Sa Re Ga Ma Pa
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| Format | Reality Musical game show |
| Created by | Zee TV, Gajendra Singh |
| Directed by | Gajendra Singh |
| Starring | Aditya Narayan |
| Opening theme | "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" by Aditya Narayan |
| Country of origin |  India |
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| Running time | approx. 52 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Zee TV |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV), |
| Original run | May 1, 1995 – 2007 |
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Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, formerly known as Sa Re Ga Ma before Shaan's debut, was a musical contest shown on Zee TV. It was last hosted by Aditya Narayan and directed by Gajendra Singh.
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[edit] History
The first episode aired on May 1, 1995 and was hosted by Sonu Nigam; the show was extremely popular at that time.
From 1999 till 2001, the show was hosted by the Bangash brothers, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, sons of legendary sarod-player Amjad Ali Khan.
After that, Shaan started hosting the show. Later, the name "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" became known as the "brand name" of the series and completely changed the concept of the show to include public interaction through voting. This was first done in 2005, when the old show concept was completely scraped and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 was introduced.
After Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005, Gajendra Singh departed from Zee TV and joined hands with Star Network, along went some others like Shaan. The concept rights are not clear yet, but Zee TV claims rights on the format of the shows originally made for Zee TV, like Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and Antakshari. In February 2007, Real Media - Zee TV in Dubai, produced and started airing Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Middle East - Pakistan Challenge 2007 for the Middle East and Pakistan viewers based on the original format of the show, without Gajendrra Singh.
Zee TV Telugu has also started "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" in 2007 and successfully run 2 series named "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Seniors" and "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Little Champs" and has started a new series "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Super Seniors" for aged group above 35 years.
The last episode aired in the year of 2007 and was hosted by Aditya Narayan; the show was extremely popular till now.
[edit] Concept
The concept and "elimination" process was very different from today's format of public voting. Each week, a contestant would challenge the previous week's winning contestant through various different rounds such as singing a song from their own choice, singing a song of the judge's choice et cetera. The contestant who got the most points at the end of the episode would go ahead into. In total, there were usually four contestants per episode, two girls and two boys. The main goal of the contestants was to get a streak of continuous wins each week from which if they were successful would be given a break into the musical industry in India.
[edit] Achievers
The most notable and prominent singers that emerged from the contest are listed below:
- Avdhoot Gupte
- Priya bhattacharya
- Shreya Ghosal
- Nihira Joshi
- Sanjeevani Bhelande who won the championship in 1995
- Hamsika Iyer - Runner up of the championship in 1995
- Vijay Prakash who participated in 1999
- Kunal Ganjawala who participated in 1997 and again in 1998
- Shekhar Ravjiani who participated as a contestant and eventually became a famous music director and a judge on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007
- Bela Shende who emerged as winner of Mega Final.
- Sanjeevani who became renowned singer.
[edit] Cast
- Sonu Nigam- Host (1995-1999)
- Amaan Ali Bangash- Host (1999-2001)
- Ayaan Ali Bangash- Host (1999-2001)
- Shaan- Host (2002-2006)
- Aditya Narayan - Host (2007-Final Episode)
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