing I am Anil Gopal – Not gopan.
yesterday,happened to se amrutha s muthala kannir.& was didi also crying?
@gopika- yea.. thts true yaar!! tht means thushar is gonna get 96 for kacheri.. wow.. saw the trailer.. and felt som thg gr8 has happend. itz said like the best ever performance in iss. i wil surely see it today. yesterday i didnt watch it completely.. saw only here and there. same time we hav 2 of my favourate serials in sony. ambar dhara and kuch eis tharah!!!
luv
anjali
@ Anjaly and Riya actually i didn’t watch yesterday. i saw only Najim’s Thillana song. What is the problem to Amrutha? Why she is crying? Didi is also crying? What happened?
@gopika- actually i too did’t watch it completely. but saw tht drama part of judges and amrutha. nothing da.. very very silly issue.. dnt knw y they cried. while performing orchestra people made som mistake.. and 4 tht amrutha gave som sort of expression as if being embaressed. didi pointed it out and said it is not good to giv such expression.. they are all very experienced professionals.. even if they make any mistake she is not supposed to react like tht.. should enjoy tht mistake.. blah blah blah.. then our ammu the great started crying.. i dnt knw why didi is having ths much of inferiority complex. soon after amrutha started crying i skipped tht channel.. so didnt see the later part of drama.. hehehe.. itz too much isnt it? amrutha .. she is only 17, so being ths much of emotional can b pardoned.. but wat abt deedi..she is so experienced still dnt knw hw to control her emotions.. it is heared tht later on deedi also cried.. thank god tht i didnt saw tht..
cheers
anj
oh.. i see. But one thing, i think deedi’s points correct, na, cos, if people they cannot understnad any mistakes from orchestra, Why she did some expression? It is not good. If she is doing that expression only we can understand that mistakes. right. This is simple thing. Without any reason Amrutha will cry.She knows, then only she got more marks.I think Mg will also cry will Amrutha.Sorry Anjaly u like amrutha know? If Durga is doing the same thing, definitely i will tell these things ok dont worry. It is not Deedi’s mistakes. Thanks for giving this information.
Ok. What are u doing now? Now i am in the office now. 4′o clock i am leaving from office. Then tomorrow morning 8:30 will be here. I am in Qatar.
Thanks Amd Regards GOPIKA MENON
Hii Gopika,
where r u in Qatar, me also from qatar
in the recent vanitha concert,where MGS sang songs,one experienced person told me,h made 17 mistakes,with ragas or sruthies,i dont know! i cant say,how much it is true!.but according to him,how he judges these small girls & boys,who r just rising stars.
Thushar got 96 marks…..It is correct….It was a very good performance also from him…….
gopika.. gr8 2 hear tht u r in qatar. my boyfriend is there in qatar.. myself also wil b coming there by the end of ths year..our marriage is fixed aftr finishing my course.. wat a coincidence na… i’m doing mba now.. currently doing my final project, in technopark. where r u in qatar.. hope u r in doha! r u married? may b we wil meet in qatar.
abt amrutha.. it is not tht i like her.. thg is that deedi was not supposed to point it out and make it such an issue.. tht’s wat i said.. i too like durga more than amrutha. she is much more talented than amrutha..
luv
anj
Hi anjaly, thanks for the update on Amrutha’s crying, I did not watch that round. Even i agree with Gopika that Deedi did the correct thing. She is only 16 now and with this much jaada what do you think she will be when she becomes a real good singer. What do you guys say about Durga’s performance yesterday. Tushar was outstanding. Will see you guys in Qatar someday………..
Hai Anjaly, I am very happy, cos you are also coming to here. Yaa, I am married. My husbands is here. I am in Doha. Inshaalla we will meet end of this year. ok , When your project will finish? This year, after u are going to marry, na? good fine. Where is he working? Where is ur actual place? In trivandrum? My house i told u know, Ernakulam Dist, Near our Durga’s House. Any way in 2008 idea star singer programmes feedback we can tell directly. ok.
Then u saw yesterday’s performance- Thushar very very very good . Excellent performance. I think in singing wise Thushar is better than Najim, right? I think thushar was working Technopark. YOu know? Durga also good yesterday na.
yei gopikaaaa… i’m sooooo happy… my first friend frm doha!!! hehehe… my would be is working in a construction firm. He is a mechanical engineer. i dnt knw abt the exact place and all. nw i wil ask ok.. if it is near by your place then itz gonna b more exciting..
my project wil finish by the end of april itself. then i hav class for 2 more months.. so probably august or september my final exams will be over. itz kerala university.. so nothing can be predicted. da, is there any probably of getting job for MBA graduates.. iam specializing in HR and Finance. When ever i ask this qn to my would be, he says “lets see”.. never gives any clue abt the probablity.. i think you can help me.. rite..
@ sindia- u too frm doha!!!!! much more exciting.. gr8… letz b in touch okkkkk… take care…
abt iss, thushar’s performance was outstanding.. i was enjoying the happiness in the face of his wife.. how cute she is na? abt durga.. she too was good.. but i dnt like tht type of tamil songs.. one thing mus be accepeted by all.. “thushar is the best singer in iss” as far as classical base is concerned.. did u notice, the pakka melam people were enjoying along with playing instruments… amazing performance.. truely superbbbbb… with highest score in iss 07.
now we can finalise the scores which u send earlier.. so arun will b out!!! how sad!!!
luv
anj
Hai Anjaly, You are looking for HR or Finance. No problem. Here ladies will get suddently good job. Cos they are husband’s sponsorship know, me also. Dont worry about the jobs. Here somany good companies are there, u will get it suddenly. We can help u. OK. Now u should concentrate ur study well. Ok. Marriage date u should inform me. Ok. So u didnt tell me, ur place in Kerala?
Gopika How You get the mark of Thushar in comment 602 on march 31. Episode is only yesterday. Congrats to you.
Gopika How You get the “Kacheri” mark of Thushar in comment 602 on march 31. Episode is only yesterday. Congrats to you.
Ranjini is superb, whatever you say.
Sreekantan Nair cannot err in his judgement.
Ranjini is one of the best finds (discoveries) -
that he made for ISS 2007.
She is innocent, unselfconscious, effervescent, natural,
and stylish – but sorry, certainly not sexy. Maybe thatz whay many
silly gooses don’t like that girl
Anjaly, Gopika, sindia and I (Anil) are now become very good friends. Thanks Sunny. Please Gopika Come back. I expecting your comments today. Anjaly, if you have the phone no of Gopika, inform this message to Gopika.
Thanks
Anil Gopal
Nobody out yesterday
is the prog iss over? from ranjini s speech,i felt like,it was the last show!any idea,when is the grand finale?
is the next show, just a selection of the winners with 3 or 4 hrs extra progs?
Why they didn’t any information about iss? When will come the grand finale? somebody told this round only Arun out. Remaining 5 contestants are in the mega final. Is it true? What is next week?
Arenkilum Arinjuvo? Amrutha Suresh out ayi. I think Hesham also out.
Grand finale- Najim, Thushar, Durga and Arun
Its true..The anchor is bad and sucks. Cant tolerate her Manglish and her facial expressions at times…Sometimes she does resemble a monkey