Gajendra Singh (producer)

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Gajendra Singh is an Indian television producer and director.[ citation needed ] His most popular shows include Close-Up Antakshari, SaReGaMa and the recent Amul Music ka Maha Muqqabla and Sur Kshetra. He grew with Zee TV and took Indian Television to an international level. He appeared in "Limca book of Records" for making the longest running musical reality show "Antakshari" on Indian Television diaspora for 10 continuous years. This was followed by 'Sa Re Ga ' a show which he started with Amit Verma from Swastika Entertainment Private Limited , another longest running show along with the programs like India's Best Cinestar's ki Khoj and DID Lil' Champs also in collaboration with Amit Verma .

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Professional career

He is known for pioneering [1] and popularizing game shows, and musical talent shows on Indian Television. He had a long and successful association with Zee TV till 2006. Due to some reasons he left Zee TV and commenced with Saaibaba Telefilms and created various projects with Star TV, Sony Entertainment Television Asia, SAB TV, Doordarshan, Sun TV Network and various other regional channels. He is from Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh.

Saaibaba Telefilms

Saaibaba Telefilms is a multifaceted media company spearheaded by Gajendra Singh, with interest in the television reality shows & fictions, upcoming talents, events, creative endeavours, and other growing aspects of the media industry. STPL provides a confluence of cutting edge creativity, and best performance in all its work.

Antakshari

Titan Antakshari - Intercollegiate Championship is an Indian musical game show that airs on Zee TV every Friday. The show is a replacement of the Titan Antakshari -L'il Champs.

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa

The first episode aired on 1 May 1995 and was hosted by Sonu Nigam.

STAR Voice Of India

Star Voice of India is an Indian Television singing talent hunt that premiered on 18 May 2007 and ended on 24 November 2007. It was the first Indian singing competition produced by STAR Plus. Voice of India 2 began on 18 July 2008.

Television

YearShowsNotes
1993 Antakshari Intercollegiate Championship
1993-2007 Titan Antakshari
2003 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa: Golden Voice Hunt with Zee TV
2003 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 with Zee TV
2006 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu with Zee TV
2006 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs with Zee TV
2008 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge USA 2008
2008 Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star
2008 Junoon
2008 Star Voice of India 2
2009 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2009 with Zee TV
2009-2010 Music Ka Maha Muqqabla
2011 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2011 with Zee TV
2013 Ghar Aaja Pardesi
2014 India's Raw Star
2014 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2014 with Zee TV
2017 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2017 with Zee TV
2019 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2019

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References

  1. "DNA India".