Review - 4 and 5 March

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Please post your reviews for 4 and 5 March.

Introduction songs were pretty good..

Such beautiful songs today. I'm so glad they had an episode dedicated to lyricists. I enjoyed the old songs - truly the golden era for Bollywood music.

I won't say I enjoyed the singing as much as I would've liked to, but all of them sang songs so different from their genres and that is commendable.

Dr. Kumar Vishwas sounds like a good poet, hadn't heard of him but enjoyed listening to him. Though the level of Hindi was above me, he was like a breath of fresh air.

Also I don't enjoy Saturday episodes anymore. It's like a filler - no real comments from the judges, it's just an episode because they need to have a faisle ki raat.

Anyway coming to the singing.

Starting with the medley -

Tajinder - was a so so performance for me. There was nothing wrong with his performance, but with golden melodies like this one there's a magical feeling which was missing. He sang well, but I expected more. Tajinders sung these kind of songs before so probably expected him to do better.

Revanth - pehla Nasha is a song I love. I think most of us when listening to this song instantly think of love,romance and our significant other - such is the magic of this song. The lyrics are brilliant but Udit Narayans voice makes it unforgettable. I can't imagine liking anyone else singing this song. Revanth was phenomenal but for me he missed making this song his by 0.0001%. When Revanth sang you could tell it was Revanth singing. He has a mesmerising voice and I loved him in this song but there was that minuscule bit missing.

Rohit - another beautiful song. If there is/was anybody in Indian idol to sing this song it is Rohit. He sang well, his voice was composed but there's a certain innocent playfulness to this song that was missing. This is a fairly simple song, but it is songs like these that are deceptive. Simple sounding songs are probably the hardest to master, because is not just about sur, taal and lay but about emotions and feeling.

Khudabaksh - like the ones before him he wasn't bad. It was a good performance. Not outstanding or anything but good. This and his second song are two of his better performances.

Malvika - she sounded pretty good in this song (I mean not shrill), and that already is a big thing for her. Though she did go breathless but it's not easy to sing this song. This isn't her best performance but you could see the effort that's gone into this.

Mohit - not Mohits fault, but this song is not one which can showcase your singing ability. He tried his best to do justice to this song, and to be fair he did pretty well. But I can't compare him with the others basis this song.

The good thing about the medley was that the singers came out of their comfort zones and sang such beautiful songs. Everyone was pretty good, and they showed why there made it so far.

Second song-

Mohit - I enjoyed this song. This is not a song you'd expect Mohit to sing. It's the opposite of what Mohit's known for and yet he was good. At one or two places he did falter slightly but was back on track. This is an iconic Kishore Kumar song and probably one of his better known ones. It was a risky song for mohit, but one that if sung well was sure to get him public votes.

Rohit - it's usually hard to find faults when rohit sings, he was quite good today as well. But this wasn't a wow performance from him. He has the right temperament for this song. He even brought out the right emotion for this song, technically he was brilliant but something that was missing, and I can't say what.

Maalvika - another good performance from her. Though I didn't like the end she was better than usual. Also this song suited her more than the first one. Malvika has a very different voice and singing style compared to Lata Mangeshkar, but even then she did justice to the song. Also today she wasnt high pitched and probably that's why sounded better.

Khudabaksh - his first performance was better. I think mukesh was brilliant but was always in the shadows of other singers. I could never imagine Khudabaksh singing a sing with such stability. What's more is he did a good job. When Khudabaksh sings you can sense innocence and often playfulness and you could sense that today.

Tajinder - another beautiful song. I didn't enjoy this song in Tajinders voice. Again he wasn't bad but there's a certain depth to this song which was missing. This song needs a deeper more masculine voice (I'm not saying Tajinders voice isn't masculine).

Revanth - so different from Kishore Kumar yet there were parts he copied perfectly. When Revanth sang it sounded like this song has been used in a newer film and Revanth is singing for it. I think he sang very well and so different from what he usually does. Also his diction has gotten better but still he can't say words like hai (which is in almost every song) but a great effort. I think this is another memorable performance.

I found it rather odd that Tajinder and Revanth got no feedback from the judges (or it was edited out).

Also Revanth wasn't in the bottom 3 was a big shock. After last week I was sure he'd be in the bottom, infact I believed he could have gone this week.

My ranking for today:

1- Revanth
2- Rohit
3- Khudabaksh
4- Mohit
5- Malvika
6- Tajinder

Revanth and Rohit sang the best.

I wasn't going to post today. In fact, I wasn't even going to watch. But I did and I'm so glad I did, because this for me was THE BEST Indian Idol 9 episode! Not for the contestants or the singing, but for the songs and the people who created them. Majrooh, Nida Fazli, Javed Akhtar, Kaifi Azmi, Sahir Ludhianvi, Shailendra, Gulzar, Neeraj, Anand Bakshi - their lyrics have so much power they can make me weep with joy and drown in grief. I had written a post about specials earlier and had wished for a Sahir special, because his birthday is in March and he's my absolute favorite poet. But this was good too, in fact, an amazing medley of songs that I was so happy to hear! In fact, I may have missed the contestants' performances cause I was too involved in singing along 😳 😆! Seriously, they do not call them unforgettable and golden for nothing.

After such beautiful songs yesterday, today's episode seemed just okay okay. Loved Alia and Varun's chemistry. And I've got to say Varun is such a sport.

My review in order of performance-

Khudabaksh- I fail to understand why the judges praise him so much. Today clearly he didn't feel the song. He was in sur but without the right emotion the song doesn't feel right. Didn't enjoy it at all. As for his proposal to Alia, I cant believe he's so shy that he can't even hold her hand. It's overacting. And he ruined main tenu samjhawan ki. He uses the same harkat for every song.

Revanth - he has such an amazing voice, almost everything he sings sounds good. It's good to see his pronunciation improve. He's finally learnt to use the kh sound, though he still uses k for kh many times, but that'll come with practice. I enjoyed this song as much in Revanths voice as in Atifs. Loved his dance with Alia though it was over the top. Finally all three judges praised him and that was such a relief. But he truly deserved it.

Rohit - definitely the best today. Rohit's been quite versatile and is now truly coming into his own. I didn't enjoy the end of the song. Other than that he was brilliant. He's also working on his performance and that's good to see.

Mohit - Id never heard this song until I heard Mohit sing. And I enjoyed his performance. I can't comment on his sur and all because I only heard the song after his performance and couldn't really judge. But mohits song didn't make me emotional. I don't know if it was just me (and my husband), because on the show everybody was almost crying.

Maalavika - she chose such a beautiful song, but I didn't like her version at all. Though today when she started she sounded quite nice but somewhere in between I stopped enjoying the song. While Farah said she enjoyed the husky sound, I didnt, not in this song atleast. I think she is overconfident and that's beginning to show.

My ranking for today -

1. Rohit
2. Revanth
3. Mohit
4. Khudabaksh
5. Maalavika

I would've loved to hear Alia sing, she's such an amazing singer.

Next week I think Maalavika will be eliminated. If not her Mohit.

The bottom three in my opinion - Khudabaksh, Maalavika, Mohit.

[quote=~Raina~] Khudabaksh- I fail to understand why the judges praise him so much. Today clearly he didn't feel the song. He was in sur but without the right emotion the song doesn't feel right. Didn't enjoy it at all. As for his proposal to Alia, I cant believe he's so shy that he can't even hold her hand. It's overacting. And he ruined main tenu samjhawan ki. He uses the same harkat for every song. [/quote]

I just saw this comment posted by PVNS Rohit on one of the videos posted by Sony on FB. Poor Rohit! Looks like he was hurt badly to see those discouraging comments about him on FB.

Let me make it clear to those people who are speaking all irrelevant things like sympathy and some other factors. Not a single judge is biased when it comes to the judgement and they thought i was the best on the day purely based on my performance. If you don't like my performance , it's up to u and u have the right to express your view but it's just unfair to speak something about sympathy and other things which does not count in the judgement. It shows how well matured you guys are ! Music might be enjoyed by anyone but Music can be judged by only those people who has that sense and command on the Music. That's the reason why those three judges are there and they are doing their job perfectly. Please think before you comment on anything especially , on social media as it tells how matured or how childish you guys are ! Thanks everyone