Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012 has gone ahead to announce the anchor, Javed Ali, and the top 15 contestants. Javed Ali, who recently rocked the nation with chart toppers like the title track of Ishaqzaade and the soulful Kun Faya Kun (Rockstar), said, “It’s a huge responsibility that Zee TV has given me to host this prestigious show and I thank them for it. I am working hard to do justice to the role as it will not only be my voice but also my wit, observation and presence of mind taking centre stage. Really looking forward to it.” The top 15 contestants include Kunal Pandit, Vishwajeet Borwankar, Arsh Mohammed and Subhrima Bhadury from Mumbai, Jaspreet Sharma, Shehnaz Akhtar and Arshpreet Kaur from Punjab, Mohammed Aman and Renu Nagar from Rajasthan, Jasraj Joshi from Pune, Padmanav Bordoloi from Guwahati, Parul Mishra from Gorakhpur, Madhuri Dey from Kolkata and Mrunmayee Tirodkar from Goa. Their chances of winning the ultimate recognition in the field of singing will rest in the hands of the mentors for the first few weeks till ‘Hero Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012’ throws open its voting lines to the junta. Apart from being supremely talented, some of the contestants have some incredible accomplishments under their belt already. Padmanav Bordoloi has already got the golden opportunity to perform at the Nehru Center, London in 2009 with the Late Bhupen Hazarika. Here, in his first ever live concert, he made the audience sing Jai Ho, Vande Matram and even made them sway and dance to Bihu. Jaspreet Sharma, more popularly known as Jazim is a National Gold medallist in Thumri and Ghazal singing. Pune based Jasraj Joshi is a rockstar in every sense of the term. He can sing a classical and rock song with equal finesse and he expertly mixes both genres and comes up with his own fusion number. He has a fusion band ‘Shunya’ which plays in college music fests. There’s also Vishwajeet Borwankar, winner of Zee Marathi’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and currently doing very well in the Marathi music industry. His main motive to participate in Hero Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012 is to showcase his talent in front of a global audience and compete with singers across the country. Viewers can be rest assured that their television screens are about to crackle with the talent that each of these fabulous ‘Top 15’ contestants will exude and it will be one mammoth explosion of singing talent on television in the days to come. The show airs every Friday and Saturday at 9pm.