Just wanted to introduce myself to this august group of Arunita fans and give my heartfelt thanks to you all for supporting/defending/promoting/admiring/loving AK18 for the last year.
I am in the US(west coast) and have been following Indian Idol for a couple of years. When I first started looking at II12 videos, I initially liked Pawan but soon got totally swept away by Arunita's overall performance - singing prowess, style, emotional connect, innocence, passion for singing, magnetic charm. Also started following all the the AT's created for Arunita to catch up on what I had missed - so appreciate all the analysis and discussion in these forums.
I signed up for Sling, ZEE TV so I could watch all her past performances & judges reactions and my respect and admiration for Arunita grew exponentially. Her performance in Zee Bangla Saregamapa at the age of 10 was ethereal. For those who have not watched her performances here, I would very much recommend them.
I would very much recommend these 2 performances from the Zee Bangla days - her finale performances - Bhare Naina and Ami Je Jalso Ghore . I know RealityShow had put links sometime back for these but didn't really see any comments. If you don't have access to Zee, you can access these from Facebook page of somnath.bhattacharyya.37. He has a lot of videos for all AK performances - (sorry Mr. Bhattacharya for not taking your permission but know you are her well wisher since years based on your FB postings)
Bhare Naina is my most watched performance so far - just blew me away and still does. Can't believe she couldn't showcase her immense range and versatility in II12.
I can't post links as newbie so if you go to the above FB page, go to videos, it is the 15th one from the top which shows the chorus singing.
I only watch her performances so am biased completely and have no reference for comparison with the current talent pool. Thanks for the links to arunitakanjilalfans.in website - use the discography to listen to her songs while driving and social bio update is also great to see how well she is doing.
What I wish and pray for her is what Akriti Kakkar said after the Zee Bangla performance of Abke sajan sawan me -
"I want to see you as one big shining star, big, big, big, big, very respected, very looked after singer"
I will end here. Apologies if this post is long but wanted to share my journey on how I became a pagla fan of Arunita. Am sure some of you can relate to this.
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