Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Explained

Creative Director:Zee TV, Gajendra Singh, Ashwini Karandikar, Supavitra Babul (2010), Neeraj Sharma
Presenter:Sonu Nigam (1995-2000)
Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan (2000-01)
Shaan (2002-06)
Aditya Narayan (2007-09, 2014-2019,2021)
Purab Kohli (2010)
Manish Paul (2010, 2020)
Javed Ali (2012-2013)
Opentheme:"Sa Re Ga Ma" by Sonu Nigam and Sadhana Sargam (1995-2000)
"Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" by Shaan and Sadhana Sargam (2000-06)
"Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" by Aditya Narayan and Shriram Iyer (2007-09)
"Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" by Javed Ali (2010-2020)
"Tu Gaaye Jaa" by Armaan Malik (2020-present)
Country:India
Runtime:90 minutes (Including commercials)
Network:Zee TV
Zee5
Last Aired:present
Num Seasons:39
Creator:Zee TV

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is an Indian Hindi and Nepali (Franchise)-language reality singing television show. It started airing on Zee TV in 1995 as Sa Re Ga Ma.[1] It is the oldest running game show in India as well as the oldest show on private television in India.[2] The name of the show is derived from the first five notes in the octave of classical Indian music.

History

The first episode aired on 1 May 1995 and was hosted by Sonu Nigam.[3] In the year 2000, the show was hosted by the Bangash brothers, Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash,[4] sons of sarod-player Amjad Ali Khan. From 2002, Shaan started hosting the show.[5] Till 2005, the show used to follow a format wherein experts in the field of music would judge the contestants and score them. The format changed with the advent of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 which introduced the judges as mentors of different teams and scoring was primarily dependent on public voting. After Shaan quit hosting the show, the show was hosted by many others like Purab Kohli, Manish Paul,[6] Karan Singh Rathore, Archana Jani,[7] Vipul Roy,[8] Jay Soni[9] and even kids Dhairya Sorecha and Afsha Musani.[10] The most prominent names to host the show in later seasons were Javed Ali[11] and the current host Aditya Narayan.[12]

Overview

The show has seen multiple variations over the years :

Other Indian versions

Due to its success and popularity, it has been remade in languages including Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Odia, Bhojpuri and Malayalam.

Seasons

SeasonYearWinnerHostJudges
1Sa Re Ga Ma - Schedule 11995 Sanjeevani Bhelande & Mukund PhansalkarRunner Ups - Tyagraj Khadilkar, Hamsika IyerSonu NigamKumar Sanu, Aadesh Shrivastava, Ravi, Raam Laxman, Suresh Wadkar, Anu Malik, Ravindra Jain, Nikhil-VinaySEMI FINALS - Sameer & Dilip Sen, Jatin–Lalit, Nadeem Shravan, HariharanFINAL - Khayyam
2Sa Re Ga Ma - Schedule 2Nobina Mirjankar, Shivprasad MallyaRunner ups - Mehboob Ali, Chetna UmarjiAnup Jalota, Peenaz Masani, Mahendra Kapoor, Sapna Mukherjee, Anil Mohile, Anupama Deshpande, Chandan Das, Shailendra SinghSEMI FINALS - Jagjit Kaur, Viju Shah, Javed Akhtar, Usha KhannaFINAL - Kalyanji-Anandji
Sa Re Ga Ma 29th episode children's specialPrashant Chauhan, Sneha PantRanu Mukherjee
3Sa Re Ga Ma - Schedule 31995-96Shaoni Mitra, Junaid AkhtarRunner ups - Ameya Date, Sampa DasAbhijeet Bhattacharya, Ranjit Barot, Vani Jairam, Uttam Singh, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Vinod Rathod, Manhar UdhasSEMI FINALS - Roop Kumar Rathod, Kuldip Singh, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Ustad Ghulam Mustafa KhanFINAL - Pt. Shivkumar Sharma
4Sa Re Ga Ma - Schedule 41996Mridula Chatterjee, Ravishankar SinghRunner ups - Naresh, Deepali SomaiyaNarendra ChanchalFINAL - O.P. Nayyar
Sa Re Ga Ma 50th episode celebrationSanjeevani Bhelande, Anagha, Lata Naidu, Soma Banerjee, Mukund Phalsankar, Jaswinder Singh, Sajjad Ali, Shailesh Asha Parekh
5Sa Re Ga MaAmrita Khadilkar, Swapnil BandodkarRajendra RizviSEMI FINALS - Pankaj UdhasFINAL - Naushad
61996-97Kajal Chandiramani, Ninad MehtaRunner ups - Vijay Prakash, Smita JoshiIndivar, Sonik Omi, Arun DateSEMI FINALS - Begum Parveen SultanaFINAL - Jagjit Singh
Sa Re Ga Ma 75th episode children's special1996Shreya Ghoshal, Saagar KendurkarKalyanji-Anandji
7Sa Re Ga Ma1997Rinku Kalia, Sanjeev RambhadranRunner ups - Dharna Pahwa, Devesh ChaturvediUstad Muhammad Hussain-Ahmed Hussain, Shobha Mudgal, Madhurani, Meena KapoorSEMI FINALS - Pandit Rajan Mishra- Sajan Mishra, Dilshad Khan-Begum Parveen SultanaFINAL - Anil Biswas
Sa Re Ga Ma 100th episode celebration
8Sa Re Ga MaBela Shende, Parthiv GohilRunner ups - Dhananjay Bhatt, DevyaniRonu Majumdar, Rajkumari, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Daman Sood-Y.S. MulkySEMI FINAL - Anuradha PaudwalFINAL - Pt. Jasraj
91998Sudeshna Ganguli, Mohammed WakilRunner ups - Abhijeet Ghoshal, ShaliniTejpal Singh-Surinder Singh, Vishal BhardwajFINAL - Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia
10Sa Re Ga Ma 150th episode celebration Mega FinalsBela Shende, Mohammed WakilRunner ups - Mukund Phalsankar, Parthiv Gohil, Sanjeevani Bhelande, Sudeshna GanguliAnil Biswas, Naushad, Kalyanji-Anandji, Pt. Jasraj, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia Jagjit Singh, Khayyam, Begum Parveen Sultana, Rajkumari, O.P. Nayyar
Sa Re Ga Ma Mega Finals (Children's Special)Sneha Pant (Runner up - Shreya Ghoshal)Usha Mangeshkar, Meena Tai
11Sa Re Ga Ma UK1998-99Siza Roy, Debashish SenguptaRunner ups - Malini Awasthi, AsifPandit Dinesh, Stephen Luscombe, BidduSEMI FINAL - Suresh WadkarFINAL - Jagjit Singh, Ghulam Ali, Mehdi Hassan, Runa Laila, Farida Khanum
12Sa Re Ga Ma 1998Archana Udupa, Avadhoot GupteRunner Ups - Gaurav Bangya, PoorvaChitraSEMI FINAL - Kishan Prasad MaharajFINAL - Pyarelal
Sa Re Ga Ma Christmas New Year Celebration1999Jagjit Singh, Ghulam Ali, Mehdi Hassan, Runa Laila, Farida Khanum
13Sa Re Ga Ma 200th episode celebration Mega FinalsShreya Ghoshal, Jaswinder SinghRunner Ups - Archana Udupa, Sampa Kundu, Vijay Prakash, Ameya DateZakir Hussain, Girja Devi, Anil Biswas, Vilayat Khan, Ram Narayan, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
14Sa Re Ga Ma USASangeeta Nerurkar, Nazakat AliRunner ups - Sharafat Ali, Maithili Panse, Divya SampatNitin Mukesh, Lakshmi Shankar,Alamelu Mani, Ustad Tari KhanFINAL - Zakir Hussain, Manna Dey, Hariharan, Ustad Amjad Ali, Parvez Mehdi
Sa Re Ga Ma Taj Mahal Millennium celebration2000
15Talent of the MilleniumSumant, Prajakta JoshiRunners Up - Suraj Singh, Ritu Chatterjee, AmritaSanjeev Darshan, Sukhwinder Singh, Sajid-Wajid, Jaspinder Narula, Ayaan Ali Bangash, Amaan Ali Bangash, Arati AnkalikarSEMI FINALS - Poornima, Lalit Sen, Sandeep Chowta, Taufiq Qureshi, Sanjeev Abhyankar, Anoushka Shankar

FINAL - Pandit Ravi Shankar

16Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 20012001Anita PunditAmaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan
17Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 20022002Hricha Mukherjee (Hricha Debraj)ShaanKhayyam, Begum Parveen Sultana, Sitara Devi, Ranjit Barot, Shobha Gurtu, Anandji, Gulshan Bawra, Ghulam Mustafa
18Sa Re Ga Ma Pa World Series2004Hrishikesh Ranade and
Ronkini Gupta
19Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Campus Special2005Twinkle Bajpai,
Manish Bhatt
20Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005Debojit SahaHimesh Reshammiya, Jatin–Lalit, Aadesh Shrivastava, Ismail Darbar
21Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu2006Aishwarya Nigam and
Ujjaini Mukherjee
Shaan, Ishita ArunHariharan, Lesle Lewis
22Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il ChampsSanchita BhattacharyaShaanAbhijeet Bhattacharya, Alka Yagnik, Bappi Lahiri
23Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 20072007Aneek DharAditya NarayanHimesh Reshammiya, Ismail Darbar, Bappi Lahiri, Vishal–Shekhar
24Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs InternationalAnamika ChoudhariSuresh Wadkar, Sonu Nigam
25Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge USA 20082008Darshana MenonAishwarya NigamSuresh Wadkar, Aadesh Shrivastava
26Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 20092009Vaishali MhadeAditya NarayanHimesh Reshammiya, Aadesh Shrivastava, Shankar Mahadevan, Pritam
27Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2009Hemant BrijwasiDhairya Sorecha, Afsha MusaniAbhijeet Bhattacharya, Alka Yagnik
28Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega ChallengeTeam Maharashtra - Vaishali Mhade, Kaushik Deshpande and Rohit Shyam RautKaran Singh Rathore and Archana Jani (first episode)Vipul Roy and Manish PaulSonu Nigam, Pyarelal and Suresh Wadkar (finale)
29Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar2010Kamal KhanPurab Kohli, Manish PaulDaler Mehndi, Vishal–Shekhar, Sajid-Wajid
30Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 20112011Azmat HussainJay SoniAdnan Sami, Kailash Kher, Javed Ali
31Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 20122012Jasraj Jayant JoshiJaved AliShankar Mahadevan, Rahul Ram, Sajid-Wajid
32Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 20142014Gagan Gopalkrishna GaonkarAditya NarayanAlka Yagnik (Mahaguru), Shaan, Monali Thakur
33Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 20162016Kushal Paul Runner up -Sachin Kumar ValmikiPritam, Sajid-Wajid, Mika
34Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 20172017Shreyan Bhattacharya and Anjali GaikwadHimesh Reshammiya, Javed Ali, Neha Kakkar
35Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 20182018-2019Ishita VishwakarmaWajid Khan, Shekhar Ravjiani, Sona Mohapatra, Richa Sharma (Replaced Mohapatra)
36Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 20192019Sugandha DateRavi DubeyShaan, Richa Sharma, Amaal Malik
37Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 20202020Aryananda R BabuManish PaulAlka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu,[13] Himesh Reshammiya, Javed Ali(Replaced Narayan and Sanu)
38Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 20212021-2022Neelanjana RayAditya NarayanHimesh Reshammiya, Vishal Dadlani, Shankar Mahadevan
39Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 20222022-2023Jetshen Dohna LamaBharti SinghShankar Mahadevan, Anu Malik, Neeti Mohan
40Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 20232023Albert Kabo LepchaAditya NarayanHimesh Reshammiya, Anu Malik, Neeti Mohan

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reality shows take centre stage on TV - Livemint. www.livemint.com. 28 July 2011. 2017-03-17.
  2. Web site: Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 25th Anniversary Special: The Journey Until Now - Zee5 News. 22 May 2020.
  3. News: Sonu Nigam back as host on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - Times of India. The Times of India. 2017-03-17.
  4. Music is inspiration. The Hans India. 30 October 2016. en. 2017-03-17.
  5. News: Shaan. Team. Tellychakkar. Tellychakkar.com. 2017-03-17.
  6. Web site: Purab Kohli bids adieu to Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar. ZEE TV. 2017-03-17.
  7. News: Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega challenge gets its hosts. Team. Tellychakkar. Tellychakkar.com. 2017-03-17.
  8. News: Vipul to do some more hosting. Team. Tellychakkar. Tellychakkar.com. 2017-03-17.
  9. News: Jay Soni turns host - Times of India. The Times of India. 2017-03-17.
  10. Web site: Dhairya Sonecha & Afsha Musani to Host 'Hero Honda Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs'. ZEE TV. 2017-03-17.
  11. Web site: 'Hero Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012' finds new host in Javed Ali with top 15 contestants Best Media Info, News and Analysis on Indian Advertising, Marketing and Media Industry.. www.bestmediainfo.com. en-US. 2017-03-17.
  12. News: Aditya Narayan returns to host 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil' Champs - Times of India. The Times of India. 2017-03-17.
  13. Web site: Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan & Kumar Sanu approached to judge Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs' 8th season; Jay Bhanushali to host . Tellychakkar.com . en . 2019-12-29.