Darjeeling, Sept. 2: Indian Idol contestant Prashant Tamang is coming to Darjeeling tomorrow on a whistle-stop tour.
The 24-year-old has sung his way to the Top Three positions in Indian Idol, the nationally televised talent search contest. One of the judges, Udit Narayan, has already promised to take him as a playback singer in wife Deepa Jha’s next Nepali movie.
“A public show will be organised for Prashant at the St Joseph’s School ground tomorrow,” said Tenzing Khambachey, municipality commissioner and a tireless campaigner for Tamang over the past four months. “We had to rule out Chowrastha for fear of a stampede.”
Tamang is being brought to Darjeeling for a shoot at his house in Toongsoong by Sony Entertainment, the organisers of the contest. He is scheduled to travel on Darjeeling Mail from Calcutta and arrive at New Jalpaiguri station at 8.30am tomorrow.
The singer’s family members and friends will go down to Siliguri to welcome him at the station. Plans are being made to bring Tamang up to the hill town in an open top jeep so that his fans can at least catch a glimpse of him.
In fact, gates are already being erected on NH 55 to welcome the singer who, according to Khambachey, has united the hill people from Darjeeling to Sikkim.
According to the schedule available, the singer will first be taken to St Robert’s School, his alma mater. Later, he will make an appearance at Chowrastha — despite the fear of stampede — to see war veterans being felicitated at a programme there.
In the afternoon, Tamang is to be felicitated at the St Joseph’s ground. The singer might even belt out a few numbers at the venue.
“We’ve got classes till 5pm, but we hope to be able to find some time and jog down to the ground to hear Tamang sing,” said Sonam Gurung, a third-year student of St Joseph’s College.
The 24-year-old has sung his way to the Top Three positions in Indian Idol, the nationally televised talent search contest. One of the judges, Udit Narayan, has already promised to take him as a playback singer in wife Deepa Jha’s next Nepali movie.
“A public show will be organised for Prashant at the St Joseph’s School ground tomorrow,” said Tenzing Khambachey, municipality commissioner and a tireless campaigner for Tamang over the past four months. “We had to rule out Chowrastha for fear of a stampede.”
Tamang is being brought to Darjeeling for a shoot at his house in Toongsoong by Sony Entertainment, the organisers of the contest. He is scheduled to travel on Darjeeling Mail from Calcutta and arrive at New Jalpaiguri station at 8.30am tomorrow.
The singer’s family members and friends will go down to Siliguri to welcome him at the station. Plans are being made to bring Tamang up to the hill town in an open top jeep so that his fans can at least catch a glimpse of him.
In fact, gates are already being erected on NH 55 to welcome the singer who, according to Khambachey, has united the hill people from Darjeeling to Sikkim.
According to the schedule available, the singer will first be taken to St Robert’s School, his alma mater. Later, he will make an appearance at Chowrastha — despite the fear of stampede — to see war veterans being felicitated at a programme there.
In the afternoon, Tamang is to be felicitated at the St Joseph’s ground. The singer might even belt out a few numbers at the venue.
“We’ve got classes till 5pm, but we hope to be able to find some time and jog down to the ground to hear Tamang sing,” said Sonam Gurung, a third-year student of St Joseph’s College.
