Sun 31st July Poonam& Padmini Friendship Special
Samaira :-A forgettable first song Dil Bekaraar ( only Mukhda) followed by the iconic Ye Galiyaan. Very average. Her voice lacks the maturity for Yeh Galiyaan. No DHD
Pranjal :- Zindagi pyaar ka geet hai- another iconic number. Somehow he appeared v tensed , & kept looking at PD. I thought may be he feared he would get eliminated or something. The Bengali prelude & ending was very good,👍 main song lacked the punch. Couldn’t connect much. Got DHD
Faiz :- Started with a few lines of his own Mere Liye on request & it was wonderful 👍. Followed it up with Aisa Kabhi & Meri kismat mein - two songs capturing different moods of love sung by different singers - and he was awesome.👍. The transition was so effortless & smooth capturing the feel of the songs beautifully. Loved it,👍. DHD was well-deserved.
Sayisha :- And she is back!! 👍😀. Tu tu hai wahi & my wishlist Poocho na sung so well, perfect pitch, note, modulation, throw, feel etc…whatever HR said once about her. For me all this plus the zing factor or rather the ‘S’ factor, which was missing in the last couple of episodes, was back. Awesome. 👍 No DHD
Rituraj :- Ye Zameen again another easy number which as expected he did well. But Ye Kanchi was the dessert for me. Another DHD truly earned.
Mani :- Sohni Mahiwal. I found it decent. He has done better. Got DHD
Aryananda :- Noorie - only mukhda- and Tum se milkar. The second song is my favourite & she fell short of my expectations considering her performance on Sat. Although better than her previous renditions, she again suppressed some words & also the nasality in high pitch has returned. Overall decent, but it could’ve been way better.
Pratyush -Aruna :- Aruna did well on a softer number. Pyaar kiya nahi Jaata was average. Both looked tensed, maybe had the inkling of being in bottom 3.
Top performances for me were Faiz, Sayisha, Rituraj.
Team of the Week :- Pawan.
Asides…
Eye-rolls & Rants…😳👇🏽
* With Faiz being awesome every week & Rohan getting the medal, Arunita is conspicuously denied Team of the week - yet again. 😡
* Faiz not getting a medal. This week he was more deserving than Sayisha
* Abrupt ending of Sayisha’s segment without airing judges’ comments.
* Mani is Maa ka raja beta…. And other kids are ‘padosiyon ka raja beta or rani beti??? 😡. I have respect for Mani & his parents, they are genuine & simple; but Mani’s mom’s make-over, coz Mani loves his mom!! 😡
Some cute moments👇🏽
* PD cheering a visibly tensed Pranjal.
* PD-Adi doing the ‘ mil jaaye is tarah’ clap
* Sayisha going ‘wah wah’ exactly like her captain
Overall a decent episode with some good performances… though the drama was back of HR-Rituraj & Pratyush’s platter.
So Aruna goes home & Pratyush stays on. So all those non-elimination weeks & cumulation of votes did pay off.
And finally…. You can have a Friendhip special without a single Dosti song ! Who wants to conform?! 😀
Edited by anoushka_113 - 3 years ago