Afghan Star

Go on...

Sing!

My heart.

Is searching for love.

My heart.

Is feeling the mountains oflove.

My heart understands the world.

My heart understands

the strong and the weak.

You have more love for people.

My heart, don't cry.

My heart, don't cry.

Because of good and bad people.

My heart is full oflove and loving.

When I listen to music...

I feel...

I feel really happy.

Someone can listen to music.

...and his good mood will return.

His sadness will disappear.

If there was no music,

humans would be sad.

There would be nothing.

So what do you say about this?

If there was no singing...

...then the world would be silent.

They are the same words.

We're late to watch Afghan Star.

We're going to watch Afghan Star.

We're late.

We're running late.

We must go watch Afghan Star.

A big cheer for your new music stars!

Welcome to this round of Afghan Star.

With this program we can

give the feeling of peace.

Our aim is to take people's hands

from weapons to music.

These are the forms of the contestants

from all over Afghanistan.

There are more than 2000 people

in the competition.

...and even three women are taking part.

So that's a great success

for the program.

The first one ready for the test.

...is our dear sister.

From today the public can vote

for their favorite contestant.

Poor people, rich people,

women and men, everyone.

It's a new idea and

the Afghan people like it.

Who are you voting for?

Don't let them in

without their tickets.

I'm telling you to get out.

When you plug this one in.

...it doesn't work anymore.

It's like a fuse.

Five, four...

...three, two, one.

Welcome, everyone watching Tolo TV...

...especially to you fans of Afghan Star.

Tell me, who do you support?

Right now for you.

Rafi Naabzada

will sing his song.

No one among these revellers.

Knows what is going on in me.

No one among these revellers.

Knows what is going on in me.

I'm sad in my heart.

But there's a smile on my lips.

I want to be famous and happy.

...so I can sing for my people.

Our people are war-torn.

They are tired of fighting,

weapons and guns.

People want reconstruction...

...so they can reach

a new Afghanistan.

Now Lema Sahar will sing for you.

Come my love slowly on the roof.

I have a tattoo on my chin.

It is late afternoon.

Singing is not a bad thing...

...but it's not in religion.

If you look at religion,

music is not there.

It is banned by religion.

But why should we hide it?

If I do not sing,

what else can I do?

Singing is in my tradition.

I just close my eyes

and pass through it.

My love is a Hindu.

But I am a Muslim.

Because of my love

I sweep the temple.

Black magic man

bring your holy water.

And make a spell for me.

I really love pop music...

...but when I was a child...

I loved classical music

and wanted to study it.

Maybe I will make my name

in classical music.

But an artist has

to follow the people.

If the people want pop,

I have to give them pop.

The bend.

The bend of your eyebrows

is like the sting of the scorpion.

What can I do?

They belong to someone else.

The bend of your eyebrows

is like the sting of the scorpion.

What can I do?

They belong to someone else.

Because I am an artist I believe.

...there is no difference

between a woman and a man.

I am open-minded.

Now there is victory in Afghanistan.

I have no fear.

I just want to be a famous singer.

Cheer for the top 10 Afghan Stars!

Rafi Naabzada step forward.

Lema Sahar.

Hameed Sakhizada.

You are all successful in this round.

Setara.

Today...

...in this show...

...you have made it through.

The person

who received the lowest votes...

Karim Mansouri.

In my opinion,

you should have been first.

I love this song.

Not only this song,

many Ahmed Zahir songs.

But especially this one.

I never get tired of it.

This is Kabul.

Beautiful Kabul. Historical Kabul.

The city that I was born in.

It really does have problems

compared to other cities...

...but there is more democracy here

than the rest of Afghanistan.

There's freedom here,

there's education here...

...more opportunities for work.

I'm used to this place.

I love it very much.

We are now going to a place.

...that in the Taliban times.

...is where I used to have

a secret workshop.

This room did not have a front door.

You entered from that side.

Over here there was a wall.

I used to sit here and fix

all the illegal TVs and videos.

This was my secret room.

My customers were shopkeepers.

At night they would smuggle the TVs in.

...and then they would collect them

and sell them secretly.

They would bring in the broken ones

and take the repaired ones.

If I'd been caught,

my life would've been in danger.

I think that in my life

I've always rebelled.

Afghan Star is also a program like that.

There is risk in Afghanistan.

There are people

telling me straight out:

"What you're doing is not right.

What is this?

You are encouraging

music in Afghanistan. "

But I love doing this

and don't care what they say.

Daoud, when I saw this, I realized...

...that although

we are inexperienced now...

...the show could be presented

like it is in the West.

Afghanistan has different ethnics:

Pashtun, Hazara, people from the north.

These 30 years of war.

All this internal fighting.

Even Kabul was distributed

into five parts.

So it's rare that a Pashtun

supports an Hazara.

Whereas in this show,

a Pashtun does support an Hazara.

By saying, "He's the best. "

This might affect Afghanistan's

national unity for the long term.

There are many ways that you can

persuade people to get together.

Don't listen to others!

Do what an Afghan wants to do.

When the music begins,

the stars will come on stage.

We made this meeting

to get the ideas of everyone.

The cameramen, editors, the director,

the boss and everyone.

When the Taliban regime

came to Afghanistan...

...the TVs were blacked for five years.

TV in the last five years

is like a baby.

...and we have to grow this baby up.

This is my first time in Kabul...

...so I'm visiting the zoo.

I'm very happy to be here.

This is the only pig in Afghanistan!

He's not dangerous.

He's very interesting,

with a big body.

...and tiny little eyes.

During the Taliban time

we were forced to stay at home...

...but now we can

go on stage and sing.

When I'm on the stage...

when I'm performing on stage.

...and singing for the people...

...the feeling of freedom

comes to my soul.

I'm so happy!

And this happiness even

makes me feel like dancing.

When I was a child,

I was interested in modern fashion.

Now I'm on stage...

...it is also great that

I get to show my style.

As a woman living alone in Afghanistan,

it is very difficult.

I mean 100% difficult.

The fact that I am a singer.

...means I face a lot of problems.

So there are lots of things

I must ignore.

...until I reach my goal.

I'm an open-minded person.

So I'm looking for a guy

who is also open-minded.

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