Sep 26, 2007 07:55 AM
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Himesh Reshammiya is a person who is a great human being, a awesome singer, a brilliant music composer, and an impressive actor. He has given many superhit songs, with an impressive 38 hits in 1 year( his debut year) which was on the news( BBC). Some of his hits include:
1.Assalaam Vaalekum
2.Tera Mera Milna
3.Tanhaiyaan
4.Mehbooba
5.Jhalak Dikhlaja
6.Aashique Banaya Aapne
7.Tera Suroor
8.Aap Ki Khatir
9.Naam Hai Tera
My personal favorite is: Tera Suroor, in which he sung in a nasal voice( which is his style).
In spite of his popularity, Himesh Reshammiya has been the target of
criticism. In the past, his critics had suggested that success has gone
to his head, and that he had 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 burkha,
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.
