The winner of Indian Idol 14 expressed his desire to pursue playback singing for popular Bollywood actors like Salman Khan, Vicky Kaushal, and Ranveer Singh.
Vaibhav Gupta emerged victorious in the 14th season of the popular singing competition Indian Idol. Vaibhav, who is from Kanpur, emerged victorious on Sunday night, securing a trophy, prize money of ₹25 lakh, and a Maruti Suzuki Brezza, according to Indianexpress.com. Among the other contestants in the show were Anjana Padmanabhan, Ananya Pal, Piyush Panwar, Subhadeep Das, and Adya Mishra.
According to the report, Vaibhav expressed “I feel good to call myself the winner of Indian Idol 14. People have loved me a lot. Dreams are coming true, this is just the start. God willing, I wish to enter Bollywood now. With the love and appreciation I was getting, I was hopeful that I could win this. Especially, when Mahesh Bhatt whistled for me, I loved that moment. I keep playing it in my head.”
Vaibhav also mentioned, “I want to do playback singing for Salman Khan, Vicky Kaushal, and Ranveer Singh now. I will try my best that this happens someday. I want to bring back live music, the symphony kinds. The 90s feel is now coming back. People are listening to Kishore Da again, and this generation is focusing more on the melody. It is a very good era of music, and I want to present a new wave in it.”
Sony Entertainment Television posted a video on Instagram showing Vaibhav receiving the trophy. The announcement stated “We’re thrilled to announce the winner of Indian Idol @vaibhavgupta_sings, who’s driving home in style with a brand new Maruti Suzuki Brezza!” Sharing a picture of Vaibhav with the trophy it wrote, “Kanpur’s younger Sethji is the winner of Indian Idol Season 14 – Vaibhav Gupta!!!”
The final event featured Sonu Nigam as the special guest. Indian Idol Season 14 featured Shreya Ghoshal, Vishal Dadlani, and Kumar Sanu on the judging panel. Hussain Kuwajerwala took on the role of host for this season. Indian Idol 14 premiered in October of the previous year.
Many famous guests on the show were amazed by his vocal talent. He received accolades from Mahesh Bhatt, singer Sukhwinder Singh, and Hrithik Roshan. Karisma Kapoor, who was also a guest on the show, praised Vaibhav by mentioning that he reminded her of Shammi Kapoor.
Source : Hindustan Times