This one is for all diehard fans of reality shows on TV…Chote Ustad…Little Champs…these shows have been catching my attention for some time…Over the years these music ..Talent hunt shows have added to themselves with a lot of drama..Thrill…and all the emotions that may even look Ekta kapoor shows look somber…As the current schedule of these shows were on the move…it appeared as if it was music that would finally take precedence over peripherals…Some super duper performances by all the participants in these shows brought energy and brightness to evenings..My personal favorites have been Anvesha and Aaaishwarya in Chote….…and Anamika in Little…….Surprisingly all starting from “A” and fully deserving to be at the top……tonal qualities…singing talent…and super rendering of all types of songs have taken these shows to some heights…

While we appreciate these young talents…Zee and Star have not been able to resist the temptation on cashing on to emotions of these children. While seeing one little star leaving show on every Friday with tears…and other drama around it was not considered enough…the process of elimination…music…drama and thrill that surrounds the whole process can even put some of the bollywood thrillers to shame….I wonder if it is alright to expose these children to so much of pressure at such a tender age…Process of rejection can sometimes leave a permanent dent on once confidence…and it takes sometimes a super human effort to get out of such slump…..As if this drama is not enough we also have these emotional AVIs popping in between showing family sides of these children…..We audiences mutely watch all the fun....debate over it…and forget about it…..without thinking about damage that we may be doing to our children?.....All this for a few dollars more for these channels….some more advertisement…and endorsement money…some higher TRPs……

There have been talent shows involving young talents in the past…Shreya ghoshal…Shweta Pandit…Sneha Pant…Sunidhi Chauhan… are all products of such shows…Remember times when Sa re Ga Ma was lauched…how simple it was…no antics..some good singers..nice music..no rough talking judges…just some mild advice…and declaration of winners….its not in our culture to declare looser with fanfare and rejoice over it…one can not enjoy over others grief…..but these shows have evolved culturally…adding some dark shades to the show….exploitation of talents…has become rule of the game and as the WWF of music continues we the audiences….Media…….critics……..and experts only whistle…cheer..or show anguish over what can be termed as crude exploitation of available child labouor….

A few months back Government has passed a very strong law against child labour…I don’t know if the TV mafias and even the parents of these young ones can be booked under this law…its high time that some good sense to prevail and experts in child psychology  undertake scientific study of impact these type of shows making on children participating on these shows….