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Zee’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa travels to Dubai
MUMBAI: Encouraged by the success of the Hero Honda Sa Re Ga Ma Pa – Golden Voice Hunt, Zee is taking its popular music programme Sa Re Ga Ma Pa to Dubai.
According to a Zee press release, the cameras will start rolling in Dubai from 10 to 16 January 2004 for the next round of shooting.
The rounds to be played in this special schedule have been conceived keeping international taste in mind, states the release. The prelim round will start with Song of your Choice (film/non-film song), Sing with Shaan (superhit songs of the last five years), Judges’ Choice and Duet round. The semi finals will have raga based songs (film songs from the last five-ten years based on classical ragas), folk songs, judges’ choice, and sur and taal rounds. The finals will have semi- classical theme rounds (happy- romantic), duet songs, pop songs, non-orchestra, and new compositions by judges.
The series will showcase the talents of 32 participants from countries like India, Nepal, UK, USA, UAE, South Africa, Mauritius, Singapore, Australia, Pakistan and Canada. The judges include celebrities like Gulam Ali, Zakir Hussain, Abida Parveen, M M Kreem, Jagjit Singh, Trilok Gurtu, O P Nayyar and Runa Laila.
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa won the Music Programme of the Year award at The Indian Telly Awards 2003 in November.
Zee Telefilms’ creative director Gajendra Singh has been quoted in a release saying, “We are glad that Sa Re Ga Ma Pa will is being shot in Dubai. The venue is appropriate as it proves to be central for participants from all over the world. Dubai Media City, the heart of Dubai, is the location for the shoot. This place has a state of art architecture and is an important center for media in Dubai”.
“The auditions for this special schedule were done in countries spanning across the globe and we received a good response from each country. Auditions of more than 500 contestants were done all over the world out of which 32 have been selected for the final show,” he added.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
