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Amit Kumar says he didn’t get pleasure from Indian Idol 12 Kishore Kumar particular: ‘I wanted to stop the episode’

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In final week’s episode of Sony TV’s singing actuality present, Indian Idol 12, the contestants and the judges paid tribute to the legendary singer and actor Kishore Kumar. They sang 100 songs of the singer over the 2 episodes, and the makers additionally invited his son and singer-composer Amit Kumar as a particular visitor. However, the viewers acquired upset with the standard of the episode. Many complained that the contestants and the judges of the present, Neha Kakkar, Himesh Reshammiya and Anu Malik, ruined Kishore Kumar’s songs.
The son of the legendary singer Amit Kumar agreed with the netizens and stated he additionally wished to cease the episodes halfway. Like the viewers, he too didn’t get pleasure from how the creators of the present determined to pay tribute to his father.
In a latest interview with The Times of India, Kumar was requested about his views in regards to the episode and he replied, “Frankly, I wanted to stop the episode,” including that he was requested to reward each contestant no matter how they carry out. “I did what I was told. I was told sabko praise kamana hai. I was told jo jaisa bhi gaaye usko uplift karna hai because it’s a tribute to Kishore da. I thought it will be a homage to my father. But once there, I just followed what I was asked to do. I had told them to give me portions of the script in advance, but nothing of that sort happened,” Kumar stated.

Ho gaya na mausam superior #IdolShanmukhapriya ki efficiency ke baad? Dekhte rahiye #IndianIdol2020 Sat-Sun raat 9:30 baje, sirf Sony par.@iAmNehaKakkar @VishalDadlani #HimeshReshammiya #AdityaNarayan @fremantle_india @The_AnuMalik @GangulyAmitOk @ShanmukhapriyaO pic.twitter.com/taIGGk1teR
— sonytv (@SonyTV) May 10, 2021
On Monday, a Twitter consumer shared he felt Anu Malik and Neha Kakkar sang Kishore Kumar’s awfully. He tweeted, “#IndianIdol2021 #indianidol #SonyLIV please spare Kishore Kumar’s songs.. this is a worst singing I’ve ever witnessed of Kishore’s songs.. all my favorite songs are screwed by @iAmNehaKakkar @The_AnuMalik and all participants.” Another consumer wrote, “Neha Kakkar do whatever you want to do with your songs. please don’t even think to spoil Kishore Kumar Sir’s songs #IndianIdol #100SongsOfKishoreKumar.”
Check out how the viewers expressed their disappointment on the newest episodes of Indian Idol 12:

Fans of #KishoreKumar after watching #AnuMalik #HimeshReshmiya murdering KishoreDa’s songs in #Indianidol #IndianIdol2021 @SonyTV @iAmNehaKakkar @VishalDadlani pic.twitter.com/TsqQtMhom4
— Sandeep Kandale (@KandaleSandeep) May 9, 2021

Sorry to say, however Himesh is murdering the legendary Kishor Kumar songs on #indianidol. The contestants are so significantly better.
— Nitin Deshpande (@nitingdeshpande) May 9, 2021

This is what’s going on my thoughts #indianidol #IndianIdol2021 pic.twitter.com/QSBnFxH3O1
— Aparna Subramanyam (@drapy88) May 9, 2021
When requested about Kakkar and Reshammiya’s poor singing, Amit Kumar responded by saying, “I didn’t enjoy the episode at all.”

Hosted by singer-actor Aditya Narayan, Indian Idol 12 is being shot in Daman since taking pictures shouldn’t be permitted in Mumbai. Besides Kakkar and Reshammiya, Vishal Dadlani judges the present however has been changed by Malik till the group returns to Mumbai.