Nothing much apparently. Most of these guys end up doing a lot of stage shows and singing at rich folks weddings.
The first Indian Idol was Abhijeet Sawant. I remember how the entire country had joined in the general euphoria that Indian Idol had created, even when TVS Sa Re Ga Ma had been there for ages...probably because Indian Idol was more stylish. He has not had much success in playback singing.
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| Abhijeet Sawant |
Nor have these Indian Idols:
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| Sandeep Acharya |
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| Prashant Tamang, although he does seem to have a decent career in films |
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| Sourabhee Debbarma, although she apparently set a new Guinness record -- longest upside down singing |
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| Mynampati Sreeram Chandra -- has a reasonably successful career singing in South Indian films |
Surprisingly, Antara Mitra, who was not a winner (season 2 finalist) has found some amount of success in Bollywood playback singing. She sang the semi-hit number Bheegi Si Bhaagi Si from the film Rajneeti and a handful of other reasonably okay numbers in recent films (Dil To Baccha Hai Ji, Action Replay, Golmaal 3).
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| Antara Mitra |
Another season 2 finalist, NC Karunya (judges' favourite) had has some success in Telgu playback singing.
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| NC Karunya |
Monali Thakur (Season 2) is also picking up playback offers here and there.
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| Monali Thakur |
Meiyang Chang of season 3 has got one acting role and acts as an emcee for some programs
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Meiyang Chang
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With so much talent surfacing from these reality shows, one would think that these singers will flood the playback singing scene in Bollywood. Apparently not. But more on that in my next blog....
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