Originally posted by: joshi23
In my opinion, Aneek has slight advantage over Raja and Amanat and the final should be between Aneek and Raja because Raja is a much better singer overall than Amanat. There are 3 major reasons for this:
1. When Amanat sings, it seems like a Qawwal is singing.. Raja voice is more mainstream
2. Amanat's hindi is not clear.. he sounds very much like a Punjabi singing hindi songs.. he probably cannot sing for heroes
3. Sa Re Ga Ma is looking for a 'complete' singer. Raja is more complete than Amanat
I am very disappointed of Himesh to get after Raja only because he got a break in Bollywood and now Himesh is jealous. He is unecessarily pulling the legs of a good singer and a very good human being.
Thats just my 0.05 cents and why everyone needs to vote for Raja.
Let me throw in a nickel...
Three Reasons Why Amanat is A Stronger Candidate than Raja:
1) Consistency -- While Raja's been going on a roller coaster ride through the tournament (going up up up, then quickly down, then a wi bit up), Amanat manages to perform with consistency-- rarely having a bad performance.
2) Versatility/Uniqueness-- I feel Raja can only exclusively sing good-for-humanity type songs... I particulary, out of all his performances, was spellbound by "Allah Ke Bande" and "Ghanan ghanan." He struggles to sing party-type songs (it seems very forced) and wedding songs, though. It doesn't come out naturally just yet. Amanat just shows this natural tendency to sing any type of song you give him. I can't even categorize his singing.
3) Performances--- Raja, I'll agree, sometimes has the better facial expressions when singing, but that's only in those good-for-humanity type songs. Amanat tries to stand out and be different. He engages the audience in his performances by using props. He displays a lot of energy.