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Pink director Shoojit Sircar’s tweet demanding a ban on reality shows involving kids took the internet by storm. Recently, he took to Twitter to request the authorities to ban reality shows involving kids. “Humble request to authorities to urgently ban all reality shows involving children, it’s actually destroying them emotionally & their purity,” tweeted the filmmaker.

Now at the press conference of Zee TV’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs, the show’s judges Himesh Reshammiya and Neha Kakkar reacted on the same. Neha said, “I respect Shoojit Ji’s statement on kids’ reality show but I feel that this is a great grooming ground for kids and will only help them grow.” While Himesh said, “No one has forced these kids to participate, their parents are well aware as well. It’s completely their call; we love these kids.” Sa Re Ga Ma Pa has recently been topping charts.

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ZEE TV was the big winner in latest India ratings toppling Star Plus from the top in the Urban and Rural markets, according to Week 27 of 2017 data.

Urban and Rural markets data combined saw ZEE TV shoot up with 634.718 million Impressions at No.1, followed by Rishtey with 608.033 million Impressions and Star Plus sliding down to No.3 with 605.936 million. ZEE TV’s two shows ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs’ and ‘Kumkum Bhagya’ took lead with 12.653 million and 12.209 million Impressions respectively.

In the Urban region, Star Plus was the biggest Hindi entertainment channel with 414.740 million Impressions, followed by ZEE TV with 373.072 million Impressions and Colors in third with 350.513 million Impressions. Sony SAB TV was in fourth with 285.439 million Impressions and Sony Entertainment Television next with 284.060 million Impressions.

The top rated show in the Urban region was ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs’ on ZEE TV with 7.988 million Impressions, followed by ‘Kumkum Bhagya’ on ZEE TV with 7.151 million Impressions and ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’ on Sony SAB TV with 6.055 million Impressions.

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Today, singer Himesh Reshammiya released a documentary on life and work of ace Flautist pandit Ronu Majumdar at films division Pedder Road.The film encapsulates Pandit Majumdar’s exploration of and journey with the flute.

“A true musician endures a lot of hardships. It’s immensely satisfying when their contribution and journey is documented,” says flautist Pandit Ronu Majumdar to Mid Day.

“The documentary focuses on my struggle period, my gharana, and my association with stalwarts like RD Burman and Pandit Ravi Shankarji. It also includes opinions of living legends about me,” concluded the veteran. flautist Pandit Ronu Majumdar was nominated for the Grammy Award (1997) for his album, Tabula Rasa, with renowned American Banjo player, Bela Fleck, over two decades back.

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Once again Odisha boy Satyajit delivered his best performance with 100 percent score at Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs aired on Zee TV last night.The audience, juries and judges were astonished to see the performance Satyajit at this little age, who stunned everyone by singing the ghazal ‘Mein hawa hun kahan watan mera…’, challenged by Hamsika Iyer, one of the juries at Li’l Champs, India’s biggest singing reality show.

“Last time I had urged the audience to pray for you and you had also promised to give your best performance next time. And you did it. This is important that you kept your commitment what you said. You proved that this is your the best performance till date,” said Himesh Reshammiya.

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During their visit on the Zee TV show, Ali’s parents said that they had been through various ups and downs in life. Singer Neha Kakkar, who is seen as a mentor on the show alongside Ali and Himesh Reshammiya, said: “Javed Ali is a priceless gem of our industry. After hearing his inspiring story, I hope our industry gets more singers like him.”

Himesh said: “Javed, you are an inspiration to everyone all over the nation. Your humility and simplicity say a lot about your down-to-earth personality. With your kind of talent, you have a long long way to go. Your parents’ heartfelt blessings are always with you”. Ali’s parents will appear on the show on Saturday.

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Jayas Kumar, who is considered a miracle boy, has predicted that Salman Khan will get married soon. Salman Khan was a celebrity guest on Zee TV’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs and he was blessed by the youngest contestant of the show — five-year-old Jayas Kumar, who is fondly called Chota Bhagwan.

Divine powers
The li’l Champ stole the Khan brothers’ hearts by mimicking Salman Khan’s iconic dialogues. When Jayash went up to seek Salman’s blessings before his performance in the show, Salman turned around and took blessings from Jayash instead as he had heard of the child’s divine powers from one of the judges, Himesh Reshammiya. Jayash put his hand on Salman’s head and gave him his ashirvaad.

Standing ovation
According to an eyewitness, “Jayash performed to Salman’s hit song Tan Tana Tan from Judwaa, after which Salman gave him a standing ovation, rooting for an encore. Sohail and Salman even joined the participants on the stage, after Jayash’s performance, and shook a leg on the song Tere Mere Pyaar Ke Charche from the Shammi Kapoor-starrer Brahmachaari.

Salman’s Shaadi
Himesh has faith in Jayash ever since he blessed the singer-actor-composer just before his father was to go for a surgery, and Reshamiya Sr made a miraculous recovery without going to the operation theatre. Himesh asked the little boy to predict Salman’s wedding. Jayash told them that the actor will get married soon and then recited Salman’s Ek baar jo maine commitment kar di dialogue from Wanted.

Dancing with Jayash
Himesh adds, “It was wonderful to see Salman with Jayash. The way he sings and remembers the lyrics for someone so young, is amazing. It was amazing to see Salman interacting with the children. ”

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Zee TV’s most popular kids singing reality show, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs, is in its sixth season currently. The show has been loved by the viewer’s ever since it first took off. The sixth season of the kid’s talent show has an esteemed judging panel much like the earlier seasons. Himesh Reshmaiya, Neha Kakkar and Javed Ali will judge the contestants this season.

The current season has a successful run so far and the audience loves the contestants as well. Now the latest news state that the channel has approved the a month-long extension for Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs. Wonder why? Well, the answer is show’s soaring TRPs. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs is going good at the TRPs list and this is a great news for the makers.
Hence, the channel doesn’t want to lose out on the numbers anyway. Hence, the finale of the singing reality show which was supposed to be aired in June will now happen in July.

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Sridevi will be seen in Zee TV’s musical reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs. With AR Rahman, to promote their film Mom.

The actress will be seen in a reality show after almost five years. The grand episode is being shot today, and will be aired on Saturday, May 13. The judges — Neha Kakkar, Himesh Reshammiya and Javed Ali are naturally excited.

Himesh says, “AR Rahman is a musical genius who has made us proud. I love his music and I am extremely excited to welcome him on the show. Srideviji is the best actress ever and we have been huge fans of her acting and her films. Needless to say, having such legends on our show is going to be a grand celebration.”

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Bollywood composer-singer-actor Himesh Reshammiya, who is seen as a judge on children’s singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs Season 6, signed a 5-year-old contestant, named Jayas Kumar, for a special song after he saw him reciting Hanuman Chalisa on stage.

Not only Himesh, Delhi-based Jayas surprised everyone on the set during his performance including judges Neha Kakkar and Javed Ali. “I’ve sensed the potential of this child. If Jayas’s talent is honed correctly and guided in the right direction, he can soar to unimaginable heights,” Himesh said in a statement.

“After hearing him reciting the Hanuman Chalisa on stage I felt he could be the next big singer in the industry. That’s why I have signed him for a special song,” he added.

Jayas’s mother, who was present on the set of the Zee TV show, said, “Jayas has been gifted with an exceptionally sharp memory. He can remember any song’s lyrics after hearing them just three or four times”.

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Bollywood composer-singer-actor Himesh Reshammiya, who is seen as a judge on children’s singing reality show “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs Season 6” alongside Javed Ali and Neha Kakkar, was happy at the singing talent of a Punjab-based contestant, Dhroon Tickoo, and compared him to late singer Kishore Kumar.

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