Agnipariksha Final 8
The show began with all the participants singing the title song from "Neil n Nikki"- ok performance (can't say much about the singing as it is pre recorded).
The specials guests tonite are Diya Mirza and Kunal Ganjawala.
Theme for the day- songs from superhit films.
The first gharana which is asked to perform is Yalgaar gharana and the first singer of the day is Twinkle. We are shown a clipping on her and she becomes emotional. Twinkle sings Dhoom Macha de…from Dhoom. Her kind of song but I don't think she does justice to it. The energy required for the song is missing. Sur, tal is good but the punch is missing.
The mentometer reads 7 (AS) & 6(HR). ID asks HR why he gave 6. HR says that he did not like it, just that- a small argument. AS says that this song has been heard so much that probably the original composition is still in the mind. But she sang very well. ID says that according to him, she sang very well. HR says that he thinks ID's judgement is always better than him as he is a gunni musician and has more knowledge and if he says that she sang better he is ready to change his 6 to 10 (the scores are not changed-ofcourse). Diya says that she was so emotional just before she started singing and still sang really well, kunal also praised her performance.
Next singer to perform is Nihira and the song chosen for her (a clipping on her as well showning her college and friends) Rangeela re…from Rangeela………..sings really well. No point on commenting on her sur or tal because they are as always faultless, but she is good with the emotions, expressions…handles the western parts of the songs also really well.
The mentors give her 9 (AS) and 10 (HR). ID again questions AS and AS says that he saved it to so that ID asks the question and he can explain. He says that all of them know that Asha tai has sung this song wonderfully and Nihira sang the overlapping effect (which was created in studios) live and was very good…..he gave the last point he had saved. So she gets perfect 10. Dia and Kunal also say that she sang really well.
Debojit is the last performer from ID gharana and after the clipping of his hometown is shown, he starts singing the title song from Salaam Namaste. Not a very good rendetion, he missed the sur couple of times. The voice did sound good but singing far from good.
The mentometer gives him 6,6. ID does not ask the reason (I think he was also not too happy with his singing). Kunal is the orginal singer and says that Debojit sang it in his own style and did well.
Next gharana is Jai ho which has now only two contestants in the fray- Hema and Himani.
Hemachandra is the one who performs first (av on him as well showing people from his town rooting for him) and chooses a wonderful song- title track from Saathiya. Good singing, added a lot of harkats, very good flow- I did miss Sonu smooth singing but hema did a wonderful attempt. He sang it with lot of expressions.
The mentometer is also almost perfect. He gets 10 (HR) and 9 (ID). AS, instead of saying something, gets up and blesses him. He said that when somebody sings a song really well, rongte khade ho jatein hain. Kunal and Diya both agreed. Diya spoke to him a bit in telegu…said that his singing was so soulful and it evoked some emotions which have not been evoked since long. Kunal says that even his rongte khade ho gaye the- he really sang well (I somehow did not find it that great- yes it was very good but I think he is capable of better.)
Himani is the next performer ( the av shows her school cheering her and wishing her luck). She also chooses a wonderful song- balma…tere bin nahin jeen from Kachche dhaage. Good performance, I thought she had lot of tharaav…sang with a lot of control. Did feel that she picked up the song on a little lower note….but sang with lot of depth…..strong emotions. Very good performance….but somehow felt it a little lacking- I think the energy or the openness in the song was not there.
The mentometer gave her perfect ten. ID said that she really sang it beautifully and he hopes that she wins the final. Diya and Kunal also praise and diya said that the song had a lot of emotion.
Now the last gharana- Rock gharana.
The first contestant is Paresh and he sings the title song from Hum Tum (the Rishi Rich version)- Very mediocre performance- he has got the western pronunciation and the feel completely correct but he did lose sur in couple of places. The voice also did not sound very nice- I think he chose a wrong song- this did not highlight his strong points which is good expressions and sofy singing.
The mentors are not very happy with his performance and he gets 5 (AS) and 6 (ID).
Ujjaini from HR's gharana is the next performer and sings I wanna make love to you from Aitraaz. The song is not very good – lyrics wise but has got a catchy tune- Ujjaini sings it well (I think Himani had also sung this song in one of the earlier rounds)- this song is her kind…some western bits which suit her voice. Good expressions, I thing she was very good.
The mentors do not agree with me and she gets 7 (AS) and 6 (ID). Before HR can tell her something or defend her, she starts crying and says that she did not sing well and did not meet her mentor's expectations. Kunal and dia jump to her rescue and dia says that she made her blush in the song which is a good thing. Kunal, who has sung the song, said that it is a difficult song and he had taken two hours to record it and she sang it really well (I am glad somebody agreed with me) and should not feel bad.
The last singer for the day is Vinit and picks up the title song from Fiza. He picked up the song very well, did falter inbetween but picked up again to finish very well. He did choose a song which highlighted his voice control. I think the song has female as well as male portions and I thought he faltered wherever there were female portions but he was superb in the male portions. Overall a power packed performance by him. The end was actually superb.
The mentometer is perfect for him and he gets 10 from both the mentors. HR says Aashiq banaya apne (when will he stop repeating this line and pusing vinit so hard). ID adds hum dil de chuke sanam. (btw, throughout the show we heard Shaan as well as all the contestants using medleys of movie names to convey the message- SGMP makers please grow up- sounded ridiculous). HR said that he knows why he sang so well and from heart- and he wants to share the secret- Vinit had fallen in love, vinit is all shy and embarrassed- HR says he is not going to take the name but he loves the girl very much (I don't know why they kept on showing Himani!) ID said that he had earlier also fallen in love….(indicating Twinkle)……AS says that vinit's fav actress is also here……vinit is ofcourse blushing all this while and trying to stop HR…Diya says 'I love you' and when he does not stay anything – she says that maine to kah diya par aapne to kuch nahin kaha… Vinit says, sheepishly, 'I love you too'. He added that she looked gorgeous but not as good as his love! Some fun at the end!
The show ends with all of them singing the remix version of kajra mohabbat wala.
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