Taare Zameen Par (TV series)
| Taare Zameen Par | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Reality |
| Created by | Vipul D. Shah |
| Directed by | Nikul Desai[1] |
| Presented by | Sugandha Mishra
|
| Judges | |
| Opening theme | Taare Zameen Par |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Vipul D. Shah |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 45–60 minutes |
| Production company | Optimystix Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | StarPlus |
| Release | 2 November 2020 – 30 January 2021 |
Taare Zameen Par is an Indian kids singing reality show on StarPlus.[2] It premiered on 2 November 2020 and ended on 30 January 2021.[3] The series was hosted by the child actress Aakriti Sharma and singer Sugandha Mishra with Shankar Mahadevan, Jonita Gandhi and Tony Kakkar as the mentors.[4]
Format
[edit]The singing show was initially designed for 20 children who are mentored throughout their progress without elimination process till finale.[5] However, after few weeks, the show had a change in its format and followed the elimination process where each day one low scorer was selected and every Saturday all low scorers compete to make their place. On that day, the lowest scorer is eliminated.[6]
Audition
[edit]The auditions were held digitally in the month of March 2020 where first 500 participants were recognized.[7][8]
Mentors
[edit]The show had composer and singer Shankar Mahadevan, playback singer Jonita Gandhi and composer, lyricist, singer and producer Tony Kakkar for mentorship.[9]
Production
[edit]The title of the series was taken from Aamir Khan's 2007 film Taare Zameen Par after getting rights from them.[10]
In conversation with The Times of India, Sugandha said, "I share a strong connection with kids and really enjoy being around them. I decided to be part of the show because of its unique concept. I thoroughly enjoy hosting as much as I love acting and over the years, I have developed a certain penchant for hosting television shows. I am happy to be a part of a prestigious show and looking forward to witnessing some of the finest performances in this show by a set of equally dynamic kids.”[11]
Season 1
[edit]- Judges
Tony Kakkar
Jonita Gandhi
Shankar Mahadevan
- Host
Sugandha Mishra
Aakriti Sharma
Top 20 Contestants
[edit]| Name | Age (in years) | Hometown | Result | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biren Dang[12] | 10 | Gurgaon | Winner | 1st |
| Laisel Rai[13] | 11 | Jalandhar | 1st Runner-up | 2nd |
| Vansh Wadhwa | 14 | Moga | 2nd Runner-up | 3rd |
| Vishwaja Jadhav | 12 | Virar | Eliminated | 4th |
| Ratnika Shrivastava | 13 | Jabalpur | Eliminated | 5th |
| Aavya Saxena | 11 | Lucknow | Eliminated | 6th |
| Prakhruthi Reddy | 10 | Ballari | Eliminated | 7th |
| Anmol Raja | 13 | Hoshiarpur | Eliminated | 8th |
| Pratyush Anand | 12 | Bhopal | Eliminated | 9th |
| Khushi Nagar | 11 | New Delhi | Eliminated | 10th |
| Rafa Yasmine | 11 | Malda | Eliminated | 11th |
| Chaitanya Vaish | 12 | Patiala | Eliminated | 12th |
| Angel Joseph | 11 | Ludhiana | Eliminated | 13th |
| Gurman Singh Kohli | 14 | Gurgaon | Eliminated | 14th |
| Ivana Semi | 12 | Pune | Eliminated | 15th |
| Sourajoy Dev | 11 | Silvassa | Eliminated | 16th |
| Marken Lollen | 13 | Itanagar | Eliminated | 17th |
| Sajan Sharma | 10 | Deoghar | Eliminated | 18th |
| Manav Heera | 14 | Ludhiana | Eliminated | 19th |
| Raddujal Kashyap | 13 | Tejpur | Eliminated | 20th |
Guests
[edit]- Udit Narayan
- Rupali Ganguly as Anupamaa
- Mika Singh
- Devoleena Bhattacharjee as Gopi Modi
- Rupal Patel as Kokila Modi
- Bhoomi Trivedi
- Gurdeep Singh
- Shaan
- Siddharth Mahadevan
- Shivam Mahadevan
- Zeenat Aman
- Richa Sharma
- Badshah
- Kanika Kapoor
- Terence Lewis
- Hemant Brijwasi
- Sonakshi Kar
- L. V. Revanth
- Neha Kakkar
- Rohanpreet Singh
- Afsana Khan
- Anjana Padmanabhan
- Sukhwinder Singh
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Nikul Desai talks about his new show Taare Zameen Par". Indian Television.
- ^ "Star Plus gears up to launch new singing reality show Taare Zameen Par". Eastern Eye.
- ^ "Star Plus confirms launch date of reality show 'Taare Zameen Par'". Biz Asia.
- ^ "Kullfi Kumarr Bajewala star Aakriti Sharma turns host for singing reality show Taare Zameen Par". India Today.
- ^ "This singing reality show to have no elimination". The Daily Guardian.
- ^ "First elimination round of Taare Zameen Par". Twitter. StarPlus. 19 December 2020. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Star Plus puts call out for auditions for new reality show Taare Zameen Par". BizAsia.
- ^ "Optimystix Entertainment finding creative ways to maintain social distancing on air". Indian Television.
- ^ "Now, Shankar Mahadevan turns mentor for child singers on reality show Taare Zameen Par along with Tony Kakkar and Jonita Gandhi". Mumbai Mirror.
- ^ "For The Kids! Hrithik Roshan To Be A Part Of The Music Show Taare Zameen Par". Mid Day.
- ^ "I have developed a certain penchant for hosting television shows: Sugandha Mishra on doing Taare Zameen Par". The Times of India.
- ^ "Taare Zameen Par: Winner Biren Dang takes home ₹10 lakh, all 20 kids win trip to Disneyland". Hindustan Times.
- ^ "Jalandhar city has a new singing sensation to brag about". The Tribune.