Amit Kumar who was the guest judge for indian idol 12 last week’s kishore Kumar special episode said he did not enjoyed the episode and wanted to stop it right there.
In last week’s episode of Sony TV’s singing reality show, Indian Idol 12, the contestants and therefore the judges paid tribute to the legendary singer and actor Kishore Kumar. They sang 100 songs of the singer over the 2 episodes, and therefore the makers also invited his son and singer-composer Amit Kumar as a special guest.
However, the viewers got upset with the standard of the episode. Many complained that the contestants and therefore the judges of the show, Neha Kakkar, Himesh Reshammiya and Anu Malik, ruined Kishore Kumar’s songs.
The son of the legendary singer Amit Kumar agreed with the netizens and said he also wanted to stop the episodes midway. just like the viewers, he too didn’t enjoy how the creators of the show decided to pay tribute to his father. he also stated that he was told to praise every contestant regardless of how they perform.
In a recent interview with the Times of India, Kumar was asked about his views about the episode and he replied, “Frankly, I wanted to stop the episode,” adding that he was asked to praise every contestant regardless of how they perform. “I did what was told. i was told sabko praise karna hai. i was told jo jaisa bhi gaaye usko uplift karna hai because it’s a tribute to Kishore da. i assumed it’ll be a homage to my father. But once there, I just followed what i was asked to do. I had told them to give me portions of the script beforehand, but nothing of that kind happened,” Kumar said.
When asked about Kakkar and Reshammiya’s poor singing, Amit Kumar responded by saying, “I didn’t enjoy the episode at all.”
On Monday, a Twitter user shared he felt Anu Malik and Neha Kakkar sang Kishore Kumar’s awfully. He tweeted, “#IndianIdol2021 #indianidol #SonyLIV please spare Kishore Kumar’s songs.. this is often a worst singing I’ve ever witnessed of Kishore’s songs.. all my favorite songs are screwed by @iAmNehaKakkar @The_AnuMalik and every one participants.(sic)”
Another user wrote, “Neha Kakkar do whatever you would like to try to to together with your songs. please don’t even think to spoil Kishore Kumar Sir’s songs #IndianIdol #100SongsOfKishoreKumar.”
Amit Kumar on Indian Idol 12-
Hosted by singer-actor Aditya Narayan, Indian Idol 12 is being shot in Daman since shooting isn’t permitted in Mumbai. Besides Kakkar and Reshammiya, Vishal Dadlani judges the show but has been replaced by Malik until the team returns to Mumbai.