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Celeb status for Rohanpreet L'il Champ
Gagandeep Kaur

The chubby kid, desirous of setting up a health club for his father is now amongs the three twinkling stars in the L’il Champs sky. His training as a singer, his continuing good performance as a singer and a performer on stage and sustained voting by a section of the Sikh community thrilled at the emergence of Sikhs in the entertainment industry has brought him to this par. Good fortunes and voting bonanza has made Rohanpreet a sequel to Ishmeet.

It is a little surprising that though the Sikhnetwork continues to campaign for Rohanpreet, no school has taken the campaign for Rohanpreet’s success to the streets.

While Ishmeet is busy cutting albums –both religious and filmi stuff, television channels are seriously playing the realty game. Along with their advertisers, mobile companies and the kids (two of which Tanmay and Amir Afiz who have already sung for Amitabh Bachhan), these talent shows have brought windfalls of money and fame. They all seem to be happily singing:

Sing a song, shake a leg
Wear a crown, fill your bag.

Gone are the days when singers, lyricists and musicians would talk about years of training and practice. Today, in the music industry, as in all walks of life, everyone desires instant results. However it is a pleasant surprise to see both the judges –Sonu Nigam and Suresh Wadkar extolling the importance of serious efforts for all the participants. Rohanpreet’s throat quality has always been praised and that has been his major plus point. Though such programmes have their own lack of seriousness, still the presence of old time ustads, their nasihat is there for grabs if someone has the ears for it.

Recognition of singing talent amongst children comes on the heels of growing attention of child rights in cinema and that is a healthy development. Going beyond the text book will also bring forth untapped talent as heretofore there has been far too much stress on arts, science and commerce. No world beyond these three streams ever existed. At last, we are having a choice, howsoever trivial it may look to some. Rohanpreet seeks more preet in the form of votes to become the ultimate champ.