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He’s only 18, but Aneek Dhar is already a singing sensation / wonder boy, who was discovered at a popular talent show “Saregamapa”. At this age, he seems to be at par with the leading singers in the country, if not ahead. I wish him all the best. he’s simply spectacular!!

Exclusive Interview of Aneek Dhar, taken in Feb 2008.

Special thanks goes to Arko Adhya on behalf of all Maadhukari readers for his outstanding contribution behind the publication of this interview.

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Maadhukari: Perhaps at that time he was under some threat.

Aneek: Celebrities always face some kind of danger. As I went to meet him his security person threatened me with dire consequence. I was hurt. But on that day itself I promised to myself that one day I would embrace him in front of his guard. On the day of the final Akshay kumar declared my name as Champion and instantly I embraced him and said "I love you sir." And I felt a peace of mind. The viewers did not know these and thought that Aneek did not thank them. But now you know that situation had an old story behind. 

Maadhukari: In fact, I meet you for this. Do you think that could the good singers like you get this much popularity if there were not reality show? I feel you owe your achievement to these organizers.

Aneek: Definitely reality show will not make one a star. Only one's hard work and luck can make one a star. For amateur talents like us they give a background. I am Aneek and a singer. You think I sing well. They have created a passion in the world. The credit goes to them as they made it possible to project us among the viewers of 132 countries. All the viewers know us. In fact USA, UK and Canada all are related to India. But, I was really shocked when went to Israel and Kuwait and found that people there also watched our shows. Truly speaking they are literally crying when were leaving the country. I am very much grateful to Zee for giving me a beautiful platform. Now it depends upon one's own effort. I mean to say to improve the enrichment of my voice and to place myself. I have to keep the public relations. I think all these are primary criteria's for success. 

Maadhukari: May I ask you when you were singing "Jaane keya chaahe man" of "Pyar ke side effect"you told actor Diya Mirza flirtingly "I love you Diya. Do you love me?" Is this necessarry to exist in the race?

 Aneek: In fact I was not taught these sort of things. Not even taught by Sa-re-ga-ma-pa people. In fact Himeshji once aid me  that he had not trained me with these sort of stuff. I said him I had seen you, Vineet to make masti in the show of 2005. Then I thought given a chance I would also make some sort of masti. So always made some masti after finishing my song. It may be Diya, Sharukh or Salman.

 Maadhukari: Were these pre-planned?

 Aneek: Not at all. It was mere spontaneous. People among audience and the members of the staff of Zee would love me because of this. So I said those to Diya directly without thinking about the circumstances.

 Maadhukari: You sang "O,O Jane Na". During the singing all on a sudden Salman Khan took off your shirt. People say Salman is used to this sort of craziness. Weren't you stunned? How did you control the situation?

 Aneek: It was Salman Khan. If now he took off my shirt, it does not matter. But during the live show this kind of action would make a hype, I thought. for, Salman took off my shirt, He is a big shot and for him I am nobody. So, I like he attitude of Salman Khan. I like him very much. I also like his angry man attitude. He has got something rather a macho-like thing. For this I am a fan of Salman khan.

 Maadhukari: Found that you had tackled the situation nicely. But at first you were a bit embarrassed.

 Aneek: At first I was shocked. Thank God and thanks to my parents. Their blessings made it possible to carry on singing. Hardly anybody can sing in that situation. In front of all the audience I was half-nude. There were women as well men among the audience. I controlled myself and told myself to think that I was dressed. I told myself not to be nervous and weak. I gained these experiences which had built my mental strength. In my tender days when I attended functions, any adverse comment would make me sad. Became nervous and weak. There, I decided not to be nervous and weak in any situation. I had a this sort of determination within me and I controlled myself and began to sing again.

 Maadhukari: You got 5 million rupees in cash and a Chevy Spark! Anything more?

 Aneek: Besides these ( with a pause), look I did not achieve these things. Because anybody can make money and cars. My ambition was the popularity among people.  I would tell my mother to note how much I had to slog to reach here. Since my tender age I have been singing and that results in getting the chance to participate in this competition like Sa-re-ga-=ma-pa. I know money, cars etc are essential. Money is very much essential in life. To live in metros like Mumbai or Calcutta car is very much essential. To establish oneself these things are required. Above all the fame is more important. People will know me as "Aneek Dhar" and love me---it was mu aspiration. I had a dream that people would meet me and take my interview. To me the album of mine is a great achievement. I meant to say the album, the exposure to the industry was my aim. I have made it possible with the blessings of God. I must be very much grateful to God.

 Maadhukari: How did you prepare yourself for the competition? What you did when you were into that? how did you spend the whole day?

 Aneek: I had to put in much labor. I worked hard. I kept my all my labor and hard work within myself as I did not want any sympathetic opinion about my performance. I feel I was the most hard-working challenger in the competition. In fact I can prove it. I knew nine of us: Raja Aamanat, Mauli, Sumedha, Harpreet, Juned, Mushaarat and Punam are know to the viewers. We would check the tracks. Track means minus one. one has to sing with the recorded music) On that we would sing on the stage. In the beginning I would check the tracks to listen to my tracks. Nobody else would do that. I visited the place where the tracks were made. I would sit with Mr. Sanjay Vidyarthi who was monitoring the tracks. If required I would say to him to change the tone  guitar or the string or the tone of the bass guitar. My fellows followed it and they began to check the tracks. I wont disturb anybody. Everybody used to work till four in the morning. Just imagine we had to go to the studio at eight in the morning for the shooting and everybody was working on the tracks. At four o'clock in the morning everybody except me left the place by car. I would still sit with Sanjayji and that was about six in the morning. I made the track whole night.

 Maadhukari: Did you do so?

 Aneek: I was preparing the track with Sanjayji. At about six in the morning I would go the flat where I stayed. Then I wont be helped with a car for I was a mere participant. Within seven I would go the studio.  No food, no sleep or rest within last 24 hours. You viewed the show in two episodes; Friday and Saturday. But the shooting was done in a single day. The shooting of fridays' episode was done in the morning and we remained a bit fresh. But the night shooting was tedious. I tried my best to store my energy for that. For these, I claim myself the most hard working participant.

 Maadhukari: Actually People were not aware of these...

 Aneek: Yea, how could they know!

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