Commotion at rehearsals

Indian Idol 3 has a very haughty contestant called Richa Aneja. In the episode which will be telecast today, Richa behaved very indifferent with her allotted partner Prashant Tamang and later demanded a change of partners. Prashant was shocked by her behaviour and tried talking to her about it, and later judges Javed Akhtar and Alisha Chinai too came in to talk to Richa. Even anchor Mini Mathur got into the act, but Richa did not agree to rehearse with Prashant! Later, Richa was heard telling her friends and relatives on the set, “I’d never heard Prashant sing, so I was quite apprehensive to be paired with him as this could affect my performance. Even during rehearsals he was never on time. He made me wait for one and half hour that day. This made me very uncomfortable and I was very irritated with him.” The issue was resolved only when Richa’s father explained things to his daughter. Says Mini, “Richa is only 17 years old and is the baby of the show, but she definitely has an actress inside her! She has learnt singing since the time she was six years old and feels she knows it all. At the same time, she is very sweet and one always feels like hugging her. She did a lot of nakhras that day and bechara Prashant was at the receiving end, but we cannot bend rules for any contestant.” Thankfully, both Richa and Prashant have gotten through this round but more fireworks are certainly in store. After the ‘I know it all’ attitude, Richa has got just about managed to go to the second round while Prashant has sailed through with all the praise!