Amey Date

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Amey Date was the fourth place Idol on Sony Entertainment Television's reality show, Indian Idol 2. He was voted off Indian Idol 2 on March 14, 2006.

Amey is a fan of respected singers such as Mohd. Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar and his guru, Suresh Wadkar. In addition, Amey loves seafood and watching the Discovery Channel.

Contents 1 Background 2 Post Indian Idol 2 3 Indian Idol Performances 4 Discography 5 External links

[edit] Background

Amey Date is a Commerce graduate from Ruparel College, Mumbai. Amey has a musical lineage of his own as his grandfather was part of R.D. Burman's orchestra. Both his sister and mother are trained classical singers as well. Amey himself was trained under the tutelage of renowned playback singer Suresh Wadkar. Amey has trained under Suresh Wadkar for the past 15 years. For the past seven years, he has performed on stage with notable singers such as OP Nayyar, Usha Mangeshkar and Suresh Wadkar.

Currently, Amey teaches music to students at his guruji's academy, the Ajivasan Gurukul at Santacruz. Amey also participated in the reputed musical show Saregama in 1999. Filmfare award winner singer Shreya Ghosal was the winner in the females that same year. Jaspinder Singh won in the males while Amey was the runner-up.

[edit] Post Indian Idol 2

Post Indian Idol 2, Amey has done many stage shows in India with fellow Idol contestants Antara Mitra, Meenal Jain, Abhijeet Sawant, Rahul Vaidya and Aditi Paul. He also did two stage shows for Sony-BMG. In addition, Amey has done playback singing for the forthcoming films Colour Red, Muthbedh and Divorce and Amey was also offered a contract by music director Sandeep Chowta. Amey hopes to release his solo album soon.

Amey recently performed on Sony's 'Dhol Baaje'.

[edit] Indian Idol Performances

Auditions- Tanhayee from the film Dil Chahta Hai

Piano Round: Tu Hi Re (Bombay)

Gala 1: Juda Hoke Bhi (Kalyug)

Gala 3: Tum Jo Mil Gaye Ho (Hanste Zakhm) Bottom 2 31/01/2006

Gala 4: Lagaa Chunri Mein Daag (Dil Hi To Hai)

Gala 5: Dil Ne Tumko Chun Liya Hain (Jhankar Beats)

Gala 6: Rang De Basanti (Rang De Basanti) Bottom 2 21/02/2006

Gala 7: Tadap Tadap (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam)

Gala 8: Mahi Ve (Kal Ho Na Ho)

Gala 9: Holi Ke Din (Sholay) & Satrangi Re (Dil Se) - Eliminated 14/03/2006

Grand Finale: Woh Pehli Baar

[edit] Discography

• Navkar Vani (Gujarati Devotional Album)
• Song Maar Udari from the film Pinjar
• Playback for forthcoming films Divorce, Colour Red and Muthbedh
• Album titled 'Doctor Tujhe Salaam' with singers Hariharan, Vinod Rathod & Sushma Shreshtha
• Sang for the Hindi TV serial Amanat
• Marathi TV serials Gharkul and Tour Tour
• Singing for Salim-Sulemain's forthcoming fusion album
• Woh Pehli Baar album - Woh Pehli Baar and Tum Jo Mil Gaye Ho

[edit] External links

• A site dedicated to Amey Date
• Official site of Indian Idol
• Amey Date Fan Club
• Amey's page at SifyMax
• Kishore Kumar- The Legend, A Tribute
• How much does Amey Date earn?