Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Amey Date - Background

SUMMARY
Amey Date (born March 31, 1979 in Mumbai, Maharashtra) was the fourth place Idol on Sony Entertainment Television's reality show, Indian Idol 2. He was voted off Indian Idol 2 on March 14, 2006. Amey is a fan of respected singers such as Mohd. Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar, Sonu Nigam and his guru, Suresh Wadkar. In addition, Amey loves seafood and watching the Discovery Channel.


Amey was also a contestant on Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar on STAR Plus. He was eliminated on May 31, 2008.


BACKGROUND
Amey Date is a Commerce graduate from Ruparel College, Mumbai. Amey has a musical lineage of his own as his grandfather was part of R.D. Burman's orchestra. Both his sister and mother are trained classical singers as well. Amey himself was trained under the tutelage of renowned playback singer Suresh Wadkar. Amey has trained under Suresh Wadkar for the past 15 years. For the past seven years, he has performed on stage with notable singers such as OP Nayyar, Usha Mangeshkar and Suresh Wadkar.


Currently, Amey teaches music to students at his guruji's academy, the Ajivasan Gurukul at Santacruz. Amey also participated in the reputed musical show Saregama in 1999, when Sonu Nigam used to host the show. Filmfare award winner singer Shreya Ghosal was the winner among the females that same year. Jaspinder Singh won among the males while Amey was the runner-up.


AFTER INDIAN IDOL 2
Post Indian Idol 2, Amey has done many stage shows in India with fellow Idol contestants Antara Mitra, Meenal Jain, Abhijeet Sawant, Rahul Vaidya and Aditi Paul. He also did two stage shows for Sony-BMG. In addition, Amey has done playback singing for the forthcoming films Colour Red, Muthbedh and Divorce and Amey was also offered a contract by music director Sandeep Chowta. Amey hopes to release his solo album soon.
Amey recently performed on Sony's 'Dhol Baaje'.

AMEY'S FAVORITES:
Actors: Aamir Khan, Sushmita Sen, Madhuri Dixit.
Cricketer: Sachin Tendulkar.
Food: Biryani and Kebab, Potato chips prepared by his mother.
Hobbies: Hiking and Trekking (preferably at the western ghats of Maharastra).
Colour: Blue. Outfits: Denims and T-shirts.
Playback Singers: Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Sonu Nigam.
Amey Date is a typical Maharastrian middle Class Boy.
Amey Date is a big fan of the Bollywood actor, director and producer Aamir Khan.


INDIAN IDOL PERFORMANCES
Auditions- Tanhayee from the film Dil Chahta Hai
Piano Round: Tu Hi Re (Bombay)
Gala 1: Aadat (Kalyug)
Gala 3: Tum Jo Mil Gaye Ho (Hanste Zakhm) Bottom 2 31/01/2006
Gala 4: Lagaa Chunri Mein Daag (Dil Hi To Hai)
Gala 5: Dil Ne Tumko Chun Liya Hain (Jhankar Beats)
Gala 6: Rang De Basanti (Rang De Basanti) Bottom 2 21/02/2006
Gala 7: Tadap Tadap (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam)
Gala 8: Mahi Ve (Kal Ho Na Ho)
Gala 9: Holi Ke Din (Sholay) & Satrangi Re (Dil Se) - Eliminated 14/03/2006
Grand Finale: Woh Pehli Baar

Dil Ne Tumko - Unknown - Live

Live.. chorus provided by the recorder

Dil Ne Tumko - Debojit Saha - Sa re ga ma pa

Here is another version sung by Debojit Saha from Sa re ga ma pa

Which one you like better?

Dil Ne Tumko - Original by Shaan

Original track sung by Shaan for movie Jhankar Beats


Dil Ne Tumko - Amey Date (Indian Idol 2)

I must have watched this hundreds of times. Amazing rendition by Amey Date

Satrangi re by Vineet for comparison

Here is a rendition of the same song by Vineet from Sa Re Ga Ma Pa...

You be the judge

Satrangi re by Sonu Nigam for comparison

Here is Sonu Nigam singing Satrangi Re... Live

Movie - Dil Se