{"id":5485,"date":"2007-06-16T21:39:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-16T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2007-06-16T21:39:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-16T16:09:00","slug":"javed-akhtar-on-voting-indian-idol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/javed-akhtar-on-voting-indian-idol\/","title":{"rendered":"Javed Akhtar on voting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much as I have criticized Javed Akhtar<\/a> in the past—though only in the context of Indian Idol<\/i>—he got it right on the show today when he said words to the effect of (I translate from memory):<\/p>\n

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Of course the voters can be wrong. Often they vote for the wrong political party. What’s so unusual about them voting for the wrong singer, then?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Akhtar was responding to Alisha Chinai’s silly argument that because the voters gave Suhit Gosain a final chance in Indian Idol<\/i>, he can’t be that bad a singer. He was dead right when he said that Suhit’s voice was always flat. Indeed, I’d add that if they gave Suhit a flat for every time he was flat, he’d own Mumbai. Or at least Gurgaon, where the boy is from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Much as I have criticized Javed Akhtar<\/a> in the past—though only in the context of Indian Idol<\/i>—he got it right on the show today when he said words to the effect of (I translate from memory):<\/p>\n

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Of course the voters can be wrong. Often they vote for the wrong political party. What’s so unusual about them voting for the wrong singer, then?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Akhtar was responding to Alisha Chinai’s silly argument that because the voters gave Suhit Gosain a final chance in Indian Idol<\/i>, he can’t be that bad a singer. He was dead right when he said that Suhit’s voice was always flat. Indeed, I’d add that if they gave Suhit a flat for every time he was flat, he’d own Mumbai. Or at least Gurgaon, where the boy is from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,56],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nJaved Akhtar on voting - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/javed-akhtar-on-voting-indian-idol\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Javed Akhtar on voting - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Much as I have criticized Javed Akhtar in the past—though only in the context of Indian Idol—he got it right on the show today when he said words to the effect of (I translate from memory): Of course the voters can be wrong. 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