{"id":655711,"date":"2026-10-24T11:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T11:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/655711\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T11:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T11:54:10","slug":"bigg-boss-20-qazi-touqeer-celebrates-21-years-of-fame-gurukul-victory-recalls-his-iconic-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/655711\/","title":{"rendered":"Bigg Boss 20: Qazi Touqeer celebrates 21 years of \u2018Fame Gurukul\u2019 victory; recalls his iconic journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bigg-boss-20-qazi-touqeer-celebrates-21-years-of-fame-gurukul-victory-recalls-his-iconic-journey.jpg\" alt=\"Bigg Boss 20: Qazi Touqeer celebrates 21 years of \u2018Fame Gurukul\u2019 victory; recalls his iconic journey\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Singer Qazi Touqeer celebrated 21 years of his victory in the reality show \u2018Fame Gurukul\u2019 He shared a post on his official social media account, recalling his journey and enduring popularity.The post celebrated Qazi&#8217;s achievement in the 2005 singing reality show, which made him a household name and earned him a dedicated fan following.Sharing a video featuring a contestant cheering and dancing, the post carried the text, \u201cWhen it&#8217;s Qazi&#8217;s show, even the haters tune in!\u201dThe caption read, \u201c21 years ago, he exploded the vote bank. Today, he&#8217;s breaking the internet! From ruling the votes in 2005 to QAZIFYING the internet in 2026 \u2014 our Rockstar has done it AGAIN!\u201d \u201cThat aura. Those moves. THAT PERFORMANCE!\u201d\u201c21 YEARS LATER, THE ROCKSTAR MAGIC IS STILL UNMATCHED!\u201d the post read.It further praised his stage presence and performance, adding, \u201cThat aura. Those moves. THAT PERFORMANCE!\u201dFor the uninitiated, Qazi rose to fame in 2005 with \u2018Fame Gurukul\u2019. He went on to win the competition alongside Ruprekha Banerjee, becoming one of the memorable faces of Indian reality television.Following his victory on \u2018Fame Gurukul\u2019, Qazi continued his musical journey with fellow winner Ruprekha Banerjee. The duo released the album \u2018Yeh Pal\u2019, which featured songs such as \u2018Yeh Pal\u2019, \u2018Karu Kya\u2019, \u2018Hero\u2019, \u2018Meri Mehbooba\u2019 and \u2018Kehkashan\u2019.Qazi also explored opportunities in acting and appeared in the music video for \u2018Afghan Jalebi\u2019, from the 2015 film \u2018Phantom\u2019, starring Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif. The original song was sung by Asrar.A singer and performer from Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, Qazi has also explored music in Kashmiri and Urdu, alongside Hindi.Currently, the actor is participating in the reality show Bigg Boss Season 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Singer Qazi Touqeer celebrated 21 years of his victory in the reality show \u2018Fame Gurukul\u2019 He shared a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[294985,146,278138,85,294986,46,294989,278137,294988,411,294987],"class_list":["post-655711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bigg-boss-season-20","tag-entertainment","tag-fame-gurukul","tag-il","tag-indian-reality-television","tag-israel","tag-kashmiri-music","tag-qazi-touqeer","tag-ruprekha-banerjee","tag-tv","tag-yeh-pal-album"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}