She
was
one
of
the
strongest
contenders
from
Bappi
Lahiri's
Josh
Gharana
in
"Sa
Re
Ga
Ma
Pa
Challenge
2007",
who
had
held
on
to
the
contest
with
tenacity
despite
discouraging
remarks
from
judges
on
some
of
her
performances.
But
Mauli
Dave
definitely
deserved
the
title
of
Indian
Shakira
that
her
guru
Bappida
had
given
her
on
the
show.
No
wonder,
her
elimination
from
the
musical
talent
hunt
this
week
will
be
yet
another
blow
to
music-lovers
across
the
globe
who
relished
her
typically
rustic
nasal
pitch
and
her
power-packed
performances.
A
close
source
revealed:
"Mauli
was
running
short
of
votes
and
was
finally
eliminated.
However,
this
did
not
go
down
well
with
Bappida
as
Mauli
was
his
favourite.
For
the
first
time,
he
was
very
upset
and
angry
on
the
show,
as
he
had
much
confidence
about
the
budding
singer
whom
he
had
handpicked
from
the
US,
making
it
to
the
top
three.
He
was
visibly
upset
about
the
results
and
expressed
his
displeasure
over
it." Although
Mauli
was
equally
upset,
she
graciously
bowed
out
without
betraying
her
emotions.
Hailing
from
a
Gujarati
family
settled
in
Houston,
Texas
,
USA,
Mauli
came
into
the
spotlight
after
being
crowned
Miss
Teen
India
Texas
2007.
Her
first
song
on
"Sa
Re
Ga
Ma"
"Mayya
Mayya" fetched
her
a
standing
ovation
from
the
entire
panel
of
judges
and
the
studio
audience.
Recently,
there
were
rumours
that
Mauli
was
seeing
the
host
of
the
show
Aditya
Narayan
and
that
they
were
spotted
together
on
many
occasions.
However,
the
two
have
never
brought
up
this
matter
in
public.
It
is
learnt
that
Aditya
went
mum
after
Mauli's
elimination
was
announced.
"He
was
visibly
upset
but
he
did
not
express
it
at
all,"
the
source
informed.
With
just
a
handful
of
contestants
remaining
on
the
show,
the
judges
had
rightly
said
that
each
elimination
would
be
a
big
loss
for
the
contest.