Just a day ago, I was full of gentle adjectives for Raja Hasan. I wondered if it was really right on his part to so effortlessly play around with our emotions. The Raja-ki-deewani girls toli thought that this delicate Raja was perhaps a modern-day Krishna-avtaar. Just as I was wondering if listening to his ghazals […]
Lightning strikes twice. If Dard-e-Disco rocked, this one bouldered. No more experimenting, Raja Hasan dished out really exciting stuff with Sukhwinder’s Chaiyya Chaiyya. Extremely comfortable with the song, it was one of the best live performances of Chhaiya Chhaiya I have seen. And boy, he moved like hell on the stage - this was exahusting […]
Just when you thought you have heared everything that Raja could dish out, he comes in with yet another rocking performance. The much awaited Dard-e-Disco performance from Om Shanti Om simply swept everyone off their feet - Farah Khan and her expected triplets included.
The “once more” was even better. Raja could be singing with Pentagram!
The […]
Sometimes, I wish I had never heared Raja Hasan’s singing. Life would have been a lot easier.
What have I done to deserve the sleepless nights his fascinating voice gives me? Why does a simple ghazal rendition of Yeh Dil Yeh Pagal Dil Mera bring alive those moments from the past? Moments, that I had conveniently […]
If there was one other singer this Saregamapa season, who I would love to listen to apart from Raja Hasan, that was Poonam.
I really don’t care much for struggle stories that Zee built around her. I really don’t care about the sympathy votes, people accused her of. For me, she was a pure singing talent […]
Raja Hasan’s Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baaje Payaliya performance in Saregampa in the semi-classical round was one serious effort - possibly the most difficult song he picked up this season - yet he snag it effortlessly. Jagjit Singh did think that Raja had the ability to do better - but Pandit Jasraj cut in - whatever […]
Today, it was a Raja Hasan we knew. And yet a Raja Hasan we didn’t know. We all knew he could justice to almost any composition. Yet we hadn’t heared a ghazal from him in the competition.
But Ghazals were always his forte, in his genes. He already has sung a ghazal for Khosla Ka Ghosla, which […]
Today, you can chat live with Vishal-Shekhar, Raja Hasan’s mentors in Saregamapa at Sify.com. The chat is scheduled at 3 p.m., India time.
To have a live chat you can Click Here:
You would need to register free with Sify to talk to these guys.
The chat is apparently aimed at promoting the music of Om Shanti Om. […]
Very often do people wonder why reality singing contestant winners do not make it big as playback singers. Take a look at history and you’ll have just a handful of names as successful playback singers. And none of these names might have ever won the contest. Where are people like Abhijit Sawant, Debojit or even […]
If you watched the T20 finals very closely, you would have noticed that MS Dhoni immediately gathered his boys into a huddle after the victory - even before they could break into a victory frenzy and gave the team huddle one line of advice, a bit forcefully - sab kuch normal rakhne ka. Keep your […]
Sometimes I wonder what makes Raja Hasan click. So many experts and not-so-experts have tried done their bit - tried to dissect him, cut him to pieces- all in an effort to decipher him. But without luck. We can possibly never find out why he mesmerises us with his singing.
On the other hand many people […]
Now, here we have Raja Hasan’s saregamapa performances for your cell phones or mobile phones. These are in a “3gp” format. I assume they should work with most phones including Nokia/NEC/Seimens, though I haven’t tested it out. Please don’t ask me technical questions about video formats or “how do I transfer these to my phone”, […]
Okay, I’ll quickly go into the details of Raja Hasan’s Saregamapa performances this weekend.
Friday is Ghazal and Classical singing round with two songs. Jagjit Singh and Pandit Jasraj will be the guests. The Ghazal would be “ye dil ye pagal dil mera kyon bujh gaya aawargi” from Ghulam Ali, as we already know. The second song […]
Most people feel that Raja Hasan does well with Sukhwinder and Kailash Kher songs. But we, Raja fans know that he is extremely versatile and can adapt to any composition.
But if there is one thing, we haven’t heared before - it is his ghazals. Raja’s critics, who feel that all he can sing is high […]
Raja tops in Indian votes. Out of a total 53 lakh votes (total count), Raja has received 9 lakh votes from India.
Aneek tops in international voting.
I am not sure if Aneek has topped in aggregate votes. Or maybe Zee simply did not give the total figure.
Use the chatroom or this post for discussing things.
In any competiton, champions know when to peak. In a hard and bitterly fought competition as Saregamapa, the ultimate champion would be one who has aces left up his sleeve.
And Raja Hasan along with mentors, Vishal-Shekhar would know that. And in the closing stages, Raja will have to perform with numbers he is extremely comfortable […]
There’s just about 12 hours to go before voting deadline for this week’s Sargamapa eliminations expires. All votes cast over after 8 a.m, Monday, IST this will be carried over to the next week.
Don’t listen to rumours of any kind - don’t be bothered about who is leading or who isn’t. The fact is, nobody knows […]
Finally, I am convinced that Himesh the Hijra keeps a close watch on this site, the posts here that have reduced him to a pimp, and of course the opinion of you, Raja Hasan fans.
I think we should be delighted.
Such was anger spewing inside Himesh Hijra tonight that he had to blurt out against Raja […]
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