Debo's performance as per respected Ghai

Comments of Shri Subhash Ghai for Debo's attempts:

1.Yeh haseen vadiyan-A extremely difficult song to perform live when one has not prepared for it.Debo says-"Koshish karta hoon".It speaks a lot of his humbleness as well as his guts to take this difficult song.Although he does not reach the very high notes in this song(which is very difficult to achieve without retake and also when you did not prepare beforehand),he manages the song without going besura at any point in the song.

Subhashji's comments-Debojit has maintained the "Whisper" effect in the song and "main Debojit ko is baat ki mubarakbad deta hoon".

2.Ek haseena thi-Debojit could bring life into the song with his eyes closed and he completely emerges into the song and live s upto it.

Subhashji's comments-"Debojit is gaane ki aatma mein ghus gaya tha" and he termed Debojit's attemmpt as very good.

As we all have noticed that Subhashji is an extremely talented person who almost tracks every song deep down to its roots in terms of requirements as per the situation of the song ,we notice that according to his comments above Debojit also drills into the requirements of the song when preparing for it and performing.Mind you,Kishoreda is the most successful playback singer because of his quality of getting into the feel of the song and not just singing.As per today Debojit has sung for "Choker Bali" a film by Ritupo*no Ghosh which has got a lot of international acclaim.He is into playback singing(may be not for a lot of today's Bollywood songs) and thus have a definite edge when it comes into getting into the song and thus good playback singing.He also has a good voice quality.

Vineet is also a talented singer and he performs at high notes extremely well but it will require him sometime before he learns the tit bits of playback singing and be a good playback singer(which he can definitely be).

What you all say?

ardatta - yeh haseen vaadiyan is a really difficult song to sing live -
perhaps the most difficult.

If u listen to the original, u will see that this song is sung by both male
and female voice (Yesudas and I *think, but could be wrong, Chitra). In
the original, when the female voice sings the first line 'yeh haseen
vaadiyan, yeh khula aasmaan, aagaye hum kahaan, ae mere saajnaa' - it
is clear that each of the lines has been dubbed on top of each other. The
beat of the track is actually very fast - too fast to allow for the breath
between each comma, which a live singer would *have* to take.

Later, the male voice and female voice *alternate*, allowing for that intake
of breath.

I thought Debo did fantastically on the higher notes, (esp, at '... pyaar ki
raagini' - he took that raagini so softly - with great feeling and finesse -
totally in the mood of the song).

Where I think he failed is at the first line 'yeh haseen vadi-*yan*' I think
that final 'yaan' meends from ma to komal ga, whereas debo sang regular
ga, which is not the actual note sung there.

I think this is why he sounded just a tiny bit off - he was just a teeny
weeny bit off in a song that I think was the hardest in the show to
perform live, solo, (especially extempore)

Of course, he could have pulled it off if he was like *some* people, who
cheat by adding clicks in tracks like that one...

Originally posted by: sangeetaa

ardatta - yeh haseen vaadiyan is a really difficult song to sing live -
perhaps the most difficult.

If u listen to the original, u will see that this song is sung by both male
and female voice (Yesudas and I *think, but could be wrong, Chitra). In
the original, when the female voice sings the first line 'yeh haseen
vaadiyan, yeh khula aasmaan, aagaye hum kahaan, ae mere saajnaa' - it
is clear that each of the lines has been dubbed on top of each other. The
beat of the track is actually very fast - too fast to allow for the breath
between each comma, which a live singer would *have* to take.

Later, the male voice and female voice *alternate*, allowing for that intake
of breath.

I thought Debo did fantastically on the higher notes, (esp, at '... pyaar ki
raagini' - he took that raagini so softly - with great feeling and finesse -
totally in the mood of the song).

Where I think he failed is at the first line 'yeh haseen vadi-*yan*' I think
that final 'yaan' meends from ma to komal ga, whereas debo sang regular
ga, which is not the actual note sung there.

I think this is why he sounded just a tiny bit off - he was just a teeny
weeny bit off in a song that I think was the hardest in the show to
perform live, solo, (especially extempore)

Of course, he could have pulled it off if he was like *some* people, who
cheat by adding clicks in tracks like that one...

Wow....sangetaaa...i'm impressed.....oh my god there a number of knowledgeable people around.....thanks for the explanation....

Originally posted by: sangeetaa

ardatta - yeh haseen vaadiyan is a really difficult song to sing live -
perhaps the most difficult.

If u listen to the original, u will see that this song is sung by both male
and female voice (Yesudas and I *think, but could be wrong, Chitra). In
the original, when the female voice sings the first line 'yeh haseen
vaadiyan, yeh khula aasmaan, aagaye hum kahaan, ae mere saajnaa' - it
is clear that each of the lines has been dubbed on top of each other. The
beat of the track is actually very fast - too fast to allow for the breath
between each comma, which a live singer would *have* to take.

Later, the male voice and female voice *alternate*, allowing for that intake
of breath.

I thought Debo did fantastically on the higher notes, (esp, at '... pyaar ki
raagini' - he took that raagini so softly - with great feeling and finesse -
totally in the mood of the song).

Where I think he failed is at the first line 'yeh haseen vadi-*yan*' I think
that final 'yaan' meends from ma to komal ga, whereas debo sang regular
ga, which is not the actual note sung there.

I think this is why he sounded just a tiny bit off - he was just a teeny
weeny bit off in a song that I think was the hardest in the show to
perform live, solo, (especially extempore)

Of course, he could have pulled it off if he was like *some* people, who
cheat by adding clicks in tracks like that one...

SPB not Yesudas

SPB..the legend 👏 👏

Kya Gaane Hai Unke!! Such a Pity,he dint get the recognition he deserved in The North

HR will probably say the song is sung by Udit Narayan 😉

i think they prepared for the songs before hand.... song on the spot was just a gimmick i guess...

Originally posted by: vinaych_22

i think they prepared for the songs before hand.... song on the spot was just a gimmick i guess...

Yes they were given the songs beforehand- but only Half an Hour before. As they might not know the lyrics or the tune. So they prepared for the songs only half an hour before.

BULL's EYE..sangeeta.
HR would say "its an easy song...even SPB could sing it.. sukhvinder ka gana gao to baat hai.."
and AS would say.." AR rehman ko salaam...SPB ko salaam...manirathnam ko salaam...cameraman ko salaam..sare spot boys ko salaam.." but no mention of this performance...:)

Originally posted by: qwertyasdfgh

Pray tell me why is it tough... its a plain melody without complicated inflections.. Also that whisper thing is a crap though much of a personal opinion.. Ek hasina thi is slightly more difficult... Baar baar haan.. from lagaan is way tougher for its movement and high pitch control.

Dont tell me songs are difficult just cos debu sang it.... The song nihira sang the day she was voted out is by far the toughest song anybody would have sung.. I cant remember it but it reverberated in my head for weeks..

"I cant remember it but it reverberated in my head for weeks"

- maybe this explains why we've been coming up with all the other "heady" stuff on such a regular basis? i knew nihira was the best, par itna permanent impact create karegee, am happy to know.

"mind blowing", yaar. mind hee udd gaya aur nahin raha toh mind blowing hee hoga naa😉