India's Raw Star

India's Raw Star
GenreReality television
Based onMusic
Directed byGajendra Singh
Presented byGauahar Khan
JudgesYo Yo Honey Singh
Himesh Reshammiya
Theme music composerDarshan Raval
Mohit Gaur
Opening themeMeri Pehli Mohabbat
Cupcake
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes15
Production
ProducerSaaibaba Telefilms
Production locationMumbai
Original release
NetworkStar Plus
Release28 August (2014-08-28) –
30 November 2014 (2014-11-30)

India's Raw Star is an Indian singing competition series[1] created by Gajendra Singh of Saibaba Telefilms which began airing on Star Plus[2] from 24 August 2014. It was hosted by model-actress and Bigg Boss 7 winner Gauahar Khan and mentored by singer-rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh.[3][4] Rituraj Mohanty won the first season on 30 November 2014 with Darshan Raval and Mohit Gaur finishing second and third respectively. The other contestants were Sagar Bhatia, Akasa Singh, pardeep singh sran etc. Mohan Rathore, winner of a Bhojpuri singing competition 'Sur Sangram' was also one of the contestants. Arjun Kapoor and Deepika Padukone made guest appearances in the show. India's Raw Star witnessed singers like Kailash Kher, Mohit Chauhan and Shaan perform in the final episode with finalists Rituraj, Mohit and Darshan. The finalists sang the final face off song composed by Sachin and Jigar on the occasion, while Arjun Kapoor, promoted his film Tevar.

Winner

Darshan Raval, Mohit Gaur and Rituraj Mohanty reached the finale of India's Raw Star.[5] Rituraj Mohanty was announced as the winner of the show.[6]

Production

The show was filmed at sets created in the Filmcity in Goregaon at Mumbai.[7]

Reception

Vinod Talreja of Bollywoodlife.com rated the series 3.5/5 and wrote "The first episode of India's Raw Star definitely impressed us. All the music lovers who are looking for something different will surely love it. We hope it doesn't lose the plot and keeps going like this in coming episodes."[8]

Prathamesh Jadhav from India.com said "The show is a fresh concept indeed, but it ultimately resorts to the gimmicky efforts ( for instance, back story for every contender) that stretches the duration unnecessarily."[9]

References

  1. ^ "Yo Yo Honey Singh: Wish I had platform like India's Raw Star 10 years ago". The Indian Express. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Star Plus gambles high with India's Raw Star". Indian Television Dot Com. Mumbai: indiantelevision.com Team. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  3. ^ Goswami, Parismita (14 August 2014). "'India's Raw Star': Honey Singh Picks 10 Contestants for his Debut TV Reality Show [PHOTOS]". International Business Times, India Edition.
  4. ^ "India's Raw Star: Meet the Top 10 on Yo Yo's show". The Times of India. 28 September 2014. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  5. ^ Jadhav, Prathamesh (30 November 2014). "India's Raw Star finale: Darshan, Mohit or Rituraj-who should win?". India.com. India.com.
  6. ^ "India's Raw Star: Rituraj Mohanty beats Darshan Raval to be the winner". India Today. India Today Group. 1 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Shivin Narang is the next 'rockstar'". The Indian Express. 12 September 2014.
  8. ^ "India's Raw Star TV review: Yo Yo Honey Singh's debut reality show is indeed hatke!". Bollywood Life. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  9. ^ "India's Raw Star with Yo Yo Honey Singh opening episode review: Cliched format killed this fresh concept". india.com. Retrieved 28 April 2023.