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Shankar Jaikishan and Mohammed Rafi. He is Congratulations to all the winners and
also part of a karaoke club and enjoys sports. contestants who were part of this musical event
“A wonderful programme by Seniors Today to created for senior citizens. This event could not
encourage seniors to step out of the four walls have been a success without your enthusiasm
and shine. I urge all the senior citizens out there in preparing songs and singing. You have been
to go sing your song and be part of this journey an inspiration and we admire your passion
created especially for you.” for music. We hope to you make this musical
journey worthwhile for every senior to come.
The Jury: with international jazz as he is with Jhumka gira
Dr Mukesh Batra: re, and classical music. Recently he conducted a
He needs no introduction… Dr four-part jazz workshop for the NCPA.
Batra is the pioneer of modern Vijay Taparia:
homoeopathy in India. He He is executive director of
brought standardisation Supreme Industries and is
and modern technology involved in the philanthropic
to a largely informal activities of the family which
homoeopathy practice. Dr Batra received the include running a college for
Padma Shri for his contribution to the field girls, a Sanskrit school and
of homoeopathy. He has 225 clinics across college, an information technology institute
133 cities including London and Dubai and and conducting medical camps in Jaswantgad
has impacted the lives of over 15 lakh people in Rajasthan. He has written for Seniors Today
worldwide. and we must add here that one of his articles
Deepa Gahlot: has been among the most read stories on the
She is one of India’s magazine since launch in July 2019. He is also a
seniormost entertainment committed amateur singer.
journalists. She is also a
columnist with Seniors Rules
Today. A National Award- •All our Contestants were 60 years or above.
winning film critic, she •They could sing a song from a Hindi film only.
has authored several books and was head •The song should be between 3 and 4 minutes.
of theatre and film at the NCPA, Mumbai. Their time was counted from when the music
Needless to say, there are few who know Hindi starts or they start singing.
cinema as well as Deepa Gahlot does. •There was no grace time given. In fact, we told
Narendra Kusnur: them that we would mute them at 4 minutes
He is one of India’s best- sharp.
known music journalists •In case a Contestant is unable to perform due
and critics. He is also a to poor internet connectivity, she or he would be
columnist with Seniors given two minutes to reboot and login again. If
Today. Born with a musical the connectivity isn’t in order, then he or she will
spoon, he is also popularly be called to sing after the last Contestant, and will
referred to as Kaansen (Kaan-say-n). A late be given a fresh alphabet. Thankfully, none of the
bloomer in music criticism, he is as comfortable Contestants had an issue with connectivity.
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