Sona Mahapatra, Wajid Khan & Shekhar Ravjiani To Be Mentors Of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa

Zee TV’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa has pioneered and revolutionized the landscape of talent-based reality, as a genre, on Indian television. The show has given generations after generations of aspiring singers a lifetime opportunity to showcase their golden voices in the world of music. Be it Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Shekhar Ravjiani, Kunal Ganjawala, Sanjivani, Ranjeet Rajwada, Kamaal Khan or Amanat Ali, each of these music luminaries attribute their first break and their glorious success to this grand mecca of singing. After the raging success of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs last year, the new season will celebrate music in a bigger way. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa will focus its spotlight on talent alone. Produced by Essel Vision, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa will premiere on 13th October and air every Saturday and Sunday at 9:00 PM on Zee TV. Guiding and grooming the young talents in their journey to become India’s musical doyens will be three supremely talented mentors who have been instrumental in taking Bollywood music to unforeseen heights.

Singer Sona Mohapatra will make her judging debut with this season alongside Sa Re Ga Ma Pa veterans – the singer-composer Wajid Khan and the singer-composer-actor Shekhar Ravjiani. Along with the mentors, an esteemed panel of 15 music connoisseurs- experts from the music fraternity, will play the role of jury and assess the aspiring singers right from the audition stage and help mentors in selecting only the best. Returning as the host for this season will be Aditya Narayan .  Sona Mohapatra said, “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is special for me as I am making my foray into TV as a judge and proud to be associated with the most prestigious and definitive singing platform on Indian television. What’s more, I’m proud to be the first woman to be a part of the panel of judges in all these years.” Wajid Khan said, “With this season we tend to raise the bar a notch higher.” Shekhar Ravjiani said, “I look forward to creating new ones, listening to and mentoring the musical future of India and bring forth talents as we have never seen before.”  With the auditions being conducted in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati, Ranchi, Itanagar, Patna, Jaipur, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Bangalore, Indore, Ahmedabad, the show has left no stone unturned in scouting the best of singing talent.