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Himesh Reshammiya
(Born July 23, 1973)
He is an Indian Bollywood film music composer, singer and actor.
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Himesh Reshammiya will be seen on
Koffee with Karan on 29 July at 9 pm.
On this week's episode, Reshammiya clears the air and confesses
that he has no problems with Salman Khan and Sonu Nigam.
In fact, he admits that he owes all his success to Salman and strongly
believes that Sonu Nigam is the best singer of India.
Reshammiya tells Johar that he is aware of the fact that large sections
of the industry make fun of his singing;
want to watch his film Aap Ka Suroor only to laugh at him
but he says those things never bother him
Excerpts from the interview:
Karan: Welcome to Koffee with Karan Himesh… how does it feel to be on the show?
Himesh: Superb
Karan: Firstly, congratulations on the super success of your film… I know a large section of the industry was surprised… but were you expecting this kind of success?
Himesh: I think… I just believed in God, destiny and somewhere I think everyone just prayed for me and that is something that worked for me.
Karan: Have you heard that behind your back there might be other singers who might be making fun of you?
Himesh: Yes… of course why not… but, you know, when they meet me… kitne composers ke saath milne ka mauka milta hain… pehli baar… phir woh opinion badal dete hain…
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More About him to know...while watching the show
Himesh is the son of Gujarati music director Vipin Reshammiya.
He lost his elder brother at the age of 11,
and decided to take up music as his career after the incident, to fulfill his father's wishes.
He did his schooling at Hill Grange School in Peddar Road area, Mumbai.
Himesh started his career with a production house
which aired quite a few TV soaps on Doordarshan Ahmedabad and Zee TV.
Early in his career, Himesh Reshammiya received critical acclaim for his musical scores,
although the films associated with them were not hits at the box office.
His debut as music director was for the film Bandhan (1998 ),
in which he collaborated with Anand Raj Anand to produce the musical score.
Although it was not the first film in which he contributed music,
it was the first one on which he was listed as a contributing music director.
Himesh Reshammiya was first noticed in Bollywood for his work in the film
Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998).
He befriended Salman Khan, the lead of the movie and composed music
for several Salman starrers thereon.
The movies include
Hello Brother, Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge, Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye,
Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha and Kyon Ki.
The most successful albums of the Salman-Himesh
association were Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya , Kyon Ki and Tere Naam.
Reshammiya has developed his own unique style of composition,
based on pop and techno beats, with a lot of English words thrown in
His most popular albums so far have been Tere Naam and Aashiq Banaya Aapne .
Following Aashiq Banaya Aapne, he scored music for a bunch
of Emraan Hashmi films like Aksar , Dil Diya Hai and the most recent Good Boy, Bad Boy.
Jhalak Dikhlaja and Soniye from Aksar have been two of his biggest hits.
Also, the song from Tom, Dick, and Harry , viz. Jara Jhoom became a huge hit.
Himesh Reshammiya is considered a major music director in Bollywood.
His peppy tunes cater mostly to the youth and the multiplex crowd,
but he has also shown versatility, focusing on a more classical style for
films such as Banaras: A Mystic Love Story and semi-classical tunes in Tere Naam.
2006 was his most prolific year, with back-to-back releases
topping the music charts.
His music was aggressively marketed and almost all the tracks from his private album,
Aap Ka Surroor, were made into music videos.
In 2007, Himesh has created hits in albums like Red ,
the chart-busting Namastey London , Shakalaka Boom Boom ,
Fool N Final , Apne and one of his best works, Aap Kaa Surroor The Moviee.
Reshammiya has also shifted his focus to his acting career.
Primarily a music director, Himesh later became popular for his
vocals which have the distinctive high-pitched nasal twang.
Reshammiya, like many of his contemporary music composers,
sings several of the songs that he composes.
However, he has had unprecedented success in this regard.
He won a Filmfare Award in 2005 for Best Male Playback Singer
(for the title song of Aashiq Banaya Aapne), becoming the first music composer
to achieve this feat. Most of his success as a singer is the effort of his
own passion to sing most songs of his own compositions as a music director.
During an inteview, Babul Supriyo, a renowned Bollywood singer commented
on the fact that a Singer's career is tied to the music director
and that Himesh Reshammiya should be thankful that his music director
is allowing him to sing most if his hit songs.
Reshammiya has also released a solo music album entitled Aap Ka Suroor
which became extremely popular.
He has made it clear, however, that he still plans to put most of his effort in Hindi films.
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In October 2006, Reshammiya became the
first Indian to perform at the Wembley Stadium in London.
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In spite of his popularity,
Himesh Reshammiya has been the target of criticism.
In the past, his critics have suggested that success has gone to his head,
and that he has signed on films indiscriminately.
His nasal twang has been criticized by many.
Reshammiya initially defended himself saying that
his voice is not nasal, but high-pitched singing"
Later, in an interview with The Times of India , he said "I accept I'm a nasal singer."
In his debut film as an actor, Aap Ka Suroor - The Real Love Story ,
Reshammiya added a song Tanhaiyaan from Boney Kapoor 's
proposed film Milenge Milenge.
Initially, Reshammiya had composed the song for Kapoor's film
but later decided to use it for his own movie.
Tips, which held the audio rights of Milenge Milenge,
accused Reshammiya of copyright violation,
as audio rights for Aap Ka Suroor - The Real Love Story were acquired by T-Series.
However, Reshammiya defended himself saying that
he had made Kapoor listen to the song, but it wasn't
included in Milenge Milenge.
He also claimed to have tried to get in touch with Kapoor
for seven months, and since there was no progress on the film,
he decided to use the song for his own movie.
In June 2007, they reconciled their differences after Reshammiya apologized.
In November 2006, Himesh remarked that
Mukesh , Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan , and R D Burman
had a nasal style of singing.
He also claimed that he had thirty-six hits in a year,
and none of the above mentioned artists "ever gave the same number of hits in a year"
. He said this in response to allegations that all his songs are nasal-based.
The remark invited the wrath of late R D Burman's wife, Asha Bhosle.
Later, Himesh clarified that his intention was not to insult R D Burman
and apologized several times to Asha Bhosle.
In November 2006, Reshammiya and his co-artists were questioned
by the Income Tax department about their income from a concert in Surat .
The organizer of the show,
Nanu Ghaswalla, claimed that the IT officials were upset because
they had been denied free passes for the show.
On June 27, 2007,
Himesh Reshammiya visited the shrine of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti,
disguised in a burqa, reportedly to avoid crowd of fans.
Some people objected to this, and some even felt that
it was a publicity stunt for his forthcoming film.
Later, Reshammiya issued an apology for "offending religious sentiments",
which was accepted by the Anjuman Committee that runs the shrine.
The Khadims (servers) of the Anjuman Committee said
that he had not committed any offence,
and there was no need for an apology.
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