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Amarjot Kaur

She can sing in as many as 21 languages, and she has often been appreciated for hitting the right notes as many times she performed on Zee TV’s show, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. 

Jyotika Tangri, who anchors her talent to the roots of the city she hails from, is not only enthusiastic about her stint on the singing-based reality show, but also shoulders the responsibility of mirroring the worth of talent in Punjab, Jalandhar in particular. 

“You know, the name of my city is attached to me; for each time I come on stage, I’m instantly connected to Jalandhar (with my name that appears on the screen). Strangely, it gives me a lot of strength,” she says.

A graduate in vocal music, Jyotika, has been training in classical music from her guruji, Dharmendra Kathak, who is from the Jaipur gharana. “I owe it to my city, where I studied music since I was a six-year-old and there’s a lot of effort that’s gone into furnishing this talent; so, I do feel responsible to the city that has given me so much, and I would want to sing for Punjabi music Industry,” shares Jyotika, who has already sung in a Punjabi movie, titled Vaisakhi List, starring Jimmy Shergill. Considering that there’s a dearth of good Punjabi female vocalists in the industry, Jyotika believes that her talent will add a feather to the male-dominated Punjabi music industry’s hat! 

However, considering the advent of technology in the field of music, with EDM (electronic dance music) becoming a growing genre, and Tomorrowland becoming the new Woodstock Music Festival, one constantly questions to themselves, “Did technology kill the talent with voice processors and modulators, which make everyone sound good?” so we shot the same question at Jyotika. “Honestly, I know there are a lot of people who can sing well once their voice is processed, but I do believe that talent never fades. So, if Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is known to sing in a certain way, because he has a talent for it, there’s no technology that can be a substitute for his talent,” opines Jyotika.

With Zee TV’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, being the first and most iconic singing talent hunt show on Indian television that has been instrumental in introducing the country to some of its demigods of music like Shreya Ghoshal, Kunal Ganjawala, Shekhar Ravjiani, Bela Shende, Sanjivani and Kamal Khan in the last two decades, does the perishable fame of reality shows worry Jyotika? Not really, for she says, “Reality shows do give you fame for a short span of time, but that too, depends on you, your hard work and determination to succeed. Honestly, after dedicating my whole life to music, I have nothing to fear. I am sure my hard work will pay off and I would love to sing for Punjabi music industry for sure,” she signs off.

This weekend on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, watch a tribute to the monsoon that will show contestants singing and dancing to popular rain songs of Bollywood. 

On Saturday, July 2, at 9:30 pm only on Zee TV