Hindi Tv Show Indian Idol Season 4 - Cast & Crew

Sunakshi Raina was a talented singer. Raina was the youngest in a family of four. Her mother is a fashion designer; her father is a civil engineer who works in a Government company as the General Manager, and her elder brother is a mechanical engineer. She was the closest to her brother though she was loved and pampered by everyone in her family. She started her singing career by participating in Sony TV’S popular singing reality show Indian Idol season 4 in 2008. She also had a YouTube channel. She gained exposure after Eclectica approached her to be a part of their new project Chaiti (folk music). She was the lead singer in the project and had shot videos with them. She had also recorded music. But during the final stages of the project, she passed away due to an operation on her kidneys. She died on 24th December 2013.

Akanksha Palkar is a Bollywood Singer. She is a complete stage performer with a ton of talent and composure. Her distinctive voice, an audible delight, is her best musical asset. She has the talent to make people dance with her catchy tunes. Akanksha is completely sincere and committed to her music. She is the ideal blend of talent and beauty, making her suitable for any live events that turn into successful ones. She studied music with well-known industry gurus. The most known classical vocalist, Ustad Gulam Mustafa Khan, also serves as a tutor to several Bollywood singers, including Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shreya Ghoshal, and A R Rahman, who highly praised her talent. She was a Top 14 Finalist on Indian Idol. She competed in Zee SAREGAMAPA's Kya Masti Kya Dhoom as a finalist. She has a lively, outgoing personality and is committed to her work.

Franz Liszt rightly said, “Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.” NiraliFozdar, whose art being singing, is one such example of this quote.Born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat,on 7th October 1986, aged 34 (as on May 2020), she is a professional singer and a versatile performer. Her having a successful presentation is subsequent of hard work and difficulties since she was a child, being just four years old when she started training under her guru Devendrabhai Patni to finishing her Visharad in singingduring her first in B.com.

Sreejita Kar is an Indian / Hindi singer known for “Indian Idol 4,” an Indian version of the ‘Pop Idol’ format that has aired on ‘Sony Entertainment television’ since 2004. She hails from Jamshedpur, Jaipur, India. Currently, Sreejita Kar is residing in Kolkata, India. She has been in this field for twenty-three years now, has been learning Indian classical music from the age of five. She has participated in various musical contests and has a strong base & understanding of art. Sreejita received her ‘Sangeet Prabhakar degree’ and ‘Sangeet Visharad’ from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Mumbai, India.

Purnima Vishwanathan is an Indian / Hindi singer known for “Indian Idol 4,” an Indian version of the ‘Pop Idol’ format that has aired on ‘Sony Entertainment television’ since 2004. She hails from Chandigarh, India. Currently, she is residing in Gurgaon, India. Purnima trained her music for some time and has appeared on ‘National Television’ to sing bhajans.

Megha Sharma is an actress and a struggling model. She was born on the 2ndof October 1993 in Dehradun. She did some ad campaigns like seen in various jewelry ads and stage shows..Her favorite movies are murder two and Kabil, and she loves big boss and roadies extreme.

Shini's full name is Shini Sonone Kalvint, who was a gala finalist of Indian Idol 4 (2008). She is a singer & a performer. Shini was one of the best contestants on the show. She is married & highly versatile; also, determined and passionate about her singing. She originally belongs to Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Torsha Sarkar is a combination of beauty and talent. From her childhood, Torsha dreamed of entering the film industry as a playback singer. To make her dream come true, she has struggled a lot. In the year 2008, she participated in Indian Idol Season 4, judged by Anu Malik, Javed Akhtar, Kailash Kher, and Sonali Bendre. In the final round, which held in March 2009, Torsha was the third runner up, and the winner of the show was Sourabhee Debbararma. Torsha, after participating in Indian Idol, got the opportunity to sing various album songs. She generally sings Aarti and religious songs.

TulikaGangulyis a new actress who entered the Film Industry with a Telugu film. She is a mixture of a model, an engineer and an actress. Tulika has also worked in commercials before getting into the film industry. Her debut film Aaakko released in the year 2017.

Sourabhee Debbarma is an Indian singer who is the winner of the fourth season of Indian Idol. She was born in the year 1985, in Tripura, India. Though her parents were government employees and had no clue about the music industry, they supported Sourabhee's decision and encouraged her. In 2009 she won the title of Indian Idol, also becoming the first female to win this show.

Ananya Mishra is a hindi pop singer. She was born on 12 November 1991 in Allahabad. She came into the knowledge of the public when she was a finalist in the fourth season of Indian Idol. She has also worked as a professional Kathak dancer. Currently, she lives in Mumbai. She started her music career when she was only five years old. Her grandfather of the Kathak legend Pt. Birju Maharaj also received Padma Vibhushan. Her family is the most famous musical family known as the Lucknow Gharana. She learned Kathak from her father Pandit Om Prakash Mishra. She has also received three national awards.

Bhavya Pandit is a participant of Indian Idol, season 4. She grabbed the offer of singing in a Priyanka Chopra starrer, ‘What’s your Raashee?’, Aaja Lehraate, alongside Shaan.

Sonali Bendre, the epitome of beauty and grace was born in Mumbai, on 1 January 1975, is a well known Indian Actress. She is also a remarkable Television personality and a model. She has showcased her talent in over 50 films of various categories like romance, comedy and even action. Not even in Hindi but the actress performed superbly in Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Kannada films. In the famous Television shows like Indian Idol and India's Got Talent she was a unbiased judge too. She started her career as a model. To add to her fortune list , she was selected for Star Dust Talent Search.

Alka Yagnik is a very popular playback singer of the Bollywood film industry. She was born on March 20, 1966. She has been working in the Hindi film industry for three decades. She had bagged seven Filmfare awards out of the thirty five nominations at the Filmfare awards. It was for the best playback singer award category. Her singing is quite beautiful and she was felicitated by many icons. 

She came to the Bollywood industry as a singer at her early age. This gave her a lot of experience and she groomed herself as a consistent and successful singer. Alka Yagnik's songs were listed more than 20 times in the “BBC's “Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time”. Alka Yagnik was born in Kolkata on 20 March, 1966 to the Gujarati-Hindu parents. She started her singing career at the age of six while she had sung the song for the All India Radio, Kolkata. 

She came to Mumbai at the age of 10 as a child singer. She had sung 2482 songs in 1114 films as of date. Alka Yagnik has a soothing voice that manifests the song even better. She is the fifth most successful and prominent singer of Bollywood cinema. Her career in Bollywood has been more than three decades and she had pulled out pretty good in the duet numbers. She is a classically trained singer who had profound knowledge in it. Alka Yagnik had won a lot of awards in the prominent ones like Zee Cine Awards, Star screen awards, Filmfare, IIFA awards, Bollywood movie awards, etc. Alka Yagnik had been highly rewarded for having won a lot of Filmfare awards and got the maximum number of nominations. 

In the hundred years of Hindi cinema function, Alka Yagnik's song “Taal Se Taal Mila” from the movie Taal was voted as the best song of the century. This had been done by Fever 104, , Hindustan Times and DesiMartini. She has been active in the Cinema industry since 1980.

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Javed Ali (Javed Hussain) was born in Delhi in 1982. He has been working as an Indian playback singer since 2000. Ali started his singing journey at a very early age with his father, who is a popular Qawwali singer named, Ustad Hamid Hussain. He is also a playback singer in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Kannada, and Tamil. 

He has been singing since 2000, but his song “Ek Din Teri Raahon Mein” from the film Naqaab (2007) made him famous in Bollywood. After that, he sang hit song like Jashn-E-Bahaara from the Movie Jodha Akbar (2008). He also sang the song Guzarish (Ghajini) and Maula mere Maula (Arziyan). Javed started his career by singing the song for movie Beti No.1, but this couldn’t help him to grow up his career. After that, he worked in many movies like Chameli, Golmal, Ho Gaya Na, Dil Jo Bhi Kahey, Neal n Nikki and Zindagi Rocks. His song Nagada Nagada with Sonu Nigam from the movie “Jab We Met” has been a great hit. Also, his song “Tu Muskura” along with Alka Yagnik and A R Rahman from movie Yuvvraaj had hit. 

He has also sung many songs in Tamil movies like Siragugal, Chinnanjirusuga Manasukkul, Kungumapoovum Konjumpuraavum, Maattrraan, Thuppakki, Alex Pandian, and Singam 2. Javed Ali has even sung many Telugu songs in popular movies like Tanemando, Maham Maye, Alibaba, Surro Surra, Raccha Rambola, O Meri Jane Jana, Ori Devudo, and Vachchaadu.

He was also seen as a judge for the show “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs” in 2011 which is a famous reality show on Zee TV.

Parashar Joshi is a popular singer. He was one of the finalists in Indian Idol 4 in 2008. He has a YouTube channel and even an Instagram account. Along with singing songs, he is also interested and active in participating in cricket. He is BCCI national panel cricket umpire. He is also fond of riding bikes. He has recently released a song based on an Indian road trip theme. It is titled Raston Se Dosti and was released on 30th July 2021. On his YouTube channel, Parashar has posted many videos. He has videos about his live shows, performances on Indian Idol season 4, and his road trips can be seen on the channel. He has also posted covers of various songs like Shaan- Tanha Dil, Free Fallin, Backstreet Boys- I want it that way, Ek Pal ka Jeena, Enrique Iglesias- Hero, Twist and shout and Lamba, and Aashayen. His road trips have been to places like Kanyakumari. He has also posted demos of Kepma Acoustic guitar ES36E.

Sandeep Ubale is a Hindi singer who has sung many hit songs. With Uttara Kelkar and Yogita Pathak, he made an album Mamachya Rashila Bhacha and won the hearts of his audience. The album consisted of three songs; Dhin Chang Dhin Chang, He Bappa Chya, and Theva Zakun. It was released on 17^th August 2011 under the record label Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd. Other hit songs of Sandeep are Maze Latur Mi Laturcha, Cham Cham Vajati, Kalla Masti On The Way, Kshan Aapulya Bhetiche, Mati Uphanalyavar, Katarveli, Aathavanicha Sada, and Hurhurtya Chandrati. His songs are available in all music platforms, including Gaana, and with his amazing voice, he rules many playlists.

Keshav Prasad is a playback singer in the Kannada film industry. His goal is to become a full-fledged playback singer of Bollywood and spread the message of Love through music throughout the World. He graduated Bachelor in Bioscience from Shree Sathya Sai University(March 2007). He is enthusiastic about music since childhood and started learning Hindustani classical music since the age of 10.

Saurabh Mehta is originally from Gujarat, India, and spent most of his life in Kolkata, West Bengal. Saurabh is a professional singer. And at a very young age, he started teaching music to kids in school. His father is enthusiastic about music, and he wants Saurabh to proceed in his music career.

 Almost every time after singing idol shows took off every year, another TV channel picked up the legendary singing competition for a new season to hunt the new talents in singing. This has been going for over a decade and hence we all have come to know about the new singing talents in our country.

Prasenjit Kosambi is an Indian Professional Singer and Music Composer. He was born on 1 June 1990 in the city of Marathas. Prasenjit Kosambi’s father is a social worker named Rajvardhan Kosambi, and his mother is a school teacher named Shailaja Kosambi. The singer also has an older brother named Abhijeet Kosambi, who is a renowned singer. The duo initially had plans to launch themselves as a Musical Jodi in the Bollywood and Marathi film industry. Prasenjit Kosambi has been immersed in music from a young age and has received training under the best of gurus since he was 12. He has a Master of Arts Degree in music and specializes in classical music. 

Remo Ghosh is an Indian / Hindi singer known for the ‘top fifth finalist’ of the Indian television show “Indian Idol (Indian version of Pop Idol format),” that has aired on ‘Sony Entertainment Television’ since 2004. He belongs to Dimapur, Nagaland, a place located on the land of seven sisters-the incredible NORTHEAST INDIA. Despite having no formal music training, Remo started his musical journey by winning DIMAPUR IDOL 2007 in his hometown, and that inspired him to launch his bigger dreams. He classically trained under the concern of Pt. Sudhindra Bhaumik Ji.

Bhanu Pratap Singh is an actor, writer & director, known for “Bhoot Part One-The Haunted Ship (2020),” “Lex Talionis (2016),” “Cocktail (2012).” He previously worked as an assistant director with Vicky Kaushal, a National Film and a Film fare Award winner in Mozez Singh’s Zubaan.  His subsequent releases focused typically on drama & romance like Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014), Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017), and Dhadhak (2018). His other works also explore in Hollywood, such as Frozen-2, a 2019 American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019), an American superhero film (Marvel).

Kuldeep Singh is an Indian Film and Television Actor. He was born on 29 December 1985 in New Delhi, India. He was bought up in Delhi, India. Kuldeep He completed his graduation from Ramjas College, Delhi University. He works in the Hindi Television Industry. Kuldeep is also a model. He started with TV commercials and made his debut in the Hindi Television Industry with the serial, SuperCops Vs. Supervillains, back in the year 2012, alongside actress, Smriti Khanna.

Raj deep Chatterjee is a playback singer and musician who belongs to the Indian music industry. He has been a part of various music shows Indian idol 4, sa re ga ma pa Lil champs, and sitaron ko choona hai. Raj deep was born on 17th June 1991 in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.

Mohit Lalwani is an Indian playback singer. He sings Hindi songs in Bollywood. He became famous through the Indian Singing reality show, Indian Idol. He was born on 21st December 1986 in Delhi. Mohit was one of the finalists in Indian Idol 4; though he did not win the show, he got popularity and now shares a voice with many lead singers in the music industry.

Kapil Thapa is a sensational playback singer and also a sought after performer, who rose to fame after appearing on the reality singing show, Indian Idol. The singer is not just known for his magical voice, but also his spectacular stage presence. 

Kailash Kher was born on 7 July, 1973 in New Delhi. He is an Indian pop Singer, Music Director and his music style is influenced by, Indian Sufi and folk music. His family belongs to Kashmiri roots. His father named Pandir Mehar Singh Kher was a famous Folk Musician and Singer. Kailash was very interested in singing and music from his childhood. He left his home at the age of 14, for learning music and took proper lessons from his guru.

After many attempts, he didn’t get the right teacher. He began to learn music, by listening to the classical music of Indian singers like Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Kumar Gaurav, Pandit Gokulotsav Maharajand and also Lata Mangeshkar. After that, he started to teach music for his expenses in Delhi. Because of some problems in the family, he left singing and completed his graduation from Delhi University. When he was staying in Delhi, he met Paresh Kamath and Naresh Kamath in a concert. They together, started his band named “Kailasa”. Thus, he started his journey in his music career. 

He has sung more than 5000 songs in 20 different languages of India. He got the opportunity to sing in the movie “Andaaz” (Rabbaa Ishq Na hove). After this, his song “Allah ke Bande” from movie “Waisa Bhi Hota Hai 2” became very popular, and made him a popular singer in Bollywood. The song "Teri Deewani" from the album of the same name by his band Kailasa and the song "Ya Rabba" from the movie Salaam-e-Ishq had record sales. His band albums are Kailasa(2006), Jhooma Re (2007), Chaandan Mein (2009), Rangeele (2012),Naina Chaar (2013) etc. 

He won Filmfare award as Best Male Playback singer for the film Fanna (2007) and also won the Filmfare award as Best Male Playback Singer-Telugu for the film Mirchi.

Anu Malik is considered as one of the most famous and successful music directors from film industry. He has also established his name as a singer. He began his career as a music director in 1977. He gave the music for the film Hunterwali. He became famous in 1990s by delivering the blockbusters like Baazigar,Janam and so on. We can say 1990 to 2000s was the golden period of his career. He was awarded a National Award for his phenomenal music for the film Refugee. His other blockbusters were Shah Rukh Khan starrer Mai Hoon Na and Baazigar . This movie gave him a Filmfare Award of Best Music Director. He has made a record of winning this trophy for 6 times. Anu Malik has given his versatile music for more than 350 films. He is considered as the most promising music director from the industry. So his songs like Garam Chaye Ki Pyali, Mehbooba Mehbooba, Gori Gori are some of the most famous songs from his compositions. He has also successfully played the role of a judge in the reality show Indian Idol. And has also made a presence in many T.V. shows. Anu Malik has successfully tried many gener in his compositions from a soulful love song to a dance number. He has different style of composition.

Meiyang Chang wanted to follow the family tradition of dentistry, but life had some other plans. He has become a TV host, a singer and even an actor in Bollywood films now. He was an Indian Idol 3 finalist and even was a TV host of Indian Idol 4 and Indian Idol 5. As a host, he gained reputation and was given a chance to play a TV host again for many reality TV shows such as India's Got Talent 3, New Talent Awards, Apsara Awards and Indian Premier League 2, etc.

Javed Akhtar is an Indian poet, lyricist, film scriptwriter from Bellwood. He is best known for teaming up with Salim Khan. Javed Akhtar came to recognition as a scriptwriter duo of Salim-Javed. Salim-Javed was instrumental in making of Amitabh Bachchan the superstar and 'angry young' image in Indian cinema, While Salim had ideated stories, Javed used to write the dialogues. Javed Saab used to write in Urdu, which was written in Hindi by some assistant writers. In his initial days, Javed was an assistant to Urdu writer and film lyricist Kaifi Azmi. Later, he married Kaifi Azmi’s daughter, Shabana Azmi, after divorcing his first wife, Honey Irani. Javed had married Honey Iran while he met her during the making of Seeta Aur Geeta.

Hussain Kuwajerwala is one of the most recognizable faces in Indian Television industry. Simply known as Hussain, he is an actor, dancer and an anchor with considerable body of work. Born 12 October 1997, Hussain started his career with modelling campaigns and commercials. However, he soon broke into the television industry with Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahoo Thi. This Indian series turned out to be a massive hit and Hussain's career took off after it. Subsequently, he appeared in several popular television serials like Hum Paanch, Rishtey, Aashirwad, Sarhadein, Kanyadaan, Kangan, Krishna Arjun and Yeh Hai Jalwa.

Hussain's another popular role was the portrayal of Sumit Wadhwa in the television serial Kumkum. Besides television serials, Hussain is also a popular TV Show host. He has hosted several instalments of the reality show Indian Idol. Besides Indian Idol, he has hosted shows like Kisme Kitna Hai Dum, Kuch Kar Dikhana Hai, Khulja Sim Sim, Kalakarz, the third season of Nach Baliye, Shabaash India and Dance Premier League among others. He has also starred in movies Shree and Mafia. 

Hussain Kuwajerwala was awarded with 2007 Style Icon of the Year in the Indian Telly Award and the Best Anchor award for Shabaash India in 2007 by Star Gold Awards.

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