Mumbai: Popular playback singer Shaan recently dropped a bombshell on how singing reality shows are produced.
During a recent interview with Vickey Lalwani, Shaan, who earlier judged ‘The Voice India’ and ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs’, revealed that the songs which we hear on the reality shows are re-dubbed and hence they sound melodious.
When these contestants are called to a music studio for recording, they are a complete disaster, he added.
“I am not just told but I am convinced and I know for a fact that they are re-dubbing the songs. Reality shows mein, last 2018 tak jab maine kiya tha, it was pretty much what it was (In reality shows — at least until 2018 when I was involved — what you heard was pretty much what it was). Thoda usko tuning kardete the. Lekin ab toh puri tarah se gana re-dubb hota hai. Toh aap jab sunte ho (They used to tweak the tuning a bit. But now, the entire song is completely re-dubbed. So when you hear it), obviously, you’re blown away, like ‘Wow!’ Your expectations go sky-high. But when you actually call them to sing something for you, you realise they’re a major disappointment,” Shaan disclosed.
“Vahan jo gaate hain voh ek baari hi hota hai (What they sing there happens only once), but then they take that audio to the studio and make them sing again. This has been going on for a few years now. Then it’s also fixed, corrected. So when an audience is listening, you level anything out which is out of tune. How’s that possible? Kuch hadh tak toh voh gaa rahe hain. Koi behtar gaa raha hai, koi kum behtar gaa raha hai, ussi par reactions aarahe hain (To some extent, they are singing — some are singing better, some not as well — and that’s what’s getting the reactions). I had a few fallouts when these things were being forced initially,” he added.
Shaan recently lent his voice to ‘Bam Bam Bhole’ in the Salman Khan starrer ‘Sikandar’.
