[vocalising]
[background music]
[audience cheering, applauding]
[song playing]
Whoa!
[song playing]
Friends, we have with us today the OG family man of Indian Cinema.
His films go houseful
in both theatres and living rooms alike.
He showed us the importance of relationships
before we started using mobile phones.
Those relationships helped us lose track of time.
"The dark night is depressing."
"We could either be happy or facing difficulties."
"Irrespective of the circumstances,"
"be rest assured that we are united."
Please welcome the legend of Indian cinema,
Mr Sooraj R. Barjatya!
[audience applauding]
He is accompanied by the lead actors of 'Bada Naam Karenge',
the very promising, Ritik Ghanshani
and the talented, Ayesha Kaduskar!
[audience cheering, applauding]
Thank you so much, Adi.
Indian Idol is a family show
where music is cherished, Shreya.
It is literally worshipped.
I've been following this season,
saw their talent, and the intense competition.
You're right, sir.
Sir decided to switch
to OTT due to changing trends.
Sir, could you please brief us about the web series?
'Bada Naam Karenge' is a story that all of us can identify with.
A boy and a girl from a small town, come to Mumbai.
They want to make their families proud.
They have problems fitting in here.
They have problems with pronunciation
or holding a clutch properly.
- Ah! - But they also have to be themselves.
Their mothers want them to fast on Ekadashi,
or visit the Hanuman temple on a Saturday.
The story is about how they fall in love and balance these aspects.
I've observed many people here with similar stories.
We want to convey the message
- of not abandoning your true self. - Well said.
- We'll earn fame only if we are our true selves. - Well said!
[audience cheering, applauding]
Sir, we are celebrating the greatest hits of Rajshri today.
Let's begin the celebration.
Sir, please take your seat. Judges...
[audience cheering, applauding]
- SG! - Yes.
You must have heard the saying,
talking through one's hat.
Do you know
the source of this saying?
It originated
from Mr Barjatya's directorial debut, 'Maine Pyar Kiya'.
[vocalising]
Salman Khan gave Bhagyashree a hat inscribed with the word "friends".
Bhagyashree was so happy and joyous
after wearing the hat
that she started dancing like this.
[song playing]
- What is this? - It kickstarted a trend for such hats,
and it's still trending today.
This trend and the film will be celebrated
by our maestro, Mayuri Saha.
[audience applauding]
[musical instruments playing]
[Mayuri vocalising]
[musical instruments playing]
[Mayuri singing a song]
Aha!
Well done!
[Mayuri vocalising]
[audience cheering, applauding]
Mayuri, you sang very well.
Actually, you made me emotional.
We inaugurated the film's shooting with this song, 36 years ago.
Wow! "36 years!"
I was telling Shreya
that we recorded the song at the Bombay Lab Studio
with a group of musicians.
Ms Lata wanted to sing live during the inauguration.
- Wow! - She sang the word "pagla" differently each time.
- So nice. - Vishal, Mayuri reminded me of this film.
We made this film with pure intention.
Raamlaxman didn't give the lyrics to anyone for 25 years.
I mean this song.
My father requested the song from him,
but he refused,
saying he would only give it if it suited the story.
He composed this song
when he was jobless.
He said, "I was jobless and hungry.
I wrote this song in anger
one evening, so I want it to align with the story."
Wonderful.
When I requested him for the same song,
he said, "I'll give it to you for your first film."
- Aha. - We had good intentions.
When we shot this song, both Salman and I were in tears.
We didn't make this film so easily.
The heroine Salman and I chose refused to work in the film.
She said she'd only work with Yash Chopra
and Anil Kapoor.
Shreya, nobody knows about Salman's dubbing.
His voice could have been dubbed by another person.
- Really? - Vishal, while dubbing
in the morning, we realised that mornings don't suit him.
He has a hoarse voice.
So, we did redubbing.
I want to say
that all of you may become successful,
but please don't take it for granted.
Whenever I hear this song, I tell myself, "go back and start, Sooraj."
- Well said. - Thank you, Mayuri.
- Wonderful! - Thank you so much, sir.
Mr Barjatya's words are giving me goosebumps
because I have grown up
hearing this song.
Ms Lata sang this song.
He told us an interesting thing. She sang "pagla" differently each time.
[song playing]
And that word is magical.
[Shreya singing a song]
She gave a unique expression each time.
Did she insist on singing it differently each time?
Shreya, she never said it.
- She simply sang it. - She sang it first, and then we realised.
We didn't dare to ask her anything.
I might tell you something now, but not her.
[audience applauding]
You refreshed our memories.
You were wonderful.
Mayuri, I know you're suffering from a cold.
Right? Shall I tell you something?
Sometimes, a cold...
- It acts like texture. - It works magic.
You sounded so beautiful today.
There was something so vulnerable about today's singing.
You weren't projecting with much confidence,
so your voice sounded sweet.
It felt like first love.
Aha! Well said.
It suited this song.
Thank you, ma'am.
Judges, please score Mayuri's performance.
[audience applauding]
Before we move on, I want to show everyone something cute.
Whoa!
Oh!
Oh, wow!
[chuckling]
Oh! Is that you?
They are Salman and Sooraj.
[song playing]
- Gosh! - Wow!
[audience cheering, applauding]
I want everyone to guess Sooraj's age when this photo was taken.
Around 25 or 26.
- No. - He was just 21 years old when he directed this film.
That is amazing!
[audience cheering, applauding]
I have a question.
How did you understand
such a complicated emotion
at the age of 21, and how did you film it?
Actually, I was 21 years old
and he was 20.5 years old.
Basically, we made this film playfully.
I wanted to begin my career, so I wrote a script.
It wasn't a success.
My father suggested that I make a love story.
Adi, he narrated a Rajasthani folk story to me.
"A father decides to go abroad"
"to earn money"
"and leaves his daughter at a friend's place."
'I'll leave her here, Kishan.'
'Listen, if she makes a mistake, scold her as much as you want.'
'It's okay. She is most welcome.'
"After he leaves, the daughter falls in love with his friend's son."
[vocalising]
"When the father returns,"
"he realises that his daughter has been insulted."
'She slung mud on this family.'
'- Ranjit Sahab! - Yes!'
'She showed her true colours.'
"I'll pay for your five-star hotel."
This was the story.
I asked him to hire a writer.
He said, "you'll write the script."
I said, "I'm not a writer."
He said, "I don't care. I want someone your age to write."
So, I became a writer.
Vishal, whatever we felt back then is what you see on screen.
That's right, sir.
I think this is why 'Maine Pyar Kiya' became possible.
I can't even think of making it today.
Sir, I have one more question.
How did you feel those emotions?
I mean the romantic moments.
Everything you see in the film is the truth.
Okay.
- Oh! - We've either exaggerated or toned a few things down.
- Good. - Wow!
This is the first time I saw
Mr Barjatya blushing.
[guffawing]
- Vishu. - Yes.
What is your favourite scene
in the film, 'Hum Aapke Hain Koun'?
The catapult scene.
[background music]
Hmm!
I expected a naughty answer from a naughty judge like you.
- Anyway, Vishu, you're with us today. - Yes.
Sooraj is also here.
Let's recreate that scene.
[guffawing]
You will play Salman Khan,
and I'll be... "Aha!"
Madhuri Dixit!
Oh, God!
[song playing]
Why do I always get this fake Madhuri Dixit?
[laughing]
I want to be blindfolded.
Please blindfold me.
[laughing]
- Whoa! - The catapult is with me.
[song playing]
Please go farther away.
- Really? - Of course.
I shouldn't be hurt.
[background music]
[thumping]
Oh, my!
[laughing]
Vishu, the damage is done.
[guffawing]
Wow!
Well done, sir. You did it in a single take.
This is called skill.
I love it.
I should leave music and start doing this.
I'll hit people with a flower.
[laughing]
This film broke several records when it was released.
This is why the theatres were packed for 100 weeks.
[audience applauding]
The mother of our next singer
tells her husband after meeting Gaurav Khanna,
"Hum Aapke Hain Koun"?
Indian Idol's RRR, Rani Ritika Raj.
[audience cheering, applauding]
'Ma'am, you're suffering from laryngitis,'
'so you must avoid speaking as a precaution.'
Ritika, can you hear me?
Ritika! Ritika!
Ritika!
All the best!
Mwah! Please sing well. You'll be fine.
Please don't worry.
[musical instruments playing]
[Ritika singing a song]
Well sung!
[Ritika singing a song]
Aha!
Woo-hoo!
[audience cheering, applauding]
Oh my God! Ritika, you're a rock star!
[audience cheering, applauding]
Her voice is in such bad shape that she can't speak.
- Oh! '- Wow!'
[audience cheering]
She couldn't speak,
yet she managed to pull this off. Incredible!
[audience cheering, applauding]
Ritika, I'm in tears.
Thank you, Shreya.
I still can't speak properly,
but God saved
my singing voice.
[audience cheering, applauding]
You're really unique.
What are you?
I know her voice was... She can't speak.
She has lost her voice completely.
Before the performances started, I checked on her.
Will you be able to sing? What will you sing?
She said, "Shreya, my voice..."
I said, "please sing a little.
Please don't talk and save your voice."
And she was able to sing.
I told her, "don't talk until you sing.
Please don't talk and save your throat."
She was brave enough to smile.
She is a completely different kind of girl.
She didn't sing nervously.
She performed the song.
[song playing]
'Well sung!'
You sang wonderfully. God was with you.
I'm really proud of you, Ritika.
Thank you, Shreya.
People don't get as much touched
by something as when a person triumphs over difficulties.
You did something like that today.
You did a commendable job.
Thank you, sir.
Ritika, well done. Hats off to you.
You will surely go places.
Nothing is greater than talent.
We rehearsed this song for 16 days.
The dance was rehearsed for 16 days because it's a long song.
- It was shot in nine days. - Wow!
I want to share an incident.
While shooting the song,
people got too involved.
For example, the assistant choreographer shot the catapult.
- Oh! - He didn't wash his hands for four hours.
[guffawing]
He got the recognition.
[guffawing]
Since we were in the mood,
we were contemplating how to end the song.
The scene showed
the boys barging in and starting to tease.
I told Salman,
"the song must end with victory."
I didn't want it to be an outrageous act.
- I wanted to show curiosity... - Bold.
Yes. I requested him to wear a nightie.
[song playing]
He was okay with it. He's like that. He agreed to wear it.
For this song, Madhuri
does Salman's makeup.
She did.
[applause]
So, thank you for bringing these memories.
Thank you, sir.
[applause]
Ritika, I am your biggest fan.
I was waiting for your performance.
And I am also a huge fan
of your Bengali Bhangra.
You are famous!
- That's quite famous. - Badshah named it.
So, if you could dance with us
on 'Sweeter Balma',
we will be honoured.
Let's do it. Ritik, please come.
Yes.
All the contestants.
[applauding]
[song playing]
[applause and cheer]
[laughing]
Oh!
Mind-blowing!
Wow!
Thank you, everyone.
[applause and cheer]
[song playing]
The one whom everyone saw in Hum Saath-Saath Hain and thought
if only every elder brother could be like him.
The elder brother who would do anything for his family
and face even the toughest times with just a smile.
The one and only Mohnish Bahl,
aka the elder brother in Hum Saath-Saath Hain.
[applause and cheer]
I stand before the one
who knows my flaws.
I stand before the one who is the reason for my career.
Okay!
45 years in the film industry. He's the man.
It goes back to 1988, Shreya.
We couldn't find a villain in Maine Pyar Kiya.
Salman said that
he met Mohnish in the gym.
They were friends. He said he will play the role of a villain.
I went to my dad, and Mohnish was already a star.
My dad disagreed. He had the greatest regard for Nutan.
He used to often say, 'If I had an elder sister'
'of that calibre, I would have had her.'
We were working on the script.
One day, Nutan called my dad
and said that her son wanted to play a negative role,
so she asked him to audition him.
My dad said he will play the negative role, but we won't let him.
She said,
'Don't punish my son for being my son.'
And my father had tears.
I rarely saw tears in his eyes.
He said he would cast him.
But I guess, at that time, he had already decided
that in the next film, Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!,
Mohnish would be given the role
that we want Nutan's son to play.
Please take your seat and enjoy the show.
[applauding]
Sooraj, in this season,
I found Myscmme, who is like a sister to me,
and Priyangshu, my brother-in-law.
[laughing]
Priyangshu, please come on stage.
I can't come there. I can't find my shoes.
[chuckles]
Our foolish brother-in-law has no idea
that I stole his footwear.
[laughing]
Give me the money and your footwear.
I will take Rs. 1 lakh.
[laughing]
That's not possible. Make it less.
Okay, I won't negotiate below Rs. 15.
[laughing]
Is Rs. 11 fine?
Myscmme, my sister,
the one you considered precious,
is nothing more than a cheap forehead mark.
My bad luck!
My brother-in-law is a miser.
Anyway, presenting my miser brother-in-law.
A stingy man.
In the world of reels, a voice that carries emotion.
Priyangshu Dutta.
Give him Rs. 11.
Money first!
Hold on!
[laughing]
Okay! Give him his footwear.
[laughing]
All the best!
- Thank you! - I got my salary for one episode.
[laughing]
[music starts]
[singing]
Wow!
[singing]
'Come soon!'
[laughing]
[singing]
'Make it fast!'
[singing]
[applause and cheer]
- I love it! - Thank you!
Very good!
He's so cute. He sounded very cute.
I won't be able to look at them.
Priyangshu, you sang beautifully.
It reminded me of Mr. Balu.
Mr. SP Balu.
When we were recording this, he came there
in white clothes, Shreya.
I told him,
'Mr. Balu, could you add something to this song?'
Badshah, I gave him... I didn't know who Mr. Balu was.
I wrote to him, 'Hello! Hi!'
'Can we add something here and there?'
'I will try, sir.'
'Oh, come on!' 'Come on!' The paper was with me.
One take!
'Oh, come on!' 'Come on!'
And he sang the way you did.
He came and asked, 'Sir, okay? Anything more?'
- I said, 'Please, sir...' - Wow!
Wow! Amazing!
A big hand for Mr. SP Balasubrahmanyam.
Lovely! Wow!
When the film was being made,
Ms. Lata and Mr. Balu weren't there. There were new singers.
We have a music room in our office. Right, Mohnish?
New singers used to practice there every day.
We would listen to them sing the song as they practised.
One night, I got scared.
I felt like I was new, the actors were new, and so were they.
Where are we going?
Where will the vehicle go?
I went to Mr. Raamlaxman's house.
They signed singers. I went and said,
'Mr. Raamlaxman, give me Mr. Balu'
'for the hero.' He said, 'But we fixed this singer.'
'Who will tell you dad now?'
I said, 'You tell him.'
[laughing]
He came the next day.
He said, 'Mr. Raj,'
'he is your son and he is the director, let's give him Mr. Balu.'
'Mr. Balu.'
'Give him Mr. Balu.'
My dad waited and said
if he wanted Mr. Balu, then why not Mrs. Lata?
Wow!
I was stumped.
He said he will go and talk.
He went, and he returned. She agreed to sing for me.
Back then, it was believed that
any director whose first film she sang for
- would have a blockbuster. - Amazing!
This is how I roped him in, Badshah.
I was lucky, I didn't do much.
Thank you so much, Priyangshu.
Thank you, sir.
Yesterday, I told Shreya that
he only sings Arijit's songs. I doubt he can sing anything else.
I actually said this.
And you
changed that perspective. I am really proud of you, man. Great job!
Today you've proved a lot of people wrong, by the way, including me.
Thank you so much, sir. Thank you!
Myscmme, what is it? What are you eating?
[laughing]
She might be in love.
[cheering]
Enough!
Priyangshu, I want to do one thing that I forgot.
I want to stand up and clap for you.
Thank you! Thank you so much, sir.
What you sang,
Priyangshu and Myscmme, you are no less.
This song was in a duet format. A big hand for Myscmme.
[applauding]
You sound so beautiful.
Also, both of you
have incredible chemistry. No doubt about it!
There was chemistry.
Oh, God!
'Come on' and all was so bang on. We...
- This was your new side. - Thank you so much.
The chemistry that Shreya is referring to...
The character Jeevan is coming to life.
- That is what we need. - I have to say it now.
'Prem!'
'A boy and a girl can't be friends.'
- That is not possible! - Wow!
Fantastic, Priyangshu and Myscmme.
I loved it! Fabulous! God bless.
- Congratulations! - Thank you so much.
Mohnish sir, very rightly said
that a boy and a girl can never be friends, guys!
So, Sooraj sir, give them a solution.
All I would say is in Maine Pyar Kiya,
Prem and Suman faced a similar issue.
They kept saying they are friends and not lovers.
When they had to decide how to profess the love,
the Antakshari was 11 minutes long.
And at the end of Antakshari,
the girl says 'I love you.'
[singing]
Priyangshu, I don't know
if we create a setting
and play Antakshari today.
- That's a brilliant idea, sir. - Yes, come on!
So, Priyangshu is also here.
- And oh my God! Myscmme is also here. - Oh God!
Why not...
What?
- Let's make two teams.
Oh my God!
'To pass time we must do something.'
- Let's start Antakshari... - 'By taking the Lord's name.'
Say, Ram!
[laughing]
[singing]
- Wow! - Now, brother-in-law...
[laughing]
'Lo Chali Main.'
Ananya, not now. Take your time.
Ananya, sing it once again.
- 'I am going with my brother-in law's wedding procession.' - Yeah!
I feel good, man!
Oh my God!
[laughing]
[singing]
[applause and cheer]
So, Myscmme, what is your reply?
[singing]
[laughing]
Father-in-law!
[laughing]
Did you see how much the father-in-law is blushing?
[singing]
- Wow! - What are you saying?
Look here!
[singing]
Friendship?
Romance!
[singing]
Brilliant!
Outstanding!
That was fun!
[applause]
Thank you! Thank you, everyone. It was fun.
[applause]
Judges, it's riddle time.
- No! - This riddle is costly because I have a prop.
Oh! Costly!
- Look at this and tell me... - You spent a lot.
- Who will be the next performer. - Did you buy that for Rs. 11?
[laughing]
Somebody who wears glasses. Manasi?
Wrong answer!
[laughing]
Subhajit?
Enough, SG! You guessed it wrong.
Because coming up
- is Ragini. - How?
- Look carefully at what's happening. - I am looking carefully.
- The eye is popping. - Oh!
[laughing]
Last week, Badshah said
that Ragini is the future of 'Eye-pop'.
God save him.
Wow!
Throw a rock at him,
the ball won't do the job.
Before my dad, Udit comes here and gives me his blessings...
[laughing]
Presenting the one
who is the 'Eye-pop' star, Ragini Shinde.
[applauding]
[vocalising]
Wow!
[singing]
Brilliant!
[singing]
[applauding]
Wow!
Unbelievable!
[applause and cheer]
Unbelievable!
Ragini, you sang beautifully.
- Thank you, sir. - This is from the film Saudagar.
It is Nutan's film. There are a lot of memories attached to it.
I would like to say
that this song was picturised on Padma Khanna.
The original song's picturisation'
'had more playfulness.'
[song playing]
But the way you infused it with 'Shringar Ras...
- Oh! Lovely! - Beautiful!
The elegance in every expression
and just seeing Shreya's reaction to it was enough.
It's so beautiful. Lovely.
Really nice! Beautiful.
Thank you!
I was getting goosebumps.
You are singing with such maturity.
You won't understand what you're doing.
You are gifted.
She is 15 years old, sir.
I liked this.
[singing]
That is what Ms. Asha does. But...
[vocalisation and singing]
It made it pure.
[singing]
Wow!
Not just I-pop,
if there is anything called 'U-pop', universal pop,
- and whatever you call it, - U-pop!
Mars is 'M-pop'.
'J-pop' for Jupiter. You can be a pop star on any planet.
- You are that. - Thank you, ma'am.
I am a little greedy. I want to hear it again. Sing that verse.
- Do it for all of us, Ragini. - You sang it so well.
[singing]
She doesn't know what she's singing.
There is less sensuality and more beauty.
Whoa!
Wow!
[applause and cheer]
Let me give you a kiss on your cheek.
Ragini, have you seen this song or movie Saudagar on screen?
Yes, I have seen it, sir.
Ms Padma's character was not a negative character as such but
in front of Mahjubhi, she became a negative character
because she fell in love with Mr Amitabh's character.
And it was love.
Because it was shown that in front of Mahjubhi, I mean my mother's character,
who was very pure,
Ms Padma was looked upon as a vamp character.
It's beautifully written.
So when we hear this song from that time and even now,
not now, but till now.
Very good. - Great!
So, we would feel that
this character looks appealing, alluring,
- someone to subdue. - Seduce someone. - Seduce someone.
- We felt that. - Absolutely.
But when you sang this song, as Mr Sooraj said it's like an adornment,
a joy of listening to this...
I think Ms Nutan must have sung like this.
- So this. - Wonderful. - Absolutely.
Judges, please give your scores on Ragini's performance.
Well done, Ragini. Beautiful!
[song playing]
Sir, I have one question in my mind. I mean, there are so many songs,
melodic songs, but the 'Kabutar' song.
Everyone loves it. It's been celebrated for
decades. But how did you get this idea?
Actually, it has a big story behind it.
Big means the story that changes the entire screenplay.
I was sitting with Raamlaxman sir, Asad Bhopali sir,
our lyrics writer.
The lyrics writer was very self-
respected person. He would never write his song but ask me to write it.
- Is it? - He would eat his betel leaf and ask me to write the lyrics.
I wrote it, but I said I won't write it again.
He was my senior.
We were stuck in a situation.
The situation is
where the hero writes a letter for a girl
in which he expresses his love
and she realises that she couldn't understand it earlier.
[song playing]
And I was adamant that I don't want words like love or first love.
- He asked me to describe what was in the room. - Hmm.
I said it has a cap
which mentions 'Friend' on it.
- And what else? - And there is a pigeon at a distance.
Actually, the pigeon was only one of the properties.
So he said okay, can I give you a song on a pigeon?
- I said, here... - He said, write it.
'Pigeon, just go and give my first love letter to my love.'
Raamlaxman sir said compose this song and
that's how the opening lines were composed. I went to my father,
I said we've composed song on a pigeon,
but we have to make it fly to take the letter.
Where can we make it fly?
There was no VFX. Stop them.
By the time I reached there,
- 3 verses were made, and it was a lunch break. - Done?
[laughing]
It's an epic and definitive song, sir.
We won't be doing it justice, if we don't listen to it now.
- Absolutely, Vishal sir. - We must listen to it.
Who wants to sing it? Volunteers, please.
Oh, wow!
Ritika and Sneha.
Please come. The best of the best.
[applause]
[song playing]
'Prem, I am in love with you.'
'I wish I could have understood the depth of this relationship earlier.'
'I wish my first love's first letter'
'I could send it to my love.'
[music playing]
[song playing]
[music playing]
Wow! Thank you.
Awesome!
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Thank you so much.
[song playing]
You both sang it so beautifully.
It was my song for which
people in the recording would say why this is so stretched.
But when the track was made,
and a lot of credit to Uttam sir,
- Of course. - because of this music.
[music]
It became deadly when it came.
[music playing]
And when Ms Lata came and sang 'Ja' 'Ja',
'Ja' 'Ja',
when Ms Lata came on the mic,
then it took off.
[song playing]
And I realised the power of this
- when this picture was released in the Metros, - Yes.
- We had put up a banner. - Yes.
It was 2 weeks more before the release
and we would stand and see the banner,
Mr Salman was also with me.
Ritik and Ayesha, it's a fact,
a Muslim gentleman came
and he saw the banner and asked, where is their pigeon?
- The song started. - Oh!
I told my publicist overnight to change all the posters with a pigeon added.
So the pigeon is the part of the logo.
[music playing]
[laughing]
Wow!
- Amazing. - We had 5 pigeons.
- They would stay in our office. - Yes.
- And they would fly and come back there only. - Wow!
- That is how the pigeon song... - Wonderful!
Amazing!
[song playing]
Sooraj sir, your film 'Maine Pyar Kiya'
is a part of our lives.
Of course, the entire world fell in love with Ms Bhagyashree
and we still love her.
I have a special clip that I want to show you.
'Very shy!'
'I can't even imagine that he was just married at that time'
'and I and Salman would tease him a lot.'
- 'Not even a honeymoon. - Yes.'
'We went to Ooty for the shooting.'
'Ms Vineeta would every day'
'arrange the table and wait for him.'
'And Mr Sooraj was busy with his ADs.'
'Keep this shot here, keep the camera there, make them do this.'
'Ask the spots to do this task.'
'We would finish our meals,'
'but Ms Vineeta would wait for him.'
'And we actually tell Mr Sooraj'
'that until you eat your meals'
'or Vineeta would serve your meals, we will not shoot.'
'At least do some romance after all,'
'it is the shooting of 'Maine Pyar Kiya' film.'
[applause]
Aditya, let me tell you, you don't know how romantic Mr Sooraj is.
- Sir, I have two small questions for you. - It's enough now.
[laughing]
I have never faced this kind of a thing.
- [indistinct] - Now he is blushing. - Yes.
Sir, you didn't tell us that love story.
[laughing]
- Badshah, stop. - Just tell us something.
At 20 years you get married.
[music playing]
I wanted to be a director, Shreya and my mother
was very worried that I'll fall in love with some heroine.
A mother is a mother.
She told me that if you want to become a director, then get married first.
I have to tell you about one incident after marriage.
The casting was going on for 'Maine Pyar Kiya', Mr Mohnish.
When I reached home with the briefcase, and my wife opened it,
it had many girls' photos in it.
- Because we were auditioning girls. - Oh!
She's saying there is neither sales tax file
nor income tax file,
there was no GST, but what is this?
Over the years, I have to tell her that this is my profession
And all fairness to her, a little bit of
my film's heroines like Suman, Nisha or Poonam
all of them are somewhere or the other are from her.
- Oh my God. - Nice edit.
Sir, I have one question, which is not personal.
Sir, I or a lot of us
cannot imagine Suman
other than Ms Bhagyashree.
[music playing]
How did you find her?
I'll be honest.
We were not getting a heroine,
and the hero was waiting for six months.
Even our villain was finalised.
This is true, Badshah, tickets were also booked
for me and sir to go to Chennai to talk to Ms Neelam.
My father went
to Lucknow
and that night, he called us from the middle of the station
and told me to stop. He said he read the book 'Chitralekha'.
I bought it from the railway station.
I saw the photo of a girl, Bhagyashree, in 'Kachchi Dhoop'.
We know the family.
Just wait, I think we should go and meet her.
Ms Neelam is still upset with me.
What was the problem to come to Chennai?
Then, of course, we came back.
- Bhagyashree is from a Royal family. - Royal family. - We went to her house.
We read the subject to her.
Then she came for the audition. This is how we got Suman.
- We were not getting anyone. - Wow!
- Wow!
- We've got such a beautiful heroine! - Iconic.
Wonderful.
Judges, as you can see here,
That Chaitanya is not here.
Other singers aren't here either.
It is because
Pinky ji messaged me this morning
that 'Sooraj ji is coming today.'
'So he wants to get Chaitanya in his style.'
So Pinky ji, please come.
[song playing]
Oh my God! The one we thought was a nail,
turned out to be a hammer.
Our Pinky turned out to be a horse.
[laughter]
By the way, Pinky ji, the procession was incredible.
Though, something was missing. You didn't splash the cash.
'I'll splash it only if Vishu sir gives me the money.'
[laughing]
Right now, he's stepped off the horse
and is entering your life
to make it full of joy and happiness with his melody,
the one whose voice is rocking.
His voice is magical, Chaitanya Devadhe.
Thank you, Pinky ji.
It was an absolute honour to have you on the stage.
Stop it!
Chaitanya, which song are you singing today?
Adi, I'll be singing 'Chahunga Main Tujhe Sanjh Savere...'
Oh, wow! Beautiful!
- When I was preparing for this song... - Yes.
I kept thinking about my elder brother, Jaimini,
whom I fondly call Nana Bhau.
I missed him a lot.
I mean while practising, I kept his face in front of me.
And now, my Nana Bhau
is doing the Narmada Parikrama. Walking the whole way.
He's doing it because
I've reached Idol
and so I go even further. I win Idol.
And I miss him so much.
- Amazing! - Absolutely.
[singing]
[music playing]
[applause]
Thank you!
That was brilliant, Chaitanya and...
I'm so grateful you picked this song,
it's the reason I am here,
Rajshri Hits is here
and we're all enjoying it.
This song made our banner what it is today.
[song playing]
This film was released in 1964, Vishal ji.
- Yes. - It was a black and white film when colour had already arrived.
No heroine.
Just a story of two friends.
One, a 14-year-old who was lame, and the other, blind.
A song by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Majrooh sir.
[applause]
Our first Filmfare wins,
for best music, lyrics, and singer, all thanks to this song.
Everything we are today started with this.
So many people who were a part of this song are no more.
But I feel like everyone's here. Laxmi ji is here,
Majrooh sir is here. It feels like everyone's here.
I just want to share one thing.
I wasn't even born
- when this song came out. - Oh...
They used to tell me that our hero, Vishal,
Shreya and Badshah, they were around 14-15 years old back then.
When this song was made,
everyone thought Lata ji would sing it.
- Because 15 is still considered a child. - Yes, yes.
A deep voice...
But once the shoot started,
our hero, the singer, started growing a moustache.
[laughter]
Because of that,
they decided
Rafi sir should sing it instead.
- Amazing! - Amazing! - And that's how Rafi sir
ended up singing it.
Thank you so much. Beautiful!
Thank you, sir. Thank you so much.
Chaitanya, you're one of the few
who haven't really
missed the tune in this season.
Last time, you missed a line in the Antara.
But today, it was really messed up, brother.
What's up? Why aren't you telling us?
Throat problem or what?
- No, sir. - All okay?
When you start singing, you just get lost in the song.
You... And you pull others into it too.
But if something goes off, it stings a little. That's why I'm saying.
Okay? Don't mind, but you were a bit off-tune today.
Alright. Just do better, brother.
If there's a problem, let me know.
If there's anything I can do, let me know.
Thank you.
Chaitanya, you've got serious potential.
If your high notes are at 100,
don't let the low ones drop to 80.
Let me give you an example. Rahat sir.
- Oh... - Rahat... Rahat Fateh Ali Khan sir.
You've heard his range, right? He hits unreal notes.
Inhuman levels of
notes.
- But even his low notes sound beautiful. - Yes.
- Full and smooth, right? - Smooth.
- It has to be smooth. - So, you'll develop that.
- You need to work on it, and it's also age. - That's it.
- That's it. Please do. - [indistinct]
I'm greedy because you're just 18, if you do it soon, it'll be amazing.
Imagine if you crack this at 20.
No, no, I want it in the next episode.
Oh God.
You do it then, bro.
[laughter]
Judges, time to give scores for Chaitanya's performance.
[applause]