Waar Parriwar
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Waar Parriwar was a singing reality television show that aired 3 days a week (Monday to Wednesday) on Sony TV
in 2008. It featured Bollywood's actress Urmila Matondkar
as the host, and Jatin Pandit as the in-house guru and trainer to the competing families. Starting on July 9, the show aired 2 days a week instead of 3 days due to the launch of a new reality show Kabhi Kabhii Pyaar Kabhi Kabhii Yaar
.
The show was judged by different celebrity judges each week and by India’s foremost music families combined with audience voting.
Grand-Finale
Sony Entertainment Television (India)
This article is about the SET channel in India. For the Indian version broadcasted worldwide, see Sony Entertainment Television Asia.Sony Entertainment Television, or SET, is a Hindi-language based general entertainment television channel in India. It was launched in October 1996 and is owned by...
in 2008. It featured Bollywood's actress Urmila Matondkar
Urmila Matondkar
Urmila Matondkar is an Indian film actress.Matondkar, who made her screen debut as a child artist in the 1980 film Kalyug, debuted as an adult in Narasimha...
as the host, and Jatin Pandit as the in-house guru and trainer to the competing families. Starting on July 9, the show aired 2 days a week instead of 3 days due to the launch of a new reality show Kabhi Kabhii Pyaar Kabhi Kabhii Yaar
Kabhi Kabhii Pyaar Kabhi Kabhii Yaar
Kabhi Kabhii Pyaar Kabhi Kabhii Yaar is a Hindi television dancing reality show that aired on every Wednesdays & Thursdays, from July 9, 2008 to August 21, 2008 on Sony TV...
.
Concept
The show is a unique show which seamlessly blends, family bond with their love for music. It followed the journey of families from across India – their trials and tribulations, highs of victory and disappointment of defeat, their love for each other during tough times and eventually culminate in finding “Sangeet Ka Naya Gharana”. The families competed against each other to win the title of best "Sangeet Ka Naya Gharana".The show was judged by different celebrity judges each week and by India’s foremost music families combined with audience voting.
- The wildcard entry took place on Monday July 14 in which Ali Ghani Parriwar and Ramshankar Parriwar (now known as Shambhu Pandit Parriwar) have won among all other participants.
Grand-Finale
- Sharma Parriwar - Winner
- Ali Parriwar - Runner-up
Celebrity judges
- Sneha Pant --- Special ex-host every Wednesday
- Ishita ArunIshita ArunIshita Arun is an Indian model, VJ and actress. She was born in 1987 in Bombay . She is the daughter of actress and singer Ila Arun. In 2006, she hosted Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu alongside Shaan and recently participated in NDTV Imagine's glamorous reality show "Dil Jeetegi Desi Girl"..She...
--- New Host every Wednesday - Ismail DarbarIsmail DarbarIsmail Darbar is an Indian composer and violinist, a popular name in Bollywood.-Career:Ismail Darbar is from Surat, Gujarat. He worked for several years as a session violinist for leading music directors Laxmikant Pyarelal, Kalyanji Anandji, Bappi Lahiri, Rajesh Roshan, Anand-Milind,...
& Ayesha Darbar --- Week 1 - Shivkumar SharmaShivkumar SharmaShivkumar Sharma is an Indian santoor player. The santoor is a folk instrument from Kashmir and Jammu. Sharma is often referred to by the title Pandit.-Early life:...
& Rahul SharmaRahul Sharma (musician)Rahul Sharma is an Indian classical musician of Hindustani classical music. He plays santoor and is also a vocalist.-Early life:...
--- Week 2 - Daler MehndiDaler MehndiDaler Mehndi , born August 18, 1967, is an Indian Bhangra pop singer.Mehndi was a student of traditional Punjabi music and his first album broke sales records in India. Since 1995 he has recorded several highly successful albums in India, and also sung as a playback singer for several Hindi movies...
& Mika Singh --- Week 3 - Aadesh Srivastav & Vijeta PanditVijeta PanditVijeta Pandit is an actress and playback singer, most famous for her first film Love Story .-Early life and background:Vijeta comes from a musical family originating from Pili Mandori Village in Hissar district of Haryana state. Pandit Jasraj is her uncle...
--- Week 4 - ShaanShaan (singer)Shaan , is an Indian playback singer, and television host. He hosted the shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, Star Voice of India and "Star Voice of India 2"...
& Sonali Mukherjee --- Week 5 - Jatin Pandit & Lalit Pandit aka Jatin Lalit --- Week 6
- Udit NarayanUdit Narayan-Career:King of melody, Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December, 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.Narayan studied at P.B...
& Aditya NarayanAditya NarayanAditya Narayan Jha , born 6 August 1987, in Mumbai, India, commonly known as Aditya Narayan, is an actor, television host and music composer. He is the only child of Indian playback singer Udit Narayan and Deepa Narayan.-Early life:...
--- Week 7 - Bappi LahiriBappi LahiriBappi Lahiri or Alokesh Lahiri , born 27 November 1952, is a music director in the Hindi film industry. He pioneered the use of disco music in Indian cinema and sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s with films like Disco Dancer, Namak Halaal and Sharaabi among others.-Early...
& Reema Lahiri --- Week 8 - Salman KhanSalman KhanSalman Khan is an Indian film actor. He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films.Khan, who made his acting debut with a minor role in the drama Biwi Ho To Aisi with Rekha in a lead role, had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya , for which he won a Filmfare Award for...
--- Week 8 (on Wednesday) - Bappi LahiriBappi LahiriBappi Lahiri or Alokesh Lahiri , born 27 November 1952, is a music director in the Hindi film industry. He pioneered the use of disco music in Indian cinema and sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s with films like Disco Dancer, Namak Halaal and Sharaabi among others.-Early...
& Bappa Lahiri --- Week 9 - Roop Kumar RathodRoop Kumar Rathod-Personal life:Roopkumar is the son of the late Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod, the classical luminary – an exponent of the rare and arguably the oldest style of singing i.e. Dhrupad. He belonged to the “Aditya Gharana of Jamnagar”. Pandit Rathod has trained and groomed many well known names like...
& Sonali Rathod --- Week 10 - Kumar SanuKumar SanuKumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu (alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya , born in Kolkata, is a leading Indian Bollywood playback singer. He was awarded the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award over five consecutive years. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009....
& Udit NarayanUdit Narayan-Career:King of melody, Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December, 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.Narayan studied at P.B...
--- Week 11 - 'til end! (became permanent judges until the end of the show along with Jatin Pandit) - Shiney AhujaShiney AhujaShiney Ahuja is an Indian actor who won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi in 2006.- Early life :...
& Kaveri JhaKaveri JhaKaveri Jha is an Indian film actress, who works in Telugu films as well as Hindi films.-Early life:Jha hails from Darbhanga Bihar. Her family had to move a lot as her father is an Indian government employee. She was voted Ms...
--- Week 16 (To promote their movie Hijack) - Pandit JasrajPandit JasrajPandit Jasraj is an Indian classical vocalist. He is the foremost exponent of the Mewati Gharana of Hindustani classical music.-Early life:Jasraj was born in Hisar, Haryana in an orthodox brahmin family to Pandit Motiramji, a classical exponent. His family is well known for singing in the Mewati...
, Durga JasrajDurga JasrajDurga Jasraj is an Indian television presenter and actress. She co-founded "Art and Artistes' Pvt. Ltd. ", an entertainment and event management company along with Vikram Shankar in 1999, which promotes classical music and subsequently co-founded Indian Music Academy in 2006.-Early life:Durga...
, & Sharang Dev on Grand-Finale.
Contestants
| Family Name | Members | From | Status | Status Date | Elimination Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharma Parriwar | Haneet Taneja; Arvind Gujral; Amit Sharma | Punjab Punjab (India) Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the... |
Winner | August 24, 2008 | WINNERS! |
| Ali Parriwar | Yasoob Ali; Misbah Ali; Mehboob Ali | Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity... |
Runnerup | August 24, 2008 | Finale |
| Chaturvedi Parriwar | Rishabh Chaturvedi; Meenu Chaturvedi; Anuj Chaturvedi | Punjab Punjab (India) Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the... |
Eliminated | August 11, 2008 | Week 16 |
| Ali Ghani Parriwar | Amjad Ali; Ghani Mohammad; Ali Mohammad | Rajasthan Rajasthan Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with... |
Eliminated/ Wildcard/ Eliminated |
August 4, 2008/ July 14, 2008/ July 7, 2008 |
Week 15/ Week 12/ Week 11 |
| Rizvi Parriwar | Neha Rizvi; Runaa Rizvi; Raj Kumar Rizvi | Rajasthan Rajasthan Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with... |
Eliminated | July 28, 2008 | Week 14 |
| Ramshankar Parriwar (Shambhu Pandit Parriwar) |
Pradeep Pandit; Ekta Sharma; Ram Shankar | Rajasthan Rajasthan Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with... |
Eliminated/ Wildcard/ Eliminated |
July 21, 2008/ July 14, 2008/ June 23, 2008 |
Week 13/ Week 12/ Week 9 |
| Khadilkar Parriwar | Tiagra Khadilkar; Amruta Natu; Radnyi Khadilkar | Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India... |
Eliminated | June 30, 2008 | Week 10 |
| Chellam Parriwar | Subhash Chellam; Lavanya Chellam; Abhilasha Chellam | Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India... |
Eliminated | June 10, 2008 | Week 7 |
| Trijayh Parriwar | Trijayh De; Abhi Dutta; Swastika Maitra | West Bengal West Bengal West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP... |
Eliminated | June 3, 2008 | Week 6 |
| Rathore Parriwar | Mahipal Rathore; Pooja Rathore; Gopal Rathore | Rajasthan Rajasthan Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with... |
Eliminated | May 20, 2008 | Week 5 |
| Moyal Parriwar | Harish Moyal; Mahesh Moyal; Premlata Moyal | Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city.... |
Eliminated | May 13, 2008 | Week 3 |
| Bhagwat Parriwar | Madhav Bhagwat; Suchitra Bhagwat; Akshay Bhagwat | Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India... |
Eliminated | May 6, 2008 | Week 2 |