Sex, lies and videotape
Himesh Reshammiya is unhappy about his songs being used in Vikram Bhatt's Red as erotic music videos
Currently shooting in Menheim in Germany, Himesh is not too happy with the way his songs have been used in Vikram Bhatt's Red to enhance the love-making sequences between Aftab Shivdasani and Celina Jaitley.
"What can I say?" Himesh shrugs. He adds, "The ways in which the songs are shot aren't in the composer or the singer's hands. Of course, I was told that the songs were to be treated sensuously. But sensuous and excessively erotic are two different things. It looks really odd, what can I do? " Himesh Reshammiya
At the moment, Himesh is busy shedding extra kilos and shooting for his first film, Aap Ka Suroor, as the leading man.
He says, "The scale of the film is unprecedented. We're going to locales in Germany, Australia and other parts of Europe where no Hindi film has been shot before. We're transporting private jets, choppers on location and a foreign crew of 150 people all over Europe. We're here in Europe for a 70-day schedule. We have already finished a week-long shoot here."
Himesh is very comfortable in front of the camera extra pounds notwithstanding. He says, "Since I've been acting in all my music videos, I never thought about behaving like an actor. But yes, I'm convinced about whatever I'm doing. I've been emoting for my own songs for a long time. I'm really enjoying myself. We were in pre-production for five months. And now we intend to wrap up in the next three-and-a-half months. The schedules are hectic. We wrap up the shooting by 7 pm and wake up again at around 4.30 am."
Himesh Reshammiya has lost more weight for his acting debut. "I had already lost a lot of weight in India before I started shooting for my film. In all, I've lost about 15 kilos for this film," he says.
