Originally posted by: sweetmusic
I think being honest does not necessarily means being rude. he could have said the same things in a nice way. I think Hariharan is good about his comments. Ismail has always been rude and demoralising. He could have said the good things about the song too.
Ismailji was the most encouraging man in c2005, but was also a very strict teacher, trying to take the best out of each and everybody. He looks to be rude, but is very honest in his opinion. He has seen UA and BS from one year, from the time of c2005 audition. Probably still he think them to be his student, correct the things whatever he felt like. "Tum log ne mere gaane ka to band baja diya" seems to be a bit rude, please remember he was the same person who told Debu "Mein pehle soch raha tha ki mein ghora par sawar kar raha hoon, par tum log sab to Gadha nikle" Debu was very humble and he replied "Sir mein isbaar ghora banke dikhaunga", now it depends on how people takes his comments, if positive way, they will improve. If the contestants think themselves star, and just ignore them, then it will be their mistake. I feel Ismail ji is a tough taskmaster, emotional, perfectionalist.