Abhilasha
Chellam
is
her
name.
And
she
has
won
over
the
judges
with
her
pristine
renderings
of
Lata
Mangeshkar's
numbers.
When
the
girl
recently
auditioned
for
Zee's
Sa
Re
Ga
Ma
Pa,
judges
Vishal-Shekhar
were
so
bowled
over
they
immediately
decided
Abhilasha
is
the
voice
of
tomorrow.
The
girl
who
has
sung
in
front
of
and
been
praised
by
Lata
Mangeshkar,
chose
one
of
Lata
Mangeshkar's
most
complex
tunes
'Tu
Chanda
Main
Chandni'
from
the
film
Reshma
Aur
Shera
…and
Abhilasha
swam
through
it!
Now
the
judges
feel
the
girl
has
the
potential
to
shape
up
into
a
prominent
voice
of
tomorrow.
Speaking
on
behalf
of
the
judges,
Shekhar
Ravjiani
says,
"When
we
heard
Abhilasha
we
knew
we
were
in
the
midst
of
extraordinary
talent.
Of
course
this
country
is
filled
with
young
singing
talent
and
we're
only
to
happy
to
see
them
on
the
show.
But
Abhilasha
is
special.
She
has
the
same
voice-quality
as
Sunidhi
Chauhan
and
Shreya
Ghosal.
The
two
singers
do
not
need
any
voice-adjustment
when
they
record.
We
feel
Abhilasha
has
the
same
quality."
But
Shekhar
is
not
in
favour
of
making
singing
commitments
to
Abhilasha
or
any
other
contestants.
Abhilasha
Chellam
Says
the
composer,
"We
don't
believe
in
saying,
'Aapko
hum
gaane
ka
mauqa
denge.'
That
fact
that
we
believe
in
Abhilasha
is
enough
testimony.
Having
said
that
I
must
point
out
that
Sa
Re
Ga
Ma
Pa
contestants
Amanat
Ali
and
Raja
Hassan
have
sung
for
us.
There's
no
reason
why
Abhilasha
shouldn't.
She
is
phenomenal."
Shekhar
agrees
new
voices
are
always
welcome
in
Bollywood.
But
he
doesn't
agree
that
there
is
a
scarcity
of
competent
voices.
"We
think
Shreya
and
Sunidhi
among
the
female
singers
and
Shaan
and
KK
among
the
male
are
very
good."
Shekhar
himself
is
doing
substantial
playback
singing
.He
sang
recently
for
Imran
Khan
in
I
Hate
Luv
Storys
and
now
again
for
Imran
in
Break
Ke
Baad.
Composing
partner
Vishal
Dadlani
recently
sang
the
chartbuster
Dan
Te
Nan
for
Shahid
Kapoor
in
Kaminey.
Do
we
see
a
clash
of
interest
here
in
the
ear?
Shekhar
emphatically
erases
all
such
notions.
"Vishal
and
I
were
friends
before
we
became
music
partners.
Unlike
other
composing
duos,
we
don't
compose
tunes
separately.
Each
of
our
songs
carries
our
collective
identity."