Taare Zameen Par is an Indian kids singing reality show on StarPlus.[2] It premiered on 2 November 2020 and ended on 30 January 2021.[3] The series was hosted by the child actress Aakriti Sharma and singer Sugandha Mishra with Shankar Mahadevan, Jonita Gandhi and Tony Kakkar as the mentors.[4]
| Taare Zameen Par | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Reality |
| Created by | Vipul D. Shah |
| Directed by | Nikul Desai[1] |
| Presented by | Sugandha Mishra
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| Judges | |
| Opening theme | Taare Zameen Par |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Vipul D. Shah |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 45–60 minutes |
| Production company | Optimystix Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | StarPlus |
| Release | 2 November 2020 – 30 January 2021 |
Format
The singing show was initially designed for 20 children who are mentored throughout their progress without elimination process till finale.[5] However, after few weeks, the show had a change in its format and followed the elimination process where each day one low scorer was selected and every Saturday all low scorers compete to make their place. On that day, the lowest scorer is eliminated.[6]
Audition
The auditions were held digitally in the month of March 2020 where first 500 participants were recognized.[7][8]
Mentors
The show had composer and singer Shankar Mahadevan, playback singer Jonita Gandhi and composer, lyricist, singer and producer Tony Kakkar for mentorship.[9]
Production
The title of the series was taken from Aamir Khan's 2007 film Taare Zameen Par after getting rights from them.[10]
In conversation with The Times of India, Sugandha said, "I share a strong connection with kids and really enjoy being around them. I decided to be part of the show because of its unique concept. I thoroughly enjoy hosting as much as I love acting and over the years, I have developed a certain penchant for hosting television shows. I am happy to be a part of a prestigious show and looking forward to witnessing some of the finest performances in this show by a set of equally dynamic kids.”[11]
Season 1
- Judges
Tony Kakkar
Jonita Gandhi
Shankar Mahadevan
- Host
Sugandha Mishra
Aakriti Sharma
Top 20 Contestants
| Name | Age (in years) | Hometown | Result | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biren Dang[12] | 10 | Gurgaon | Winner | 1st |
| Laisel Rai[13] | 11 | Jalandhar | 1st Runner-up | 2nd |
| Vansh Wadhwa | 14 | Moga | 2nd Runner-up | 3rd |
| Vishwaja Jadhav | 12 | Virar | Eliminated | 4th |
| Ratnika Shrivastava | 13 | Jabalpur | Eliminated | 5th |
| Aavya Saxena | 11 | Lucknow | Eliminated | 6th |
| Prakhruthi Reddy | 10 | Ballari | Eliminated | 7th |
| Anmol Raja | 13 | Hoshiarpur | Eliminated | 8th |
| Pratyush Anand | 12 | Bhopal | Eliminated | 9th |
| Khushi Nagar | 11 | New Delhi | Eliminated | 10th |
| Rafa Yasmine | 11 | Malda | Eliminated | 11th |
| Chaitanya Vaish | 12 | Patiala | Eliminated | 12th |
| Angel Joseph | 11 | Ludhiana | Eliminated | 13th |
| Gurman Singh Kohli | 14 | Gurgaon | Eliminated | 14th |
| Ivana Semi | 12 | Pune | Eliminated | 15th |
| Sourajoy Dev | 11 | Silvassa | Eliminated | 16th |
| Marken Lollen | 13 | Itanagar | Eliminated | 17th |
| Sajan Sharma | 10 | Deoghar | Eliminated | 18th |
| Manav Heera | 14 | Ludhiana | Eliminated | 19th |
| Raddujal Kashyap | 13 | Tejpur | Eliminated | 20th |
Guests
- Udit Narayan
- Rupali Ganguly as Anupamaa
- Mika Singh
- Devoleena Bhattacharjee as Gopi Modi
- Rupal Patel as Kokila Modi
- Bhoomi Trivedi
- Gurdeep Singh
- Shaan
- Siddharth Mahadevan
- Shivam Mahadevan
- Zeenat Aman
- Richa Sharma
- Badshah
- Kanika Kapoor
- Terence Lewis
- Hemant Brijwasi
- Sonakshi Kar
- L. V. Revanth
- Neha Kakkar
- Rohanpreet Singh
- Afsana Khan
- Anjana Padmanabhan
- Sukhwinder Singh