[joyful music playing]
India, wish you a Merry Christmas from all of us!
[applause and cheer]
Vishu!
The sport of touching the ground from the sky is called paragliding.
- Wow! Fantastic. - However,
the art of going from the ground to the skies is called a paradox.
In the world of rap, Paradox has touched the skies.
His song 'Check Kar' is trending with 140 million views.
- Wow! - So, please welcome
the writer of the superhit songs 'Check Kar', 'Babam Bam' and 'Payal'
the rapper whose words are out of the box,
trending star Paradox.
Wow!
[applause and cheer]
'Paradox. Rapper, Lyricist, Composer'
[Vishal] Yes!
Whoa!
[whistling]
[applause]
Hello. Greetings.
Hey, what was that?
Your song had such attitude and vibe,
then you became faint.
How did you get so well-behaved?
- He's a paradox just like his name. - Yes!
He's earned quite the reputation.
No amount of praise would be enough.
He's such a genuine boy and a lovely lyricist.
So good to see you doing so good for yourself.
Thank you.
Ritika, he's another example of manifestation.
He's doing everything he imagined.
Yet he's not down-to-earth, but extremely grounded.
So good to see you.
Thank you so much. Thanks a lot.
It feels great.
There are so many talented artists here.
My favourites are Manasi and Ranjini.
Yes.
- So, it's great. Crazy, in fact. - Wow!
Best wishes to all of you.
And today's Christmas.
So, I'm here as Santa Claus.
[laughter]
- Paradox, thank you for coming on Indian Idol. - Thank you so much.
Please take your seat. Enjoy the show. - Thanks.
A big hand for him.
[applause]
Presenting the Physics genius, Ranjini Sengupta!
[applause and cheer]
[music playing]
[vocalisation]
[Ranjini performing]
Ah! Wow! Very good.
Wow! Well done.
Ah!
Wow! What... She's so underrated.
Hey, smile.
Hi.
[singing continues]
[applause and cheer]
[Shreya mouthing words]
What a song!
Wow! Ah!
[whistling]
[vocalisation]
[singing continues]
[applause and cheer]
My, oh, my!
[performance concludes]
[applause and cheer]
Thank you. Thank you so much.
[whooping]
You're an outstanding singer.
The emotions you emulate in the song are spot on.
Your Natya Sangeet talent is exemplary.
You enact the emotion while singing.
It's ultimate.
Since it's Christmas,
I brought you something special.
I'm your secret Santa!
[song playing]
Whoa! Fantastic.
[applause]
I'm sure it's a book.
Open it, take a look and show it to Shreya.
Show everyone, but me first.
[gasps]
[ecstatic cry]
- Books. Not one but two. - Oh, God!
Which books are they?
These are actually my favourites.
I'm currently reading this.
This is amazing.
This has absurd questions.
The scientific answers to the questions kids ask.
- Do you ask them too? - You should also get it.
It'll help you.
[laughter]
I just love the smell of new books.
- Just. Okay. - Just.
She sniffs the book and puts it back.
[laughter]
The best book is the one that can answer Manasi's questions.
[laughter]
Ah! Such a book doesn't exist, sir.
[laughter]
- SG. - Tell me.
Do you have a five-hundred rupee note?
- Oh, God! - Well, I've written
such an annoying couplet on a chicken
that you'll give me Rs. 500 when you hear it.
Wait, let me recite it.
[whimsical music playing]
- You have so many pockets. - Oh, my! 'Chicken Kadhai!'
I think Manasi dipped the piece of paper
I wrote the couplet on in gravy and ate it!
- Oh, no! - [laughter]
Why?
Ma'am, give him only Rs. 450. Deduct Rs. 50.
- [laughs] - Ah!
- Thank you, Paradox. - Thank you, Paradox.
Finally, someone said the truth.
[laughter]
India, hide the chickens on your plates.
Up next is Idol's crazy girl, Manasi Ghosh!
[applause]
Where's he going?
Let me tell you
they are Manasi's parents. Greetings.
[applause]
Sir, I wish to join you.
Yes, please sit.
- I'll stand. Please sit. - No, please sit.
There's a lot of space, sir. A lot.
Sir, I wish to ask you something.
- Our Manasi is a bit crazy. - Yes.
So, who does she get that talent from?
Do I look crazy to you?
[laughter]
- Is her mom crazy? - Yes, a bit.
[laughter]
- Manasi has been here for a few months. - Yes.
It must be very quiet at home.
When she's not at home,
- the house feels empty. - Oh, no.
Her mischief enlivens us.
Aw!
She helped us a lot at a very young age.
Lovely.
During the lockdown...
I have a business of electronics.
It suffered huge losses.
My daughter helped me come out of it.
- She repaid all my loans. - Wow.
- Lovely. - Wow.
[applause]
Other than that,
my father's house was not fully constructed.
She turned it into a magnificent bungalow.
- Amazing. - Wow!
[applause]
She bought a four-wheeler at a very young age.
Oh, wow.
She recently bought me a bike.
Aw!
[Bengali] Let me tell you one thing.
[Bengali] My brother-in-law and husband are two brothers.
[Bengali] Before he died, my father-in-law
divided the property between them.
[Bengali] We got only one room.
[sobs]
[sniffles]
[Bengali] Don't cry. We'll build a new home.
Her mother said that
when the property was divided between Manasi's father
and his older brother,
all they got was one room.
Manasi said,
"Don't worry. I'll build you many homes."
[sentimental song playing]
[applause]
I want to say something.
I'm proud of each one of you.
They are doing a lot for their parents.
Both of us are.
Each one of them is a gem.
And the people who are tuned in and are watching us,
I know they are doing everything for their parents too.
So, this is very normal
and I don't feel I've done anything great.
This is why I tell my mother not to cry.
When my mother was around 24 years old,
she did more for her parents than what I've done for mine.
Lovely.
So, I'm also very proud of you.
- Lovely. - Thank you.
[applause]
She's a very sensible girl.
[applause fades]
[music playing]
[Shreya mimicking beats]
[Manasi performing]
Ah!
- Wonderful. - Tied you...
[vocalisation]
[applause and cheer]
[singing continues]
Nice.
Terrific!
[laughs]
[vocalisation]
[guitar strumming]
Wow!
Whoa!
[singing continues]
[applause]
Lovely!
Wonderful.
[intense vocalisation]
[performance concludes]
[whooping and clapping]
[applause]
- Whoa! - Thank you so much. Thank you.
My God!
Crazy girl!
Thank you, ma'am.
What!
This song is so tough.
It has so many elements.
How could you be so carefree and sing?
She's just chilling and doing those crazy hits,
those notes and the vibrato...
How was she being so chill?
It was cool and effortless.
You are truly crazy.
- Certified crazy. - Ah.
Loved it! Mad!
[applause]
We are not prepared for you.
Manasi, we are not... We will never be prepared for you.
[laughter]
- And the second antara... - [Shreya singing]
Yes, this one.
[Shreya singing]
The second antara was flawless.
You did it.
I lost my temper at how casually you stood there!
- Yes. - [laughter]
If I could sing like her, I'd never speak without attitude!
I'd have been so pompous! [laughs]
[applause]
Amazing. Brilliant.
Thank you so much, sir.
Outstanding. You are a star.
Not only a star...
You said, "I'll build you more houses."
And you will, a hundred percent.
- 100%. - Thank you, sir.
And I really hope...
I mean this. I hope at some point,
I get to be a part of your journey and do a song with you.
You are really amazing.
[applause]
- Wow. - Thank you so much, sir.
Let's do one thing.
She's crazy.
And Paradox sitting there, is crazy too.
I think you both should create some magic
under that Christmas tree.
- Yes, please. - Sure, if you insist.
It'd be great if you could join us.
- Yes! Come on. - That's more like it. Badshah!
- Yes! - [music playing]
[applause]
Whoa!
[Badshah singing]
[Manasi performing]
[Badshah singing]
Oh, yes!
[Paradox singing]
Whoa!
[performance concludes]
[applause and cheer]
Once more... [all]
- Wow! - Once more...
- Once more... [all] - Shush.
Whoa!
Para wrote this five minutes before the performance.
Wow!
Lovely.
A big round of applause
for Manasi, Paradox and Badshah!
Lovely.
[applause]
I want to ask Paradox a question.
- Whoa! - Oh!
What's your problem in life?
It's her right, sir.
Ask away, please.
So, you've worked with Yo Yo Honey Singh
- and Badshah too. - Yes.
Who is more fun to work with?
[tense music playing]
Let me tell you my scene.
You too are doing so well at such a young age.
Being with Badshah or with Honey
was a big deal for me.
[guitar strumming]
I've always listened to Mafia Mundeer.
I've learned the nuances.
A big shoutout to Raftaar, Ikka, Lil Golu,
Badshah and Honey.
[applause]
I've learned a lot from all five of them.
I feel like the credit for the craft I can make today
and my creativity
goes to them as well.
So, yes.
[applause]
Manasi, let me tell you something.
Between us, our scene may be whatever,
but those who came after us see us as one unit.
He learned from Raftaar, Ikka,
Lil Golu, Honey as well as me.
He learned from everyone.
And he means it genuinely.
And he wants to work with all of them.
He is aware of how the culture works.
You know, that is what a true student of the game is.
[applause]
Presenting the one
whose beard has also turned red just like Santa Claus's clothes.
[laughter]
Subhajit Chakraborty, the idol 'paanwala'
from Kharagpur
with his sharp notes.
Yes!
- Merry Christmas! - Merry Christmas!
- You've served an excellent 'paan.' - Thank you!
Won't you check your gift?
- Of course! - Please give a huge round of applause for
the voice behind soulful songs like 'Moh Moh Ke Dhaage',
'Humnava', 'Jiyein Kyun', and 'Kaun Mera.'
The one and only icon of melody,
calmness, and swag,
multiple award-winner, Papon!
[background song playing]
Wow!
[background song playing]
Greetings, Papon bhai.
- Greetings. - Welcome to Indian Idol.
Thank you so much for coming here.
How are you feeling being here?
I'm actually nervous.
The atmosphere here is so amazing,
it feels really great.
Oh my God, your 'hello' itself was enough!
Look at the resonance,
you've filled the entire house with just your voice.
Everyone is your fan.
And a voice like that is telling me this, thank you.
Voice is like that. Thank you so much.
Papon, there were so many brilliant singers here today.
Why did you
choose to be a Secret Santa
for Subhajit?
There was a connection.
I myself have deep roots in folk music,
and my background comes from there.
So, I thought there was a connection.
A big round of applause for Papon.
[background song playing]
[applause]
[music playing]
[singing]
Wow!
[singing]
Wow!
[singing]
[music playing]
[singing]
This is good.
[applause]
If
the soil of your village were a person,
it would be proud of you.
And if simplicity could sing,
it would sound like you.
[applause]
Thank you so much.
I was just discussing with Vishal
- about what's happening here? - What kind of people are they?
Shreya speaks, and it sounds like music.
He speaks, and it sounds like music. What kind of people are they?
Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for this voice!
Thank you.
What's this?
Why am I being ragged? I'm just a guest!
Please be hospitable.
This isn't ragging, it's 'fanboying' and 'fangirling!'
No.
You have nature in your voice.
When you were singing, it felt like I was standing in a field somewhere.
That's very important to bring that ambience
into a closed studio with so many cameras and people.
To transport us there is extraordinary.
I got goosebumps!
- Thank you, sir. - And
it's reassuring that folk music
is in good hands. God bless you.
- Thank you so much, sir. - Thank you.
Look, your voice is also a soulful one.
We have the master of representation here,
Papon. So, my request
is that you and Subhajit sing something together.
- Awesome! - It would be a deadly combination. Please.
Please!
Let's do it!
[singing]
Wow!
[singing]
Superb!
[singing]
Thank you so much, sir.
He should have performed 'Baarish.' Beautiful!
- Thank you so much, sir. - Give it up for Papon, everyone!
Judges,
don't you feel bad seeing Santa Claus?
- Feel bad? - Thousands of years have passed,
Santa has grown old,
yet even today, he has to come personally
to give gifts to children.
[laughter]
And that's because, Judge,
no one has carried forward Santa's legacy.
Even Santa believes that if only he had a granddaughter like Sneha.
Now, coming to carry forward her grandfather's legacy is
Sneha Shankar!
[music playing]
Wow!
Amazing!
[singing]
Wow!
[singing]
Wow!
[singing]
[applause] - Mindblowing!
Mindblowing!
Sneha, what are you doing?
How many times will you make our beloved SG cry?
[background song playing]
Oh, God! Sneha!
Why do you do this to us?
This isn't your singing, it's your soul singing. It feels like that.
No one will believe you're this young,
only 18 years old?
God selects and sends people,
deciding that this task is allotted to them.
Just go and mesmerise people.
The bigger thing is, I've known her for a long time.
We've been in touch since then.
She appeared out of nowhere,
and we felt like, 'What does she have to do? Who am I to judge her?'
- That's right. - That's why
she still has that nervousness,
that vulnerability
of wondering, 'Am I doing it right?'
is so essential for an artist. You still have it.
Keep it that way, dear.
You're so blessed.
Thank you so much, it means a lot.
Papon Bhaiya,
I really like your version of 'Ranjish Hi Sahi'.
So, can you sing two lines with me? Please.
Come on!
We've managed to get Papon,
so we won't let him go easily.
[laughter]
[music playing]
[singing]
Wow! Superb!
Amazing!
[singing]
- Wow! - Thank you so much!
[applause]
Fab!
Amazing, Papon Bhai. A huge round of applause for
this absolutely beautiful performance.
Thank you, Sneha. Merry Christmas.
SG, the whole world
is a fan of Santa Claus.
But Santa
- is a fan of our Ragini. - Amazing!
Because the one who gives gifts in life is Santa.
And the one who is a gift in life is Ragini.
- Wow! - So presenting the face of blessings,
Ragini Shinde.
Ragini, I'm your Secret Santa today.
Wow!
Superb!
Inside this, you'll find your gift.
Wow!
What? Inside this? This is a one-bedroom flat, sir!
Sir, since I'm a king, I'd bring such a big gift.
[background song playing]
Oh!
Daya, break the door.
'Break the door!'
[music playing]
Wow!
Oh!
[background song playing]
Mindblowing!
[music playing]
What?
Mindblowing!
A huge round of applause
for the CID team.
Sony's original golden boys!
The showmen of Indian television's longest-running television show
are making a comeback
on Sony after six years
to break the door of entertainment.
The three and only
ACP Pradyuman, Daya, and Abhijeet!
Yes!
[music playing]
Ragini is a huge fan.
I spoke to her father.
- Wow! - And he told me that Ragini
loves CID a lot.
Wow! So, Ragini, tell me,
who's your favourite among these three?
Abhijeet sir.
- Oh, wow! - Thank you.
Thank you, Ragini.
Yes, because everyone's scared of Pradyuman sir,
- we all know that. - No!
He's very nice. He loves children a lot.
Haven't you seen the 'Bunty' episode?
Bunty's uncle had died,
and ACP Sir had comforted him.
I think ACP Sir doesn't even remember.
Pradyuman Sir is thinking,
which episode was that?
Bunty? Who?
- You're Marathi, right? - Yes.
Ragini Shinde.
You know, I've heard your song.
It's so outstanding,
so beautifully sung,
it's as if Saraswati herself
- resides on your tongue. - Amazing!
Thank you so much.
I read somewhere
that Lata ji was a great fan of CID.
- Wow! - She used to watch it. She has met you.
You know, she has expressed that.
- So, from Lata ji's generation to Ragini's generation. - Wow!
Wow!
[applause]
That's what I'm trying to convey. The CID show and all of us
are blessed by Goddess Saraswati.
Amazing!
[applause]
On behalf of all of you,
and our CID team,
I would like to extend a warm invitation for you to visit our set
whenever you wish.
You will all be most welcome.
It would bring us great joy to have you with us.
- Sir, we also wish to come. - We! We!
Sir, ours?
We'll be waiting for you all day.
Sir, we are excellent at finding dead bodies.
[cheering]
Alright, if you adore us so much,
I would like to make a request to Shreya ji.
Yes.
- Yes, sir. - I have a beautiful song.
- It's a delightful song. - Yes.
If you could sing a little of it, I would be absolutely delighted.
- Sir... - It's a song from 'Kashmir Ki Kali.'
[singing]
Amazing! Wow!
Superb! Superb!
All the best, Ragini. We are all your fans.
All the best, Ragini.
[music playing]
[applause]
[music playing]
[singing]
Wow!
She is 15 years old.
Woah! Beautiful!
[music playing]
What a composition!
Wow!
- Amazing! - Woohoo!
- What's your age? - Fifteen.
[chuckles]
What were you doing at the age of 15, Papon?
I was trying to climb a tree.
[laughter]
Oh, wow!
I don't know what to say, Ragini.
The clarity you have about what you sing...
And the old spirit of such songs...
Where did you acquire such an old soul?
- It must be from a past life. - Yes.
- It cannot be from this life. - No, no, no. Correct.
It can't be from 15 years.
Wow!
I'm so glad I heard you.
[song playing]
You will go far. Enjoy.
You seem to be enjoying the song.
- That's wonderful. - Thank you, sir.
God bless you.
Thank you so much.
Ragini, you broke the door with your performance.
Amazing!
[song playing]
When sir told me about Ragini,
I was speechless.
You learned to sacrifice at such a young age.
Then you toiled.
You came on stage only then.
- Amazing! - The way you're performing today
will guide you on the path ahead.
I have nothing to give you.
I think I want to gift her something.
Oh!
[indistinct]
Ragini, this is our CID badge.
[cheering]
No, no! No, no, no!
I want you to keep this badge.
But don't misuse it.
[chuckles]
Even I want it!
[song playing]
- Sir, I want one too. - Sir, this is unfair.
- Sir. - This is not right, sir.
- If anyone says anything, show them. - No!
Proudly, I'm from CID.
[chuckles]
Now, let's proceed.
- Hold on! Hold on, mister! - Sir?
- This cannot continue any further. - What happened, sir?
This programme must stop now.
- Hey! Hey! - Yes.
A serial killer is on the loose.
And no one is doing anything.
- What are you saying? - I have no doubt.
There's definitely something wrong.
[laughter]
- There's definitely something wrong, Daya! - Daya!
We must act.
Sir, we found out. Shall we apprehend him?
Apprehend him!
[suspenseful music]
Oh no.
Why is he looking at you?
Hey! Oi! Hey!
Oh!
Oh, oh, oh!
He is Chaitanya, the serial killer.
People are terrified by your song. Why?
This crime will not continue here.
We'll take him with us.
- Take him. - Take him. Take him. - Take him.
We'll take responsibility for his crime.
[laughter]
Please let us hear the song first.
Then you may take him, sir, please.
- No, we can take him even after the song. - Yes, please, sir.
Let him commit one final crime.
Let him cause one more disruption.
All the best. Best of luck to you.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much.
[singing]
[music playing]
Wow! Wow! Wow!
[singing]
Wow!
[music playing]
Amazing!
[cheering]
Woah!
[applause]
Woohoo! What?
Oh, God!
Fabulous!
Oh, my God! Chaitanya!
I'm so frightened.
I don't know what... You... You're not normal.
[laughter]
You have done amazing improvisations.
Sukhi ji's song, right?
Sukhi ji never sings his own song in the usual way.
Yes, she never sings it the same way.
He always sings it differently.
I think he will be so happy to listen to this.
You do it effortlessly. This is...
Unfair.
I need a moment to breathe. You two carry on.
I'm exhausted.
[applause]
It was a feeling of uniting the soul with the Divine.
It was truly beautiful. Soulful. Very nice.
- Thank you so much, sir. - Thank you.
[music playing]
Judges, before we introduce our celebrity fans,
I'd like to show you something.
Hey!
Have you ever loved someone?
Have you ever given your heart to someone?
Even I did!
[music playing]
- Woah! - Amazing!
Our beloved singer, Meiyang Chang.
Woohoo!
- Welcome back, Chang. - Thank you so much. - Welcome home.
- This is your home. - Thank you!
This is where you began. How does it feel to be back?
It feels wonderful to return
to my own show.
It feels like it's my own show.
Chang, whose secret Santa are you? Please tell us.
Everyone knows that Jyotiprakash loves animals.
But I love his singing.
I am crazy for him.
Crazy!
How much?
Very much crazy.
[laughter]
Very, very much crazy?
Very, very, very much crazy.
[quirky music]
If we continue, Badshah will begin singing.
[laughter]
So, presenting the one whose life is driven by two things.
Cows and singing...
- Jyotiprakash Ojha from Odisha. - Jyotiprakash Ojha from Odisha.
Woah!
[applause]
[music playing]
[singing]
Amazing!
[music playing]
[singing]
Wow!
Thank you so much!
Fantastic! Fabulous!
Amazing! Amazing!
You possess what God has bestowed upon you.
Carry it forward and work even harder.
This is our prayer for you.
[applause]
Jyoti, your voice is so beautiful when you touch the higher notes
so effortlessly.
And the final sustained note was impeccable.
It concluded the song so wonderfully,
However, at the beginning, it took a while...
- To warm up. - To warm up.
- [indistinct] - It took a while to warm up.
There could have been more presence in the lower notes.
When you began with the auditions
and the theatre round,
the performances you delivered then,
I long for that again, Jyoti.
- I long for that Jyoti again. - Yes.
And I would like to add, Myscmee, you sounded gorgeous.
[applause]
Thank you so much, ma'am. Thank you.
Especially the cross when you moved into the chorus...
Mind-blowing, mind-blowing!
[applause]
Jyotiprakash, many years ago Javed sir told me this
when I was at the auditions...
I was incredibly nervous.
I entered the audition room
and sang.
And he said, 'Everything else is fine.'
'But I believe you have the voice of a kind person.'
And I feel
that you have the same thing because you have that love for animals.
Animals love you.
So that, now, you have to bring into this as well.
And I think you will do it!
You will do very well. You will do very well.
All the best!
Thank you.
[applause]
And on that note,
Team CID...
Thank you so much for joining us on Indian Idol
and for giving us your precious time.
We know that
you will have to depart to solve some very serious cases.
So thank you very much. A big round of applause for Team CID.
[song playing]