Richa's a good singer, but really, she's not the best among the girls. Definitely Smita has a more mature voice and far more expression than Richa. She just doesn't look as cute so no one discusses her. Then Shifa has very good control over sur and expression, I just have a bias about the voice cos I find it a bit too sweet. But in terms of all the performances, I think Shifa was better than Richa. And then there is Puja who was shown very little in the show, but she was really good in the audition promos, and all the judges were praising her to high heavens. The other girls, I didn't watch them that much, but these three I would definitely rate over Richa. That is not to say she didn't deserve to come in the top 28, she is a good singer, no doubt, but she has a loooong way to go if she is to win this one. For one thing, she has to put much more feeling and much less harkatein in the songs. 😕
Edited by atria - 18 years ago