Today the special guests are Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao who are promoting their latest movie Vah Life ho to aisi. The contestants together sang a song from this movie- Teri yaad yaad….. Not much fun watching this kind of lip sync performances- the ones who dance and have style look good.
Theme for the day- Songs picturised on Shahid and Amrita (I would say-very bad idea- they have got hardly any good songs!)
Jatin lalit have- I think (I might have missed some part where they announced their absence) have bid goodbye to the show- they are absent today as well.
The first gharana to perfom is Rock gharana and the three contestants from HR's gharana are Vinit, Paresh and Ujjaini.
Paresh is the first one to sing and he choosed Khubakoo- mujhe tu nazar aaye from Dil Maange more. Good singing, good style and presentation- a little weak on some lower notes but overall a good performance.
The mentometer reads 7,8. HR says that paresh is now not just performance but good singing. Shahid and Amrita both praise the singer (I am not going to mention their comments from the next singer because it was more or less same for everyone- will mention if there is something diff.).
Ujjaini sings Saiyanji…have not heard the song earlier but she does a good job- trying to bring the nautiness of the song- good control over voice and her voice did sound nice. Good energy…..i think she needs to be a little less nervous.
The mentometer- 8,8. HR is happy with her performance and says that she is reaching her best and one more of the black performance and she would have made it. Amrita says that with due respect to the original singer- she wishes that she would have sung this song.
Vinit, the star of Rock gharana is the next one to perform and he obviously gets one of the most popular song from Himesh- Yeh dil…..from Dil maange more….a sonu song which needs a lot of control- and I did think that he lost it in some places- he missed the beat by fractions but picked it up. His voice did not sound too great. (may be I was comparing him with Sonu).
The mentors gave him 8,9. HR was as usual all praise for him- saying that his voice would suit all current heroes. Shahid said that it was brave for him to attempt this difficult song.
Next gharana to perform is Yalgaar and its challengers are Twinkle, Debojit and Nihira.
Twinkle is the first one and chooses Hum deewano ki..from Ishq vishq……….i did not like her singing- I thought she was trying too hard- no problem with the sur or beat but her voice did not sound good- putting too much emphasis on expression- I think she is going downhill.
The mentometer does not quite agree with me and she gets 8,8. ID is happy with her performance and says that the others are jealous and he thinks she should have gotten better but the audience knows everything.
Debojit sings another popular number – Ek main hoon from Fida- good beginning and he sings the dialogue bits really well- "oh ya" with a heavy voice and accent sounded really good. I thought he was singing the rest of the song also in a little dialogue kind- he tried to move around and shake a little as well- good control over his voice.
The mentometer reads 9,10. HR says that the cap is probably doing the trick and it is not fair (as if only vinit has got the copyright to wear a cap- btw all the boys were wearing casual clothes with caps). ID said that he wants to hug him today for wonderful singing.
Nihira is the last one from this gharana and chooses a romantic number from Shahid and Amrita's debut film- Dheere Dheere…….. As usual, perfect sur, perfect pitching- flawless singing but I think she was a little nervous because of the last day's results- needs to work on her expression.
The mentors gave her 8,8. ID said that she was perfect. Amrita said that her voice quality is fabulous and shahid added that singing romantic song is the toughest and if you can sing this well you can sing the rest.
The last gharana is Jai ho and the singers from AS's gharana are Rajiv, Himani and Hema.
Rajiv is the first one to take the stage- and sings Nazar nazar from Fida and messes up a lot. It is pretty evident that there is lot of difference between him and the other singers- his un trained voice and sur is clear- and though he does well in the higher notes, he barely manages the rest. Nothing much to comments except his voice quality is good but singing poor.
The mentometer, this time, agrees with me and he gets 6,7. AS just says that he has got a good voice and the people love it.
Himani, the top singer this week, sings Chale jaise hawain from Main hoon na. Chose a song which suits her voice completely and does justice to it. I thought she could have a little more energy- but singing wise- expression voice very good. The bindaas attitude is very evident.
The mentometer does justice and she gets 9, 10. AS says very good but he is scared as the public does not seem to like trained voices.
The last singer for the day is Hema and picks the title song from Ishq vishq….. Most original singing and as Shaan puts in later that when Hema sings the song – one can never make out the original singer- he is absolutely original. Good harkats, good singing- somehow it did not seem to suit Shahid- but hema put in lot of expressions as well- lot of high notes in the song- his transistion from the lower to higher was not that good- from higher to lower was perfect, excellent.
The mentors give him 8, 9. AS is happy with his performance.
We were also shown clippings of the contestant's home, family,
friends…..all praising their contestant (not for all of them but for some)
The show ended with Shahid, amrita and the team of Vah life….wishing
the singers and SGMP all the best.
Anupamaa
