Vroom, Vroom Goes The Raja

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 was like enjoying a smooth ride in a Rolls Royce, Raja Hasan went beserk on Saregamapa.

Raja Hasan got into a powerful Michael Schumacher Formula One Ferrari car, got in gear and drove like a maniac on stage and made Himesh Reshammiya and his team look like an autorickshaw that had just run out of adulterated petrol. The autowallah, simply ran out of breath, and for a moment, words.

 

What made Raja Hasan to go into one those acid trips? Why did he go for the power-packed rocking performance, risking singing notes? The answer is clever, careful planning by Vishal-Shekhar.

All these weeks when Himesh Autowallah kept sputtering, VS remained calm, dignified and occasionally standing up to defend Raja. They played the waiting game. And when the autowallah went into reserve with his fuel, VS picked the moment.

They knew with the Om Shanti Om team around, there would be an extended viewership. And luckily the cricket match was rained out at a critical moment. VS knew that fans had already made up their minds on whom to vote - and there was very little one could do to make people “shift” camps. It doesn’t happen. It was the moment to target non-regular viewers of Saregamapa, the non-regular-voters and the fence-sitters.

And they decided to go through by capturing the young audience mindspace. By putting in such a high-energy performance, they were risking the occasional drift in notes. But this hardly matters for viewers. Raja Hasan went ahead and set the stage alight.

Watch carefully, and it was a Raja we never knew (yet again). VS made sure that it was a performance sung to a live band instead of the usual tracks. And I can assure you - there have must been so many rehearsals going into the Chhaiya Chhaiya song - just to get the feel right. And of course it was all Vishal’s choreography. He made the man move, head-bang, shriek, go on high notes, jump, sing in a dual voice and showed him precisely how to use those curly locks of his for effect. There was also a small bit when Raja flipped the mike in his hands, just as Rajnikant would have done with his cigarette. All this while he kept his notes as intact as possible.

Were Team VSR (Vishal-Shekhar-Raja) right in going for performance versus singing? Surely, because it has made a big impact. And moreover they had the Dard-e-Disco as the backup song for singing abilities.

While Raja needs to keep his Ferrari going, Himesh now seriously has to get his autorickshaw’s silencer cleaned. And you, Raja Fans, have to keep voting.
 

64 Responses to “Vroom, Vroom Goes The Raja”

  1. wtg! RHB, you’re Raja’s no.1 fan.

    You gave us an oasis to get together and all the info, your writing and videos. I can never thank you enough.

    If you see the ‘chak de phatte’ video, catch Vishal’s stunned mouth agape look. He adopted in a manner of speaking, this adorable kid with the never say die spirit. He knew ‘then’ what Raja could do and it culminated in Sat. show.
    I could sense and was worried about the communication gap - Vishal thinks in English and when he speaks in Hindi - he at times cant reach raja. the idioms don’t quite gel. Raja thinks n feels in Hindi.

    Back to back, repeat of fri-sat show on Zee right now in India.

    More later.

    My deepest thanks.

  2. Great entry!
    When Raja becomes a famous singer, this site should be immortalised.

    RHB, will there be an episode next week, do you know?

  3. What a rocking performance - and what a fabulous critique! Makes me choke right now — will stop by again for more….

  4. @banjaaran, Vishal really doesn’t have too many problems with Hindi. Yes, he sings for Pentagram, but remember he was the one who wrote lyrics of the song “Allah ke bande”.

  5. RHB,
    I stand corrected.
    Well, Raja will learn what feedback in terms like ‘awesome’ mean.

    I’m going back to sms…ing. I know Zee wants to make money out of sms es. I don’t care. Don’t want to take chances. Raja pe sab qurbaan.

  6. @banjaran agree with u..

    @ RHB
    i was waiting 4 this piece of work from yday…when we watch raja perfomance we always need more n more same goes to ur work we want more n more like this….we cant help becoz now wr ur fans too…

  7. RajaHasanBacker,

    You have done excellent job. I congratulate you too for all this success of Raja, Raja Fans and Site. I really wanted to write so many things but, really speechless after the sat performance. As you said, I never knew this Raja. He was new Raja…..I wonder what heights this “Krishna” would scale. But with every height he climbs I pray God that the Child in Raja remains intact….Amen

  8. @RajaHasanBacker
    U r doing an appreciable work.I don’t have words to thank u.But i think u will b more happy if i increase my no. of votes.To phir aaj meri taraf se RAJA HINDUSTANI ko 100 extra votes aapke naam pe.

  9. @RajaHasanBacker
    Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz request everyone to vote seriously b’coz this is very crucial time.If u will request everyone will vote with double effort.Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz listen to my request.

  10. Hey guys ,

    PLEASE DROP SOME KIND WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT ON POONAM’S OFFICIAL WEBSITE .

    http://www.poonamjatau.com/

    I Hope she reads my messeges and feels assured that We are with her .

  11. @m1 we are always with her.. pray for her ….we love her too…

  12. Raja’s real compitor are actually Poonam (who is unfortunealy voted out) and amanat….

    do u think her last weeks performances were weak??? i dont think so…

  13. now i want raja to sing …
    CHAK DE..INDIA….
    JHOOM BARABAR JHOOM…

  14. sukwinder version .. karle karle koi dhamal…

  15. dekha tuje yara dil mei baji guitar.apnasapne money money..

  16. Haha I’m reeling from Dard-e-Disco and Chaiyya Chaiyya still. Cant stop listening. His singing is like a drug, it gets you high, it gets you low and you just keep needing more and more of it. Amazing.

  17. @medha
    I hope Raja sings ‘Chak De’ in grand finale…

  18. @ neeti yday night i wasnt able to sleep after perfomance started hearing it from early morning 4 to 8 after break i went on and on still i feel one more time..i can live alone hearing his songs….still im that nasha…

  19. looks like Raja has a huge female fan following :)

  20. @ neeti

    u can get rid of drug… but u cant live without oxygen… Raja is like oxygen to us.. we wont be able to live without (him)…. :-P

  21. my mum was saying yesterday … Raja ke baal (hair) mast hai…. indeed he is cute, his curly hair aur agar upar se woh colgate smile and his divine voice… ne humko maar dala…

  22. @sonaam well said..really he is o2 .. after ydays perfomance his female fans increased..

  23. @ soonam actually his presence on saregama stage u cna feel positive enegrgy..hezz like lion thr….

  24. hum toh unpe waise hi fida hain pata nahi Daed-E-disco aur chaiya chaiya dekhe kya hoga mera…

  25. @ rite…

    jaise Sher jungle ka Raja hota hai usitara RAJA SRGMP ka Raja hai…. am i rite guys?

  26. @sonam tera kyaa hoga khaliyaa sab log waise hi hai kahliyaa.
    symptoms after watching
    # uil get 100000 wats shock..( uske bahd aadmi zindahota hai kyaa??)
    # u cant believe urself..wat did u watch..wat was happeneeing with u..
    # after that tera raat poora khali…
    #uil be raja land…

    u il open this site like mad will go on on..as we did yday…
    but we fall short words to describe raja….

    arey if u can provide HR oxford dictoniary willbe greatful if anyone does…..( he doing live in concert amsterdam any amsterdam ppl plzz gift him with dictionary)…

  27. lol….

    let me tell u pj i heard that from Sajid Khan…

    teen cockroach rasta cross kar rahe the aur Himesh ki movie ka song gaa rehe the….they all died. Why? Becoz the songs are superhit..

  28. Hahahahah awesome, yes I agree totally Sonam, he is like oxygen.
    @ medha well said man, 100000 watts shock indeed. These are the symptoms of Raja-fever. I tell you, I have college tmr morning, have to wake up at 6 am. It’s 1 am now and I can’t seem to stay away from Raja’s videos and songs.

    I totally know I’ll be singing Dard-E-Disco continuously tmr.

  29. hey guys i was just watching the repeat showing of the show and realised when it was time for raja to get wah wahs again himmesh started his ditcher story Farah kept saying these singers are beyond the composers and she was trying to praise raja but would himmesh let her

  30. @ soonam
    Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”

  31. absolutely rite medha… did u read the pj above??

  32. @mmao
    Din mei diye jalene se kya hoga,
    rakh mein aag lagane se kya hoga.
    Apko hai kabj,aati nahi poti,
    bematlab ka jor Lagane se kya hoga.

  33. soonam yes i did.. superhit yaa hit .
    dnt visit other sites all autowalas shouting at their peak…( HR fans bhi uske tarah hai yaar…hr composiitons u know na he repeats one word again and again… for ex junnon junnon, teratera tera surror,ashique banaya… same way his fans hiting .. aneke is best aneek is evrything.. it was funny…ppl r helel bent proving…not only praising him on other hand bashing raja… ppl r uetter jealou abt raja…)

    today on starnews they showed sumedha ,poonam,mauli why gals r nt given enough chances…
    sumedha askd to sing song she forgot lyrics….
    shakira…shakira hears she will sucide..ham kyaa kare..we only care for raja and his songs..soembody should release ony raja songs his cds… it will be treat…

  34. oh woh haseen… woh farishta… kar gaya kaise jadugari… need is ankhon se chin li … dil main bechaniya hai baari…hum bechare…maare… bolo samjein aab kis kis ko… dil mein humare hai Raja ki Voice… Raja ki Voice….

  35. @soonam hold on tell me after watching show ok??

    only few more days then will have to wait for sos new cd collection with raja song..hope V-S also change bit music…for raja song.. hope they always stand by him..
    bano hamra kyaa hoga…

  36. @soonam dnt miss to watch… v-s wr stunned watching his perfomance…

  37. Haha, changing the english lyrics in Dard-E-Disco…
    “boy you make me crazy, crazy with your singing now, when you sing, i’m in ecstasy”

    The song fits wonderfully.

    I truly cant wait for a CD with Raja’s songs!

  38. i too hope that VS will make Raja sing Dard-E-Disco for OSO

    i am listening to sukhwinder’s Dard-E-Disco now and i am trying to imagine how Raja’s Dard-E-Disco will be..(i know he must have rockes.. wat a stpid thought)…its just to feel a little relaxed…
    i cant wait now.. i still have to wait abt 2 hours to see him :-(

  39. @ neeti & soonam come fall in paghalpan of oso version..

  40. lol.. :-) doesnt the song fit for Raja?

  41. i can’t believe this. all of u here :)

  42. Oh dear, you get the telecast even later than me? I didn’t know… Where do you stay Sonam?

    Don’t worry, of course he rocked. Quite literally. :D

    @sonam and medha
    Ok since I’ve got all the precious videos safe in my mp3 player, I can get off my comp now. Shall go and try to sleep, even though I don’t feel sleepy at all (thanks to Raja!). Till next time then dears.

  43. @ neeti

    i live in germany…thats not the only problem that they telecast the show later but they also cut it almost for 30 minutes.. after watching the show on tv i always watch it online…

    anyways…
    good nite.. and have sweet dreams of Raja… :-P

  44. MR RAJAHASN BACKER,
    I regularly surff all sites of saregamapa. in all sites (exp.this ) there is big shout against raja. i dnt no why? this may affect on his international voting .why dont you post some messeges on these sites.it will help raja. please !!!!!!!

  45. RAJAHASANBACKER PLEASE RESPON ME .EAGERLY WAITING.

  46. We all want a matured voice as no.1 , not kids of 18, 19 yrs old ..Raja is no.1..Vote for RAJA

  47. Thanks RHB for your analysis. Voom Voom went Raja leaving others way behind. What I liked that you compared Raja with HR not even the contestant. Way to go Raja.

    I just watched Chaya Chaya again. It is deadly o man it is a deadly combination of singing, dancing, head banging and jumping. I want more head banging. I just love his this performance. I think we were all shocked seeing Raja like a rock star first but the more I see this video it makes me realize it is not just Raja I see Vishal and Shekar within Raja. That is why this three in one is sooo HOT.

  48. FEW hours only to save Raja for next episode left …..keep voting for Raja..if you want to see Raja in next episode…pl…vote him as much as possibleThis is click/crunch time …..pl…vote him as much as possible.pl….Just keep voting for Raja Hasan, as you have always done. Raja has done his part - by putting in two memorable performances. And now we need to do our part.

    Thank you. And get back to voting.

    No, I donot mean that you havenot voted seriously for Raja Hasan until now. But now, it is crunch time.
    Thank you. And get back to voting.Thank you. And get back to voting. Thank you. And get back to voting. Thank you. And get back to voting. Thank you. And get back to voting. Thank you. And get back to voting.

    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    Please do not ignore SMS votes. These are extremely valuable. Do not entirely rely on internet voting. If you are in India or the US, please do use your phones. We know it is slightly more expensive that way, but we are voting for a priceless gem. Thank you.
    few hours left …….pl….pl….keep voting to Raja
    donot waste time pl..keep voting for RAJA
    1 email-id 1 vote pl…
    Pl..vote for Raja 1 email id 1 vote. 12 hours only to save Raja for next episode left …..keep voting for Raja..if you want to see Raja in next episode…pl…vote him as much as possibleThis is click/crunch time …..pl…vote him as much as

  49. FEW hours only to save Raja for next episode left …..keep voting for Raja..if you want to see Raja in next episode…pl…vote him as much as possibleThis is click/crunch time …..pl…vote him as much as possible.pl….Just keep voting for Raja Hasan, as you have always done. Raja has done his part - by putting in two memorable performances. And now we need to do our part.

    Thank you. And get back to voting.

    No, I donot mean that you havenot voted seriously for Raja Hasan until now. But now, it is crunch time.
    Thank you. And get back to voting.Thank you. And get back to voting. Thank you. And get back to voting. Thank you. And get back to voting. Thank you. And get back to voting. Thank you. And get back to voting.

    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    Please do not ignore SMS votes. These are extremely valuable. Do not entirely rely on internet voting. If you are in India or the US, please do use your phones. We know it is slightly more expensive that way, but we are voting for a priceless gem. Thank you.
    few hours left …….pl….pl….keep voting to Raja
    donot waste time pl..keep voting for RAJA
    1 email-id 1 vote pl…
    Pl..vote for Raja 1 email id 1 vote. 12 hours only to save Raja for next episode left …..keep voting for Raja..if you want to see Raja in next episode…pl…vote him as much as possibleThis is click/crunch time …..pl…vote him as much as

  50. @rajafan
    it says in the rediff voting site that this voting round is until Saturday October 13, 8 AM, so we still have time to vote as much as possible….not that i’m taking it easy or slowing down but to note this fact only…

    hey everybody, does this means there will not be another episode until the final episode? any body could clarify?

    vote for Raja….

  51. FEW hours only to save Raja for next episode left …..keep voting for Raja..if you want to see Raja as No 1 pl…vote for him as much as possibleThis is click/crunch time …..pl…vote him as much as possible.pl….Just keep voting for Raja Hasan, as you have always done. Raja has done his part - by putting in memorable performances. And now we need to do our part.

    Thank you. And get back to voting.

    No, I donot mean that you havenot voted seriously for Raja Hasan until now. But now, it is crunch time.
    Thank you. And get back to voting.Thank you. And get back to voting. Thank you. And get back to voting. Thank you. And get back to voting. Thank you. And get back to voting. Thank you. And get back to voting.

    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    Please do not ignore SMS votes. These are extremely valuable. Do not entirely rely on internet voting. If you are in India or the US, please do use your phones. We know it is slightly more expensive that way, but we are voting for a priceless gem. Thank you.
    few hours left …….pl….pl….keep voting to Raja
    donot waste time pl..keep voting for RAJA
    1 email-id 1 vote pl…

  52. though Rajas Performance was good everybody saying Amanet and Aneek where good because Raja gulp some words in both songs. RAJA YOU HAVE TO BE VERY PERFECT NOW> EVERY BODY ID WATCHING YOU . Also Panditji said Jagjit sing said that he was not surila those words r now affecting on votings. People are now saying performance wise Raja is good But A& A both r very SURELE. SO gays that means we need to vote every day to Raja. And Raja has to try not to gulp the words.

    One more thing for Raja “why you were saying that you can not sing Aneeks song” That means you r saying by yourself that you r not versatile singer. and HR wants that only
    We all know that Aneek also can not sing Sukhwindar and Kailashkher But he is not saying by his mouth. Tum BHUT BHOLE HO. HR IS JUST FINDING SOME ISSU TO MAKE YOU DOWN. So i request you Please do not give any chance to HR and Public to Talk @ your some mistakes.

    I love your voice and CAN NOT HANDEL IT WHEN SOME ONE SAYS BAD @ YOU. I get very Nerves. WE all your fans want to you at the TOP.

    Put the eforts and Give your best

  53. @M3,
    Don’t be influenced by AA fans. They are just die-hard AA fans so now that Raja was superb they are making stories. Raja did n’t gulp words or anything. Before the once more he is perfect which is important. It was only in the second time after the once more and at that point everybody esle (Raja’s wannabes included) was singing along with him that he didn’t finish a one or two sentences. Remember it has been only Raja who raises the bar. I mean ,don’t you think only Raja’s performances made everyone that it was very close to final? So what Raja did was appropriate. He just needs lots of votes b/c Amanat fans are falsely blaming that Indians don’t vote him so are compelling more people to vote for him even if they don’t like Amanat’s singing. As for as Aneek goes, we know HR fans are backing him like crazy. So we Raja fans have to support Raja a lot more this time. It is the final so we have to really do our best. Plz everyone do 1000 votes / day. We shouldn’t let Raja and VS down.

  54. Hi guys
    just saw rajas performance and am still in shock is this the same quiet and shy raja.But must say he was awesome he rocked the stage.HR looked as though as he was about to cry.

  55. RHB plz answer this,
    Do you think we could send sms through some of these online sms websites for Raja? Do you think it will work or it has to be from mobile? I have got a website where you can send sms to any where for free but then I don’t know if it will be counted.

  56. Arzoo
    I am so happy about Raja. He did soooo god. HR peeeeeed in his pants.

  57. @negina

    you can try. they send a reply when they have received the vote. So if you get a reply at ur online website, they have counted ur vote else goodluck and vote at rediff.

  58. @someguy, Thanks a lot for info.!

  59. rajahasanbacker we all want to thank you for your hard work .for sure u r raja’s fan no 1

    can you plz tell me some website from which i can download all raja videos on my ipod .i have been searching through websites all over but couudn’t find one .plz help me .thz alot.

  60. rajahasanbacker

    Will they (Zee TV) release songs sung by Raja as an album. Please let me now.

    And will there be 2 episodes of Saregamap this week too before the finals… I am really worried want HR will be master planning to bring down our Raja..

    VS please don’t let HR pounce on Raja ever again……

    I am from Muscat I know lot of people are supporting Raja.. Keep voting… Raja has to win…

  61. actualy raja sings in perfect sur. amanat and aneek dont!try it on ipod and compair it .you will come to know.thode sur edher udhar hote hain .sabake hote hain live performance me.all gurus also know it. dont worry!! keep voting !!i i vote 1000 s per day.

  62. RAJA U R GREAT WHAT A PERFOMANCE. I WANT RAJA TO BE THE RAJA OF NOT ONLY THIS COMPETITION BUT OF THE BOLLOYWOOD

  63. @tamana
    heyy, you can try getting this Youtube video downloader from this website:
    http://www.videodownloader.fdrlab.com/download.html

    It allows you to grab any video off Youtube by just copy-pasting the address of the video into the downloader. It also converts the vids to AVI format. I use it to get all of Raja’s vids. :) Hope you find it useful!

  64. VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA
    VOTE FOR RAJA

Leave a Reply