On Indian Idol, Hema Malini fondly recalled meeting Rekha during dance training in Chennai. She described Rekha as a mischievous child who often ran away from rehearsals and remembered her charming Narad Muni performance years before she became a Bollywood superstar

Shreya Ghoshal turned emotional on Indian Idol after a childhood letter she had written to her first guru, Mahesh Chandra Sharma, was read out. The special moment came during her birthday week celebration on the show