The city’s tête-à-tête with its favourite stars on a Saturday evening at an amusement park Who says only the hills are on fire? Thanks to Sony Entertainment Television’s Indian Idol 3, the whole nation is happily divided over who should be the next singing sensation. Kolkata too seems no exception when it comes to flowing with the tide. And the city’s tête-à-tête with its favourite stars on a Saturday evening at an amusement park will not be forgotten for a while now. It was tough managing a motley crowd (we even spotted a two-month-old kid), that gathered around the dais and our lensman had to fight his way for a close-up. When Amit and Prashant finally took to the stage and doled out the chartbusters, one could hear women crying out, ‘I love you’, every now and then. A technical snag delayed the programme a bit, but Kolkata’s didi, Usha Uthup kept crowd enthusiasm soaring with Uri uri baba and Yeh dosti hum nahin chhodenge... todenge dum magar Indian Idol ka saath na chhodenge.
