Talented actor and singer Manasi Parekh who has proved her mettle as an actor in shows like India Calling and Gulaal has won the celebrity singing competition Star Ya Rockstar. Pitted against veteran actor and singer Sachin Pilgaonkar and the indomitable stand-up comedian and singer Kapil Sharma, Manasi humbled her competitors in a triangular contest that was decided on viewers’ votes. Declared an ecstatic Manasi, “I am glad I won because when the winner is decided on public voting, anything could have happened. I thought Sachin or Kapil might win because Sachin is an experienced live performer and Kapil is so good at folk and Sufi songs,” she adds. So, was it completely unexpected? She admits, “Not totally unexpected but I was taken aback because all three of us performed very well,” she admits. However, Manasi rested her hopes on her consistent performance throughout the show. “I had won ‘performer of the week’ title four times. I think that was a pretty good indicator of consistency,” she points out. While she did have a blast throughout, Manasi says it was a hard-earned victory. “I trained myself very hard. Not that I wanted to win but I wanted a certain level of performance,” she specifies. Image Source: Wikimedia, Source: Deccan Chronicle
Saturday, 31 December 2011
Manasi Parekh is a Rockstar
Talented actor and singer Manasi Parekh who has proved her mettle as an actor in shows like India Calling and Gulaal has won the celebrity singing competition Star Ya Rockstar. Pitted against veteran actor and singer Sachin Pilgaonkar and the indomitable stand-up comedian and singer Kapil Sharma, Manasi humbled her competitors in a triangular contest that was decided on viewers’ votes. Declared an ecstatic Manasi, “I am glad I won because when the winner is decided on public voting, anything could have happened. I thought Sachin or Kapil might win because Sachin is an experienced live performer and Kapil is so good at folk and Sufi songs,” she adds. So, was it completely unexpected? She admits, “Not totally unexpected but I was taken aback because all three of us performed very well,” she admits. However, Manasi rested her hopes on her consistent performance throughout the show. “I had won ‘performer of the week’ title four times. I think that was a pretty good indicator of consistency,” she points out. While she did have a blast throughout, Manasi says it was a hard-earned victory. “I trained myself very hard. Not that I wanted to win but I wanted a certain level of performance,” she specifies. Image Source: Wikimedia, Source: Deccan Chronicle