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. Everyb
ody 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...