Originally posted by: realmusic
That is why I said "Performer", not "Singer". A performer in this case includes awesome singing along with the requisite amount of emoting/acting. That is why Asha Bhosle is such a draw, even at her age. Nihira had many songs in which she just sounded flat. She didn't go out of sur, though; but I have not seen her provide her own distinct touches to songs.
I dont think Nihira went flat anywhere, she sounded mechanical ie she lacked expression...
She innovated some songs.. her innovation of Kajra Re was good.. I loved her Hamesha Tumko Chaha and Rahen na Rahen Hum.. her Saathi Re was proably one of the best performances of SRGMP..coz the other performances made us move our feet.. her performance moved the soul..
as for hemu n karu..its hard to compare who is better... and hence hard to say who is the 'best'..solely because you HAD to perform on II.. in SRGMP it was a different ball game..if u didnt dance or somethin..its not tat u got voted out or the judges chewed off ur head for closin ur eyes... in SRGMP singing classical songs or old songs were not a passport to losin the competition..
i guess we can say who is better if we had hemu, arijit, amey, karunya all sing the same kinda songs !!