While most music directors find it tempting to be part of the jury on TV music talent hunt shows, Pritam Chakraborty took long before agreeing to judge the ‘Voice Of India Chhote Ustad’ series.
He feels judges are like dummies in such shows as the audience gets to decide the winner through a popularity vote.
“Judges in music talent hunt shows are dummies and it is the audience vote that dominates the verdict. It is the only reason I had been avoiding being a jury member on these shows,” Pritam said.
“And I agreed to do ‘Chhote Ustad’ once it was promised that there would be 50-50 participation by the jury and the audience in decision making,” he added. The series is meant for children in the age group 8-13.
The music director, who has given hit music in films like ‘Dhoom’, ‘Gangster’, ‘Life…in a Metro’, ‘Bhool Bhulaiya’, ‘Jab We Met’ and ‘Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal’, was in town to perform at the intercollegiate fest titled ‘IIPM Amaze 2007′ organised by the Indian Institute of Planning and Management.
And what makes him think that the audience vote leads to wrong judgements?
“I don’t think it is right that the final word should be via audience vote. Viewers are swayed away by emotions and give preference to participants of their area, which is boiling down to promoting regionalism.”
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