I have been watching SaReGaMa from the US since day one. Raja made the first impression as the best among the lot. Then entered Aneek and with his sheer grit and confidence and hard-work he won the hearts of many a people. However, Amanat slowly worked his way up - broke away from the Pakistani group (who tended to sing high pitched songs from a mould) and made a place for himself. Amanat reached the peak with the classical round. Raja was severely exposed in that round, however Aneek held his own within his limitations. Even Aneek agrees that Amanat is the best of the three. Amanat credits Aneek with perfection. And Raja is a free-sprited soul with an impressive range. They each have their strengths and made SaReGaMa extremely watchable despite the gimmicks of Himmesh and co. Himmesh did add some spice to the show with his comments however went overboard promoting himself shamelessly. Both Vishal and Shekhar were remarkably restrained and stuck to the point. They added lot of value to the show. Ismail also appeared more restrained than earlier and has contributed handsomely to the show. Bappi Da is like a "place-holder". He can be used as a substitute anywhere - he will act as a harmless soul, except when he heaps praise through his songs which all seem to be in the same tune. If anything, he adds "weight" and "dazzle" to the show by the pounds and the metalware he caries with himself. In the end, I feel the show is a bit biased towards the boys. Some deserving girls lik
RE:Aneek Wins
by Sunil Yande on Oct 19, 2007 12:32 AM Permalink
Continued... Some deserving girls like Sumedha (within limitations) or Nihira (2005) were eliminated much earlier than they deserved. You cannot forget contribution of participants like Mauli. Mauli was upfront in accepting her limitations, but she added great color to the contest with her presentation. Zee should consider a separate category for female and male singers in a future show. But all in all, it has been an extremely watchable show especially, in the last couple of months and I will be missing it this Friday.
RE:Aneek Wins
by Vivek V on Oct 23, 2007 07:56 AM Permalink
makes sense....in fact sa re ga ma did have seperate competitions for men and women...during the days of shreya ghoshal and parthiv(the saawariya singer) the texture of a male voice is different from that of a female and it would be baseless to compare them. Singers like Sumedha, Nihira and Mauli to an extent lose out because of this. Now back to the guys, Aneek has a good voice and Raja has a superb range but Amanat has an original voice. And music has no boundaries or religion. I saw some comments like why do we need a Paki import and stuff. Please judge the voice and not the nationality or religion.
