Another Saha in SMS plea
- Lil Champs aspirant seeks votes from native state
| Tushar Saha holds up a poster of Abhro. Picture by Eastern Projections |
Guwahati, Sept. 8: One is from Silchar, the other from Bongaigaon. Both share the surname Saha, their native state, their passion for music and the grit that took them to Mumbai for a tryst with fame.
And 13-year-old Abhro Saha hopes his similarities with Voice of India Debojit Saha do not end there.
For, Abhro is aiming to replicate Debojits success on the same platform ZEE TVs musical reality show SA RE GA MA PA. Whereas Debojit was declared Voice of India earlier this year, Abhro is vying for the Lil Champs title.
With roots in Bongaigaon in Lower Assam and now based in Calcutta Abhro hopes that he will receive the same support that Debojit did from his native place to win the contest.
I have done my homework well and put in a lot of effort to come this far. Now I want the support of my native place Assam and the entire Northeast to make me a star like Debojit, he said over telephone from Mumbai.
Abhro began taking lessons in music from his grandmother Radharani when he was only five
and later began taking formal tuition from Calcutta-based music director Kalyan Sen Barat.
And the training has yielded rich dividends.
The Class-VIII student of Vidhan Nagar Government School in Calcutta is among the top five finalists in the contest.
After Alka Yagnik, Abhijeet and Bappi Lahiri the judges at the show give their verdict, music lovers from all over the country will judge the budding talents through the an SMS voting system.
Voting lines will be open from September 15, said Tushar Saha, Abhros grandfather, who is in Assam to garner support for the son of the soil.
I was born and brought up in Bongaigaon. But my job as a physician took me to Calcutta. My brothers and sisters are settled in Bongaigaon. But once a year, I, along with my family, including Abhro, visit our
ancestral home in Bongaigaon, said the sexagenarian.
The Sahas have already received a positive response from the All Assam Students Union (AASU), which had backed Debojit to the last lap.
I hope that music lovers of my native place will support Abhro and help him realise his dream of becoming a Lil Champ, he added. The AASU has assured us of all support to make Abhro win the contest.
After his tour of Assam, Tushar Saha will visit Shillong and other parts of the region in hope of fulfilling his grandsons little dream.
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