Silenced Forever: Ishmeet Singh Sodhi
Shocking reports have emerged of budding singer Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, winner of Star Voice of India 2007, drowning in a swimming pool yesterday evening 29th July, around 5pm. The charmingly-polite singer was on a promotional tour with fellow singers in the Maldives when the tragedy struck. Renowned playback singer Shaan, who was also present at the Male’s Chaya Dhonveli resort at the time, said that his cries for help were mistaken to be a prank by his fellows, and by the time they realised and rushed him to hospital, it was too late.
Ishmeet’s body was flown to Delhi today, with the Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal promising to make arrangements to airlift the singer’s body to his home town of Ludhiana. His family are said to be inconsolable.
He was due to perform for the Star Voice of Maldives event on 1st August 2008, and had travelled to the Maldives with an events management group. Upon his return to India, Ishmeet was scheduled to sing for the Nana Patekar flick Horn Ok! Please, under the direction of Star Voice of India judge Lalit Pandit, of Jatin-Lalit fame. The song was to be picturised on supermodel-turned-actor Muzammil Ibrahim.
Shy Ishmeet, who was one of two finalists in the musical contest, beat close friend and rival Harshit Saxena to the crown title in November 2007. Barely 20-years-old, the humble teenager had succeeded in winning the hearts of the Indian and International public with his humility and hard work. After winning the contest, he had promised to fulfil his mother’s dream of achieving a degree in Architecture, since he had just fulfilled his father’s aspirations.
Many of us will remember Ishmeet Singh Sodhi for his superior voice and his sensitive nature; after sharing his ups and downs for months every weekend, his death seems a loss very close to home. And although his voice may not make it to the big screen as he had hoped, he will no-doubt forever be remembered for everything that he stood for.
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