OK folks, take my words. Five to ten years from now Nihira will be singing more songs for movies than rest all the finalists put together, whether she wins the C2005 or not.
Why 5-10 years? It takes time even for an extremely talented newcomer to establish. It took nearly 10 years for Alka Yagnik to become an established singer since the time she sang "mere angane mein tumhara kya kam hai" for Lawaaris. It took nearly the same time for Kavitha to become an established singer since the time she was singing regularly on Mumbai doordarshan (in late 70s - early 80s)
Why Nihira only? Well as HR said in one of the episodes -- "Nihira is already in the league of Sunidhi Chauhan and Shreay Goshal. Other singers competing in C2005 with her is like 5th graders competing with a 10th grader". That says everything. She is way ahead of everyone else and is absolutely ready to go for film playback singing.
What about others? There have been many who won one or multiple SRGPM contests in the past -- Ronkini Gupta, Hrishikesh Ranade, Arpita Mukherjee, Rahul Saxena. Where are they today? Not every winner/finalist will become a lead singer because he/she may be the best in that lot but still not good enough. He/She may bag a song here and there but may not have the all the necessary ingredients for becoming a lead singer (like Sonu or Alka). I think most of the finalists are like the past winners who (the past winners) were just best in the lot. Nihira is the only one who has in her much much more than just the best in the lot.
NIHIRA ROCKS AND SHE WILL ROCK THE INDUSTRY!!!
PS: Please do not misread my post. I am not saying that the others are not good. They all are very good (toppers in 5th grade--to borrow HR's words) but Nihira is the best and is way ahead of others (topped in 5th grade long ago and is now about to top in 10th grade--again to borrow HR's words) That's it.
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