Judges

Chief Judge

Sumeet Kumar

Sumeet Kumar is the son of the legendary Indian playback singer Kishore Kumar, known for his iconic voice and vast contribution to Indian cinema. Sumeet has inherited his father’s musical talent and has pursued a career in singing, although he remains more low-profile compared to his father's towering legacy.

Distinguished Judge

Sunita Kapur

Originally from Bombay , has been a versatile Classical/Bollywood/ Ghazal Singer, Composer, Vocal Guru, TV Host, for over 3 decades, and lent her voice in numerous Films, Record Labels, TV, Radio, Theater, and traveled worldwide, singing in thousands of concerts with the Stars of the Bollywood Music and Film Industry, such as Laxmikant Pyarelal, Kalyanji Anandji,Nadeem Shravan, Sudesh Bhonsle,Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy,Amit Kumar, Anu Malik, Alka Yagnik, Shahrukh, Amir, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Sridevi, Johnny Lever, and the list goes on... She sings in many Indian languages and holds a Masters in Indian Classical Music (Sangeet Vishaarad). Recipient of the prestigious award 2019 for outstanding cultural contribution at the official Indian Independence Day Celebration in Bergen County NJ, and ICCI Global Award New York, for Outstanding Cultural Contribution in 2022, and Shakti Award for outstanding cultural contribution in the field of Music in 2023, Ms. Kapur continues to compose, record, perform live concerts and culturally enriches lives by teaching hundreds of students of all ages Indian Music through Music sunita Academy of Indian Music in NJ/NY
website - www.musicsunita.com

Associate Judge

Sanjay Shah

Sanjay Shah is a highly accomplished singer and a music guru. He was born in Mumbai and opted for a full-time career and Music after initially working for a bank.

Sanjay started his own music group in 1996, which has performed 5000+ shows globally.

He is based in New Jersey and about 150/ 200 students, and his team also manages sound arrangements for large event around the New York tri-state area.

Associate Judge

Prakhar Ghosh

Prakhar , born in Mumbai, has been singing since his college days , winning many competitions across the state. His guru was his mom who used to teach hindustani classical vocals. His interest in bollywood music was sparked by his dad who worked for Filmistan studios.. In 1996 he was selected for the "sa re ga ma" competiton but fate had different plans. He got his H1B visa and decided to travel to USA to pursue a career in IT. He formed his own band in 97 . Since then he has enthralled audiences across the nation. He has performed on stage with many celebrities. He has toured USA and performed with Shahid Rafi ji, Mohd Rafi sahab's son in March 24 and with Sumeet Kumar - Kishoreda's son in May 24

Associate Judges

Mahesh Mehta

Mahesh Mehta, a well-known singer from Edison, New Jersey.

He was the finalist of Antakshari USA and Dubai version. Since the school and college days, he is active in music field; he has performed in India, Africa, Dubai, UK and USA. He performs with lots of energy and liveliness. He is an engineer by profession and singing is his passion.

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Associate Judges

Neeta Gandhi

Neeta Gandhi is a well known playback singer in the community around the world. Known as "Chhotiasha" in Tri state Area. Neeta has made various albums.

Neeta has organized many concerts in various countries including Chile, Panama, Saint Thomas island, Saint Martin. Neeta did prestigious concerts in Trump Taj at the atlantic city & shared stage with Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam & Suresh Wadekar.

Neeta is varsetile Dynamic & Exciting performer of Bollywood songs, Garba & Raas, Bhajans, Wedding (Lagna Geet) songs. Neeta has entertained millions music lovers with her popular radio show "Jharokha", and "Aap ki farmaish" as Neeta Geeta on RBC Dhoom FM, Radio Dil & As Well AS Radio zindagi.

Associate Judge

Dr. Tushar Patel

Dr. Tushar Patel is retired from Federal Govt after 27 years of service. He is part of several community organizations.

Dr. Tushar Patel is a President of Indo-AmericanCultural Foundation of Central Jersey which promotes Indian culture, art and heritage to embrace cultural diversity.
He is a trained passionate singer and has been organizing musical shows and karaoke groups in New Jersey for the past decade.

He is the founder of Shaam E Gaana, a virtual music show every Friday since 2020. More than 225 episodes and 450 singers came from all over the globe to sing on this platform.

Associate Judges

Rupali Venugopal

Rupali Venugopal is trained in Hindustani classical music, she is the founder of Swar Leela Hindustani classical music school in Edison, New Jersey. She is also has been Past President of NJ Artists Lions club. Rupali has been learning Hindustani classical music since age of 7 and has acquired Sangeet Visharad in Indian classical music. Her students also get certified by SAMVED exam board of North America. Rupali is a passionate singer fluent in both Classical and Bollywood music and her life vision is to spread the knowledge of Hindustani classical music to everyone. Her motto is “ It’s never too late or too early to start learning music🎶”! 🙏🏻