Asha Bhosle to decide the winner on K For Kishore

(Photos) Mumbai, March 28, 2008: She is the Singing Queen! She has sung innumerable songs with the maverick Kishore Kumar! She knew him like few others do. Who better than Asha Bhosle to decide on the voice that bears a striking resemblance to that of Kishore Kumar on K for Kishore?

As the show reaches its penultimate lap, the top five contestants who have beaten stiff competition to reach this far have put the judges Bappi Lahiri, Amit Kumar and Sudesh Bhosle in a quandary as to who should be the winner. Even special judge Nagesh Kukunoor who is in search of the “voice” of Kishore Kumar for his biopic on the late actor-singer-composer is yet to make his final choice.

So here comes the ‘maha guru’, Asha Bhosle, to help resolve the dilemma. The singer par excellence believes there can be no singer like Kishore Kumar. Even the best among aspirants can only be a distant shadow of his voice. Nevertheless, she has consented to do the honours and find the winner on the show that is the first of its kind amongst reality shows.

So who amongst the top five die-hard Kishore bhakts: Nayan Kumar Rathod, Chetan Rana, Arnab Chakraborty, Chintan Balkiwala and Challenger K Shailendra will be able to convince the ‘maha guru’? Will it be Nayan Kumar who has several years of singing experience or the quiet but very talented Chetan Rana with a lot of stage shows to his credit? Will it be the two talented singers who have already made their debut as playback singers – Arnab Chakraborty who sang Wada Raha from Khakee or K Shailendra whose debut song was for Suneil Shetty’s Khel? Or will the complete novice Chintan Balkiwala, dark horse of the show, walk away with the honours?

Asha Bhosle will come, hear and decide… It’s going to be a tough task to convince her that there could be an heir apparent to the legend!