Anamika Choudhari

Anamika Choudhari
Birth name Anamika Choudhari
Born (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994
Mariani, Assam, India
Genres Pop, Filmi
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2008-2009

Anamika Choudhari (also spelt as Anamika Chaudhary), born on July 7, 1994 in Mariani, Assam, India of Assam, belongs to Bengali family and was the winner in Zee TV's children's singing competition Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International. Aditya Narayan was the host of the show.

Performances

She had always reached one of the Top 3 positions throughout the competition and always got good comments from the judges Sonu Nigam and Suresh Wadkar. She had never been in the danger zone. Suresh Wadkar complimented her by saying that, “Anamika has a beautiful voice. When it comes to melody and reaching till the last note, she is in a different league”.[1] Wadkar also praised Anamika, saying that “Anamika (Chaudhuri) ki voice mein jitni sureelapan hai utni hi woh mehnati hai”.[2]

Anamika eventually went on to win the first ever International L'il Champs. She was declared the winner on March 1, 2008 receiving a total of 44 lakh 80 thousand votes. Her fellow contestant Rohanpreet Singh was the first runner-up receiving a total of 38 lakh 47 thousand votes, and Tanmay Chaturvedi was the second runner-up receiving more than 34 lakh votes.[3] Anamika was awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 20 lakhs and a car.

Post L'il Champs, she participated in Chota Packet Bada Dhamaka, where she secured 4th position. She then participated in Hero Honda SaReGaMaPa Mega Challenge representing Assam along with Abhigyan Das and Joy Chakraborty.[4] Assam reached till the Semifinals round where they lost to the Kolkata team.[5]

References

  1. Banerjee, Sudeshna (March 5, 2008). "Little lady of the east". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India.
  2. Banerjee, Sudeshna (March 10, 2008). "Wadkar on L'il Champs". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India.
  3. "Anamika wins Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Little Champs 2008".
  4. "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega Challenge Contestants". Archived from the original on 2009-11-08.
  5. "Kolkata defeats Assam to be in Mega Challenge finals".
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