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  • Popstars to prove their mettle on 25 May

    Popstars to prove their mettle on 25 May

    The much promoted [V] Popstars band will stage its first public concert on 25 May.

    The five girls who make up the band are currently undergoing intensive training and thorough image makeover, says Channel [V] programming head Devika Sharma. While model Noyonika Chatterjee is the band manager, dancer Shiamak Davar has been entrusted with choreographing the event. As part of the complete turnaround, the five girls have “lost weight, fine tuned their dance skills, got their hair treated and their wardrobe refurbished by Manish Malhotra,” says Sharma.

    The Popstars project, into which Star India has reportedly sunk in Rs 50 million, seems to be paying dividends for the channel. Sharma says Popstars is currently the highest rated show on [V], adding that the channel’s reach has increased since its launch. The 13-part series is also being shown in Hindi on sister channel Star Plus on Fridays at 7 pm, targeting the family audiences.

    The five girls who get a shot at fame as India’s Spice Girls are Pratichee Mohapatra, Neha Bhasin, Mahua Kamat, Anushka Manchanda and Seema Ramchandani.

    The group is currently spending several sessions in a studio recording the album, which is being penned by Javed Akhtar. The music is being composed by eight music directors including Jatin Lalit and Sandeep Chowta.

    The band, as yet unnamed, made its first live appearance on 26 April.

  • High fives for [V] Popstars’ chosen ones

    High fives for [V] Popstars’ chosen ones

    It was a countrywide search and a mega promotion that spread across all the channels in the Star Network, besides both print and public hoarding campaigns. Finally, after a 45-day, six-city search, Channel [V] announced yesterday its “chosen 5” to front the all girl Coke [V] Popstars band.

     

    The five girls who get a shot at fame as India’s Spice Girls are Pratichee Mohapatra, Neha Bhasin, Mahua Kamat, Anushka Manchanda and Seema Ramchandani.

     

    Future episodes of Coke Popstars the series will see the girls training in different areas like modulating their vocal chords, fine tuning their dance skills as well as a health and fitness regime. They will also undergo a complete makeover so that their looks fit their profile.

     

    The name of the group is yet to be decided and model Noyonika Chatterji will manage the band. They will spend several sessions in a studio recording their album, which is due for release sometime towards the end of May.

     

    Javed Akhtar is writing the album lyrics and the music is being composed by eight music directors including Jatin Lalit and Sandeep Chowta, an official release states.

     

    Their first live performance takes place in Mumbai on 26 April.

     

    The Band: Pratichee is a Mumbai girl, 24 years old. She has been trained in Hindustani Classical music for over six years.

     

    Delhi girl Neha Bhasin, 19, is a second year student doing her Sociology honors. Her hobbies include dancing and writing songs.

     

    Anushka, is all of 18 and ‘dead serious’ about her career as a musician. She has had little formal training in music even though that did not stop her from learning to play several instruments like the piano, guitar, drums and at the moment she is trying to learn to play the flute!

     

    Seema Ramchandani, 22, is from Pune and a postgraduate diploma holder in school psychology. She comes from a musically inclined family and likes all sorts of music from the romantic Kishore Kumar to the rocking Led Zeppelin.

     

    Mahua Kamat, 20, from Pune and in her Second year B.Com, gave up a year to get into music. She has been training in Hindustani classical music for a very long time. She is greatly influenced by Alanis Morissette, the Cranberries, Tracy Chapman, Dido and lot of R&B, hip-hop, for their rhythmic beats.