Abhaas Joshi to Host Star Voice of India - Chhote Ustaad

Only seventeen years old, Abhaas Joshi has many accomplishments to boast of. Before being a part of Amul STAR Voice of India, Abhaas has been a runner-up in Master Madan Singing Competition (national level). He was also the winner of the Lil Champs Zee SaReGaMaPa 2004. He has recently recorded a song for an untitled animation film, composed by Aadesh Srivastava and he's also sung a jingle for an insurance company. Having won the hearts of millions by his original and incredible singing skills, he is now all set to woo the viewers with his affable, jovial and friendly personality. Abhaas is set to grace the stage of AMUL STAR Voice of India – CHHOTE USTAAD as the host of the series.

How does he feel donning this new role? “I am feeling really great. This is a big opportunity again for me to prove my talent. I know this platform will help me in future in my playback singing career too.” Now that he takes up hosting, do we take that playback singing will now be on hold? “I will carry on my playback singing side by side this hosting career. I am sure I’ll be able to do justice to both”, Abhaas replies with full confidence.

CHHOTE USTAAD, the new series of Voice of India, is focused towards bringing young talent between the ages of 8 to 14 years to the forefront. This musical show will have the most renowned names of Bollywood's music fraternity as its judges. Pritam Chakraborty, the popular music director and lead singers Kunal Ganjawala and Shreya Ghoshal will judge and mentor the kids on their singing abilities. After a series of auditions, Abhaas was chosen as the host of the series since he has an extensive knowledge of music and also fitted the role perfectly for a show that focused on young singing sensations.

AMUL STAR Voice of India - CHHOTE USTAAD will showcase 12 brilliant contestants chosen from all over India. These 12 brilliant kids include - Aishwarya Majumdar (Ahmedabad, 14 years); Anwesha Datta Gupta (Kolkata, 13 yrs); Gitashree Shil (Kolkata, 14 yrs); Manasi Bharadwaj (Delhi, 10 yrs); Vyom Kapoor (Delhi, 14 years); Jayant Singh (Indore, 13 yrs); Abeer Vaishnav (Bhopal, 8 years); Alpansh Banerjee (Indore, 13 years); Prakriti Giri (Darjeeling, 12 yrs); Shailey Bidwaikar ( Bhilai, 12 years); Soniya Sharma (Kurukshetra, 9 yrs) and Areeb Khan Niyazi (Rampur, 12 years).

Stay tuned and watch all the chirpy, bubbly and exceptionally talented contestants and ‘wonder child’ Abhaas on AMUL STAR Voice Of India - CHHOTE USTAAD premiering, Friday, December 9 at 10 pm only on STAR PLUS!!

Shaan will no longer host Star Voice of India - Chote Ustad

The face that made Star Voice of India a successful show, despite some stiff competition from other music based reality shows, has quit. Shaan will not be hosting the upcoming series Star Voice of India - Chote Ustaad. Slated to begin from 30 November it will be judged by Kunal Ganjawala, Pritam and Shreya Ghosal.

When contacted, Gajendra Singh confirmed that Shaan will not be hosting the show citing personal reasons. He states, "Shaan is taking a break as he wants to concentrate on films. But I guarantee you that viewers will see him in the next season of Voice of India."

When asked if the VOI team has short listed anyone to step into Shaan's shoes, Gajendra says, "We are still in the midst of the selection process, no one is short listed as yet. I am open to suggestions and have no reservations. If the person is talented and suitable enough to do the job then why not give him/her the opportunity. He/she can be from television fraternity or from the field of music."

Gajendra admitted that the team will miss Shaan as he is an integral part of VOI and musically no one can match his talent. "I can't say anything about the fate of the show, but we would feel his absence. He is the boss of VOI and he has promised that he will be appearing in some episodes of Chottey Ustad", he informed.

Shaan remained unavailable for comments.
And as the much-loved host takes a breather we hope the show does not lose its current TRPs