Indian Idol 4 contestants in Teach India initiative

After winning accolades in the Indian television industry with its successful run of three seasons, Indian Idol, the hugely popular adaptation of the blockbuster ‘Pop Idol’ format and the iconic singing reality show, took a leap this year in the fourth season by participating in the TEACH INDIA initiative. Teach India is a social initiative that brings together children in need of education and people who can contribute in teaching them.

While the show continues to enthrall the viewers across the country, it also addresses the aspirations of "Young India" this season. It is all about friendship , desire to stand out , spontaneity , personality , confidence , giving back to the society and more importantly ‘a need to belong’ these are captured in the tag line ‘ Yeh Style , Yeh Music
, Yeh World Humara Hai’ . Keeping their word of giving back to the society, the Indian Idol contestants visited Vatsalya, an NGO associated with the Teach India to share the knowledge and understating of music with the kids. The contestants – Mohit Lalwani, Kapil Thapa, Prasenjit Kosembi, Kuldeep Singh, Bhavya Pandit, Priyanka Negi along with their music teacher Mr. Vaidyanathan and the charming host Chang discussed music and entertained the kids with their singing and dancing. The kids at Vatsalya were familiar with the names of the contestants and followed the show regularly on Sony. They infact promised the contestants to learn music and take it up ahead as a career someday. Over all it was an overwhelming experience for the Indian Idol contestants to see their fan following and they promised to continue to visit the place and continue to be part of the initiative of spreading the knowledge of music. Teach India has brought together tens of thousands of volunteers with children in the effort to support their education. It is now the largest programme of its kind anywhere in the world.

A wise man once said "No one person has to do it all but if each one of us follow our heart and our own inclinations we will find the small things that we can do to make a difference and a create a healthy
environment." Indian Idol and Sony Entertainment Television strongly believes and supports this thought! & is therefore happy to participate in the Teach India initiative to help underprivileged kids.

Indian Idol 4 Contestants at Siddhivinayak

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Bouncing back after the break, the Indian Idol contestants, all 14 of them, started their week, last Monday, in a special manner. They began by visiting the Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai. The group then headed towards a nearby mall. After some window-shopping and trying their hand at some games the enthusiastic group were rearing to go to the Gateway of India and a boat-ride. Once in the middle of the Arabian Sea the youngsters simply let their hair down and did what they do best — singing. Kuldeep and Mohit picked up their guitars and the rest joined in for a long session of singing and dancing on the high seas! Mumbai and recognition has worked wonders on all of them. Even the shy Kapil was shaking a leg with gusto, Prasenjit has learnt a few sexy moves, Bhanupratap danced like there was no tomorrow and Mohit tried his hand at some pole-dancing! Torsha, the shyest of the lot, was the most upset when the music stopped at the end of a long eventful day.

Indian Idol 4 - Day 7 - 10th Oct 2008

Indian Idol 4 Day - 7

NCED

Purnima & Mohit
Tanushreee & Ali Hassan
Laxmi & Jankee
Jasraj & Ananya
Torsha,Bhanupratap
Bhavya Pandit

Mohit Lalwani
Kuldeep Singh
Ananya Mishra
Sunakshi

Indian Idol 4 - Day 4 - 27th Sept 2008

Day - 4

Benares / Varanasi - 9
Meenali Jain is the host for the day.

Lucknow -

Diwan Singh - Uttarakhand
6 members - All India Kailash Fan Club - AIKFC
* Anurag Srivastava LK - 30933
* Naina Saxena - Faizabad LK 31023
* Rohit Shukla - Kanpur LK 30884
* Meenakshi (Koel) - Kanpur LK 15039
30075
* Ananya Mishra VNS 319
* Neha Sargam - Indian Idol 2 Contestant
Kamlendra Raj LK 30643
* Kuldeep Singh Chauhan LK 30707