Indian Idol 12: Bihar's Sitara Parveen reveals she received criticism for pursuing music

One of highly-popular singing reality TV shows, Indian Idol kicked off journey of its twelfth season with grand premiere episode on vember 28, 2020. While a lot of auditionees mand to have judges floored with ir electrifying voice, one auditionee, in particular, bowled over Neha Kakkar, Himesh Reshammiya and Vishal Dlani with her exemplary performance on Jab Tak Hai Jaan's famous song Jiya Re. In dition to her astonishing singing capabilities, contestant Sitara Parveen filled  hearts of  judges with pride as she spoke about overcoming resistance she faced from society to pursue her passion as she belongs to a Muslim family of a Maulvi. 

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Re about Sitara Parveen's journey before she auditioned for 'Indian Idol 12'

In Indian Idol 12's latest episode, viewers were introduced to contestant Sitara Parveen, a Muslim girl who hails from Bihar. Although Sitara's performance to Jiya Re song earned her golden ticket for going ahe in show,  young contestant's life story and struggle towards following her passion left judges Neha, Himesh and Vishal heartbroken. However, when she opened up about being strong-heed and receiving immense support from her bror Haider, reality show's judges were all praise about her cour and commended her bror's efforts to back Sitara as she aims to follow her passion. 

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Speaking about obstacles she faced throughout her journey to pursue singing, Sitara stated that she received backlash from society as well as her own family because of wanting to learn singing. Elaborating more about same, she revealed that she and her family, who live in a small town in Bihar, faced resistance as she decided to chase her dreams because one of her brors is a Maulvi. contestant also expressed gratitude towards bror Haider, who supported her throughout and helped her learn music. 

Furrmore, she also spilt beans about secretly taking singing classes to avoid facing criticism from society. Similarly, she also mitted keeping her decision of auditioning for Indian Idol 12 under wraps as her family would t have supported it. Meanwhile, she revealed being inspired to pursue singing since  of five. 

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Check out Sitara Parveen's video clip from audion round below:

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