Originally posted by: saregama
Shubham,
You are little jealous of Nihira.😉 😆
If you understand music, you wont say that......I am serious.
Nihira was superb in that song although it was not her best. She was very good in sur and her expressions were good. It looked as if she has felt the song.......And this is exactly the reason why she is loved by all. And why judges gave her green card. Well I know that those who are true lovers of music will understand it.
Secondly, Rakhtima's song choice was good. But she sounded very flat. She could not even pronounce the word "Saawan" properly. She was no way near Nihira. So it would have been baseless to give her green by the judges like Shiv-Hari when a contestant like Nihira has sung in such a level. If you say that Rakhtima deserved green against Manjira then it is obvious that she should have but not against Nihira. It was Nihira only who deserved green....
Though I do not contest Nihira's getting green card on that day - she is way above the rest, I do not agree to you that Raktima sounded flat on Saawan ke jhule pade hai - Raktima was brilliant on that day. It will surely feature on my top 12 list of C2005. The only other person who could have done justice to the song would be Nihira herself