Originally posted by: advil
I think Himesh this time made a lot of sense.
He made a very valid point on saturday that everyone can sing all kinds of songs but it is certain voices meant for certain type of songs.
He gave an example like you cannot make K L Saigal sound like Kishore Kumar or Kishore Kumar like KL Saigal.
As soon as the other sings the same song it will sound totally different, the mood , the momentum everything. Dont you think this statement actually has a lot of weight and makes perfect sense?
Mauli has become the Maiyya maiyya -one time wonder girl, but had she sang a rhythm song , may be not item number but a song with more beats and tempo , she would have featured much better. So what does that mean? her voice is suited for a certain type of songs.
Take Sunidhi and Shreya for example. Both are excellent singers, but Shreya's voice suits the lilting melodies more. She brings out the soul in them. Now take Sunidhi's voice, it has the punch for the power packed songs.Imagine Shreya singing beedi jalai le and Sunidhi singing piyu bole. would the songs still have sounded like they were meant to?
That is why we have so many playback singers. Each catering to a certain requirement. There are plenty of them. So when they select now, it should be based on what their forte is.
I am not saying that they should not try out variations.In a competition there will always be themes and one has to perform based on themes. But even in love songs, happy songs, sad songs,or for any of the MD's there are fast beat songs also, as well as soft slow melody.Choose wisely based on forte and it is the actual song selection that does the trick.
I guess Vishal also was trying to make the same point.