Reshammiya rocks New Jersey

Reshammiya rocks New Jersey
31st July 2006 18.00 IST
By ApunKaChoice Bureau

Bollywood music composer, singer Himesh Reshammiya is currently touring the United States.

In the first leg of the tour, Reshammiya performed at a three-hour concert show, called 'Aapka Suroor Live', in New Jersey on Saturday. The Sovereign Bank Arena was filled with thousands of NRIs, and some Americans, who had gathered to hear the maverick composer belt out some of his favourite songs from Bollywood movies and his private album 'Suroor'.

The concert featured Reshammiya along with other Bollywood singers including Alisha Chinai , Abhijeet Sawant, Himani Kapoor and Vinit Singh. Actress Udita Goswami danced to the songs along with a small troupe of performers.

Wearing his trademark baseball cap and dressed in torn jeans and black coat, Reshammiya performed on the stage in three segments with different singers. He began with his famous song Ashiq Banaya Apne followed by a somewhat unplugged version of Suroor.

Later, the bearded singer-composer rendered other hit songs like Aashiqi Mein Teri and Zara Jhoom Jhoom.

Alisha Chinai had her moments of limelight singing the last year's superhit song Kajra Re. The song is not composed by Reshammiya but it will be performed during the tour in the US and Canada.

The entire tour will have Reshammiya performing in as many as 18 cities in approximately 45 days. The musician and his troupe have been preparing for this tour for the last six months.


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