Anwesha Datta Gupta - Music Ka Maha Muqqabla

Music Ka Maha Muqqabla

• Anwesha participated in Music ka Maha Muqqabla held in 2009-2010 which was organised by Star Plus. 6 teams competed for the title which were captained by Shankar Mahadevan, Shaan, Himesh Reshammiya, Shreya Ghoshal, Mohit Chauhan and Mika Singh. Anwesha played for Shaan along with Debojit Saha, Harshit Saxena and Shadab. The team reached the finale and played against Shankar Mahadevan's team which had Rahul Vaidya, Sharib Sabri, Neeti mohan and Sanjeev Kumar. Though, they stood as the runner-up in the show, Shaan's Strikers got highest number of votes from all across the country and were considered the most deserving team to win the show.
• During the course of the show, Anwesha with her beautiful renditions made Shankar Mahadevan himself to come down to compete against her couple of times.She was considered as Sachin Tendulkar of Shaan's team and his Brahmastra.
• Her performance of Jaane Jaa from Saawariya in Grand Finale moved her captain Shaan to tears and left the audience spell bound.
• During the show,Shankar Mahadevan complimented her saying"Out of all reality shows,after Shreya Ghoshal,if there is any singer,that is Anwesha as of today"and also said that the Indian film music is secure with singers like her.
• Himesh Reshammiya said that "Anwesha is one of the top ten singers of the country",he was moved by her performance and offered her a song in his upcoming movie to be released in July.
• Ismail Darbar was very impressed with her "Naam Gum Jayega" rendition and said that she sings in a way which is just impossible at her age.
• Shreya Ghoshal complimented her saying "Maa Saraswati resides in your voice".
• Anwesha had not only the sole distinction of bagging 6 Singer of the Day awards for 7 performances, but also won the Singer of the Series award. In spite of being the youngest in the show, she defeated the winners and participants of various shows (Indian idol, JJWS, SVOI, SAREGAMAPA) who participated in music ka maha muqqabla and received the award.