 "Music Katha Ha"  "Music Pitae ha "  Lover Boy Amit |
Shillong, Aug. 28:
Shillong went into a tizzy after Indian Idol wannabe, Amit Paul, was pushed
into the elite band on Friday, finding a place among the top four left in the
reality show. The Indian Idol show suddenly bridged the cultural divide in
Meghalaya. And Amit Paul fans have quickly got into action.
The Shillong Arts and Music Lovers’ Forum, which had spearheaded the Vote Amit
Paul campaign, organised a series of public meetings to drum up support for
this self-made singer.
At a public meeting on Jail Road Boys School on Saturday, people came from
every corner of Meghalaya. Contingency plans were drawn up to improve Amit’s
vote bank. People were even ready to sponsor PCOs so that fans could vote from
9pm Friday to 8am.
Amit Paul’s is the most articulated name in Shillong today. In fact,
everything else, including politics, has taken a back seat even as people soak
in the “feel-good” sensation. Amit’s fan club cuts across all ages.
An 84-year-old grandmother from Mawlai is one avid fan. Friday after Friday
she has been watching Amit in action. Alva Nongsiej, a young college student
voted 2,800 times on her mobile even as she supervised her PCO at Mawlai
Motsyiar.
Another diehard fan, Kalpana, said her family would sponsor a PCO in Mawlai
this coming Friday.
There is no dearth of innovative strategies as far as Amit’s fans are
concerned. While some are sponsoring mobile phones and pre-paid cards to
distribute to volunteers, others have been sending SMS texts to every part of
India urging especially non-resident northeasterners to vote for Amit.
Net surfers who hit Sify.com for tidbits on Indian Idol are surprised that the
maximum number of fanmail comes from Pakistan. So far, Amit has a tally of
8,688 messages.
Anosh Yakub from Lahore says, “I am your biggest fan; every time you sing you
rock the stage.” Joshua from Karachi has this exhortation for Amit fans:
“Please vote as much as you can. Don’t let us down and don’t let Pakistan down
too. Really wish I could vote. If I could I would have voted in thousands.”
Talk about music as a Track II diplomacy strategy! With reality TV shows,
music has indeed transcended geographical and political boundaries.
Amit Paul is not just a good singer but a versatile one, singing in as many as
six languages including Telugu. Chaitanya from Hyderabad says, “Amit, please
sing a Telugu song because your Telugu accent is to good.” Female admirers
literally swoon over Amit’s unconventional good looks and rock star image.
“After Debojit Saha of Voice of India fame, Amit is the next person from the
Northeast to have made it to the top four slot in a reality TV show. But if
the Northeast is to compete with Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and North Bengal
(from where the other contestants hail), then the northeasterners will have to
vote en bloc.” This is what Kunal Mordani, secretary of the Shillong Arts and
Music Lovers Forum had to say. Many Shillongites are already voting in four
digit figures.
So if Amit Paul is to be Indian Idol III, he certainly needs a fan club
cutting across the seven states and across India. Can the Northeast rise to
the occasion?
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