Hema Malini appeared on Indian Idol 5

Though in her 60s, actress Hema Malini still looks very attractive and can give the young heroines of Bollywood a run for money.

On July 5, 2010, the actress made an appearance on the popular TV reality show, Indian Idol season 5. She came to Filmistan Sudios, Goregaon, Mumbai.

She was looking very beautiful wearing a lavish saree with multi colored floral embroidery, a short sleeve blouse with sweetheart neckline and sequin border on the sleeve.

She was wearing very light ornaments- gold accents on the neck, ears and arms. A bindi on her forehead, green eye shadow, neat eye liner, cherry lipstick gave her a beautiful look.

The actress is currently busy with her home production Tell Me O Khuda. In the movie, Hema Malini stars with her daughter, Esha Deol, and husband, Dharmendra.

Hema Malini was born on October 16, 1948. She is an actress, director and producer, and an accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer.

Hema Malini made her debut in Hindi cinema at the age of twenty in Sapno Ka Saudagar. She also appeared in several commercial successful movies with Dharmendra who later became her husband.

In Bollywood, Hema Malini has many hit movies to her credit and became popular as “Bollywood’s Dream Girl.” She even did a film titled Dream Girl in 1977. Till date, Hema Malini is considered to be one of the most successful female stars in Hindi cinema. Throughout her career, she appeared in more than 150 movies.

Currently, she is involved in politics. The actress is a member of India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and was nominated member by the party in Rajya Sabha. Earlier this week, she was named brand ambassador of the Uttarkhand’s BJP Government’s ‘Sparsh Ganga campaign.’

Asha Bhosle made guest appearance at Indian Idol 5

Famous Indian singer, Asha Bhosle, made a guest appearance at the popular singing reality show “India Idol 5.” The episode will be aired on Sony TV on June 22, 2010. It will be a special tribute of famous Bollywood music composer, R.D. Burman. On June 27, 2010, will be the 71^st birthday of R.D. Burman.

At her Twitter account, Asha Bhosle wrote, "Indian Idol planning a special on Pancham for his upcoming birth anniversary. I will appear on this episode. I am appearing on the show primarily because it's an episode devoted to Pancham (Burman's pet name)! He would have appeared as well and what a show that would have been,"

Asha Bhosle is very much excited but she also felt sad that the participants of the reality shows are not seen much after the show is over.

She has no complains against TV music shows and some performers are very talented but they just disappear after the show is over. Winners of music reality shows perform at concerts and make good money but they disappear the moment there is a new champion.

She further said, “Audiences watch the triumphs, anguish, failures and tears of contestants in reality shows. The shows appeal to human voyeurism tendency,"

Asha Bhosle will join with the three judges of the Indian Idol 5- Salim Merchant, Anu Malik and Sunidhi Chauhan. Cricket player, Irfan Pathan, would also attend the show as the brand ambassador of Reebok to promote special Indian Idol merchandise by the company.

Monali Thakur and Meiyang Chang in Badmaash Company

Monali Thakur is the talk of the town. Her boyfriend, Meiyang Chang, debuted in Badmaash Company. In the movie, she also gave voice for Anushka Sharma. Both Monali Thakur and Meiyang Chang rose to prominence by participating in Indian Idol. Monali Thakur took part in Indian Idol 2 and Meiyang Chang took part in

Indian Idol 3.

Monali Thakur was born on November 3, 1985, in Kolkata. Her father, Shakti Thakur is a Bengali singer and actor and sister Mehuli Thakur-Goswami is a professional playback singer. Monali Thakur started out as a singe during her school days. At that time, she sang in school and college competition and performed at local functions. She rose to popularity after participating in the second season of Indian Idol. From the very beginning, the judges were very much impressed with her and she was never in Bottom 3. After she was eliminated, music director Anu Malik, who was also the judge of the show, offered to help her. She then went on to sing a song with Jaan-E-Mann. This was followed by two songs in the 2008 hit movie, Race. She sang "Khwab Dekhe (Sexy lady)" and "Zara Zara Touch Me." Both the songs were enormously successful. Initially, she was supposed to sing one song but then Abbas-Mustan, the director of the movie were very much impressed with her voice and gave her another song. Monali also got media attention for her relationship with.

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Indian idol 5 auditions: Some reflections

Once again, the most popular reality show on Indian television is back. Yes, I am talking about Indian Idol 5 auditions. Auditions for Indian Idol 5 is in full swing. The first Indian Idol was broadcast in 2005. Since then, it finished five seasons. It was the first reality show that revolutionized the reality show industry in India. The show received very good response from the audience. Post Indian Idol, different reality shows have been broadcast in television channels all over India such as Mega Challenge, Little Champs 2009, IPL Rockstar and Music Ka Maha Muqabla.

This is the fifth season of Indian Idol 5 and it is only going to be bigger and better. The show is now searching for another talented singer who would become “Desh Ki Awaaz,” which is a very new concept. “Indian Idol” means someone whom everyone looks up to. The show looks for the future singing talent of India. This search will continue this season. In this new season of Indian Idol is looking for a playback singer. In the last season, the show looked for a complete signer a perfect mix of voice, look and the charisma.

Prize: The winner of Indian Idol 5 will get to produce his own recording with Sony BMG. The winner will also receive Rs.10 million by Sony Entertainment Television.

Vote your favorite contestants: Like every other Indian Idol show, viewers will be able to vote for their favorite Indian Idol singer through SMS voting. Singer with the highest vote will become the winner of the show.

TV show time: Indian Idol 5 will be aired on Sony TV from Monday to Thursday at 9 PM India. The first episode has been broadcasted on April 26, 2010. The show replaced Jeet Jayenge Hum and Sukh By Chance.

Indian Idol winner career: The first Indian Idol became very much popular and the top ten singers became very much popular among the audience. Winner, Abhijeet Sawant went on to release his music album which was immensely popular.

Hosts of Indian Idol 5: Two former Indian Idol contestants- Abhijit Sawant and Prajakta Shukre are going to host Indian Idol 5. Abhijit Sawant is the winner of Indian Idol Season 1. He also participated in the Asian Idol and came on third. Prajakta Shukre also participated in the first season of Indian Idol season one and finished at 4^th place.

Indian Idol 5 Judges: Indian Idol 5 on Sony TV is judged by 3 judges – Anu Malik, Sunidhi Chauhan and Salim Merchant. All judges have already proved their talent in Indian musical world. Anu Malik is the most consistent judge of Indian Idol. He participates in Season 5 also. News report came out that Anu Malik did not want to become the judge of Indian Idol for he was getting less money. Sunidhi Chauhan would be paid Rs.7.5 lakh per episode. Anu Malik will be paid Rs.5 lakh per episode. Moreover, Sunidi had been covered more than Anu Malik.

Indian Idol 5 Auditions:

The audition for Indian Idol 5 will be held in five cities- Kolkata, Delhi, Indore,

Ahmedabad and Mumbai. Candidates will have to carry identity card for proof of age and identity with 1 passport size photograph and 1 frontal photograph.

Auditions Venue and Date:

Kolkata Audition – 3rd March, 2010

Delhi Auditions – 9th and 10th March, 2010

Indore Audition – 15th March, 2010

Ahmebadad Audition – 19th March, 2010

Mumbai Auditions – 23rd and 24th March, 2010

Rules & Regulations for Auditions: Age: Participants should be between 15 to 30 years. Participants below 18 years should be accompanied by their natural/legal guardian. They should speak Hindi fluently and citizen of India by birth.

First Episode of Indian Idol Season 5: The first audition of Indian Idol took place in Delhi where more than 50,000 contestants participated in the show. Saira Banu was the first participant for the Indian Idol season 5 and she got selected.

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