And I've made fun of him all season, which leads me to say a few nice things about him now that the show is over.On the show itself, his passive hosting allowed the gurus and contestants to take center stage. Yes, he was wooden (hey that acting career might be a problem, son) and asked the same darn question of everyone over and over again but he did a mean dance and he didn't sing bad either.
More importantly, he had an amiable presence - smiling his way through almost everything and leading several of those terrific, uncoordinated opening dances. Often guests on the show would strike up a banter with him - highlighting him in ways no host could hope for.
For all his timidness, Head came into his own when it mattered the most - in the Grand Finale.
Hosting a huge, long, live show with panache, he kept a good leash on it - often filling in blank spaces by moving things along. He had time to engineer a touching father-son moment and cranked out a couple of mimed song and dances.
In a fine homage to SRGMP's cheesiness, he pretended to play the piano and left in mid-key to grab a couple of backup dancers' baahein.
When Himesh was basking in Aneek's win by issuing another long bhaashan, Head deftly put the spotlight on the guy who finished second - Raja Hasan. And very pointedly touted him as the perennial favorite. Later he veritably cut off Himesh when he had outstayed his welcome - talking over him and leaving the winning guru blurting life lessons into a dead mike.
Good work Head! Show Grade: B. Finale Grade: A
Also:
- anu g's family raves about Aditya
- Manish thinks Head asserted himself because Himesh was history on SRGMP
- Musing has a dystopian vision of Head on SRGMP 2009
- girlie girl and Megan point out a few amusing things about Head
- Sidekick congratulates Head and points us to this brewing controversy on SRGMP
- qwitiqqx thinks Head has a terrible stylist but believes the head bobbing has improved
- Sania points us to this vid of Head giving us a tour of his house
- Which amuses Megan enough to elicit this commentary
- Head's fake angrezi accent cracks up Mind Rush
- And girlie girl
- OzAngel reports on the new Macbeth and links to this piece on the climb to fame for SRGMP alums
- sexy Aditya reveals his plans
- Saritha says Head suffers from the Kareena syndrome
- Megan dives into the world of comic book geeks
78 comments:
I would give Aditya an Aplus for the very fact that he managed to outtalk Himesh on the final day.I mean, thats the ultimate!
We had a family reunion today, and all the aunts and grandmas were raving about him. They found him a very good host.They say he behaves very prim-n-propah, and talks to the seniors with so much respect. I can see them quietly saying 'I wish he was a Tamil Iyer boy, we would have made him our son-in-law'!!
Anyway we r going to see more of him on Little Champs.
Aspi, why no captions?
hmmm...He defintely has hosted de show very professionally....But he always reminds me of Shaan..does he copy him?
PS:y is he called 'Head'?
Head really asserted himself in the finals as he knew that Himesh no longer would be on the show - he's gone forever. And possibly he had Zee's backing to cut HR short.
Head has been taught a lot of lessons by the "Head Master" His Himeshness of the Besharmiya Clan.
Host karna sikhna hai to Besharmiya join karo.
Suno Sunao Mauj Manao...
suggestions for the Vision of SRGMP 2009 -
1. Head will be wearing a baseball cap..
2. Will shout - rishton ki buniyaad, saraswati maa..and triangle etc.
3. Will be able to outshout the Mentors/Gurus
4. Will start singing Nasally
5. Will wear revealing outfits with shaved chest (Men and Women will go swoon).
6. Will shout highest TRP show at the drop of a hat...
I am so looking forward to it :)
anu g, couldn't think of anything to say. I had a sad morning :(
On the other hand: anyone see a captionless image here feel free to suggest something. I'll put it up.
Hey Aspi,
Why do you call him 'head'? I have been wondering about it for some time now and I could not find any reference on past posts.
Its quite silly actually. Here is the relevant post - 2nd last para.
And besides, he looks like a 'Head' instead of an 'Aditya'! lol!
i don;t really like him or dislike him..i hate the way he talks..and he thinks he's quite a catch and am like no way
Not to mention he's as tall as a hobbit!
but hobbits are cute what with their huge hairy feet and homo erotic dialogues..
what does Aditya have except chicken legs and yudhviran?
and dont forget the earrings!! Those crack me up...Cant believe he thinks he can pull that off!!
and don't forget the pink pants he wore when kareena was the guest..
for that fashion crime he needs to be locked away for life
the pink pants were ke-yooot.
Well, Head has been damned with faint praise.... at least until the finale when he redeemed himself somewhat! Anu g, I'm surprised Head made such a strong impression on the Tamil maamis! To me he seemed affable but in such an insipid and eminently forgettable way! But in the finale he drowned HR out in the only way possible - ignored him and simply continued the show. For that alone, nice job Aditya!!
Manish, how reliable is the news on HR being out? Certainly seems like ID's outburst angered Zee and provoked a strong response: http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article§id=12&contentid=2007101720071017022614953790936e
Aspi, soon u will need a FAQ section with links to posts on how the names Head, Himanshu et al came to be :)
OMG i wonder if our manish makes those comics in desi newspapers???
sidekick that link takes you to the main mm page..whats the article?
excuse me guys, I need to now go take care of my husband who is suffering from Alzemers..
BTW does anyone have any suggestion on what to buy my youngest son as his graduation gift?
meg, the title is "Anek questions raised". copy the link (its a long one)all the way out to the next line and it shd get u to the right page.
sidekick, thx for the link. Much noisy bitching but Darbar's noise sounds like sour grapes. Boss, kaam phir kaha se milega? Its not like he's signing films left and right.
his stylist sucks totally, dude, get a new stylist. and quit changing ur hairstyle every couple of seconds. it aint looking gd.
i was thinking that it was mauli behind all these terrible hairstyles until my friend pointed out to my that he has a stylist.
-qwitiqqx
but u gotta give him credit for the cutting off HR in the finale. he hasn't realised how much everyone appreciates him for this. at the start he used to use his, uh, HEAD, a lot, bobbing it around and making me wanna crack up totally. now he doesn't really do that. PHEW.
but i still stick to my point that he needs a new stylist. fast.
now let's see who he'll be linked with next in lil champs. hmmm maybe that's why the age limit was only 12 yrs unlike last time, it was 16 yrs if i'm not wrong hahaha they prolly don't want him to be LINKED with kids.... but lets see. in c2008 too. tsk tsk, what will mauli's reaction be if she sees him linked up with a girl every season??? hahahaha
-qwitiqqx
A look inside the Narayan home with cheesy narration and shoddy production values. But Aditya is cute.
It is rather lengthy though, be warned.
Sorry - forgot the link:http://smashits.com/video/broadband/bollywood-cribs.html
Aditya is August 24th, 2007.
Bappi Lahiri is May 19th, 2006 for anyone who is interested.
Sania, thanks for the link. I think you had posted that before and I looked for it for this post but couldn't find it. So I'm glad we got it again.
watching it with no sound on
but the crib is soooooooooooooo ugly.. like it looks so typically desi LOL.. you know meather couches and a big display unit with some really fugly display things... huge curtains.. like no one will face each other wtf
Head wearing a wifebeater heheheheh
and shades indoor OMG
i think his closet will smell moth balls
the thing about Head that cracked me up was when he used to recite the voting info in English for the phoren audiences. Why did he fake the American accent? Was it a joke or was he seriously aping the accent?
mind rush, I believe that was a Brit accent picked up during some tenure in a university. Still, sounded hilarious. There's a B4U VJ who does something similar - must blog about that dude one of these days.
Lets Rrrrrrotate the globe of forrrrrrrrtune!
Sidekick, I was also quite surprised to find them all very impressed by him. They were all raving about his good manners and sweet talk! I tried telling them that he is not as innocent as he looks. I remember watching a movie of his where he acted as Salman's son, and he came across as a very precocious child. But oh no, they said that he is really good.I preferred leaving them to their blissful opinions.
My brother has just informed me that some kid in his English class gave a speech on Macbeth which went along the lines of this..."Hi, I is Macbeth. One day Duncan came to my house for a sleepover..." (I asked him if the poor boy was attempting a comedy routine and was informed that the kid was serious. Perhaps the teacher could have put these comments on his feedback sheet-- "superb, outstanding, mindblowing, fantastic" because those words never really meant anything anyway
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OMG Mind Rush, that "English" accent was hysterical! I remember watching it and my cousin pointed out how Head looked like Shakti Kapoor from an old movie...and ever since then, everytime I saw that little clip, I would think of what my cousin said and would literally be on the floor laughing!
OMG Mind Rush, that "English" accent was hysterical! I remember watching it and my cousin pointed out how Head looked like Shakti Kapoor from an old movie...and ever since then, everytime I saw that little clip, I would think of what my cousin said and would literally be on the floor laughing!
Sexy Adi, thanks for the reminder. I can't believe I forgot to put that nugget in the post.
what is with you guys making fun of me. Don't hate me because I'm beautyful.
The accent is perfectly natural, English is my first language and thats just how I've been speaking ever since I was in my mother's womb.
Now excuse me while I go play my keyboard and do a dress rehearsal to my first performance on Lil Champs. I'll be singing Grace Kelly by Mika.
Not Mika Mehndi. That is soooo beneath me. I'm talking about this Mika
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mika_(singer)
Hey Aspi, now ur acting as Head....how many alter egos do u have????
Ders only one way to find out if this was the real Head...Wait fer the Lil Champs..lol..and hey, seems like this page is quite popular wid the Srgmp dudes....
Hey Aspi, one request...do a post on all de members here...like a list...makes it easier to form relationships..
Not me as Head. But I have my guesses.
Good idea about the posters. Was thinking the same myself. But pretty soon I'll be posting reviews of comic books and scaring everyone away :)
As long as you dont take it too far like the Comic-bookstore-Guy from the Simpsons...I'll still be here, Aspi!
Me too..:)
Saw that link on adi.He seems to be suffering from Kareena syndrome.He pulled his black sleeveless baniyan too many times.Didn't the 'youth icon'(the annoying narrator said that) learn a thing or two from mentor Himesh abt the clevage exposure?
hey..wats Kareena syndrome???
Remember Kareena's off shoulder dress she kept pulling on SRGMP-thats Kareena syndrome.
my boyfriend from high school used to be into comic books etc and every now and again we used to go to this comic book store and the guy there used to creep me out, not because he was weird but because he was so normal.
then one day we went there and there was some other guy and i missed him like a sore tooth and i asked "where's the other guy?" and he said "he jumped off the *** bridge and got run over by a car" (traffic bridge) i was like "o rly? sounds messy".. the guy gave me an evil look, i didn't know how to respond. i felt really bad, i was expecting something like "he resigned and now is a freelance artist", so i was SHOCKED
i have told you guys once before about my experience at a comic book/sci fi convention eh? how i was doing PR for a video game company? and was walking amidst the geeks talking about consoles that i have never touched or played my whole life???? with a tight top with the company's logo.. they actually gave us the top and it was 2 size too small i swear..and the instruction was to either wear skinny legs or hot pants.. i chose skinny legs..
and this dude made a comic book character of me and he made my boobs look twice as big, i was so disturbed by it.
Meg, wud love to imagine...hehe..ur caricature wid double size boobs..lol..sumthin similar to the last post??
what do you mean? wich last post?
hehehe...de one wid srgmp guru thing..wid himesh, young sachin..and i think u wid big boobs and mini skirt..lol
i am confused
who is sachin ?
Sachin Tendulkar...famous cricket player??:-O
Megan, I know you are all shy about writing a post for me but I'm holding you to that comic book convention story. One of these days...
And if you haven't figured it out already - that guy who did a sketch of you was Manish.
i knowwww manish did it
the dude at the comic convention made a skech of me and here it is
i swear most of the "enhancements" were just in his fantasies. it was disturbing
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x250/MeganDiva/ugh.jpg
apart from it i was quite stunned that it actually looks like me..i blurred the company name heh
HEHEHEH...mann meg, u luk like noone i know..lol..cant really translate dat into reality..the eyelashes r like so fake!!
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Surat-club-mooting-legal-action-against-Zee-for-breach-of-pact/229483/
Check it out!
Makes me pity Mauli and Aneek for unnecessarily being dragged into this.
-qwitiqqx
umm skd we don't even live in the same continent so i would doubt you have ever met me and its a comic book caricature anyway..
Lol...sweety...earlier u had mentioned that it really resembled u...hmm..well..no worries..we cud meet one day...hey Aspi...how bout this...lets all meet once in Mumbai...all the drifties..we'll call ind e local media too..lol..wat say??
Nice article qwitiqqx! I cant believe that whatever ID said is going this far. I thought it would just die after a day or two...but this is starting to affect the singers who, I'm sure refuse to get into it in the first place.
girlie girl yea... ID shouldn't drag the singers into his *issue* with Zee TV, imagine Mauli and Aneek's predicament. on one side they have zee tv, whom they have signed a contract with. on the otherhand, they have the POWERS OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY aka ID and HR......... bet they are regretting ever joining srgmp.
anw here you go... another article. it has a very valid point about gender biases.
http://www.televisionpoint.com/news2007/newsfullstory.php?id=1192620391
oh and btw did anyone see the commercials for the Guru-Shishya thingums?
-qwitiqqx
Ab to mujhe Ismail sir ne bhi kaha hai ki mein 10 crore ka hero Banuga !
I have the voice , the Killer Looks and Good wishes of a Looser ID : I am arriving soon !
That's an interesting article. I agree with the part that in the last srgmp, Vinit was definitely the better singer out of the final two, yet because of where Debojit was from, and the drama that him and his wife created, he became more popular and ended up winning. I dont hear ID complaining about that...I agree that Amanat should've won based on talent, or Raja should've won based on popularity, but he cannot criticize, considering his 'chela' won last time, due to the ridiculous drama!
I just recently stumbled upon your website in order to feed my newfound obsession of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and I have to say I love your site and commentary! Any ideas what the judges (specifically Vishal-Shekhar) are up to now that the madness of SRGMP is over?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/TV_Buzz/Big_platform_and_a_ticket_to_fame/articleshow/2470524.cms
Fame and more for our SRGMP peeps. Speaking of 'Fame' what in the world happened to Ruprekha and Qazi?
There was a news article in the TOI showing a foto of Qazi with a very muscled physique.He is possibly trying to get into acting. Of course every musician who is anti-voting keeps referring to Qazi cos he is one guy who was really bad at singing.
There was a show calld Fame X after Gurukul where a guy called Rehan won. He was very good. A couple of days ago, there was a TV news cippling about Ismail's Dandiya programme at Surat. I saw Rehan and Raja with Ismail!
thx for the update.... Go Raja!
any1 watching lil champs here... how was the first epi? i don't get it until tonight here...
-qwitiqqx
Well..i tried watchin it....Sonu luked so weird..i mean his beard has still not grown proprly..considerin the guy's 30+...he seriously needs some additional testosterone shots...Head a usual was bobbin around...didnt get to hear his Mika song...lol..Suresh Wadkar appreared so sugary and all wid the kids..."sab accha gaa rahe hai"...lol...really miss Himesh...not to mention VS............;-)...kids were ok..some kids were so weird...screamin deir guts out..eheheh...mann, do dey even need a Lil Champs?/?
watched it already :-)
and yup i agree some of the kids were definitely screaming their hearts out. but some were good. they're quite young compared to the previous season, we had 10-14 yr olds last time and now we have kids as young as eight possibly?
btw how old is sonu?
and himesh will be missed forever, sigh, no one to bash or criticise or laugh at. man i didn't know how much i had used himesh as an outlet for venting out all my stress on until today!
-qwitiqqx
I am watchin the Lil champs show...guess wat....Suresh Wadkar just did the Himesh......"Superb, Excellent,Mindblowin, Fantastic........."...LOL......please guys get himesh back!!
HAHAHAH...some kid is singing "MYNDBLOWIN MAAHIYA"....so badly shes singin mann...
Man, I need to watch that show!
A poster of SRGMP contestants for their New Jersey show.
http://img140.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10pyqm9vz6.gif
yup aspi we're waiting for your post on the first two episodes...
haven't watched the second one yet but i heard that the international kids were terrible...
-qwitiqqx
Hi, I just came across your blog and it is superb! (fantastic, mindblowing...yaddah yaddah) I wish I found it earlier, but it is certainly good for soothing my SRGMP withdrawal pains. I look forward to your unravelling of Lil Champs!
Ok, I was too dazed by SRGMP ending and missed Lil Champs. But I've started recording the show so hopefully next week.
rather than look for flaws and poke fun, think about it, how many 20 year olds would have the poise and guts to go out there and MC, sing, dance, hold fort... Aditya you are fantastic, ignore all narrow minded criticisms from people who may have nothing to show for themselves except antagonism for someone who has made it!
anon, i'm not giving up my right to poke fun at anything or anyone (and clearly u're a head fan!), but i've got to say i've a new appreciation for Head's hosting talents. watching abhaas on VOI-CU hosting at an unbearably high decibel level and an unwaveringly OTT enthusiasm level made me see Head in a whole new light. all told, i thought Head did a decent job and at least his hosting didn't feel like nails scratching on chalkboard.
Head's getting a lot better. He was pretty good in Lil Champs.
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