Himesh Reshammiya
I generally am not a big desi TV fan (although I will admit to watching quite a few episodes of Saas bhi kabhi bahu thi & a few other serials - albeit for evaluation purposes only - :)) and although I watch Hindi movies off and on, I'm not one to be found at the local theater waiting with bated breath to catch the latest movie.
But I love Hindi music. I love all songs that have good lyrics and equally enjoy oldies (from the 70's and onwards) to current songs, slow songs and fast songs, etc. Ok, so call me old but I enjoy Rajesh Khanna movie songs (and songs sung by Mukesh and Rafi) just as much as I enjoy Imran Hashmi movie songs sung by Himesh Reshmmiya.
I recently bought some song DVDs and have been watching & listening to Himesh Reshmmiya's songs on a DVD for the past few days and decided that I'm going to blog about him. Yeah, I know that people call him nasal and think his singing style is stale with the same type of songs/lyrics.
But I really enjoy his songs and I may be the minority when I say that I even enjoyed his movie Aap Ka Suroor, not because the movie had a good story line or anything. I enjoyed the movie because I loved, let me say that again, LOVED, his songs in that movie, and also his style.
When I first heard Himesh's songs, I admit that it was difficult to like his singing because I couldn't hear anything beyond his nasal twang. But over time, and once I saw his different songs on DVD, we began listening past the nasal twang. His complete persona, the way he sings, holds the microphone, gets all emotional over the various girls who leave him, etc., brings his songs alive and that's when we (my kids and I) became his fans.
I even took two quick minutes to learn more about him and learned that he's 34 (just a kid in my eyes), is married to a lovely girl named Komal, and has a 10 year old son. Like I said above, I'm not a huge huge Bollywood fan like some of my friends are, but I was curious about Himesh.
His trademark hat and trench coat are perhaps meant to "distinguish" him but he is quite cute for a singer and for the life of me, I cannot understand why he hides his perfectly cute look behind that hat. But I guess singers like him are permitted some eccentricities. Either way, Himesh, you have fans in us in Michigan and hope that you will continue to sing songs like "Tere Bina", "Aksar", and "Love you Sayyoni".
No, we didn't go to see his concert when he was in Detroit, but may do so the next time around. And the next time he is here in Detroit, I plan to invite him to my Round Table India podcast, assuming he is interested in participating.
Or perhaps he will read this blog and have his publicist contact me so that I can interview him while he is in India or anywhere in the world - ;).
I even took two quick minutes to learn more about him and learned that he's 34 (just a kid in my eyes), is married to a lovely girl named Komal, and has a 10 year old son. Like I said above, I'm not a huge huge Bollywood fan like some of my friends are, but I was curious about Himesh.
His trademark hat and trench coat are perhaps meant to "distinguish" him but he is quite cute for a singer and for the life of me, I cannot understand why he hides his perfectly cute look behind that hat. But I guess singers like him are permitted some eccentricities. Either way, Himesh, you have fans in us in Michigan and hope that you will continue to sing songs like "Tere Bina", "Aksar", and "Love you Sayyoni".
No, we didn't go to see his concert when he was in Detroit, but may do so the next time around. And the next time he is here in Detroit, I plan to invite him to my Round Table India podcast, assuming he is interested in participating.
Or perhaps he will read this blog and have his publicist contact me so that I can interview him while he is in India or anywhere in the world - ;).
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posted by Nipa Shah @ 5:35 AM
3 Comments:
Good that you like him, but the quality in hindi music died after Himesh's entry, unfortunately. Too much of dhinchik beats and little soul.
...but that's just me.
One thing though you have to give Himesh, he has guts. During the recently concluded SA RE GA MA PA he was criticized for butting into ANEEK Dhar's performance. He would walk upto ANEEK DHAR (the guy has'nt even finished singing) and stand next to him with a arrogant posture. I felt that Himesh was going overboard and was afraid that because of HIMESH'S tantrum on the show ANEEK DHAR would be voted out (Himesh was Aneek's coach).
Guess what it did not change anything. Aneek went on to win the SA RE GA MA PA championship.
I agree that Himesh is very arrogant. Riding high on his success with discotheques, he mouthed many a blooper about co-artists. I too feel that the quality of music reduced in the Bolly industry after his entry. Thanks to composers like Pritam, ShankEzLoy trio and the likes, for being the saving grace. He does have very few good songs, but most of his music gives me a headache.
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