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Amit puts Shillong on a high
- Indian Idol 3 runner-up wins hearts as fans dance to his tune
ANUPAM BORDOLOI
Shillong, Oct. 4: If there was ever a need for a symbol to understand the
phenomenon called Amit Paul, it was flying in the air this afternoon — a pink,
heart-shaped balloon.
And as nearly 40,000 screaming — almost delirious — fans trooped into the
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here for a public felicitation of the Indian Idol 3
runner-up, there was no doubt left in anybody’s mind. Amit is well and truly
the king of hearts.
All the controversies preceding the function were pushed to the background and
the clouds overhead only threatened but did not rain. But Amit Paul lived up
to the hype he has managed to generate — he simply had Shillongites dancing to
his tune.
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| Amit Paul performs at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Shillong on Thursday. A Telegraph picture |
Imagine a packed stadium, which has an official capacity of just 20,000,
singing in unison with a young man who has made the state so very proud. So
much so that even the bitter animosity between the tribals and non-tribals
evaporated at the altar of music. No wonder, elderly Khasi women were dancing
in a daze as Amit belted out one hit number after another in a very
interactive performance.
Not to mention the fact that nearly 75 per cent of the people in the crowd
were women and young girls, some of them screaming and begging Amit to marry
them! Seated in the front rows of the VIP enclosure — and close to the
screaming girls — were Amit’s proud mother, sister and a visibly embarrassed
grandmother.
Learning the art of how to be politically correct, Amit did not forget to
thank the Shillong Art & Music Lovers’ Forum which had led the vote-for-Amit
campaign but boycotted today’s function accusing two MLAs of trying to gain
political mileage from his show.
The forum’s allegation is a matter of debate but there was no confusion about
two other persons who had used the function to gain mileage of a different
kind. They are selling cheap audio and video CDs of Amit’s performances,
recorded during the course of the Indian Idol 3 contest.
The footnote of the remarkable saga of a self-made musician is simple. Amit
the brand has arrived.
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