Monday,
July
30,
2007
Amanat
Ali
from
Pakistan
,
the
contestant
in
Sa
Re
Ga
Ma
Pa
Challenge
2007,
has
been
much
appreciated
since
his
very
first
performance
in
the
talent
hunt.
And
now
in
just
a
few
months,
the
lad
has
already
impressed
Maharashtra
chief
minister
Vilas
Rao
Deshmukh.
"I
was
surprised
and
excited.
You
tell
me,
will
you
not
react
the
same
way
if
such
a
big
name
says
that
he
is
your
fan?" asks
the
soft-spoken
singer.
But
Amanat
is
not
yet
satisfied.
Besides
winning
the
competition,
his
aim
is
to
win
over
singer
Sonu
Nigam
and
actor
Shahrukh
Khan
with
his
melody.
"I
do
not
have
words
to
tell
what
these
two
people
mean
to
me," he
gushes.
However,
compared
to
the
response
he
has
received
so
far,
Amanat
had
higher
hopes
when
he
came
to
India.
"I'm
the
winner
of
the
Sa
Re
Ga
Ma
Pa
Middle
East
Championship
held
in
Dubai.
Every
time
I
sang
there
people
would
applaud
and
the
judges
would
kiss
my
forehead.
Alka
Yagnik
almost
cried
when
I
rendered
a
ghazal.
I
want
to
bring
the
same
effect
here."
Amanat
hails
from
a
musical
background
and
is
already
well-known
in
Pakistan.
He
wants
to
win
the
contest
in
India
as
people
back
home
have
high
hopes
of
him.
The
budding
singer
has
sung
for
Bappi
Lahiri
in
the
film
Junoon
and
has
also
recorded
songs
with
Sameer
Tandon
and
Sadhna
Sargam.