Singer Amit Kumar who came as a special guest on Indian Idol’s specialepisode on his dad the incredible Kishore Kumar was not impressed with theperformance. The show was content with the performance by the young singingartists. In a meeting following the show Amit lashed out at the show'smakers and expressed disappointment with the type of tribute paid to his dad.
Bollywood singer Aditya Narayan whose the host of the show spoke aboutAmit Kumar’s reaction in conversation with Bollywood Hungama. He said, “withall due respect to Amitji it is never easy to honour the legacy of a legend inan hour or two. But we always try our level best to put on a great showespecially given the circumstances. Due to pandemic, we were shooting in Damanwith a limited team and crew, limited rehearsals, different set etc. still weekafter week we are putting out fresh episodes where most other channels areplaying re-runs of their content.”
Aditya with due regards, asks why Amit Kumar didn't communicate hisunhappiness about the content while shooting. "Amitji has graced the showon various events and has consistently praised our challengers just as our team.This time also he was lavish in his praise.”
He further adds, “In fact, he was kind enough to share so many personalstories on Kishore da and we enjoyed and cherished each one. If he wasn’t happywith certain aspects of the show he could have just told us during the shoot and wewould have been more than happy to try and accommodate his inputs.”