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Himesh Reshammiya
His concert opens at Wembley tonight and the singer’s turning hoarse announcing his big plans. We’re more interested in probing his dark side and we realise that his reasoning is tuned differently today.

Himesh Reshammiya, who once claimed he’s the best thing to happen to Indian music, now indulges in some hippy babble about karma and destiny the international tours have had some effect, eh?

You’re this self-proclaimed rockstar.
That will be proved after my Wembley concert on October 29. The status of a rockstar hasn’t been designed by me. I’ve never said that Im a rockstar. If you go to the internet, you can check out that the world press who have covered the US shows have seen the euphoria. I’ve performed to a packed house at amphitheatre Hollywood, at Air Canada Centre which has the largest capacity where international rockstars perform.

But when my advertisement to announce my new projects was released with statements in world press articles, there was this jealousy among a few people. I think they’ve got all the right to be jealous, because God has been kind to me and this kind of euphoria is unprecedented.

Who are you jealous of?
Im not jealous of anyone, because from the time I’ve achieved this success over the last two years, my dad and uncle have told me not to think bad of anyone else. Four years ago, my attitude was being a little more insecure. I was just a music director then when I used to think, Agar yeh meri film chalegi aur doosre ki bhi film chalegi toh competition hoga. Meri chalegi aur uski na chale toh bahut achcha hoga. It was pointed out by my uncle and this is what Karmalogy says so. I’ve never have I ever wished anyone bad. It would spoil my karma.

So you’ve never heard another song sung by someone else, say Sonu Nigam, and thought I could have sung this better?
No. I’ve heard songs and felt that this is a great song. You can say that Aashiq Banaya and Woh Lamhe belong to the same genre. Like Tere Naam’s music was of Lakmikant Pyarelal’s genre.

So yes, you get inspired by that music. Im an absolutely original composer but yes, Ive started appreciating Pritam, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Vishal-Shekar and A R Rahman’s music. Even Sonu Nigam is the best singer of India. This whole controversy against me and him has been blown out of proportion and I have never said anything against him.

Do you have a fear of failing?
Yes, I do. Of course, everyone has and I will accept that I do because everyday I’ve been putting in 18 hours of effort. Finally whether a person goes down in his career or goes up, I have realised that it’s all because of destiny.

What’s your worst composition?
Many like Ande ka funda, which I did at the beginning of my career. This was a time when I did what the producers and directors wanted me to do.

You also tried something different with Ahista Ahista, but it bombed.
Everyone loved the music of Ahista Ahista and Aap Ki Khatir. They didn’t do well because all the four releases Ahista Ahista, Aap Ki Khatir, Dil Diya and Rocky were timed at the same time, clashing with each other in August. I told my producers to space it out but they couldn’t because they wanted to release them before Shraad, Ganesh Chaturti and Diwali. I heard 16 songs being blasted on one Sunday. We didn’t know how to position the slots and obviously, sales were affected.

Credits: http://www.mid-day.com/news/city/2006/october/145721.htm
By: Lalitha Suhasini
October 29, 2006

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