
Last week’s show had its moments though – and most of them had Bappi Lahiri in them. Who knew our man had a real name – Alokesh! What do we do now with all those kids who were named Bappi by their Surakshaa-loving parents?
Well, Alokesh came with all his bling and sang some stuff which elicited an on-stage hug from Shekhar and hyperbolic plaudits from everyone else. Himesh promptly announced that Bappida was good enough for us to claim victory against all the talent from other countries – put together.
Ashaji then kicked off the contest by calling the House of Reshammiya to the floor. She did this by singing “Aashiq Banaya Aapne”, which launched Himesh’s singing career in 2005. She sang it over and over again – a thinly veiled reference to Himesh’s rather annoying attempts to create a trance-like mood in his songs by repeating lines. Himesh swallowed hard, repeated “Thank you” several times – once mock-slapping himself on his cheek. This unexpected bit of grace earned my grudging admiration.
A string of middling contestants filled up the show – most seemed to be shaking in their pants. Ashaji gave all of them that hooded-eye glance – not good. She trashed their ability to hold on to a sur.

Now the funny part of all of this is that there is a reserve gharana that can be used to replenish the stock of any gharana that has suffered casualties – which Himesh and Ismail Darbar did today. It’s called Eklavya – which I think is a particularly is a cruel way of mocking a heroic, tragic, guru-less character from Indian mythology.
But it’s campy – which is all I expect from SRGMP.
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I can't decide which is more entertaining-the actual show or your post-show analysis!
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