{"id":928990,"date":"2026-10-11T12:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T12:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928990\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T12:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T12:18:09","slug":"from-winning-fame-gurukul-against-arijit-singh-to-bigg-boss-20-qazi-touqeers-journey-from-overnight-fame-to-a-comeback-after-21-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928990\/","title":{"rendered":"From winning Fame Gurukul against Arijit Singh to Bigg Boss 20: Qazi Touqeer\u2019s journey from overnight fame to a comeback after 21 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2005, Qazi Touqeer became a household name after winning the singing reality show Fame Gurukul alongside Ruprekha Banerjee. Among the contestants was a young Arijit Singh, who finished sixth but later went on to become one of India\u2019s biggest playback singers. While Arijit\u2019s career reached extraordinary heights, Qazi gradually moved away from the mainstream spotlight. Now, nearly 21 years later, Qazi is back on national television as a contestant on Bigg Boss 20. His journey has an interesting mix of an unexpected victory, a lasting friendship, career struggles and a second chance at fame. Here&#8217;s a look at his journey:- <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2005, Qazi Touqeer became a household name after winning the singing reality show Fame Gurukul alongside Ruprekha&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":928991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[183122,52165,298734,49,48,75,309598,309451,348],"class_list":["post-928990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-arijit-singh","tag-bigg-boss","tag-bigg-boss-20","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-fame-gurukul","tag-qazi-touqeer","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=928990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/928991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}