Himesh Reshammiya
Himesh at HR Musik Studio
Background information
Birth name	Himesh Reshammiya
Also known as	Himesh Bhai, HR
Born	23 July 1973 (age 38) Mumbai, India
Origin	Gujarat
Genres	Indian film, semi classical, Sufi rock, rock, ballad
Occupations	Music director, singer, actor,television producer, lyricist, film producer, script writer,distributor
Instruments	Guitar, drums, dholak, bongos,tabla, Sarangi, Keyboard
Years active	1991–present
Labels	T-Series, HR Musik
Associated acts	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 (Zee TV) Music Ka Maha Muqqabla (STAR Plus) Sur Kshetra (Sahara One)

Himesh Reshammiya (born 23 July 1973)^[1] is an Indian music director, singer, actor, television producer, lyricist, film producer, script writer, anddistributor.

[edit]Early life

Himesh Reshammiya was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra^[2][3] to veteran Gujarati music director Vipin Reshammiya and Madhu Reshammiya; however his family originate from Bhavnagar, Gujarat. Reshammiya studied at Hill Grange School in Pedder Road where he met his best friend Prashant Chadha. Chadha is responsible for Reshammiya's new look and for directing all of his music videos from his private album Aap Kaa Surroor as well as promotional videos for the movies Aashiq Banaya Aapne, Aksar and Tom, Dick & Harry. At the age of 16 before Reshammiya went into music direction, he produced television serials for Zee TV which included serials such as Andaz and Amar Prem.

[edit]Music and film career

Reshammiya’s first big break came through his good friend Salman Khan. Khan gave Reshammiya the chance to be a music director for the moviePyaar Kiya To Darna Kya along with composers Sajid-Wajid and Jatin Lalit. After the success of the album, Khan and Reshammiya have shared many hit filmi albums together, such as Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya, Yeh Hai Jalwa, and Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge. He had his first success^{[citation needed]} as a music director of the 2003 film, Tere Naam. After a series of successful films as music director, he entered playback singing with the film Aashiq Banaya Aapne, the songs of which went on to become hits. As a singer, he churned out songs like Tera Suroor, Zara Jhoom Jhoom and Tanhaiyanwhich were successful. Reshammiya's music has a style of composition which is based on a fusion of Western and Indian classical music withtechno beats. He started his acting career with his debut film, Aap Kaa Surroor - The Real Luv Story.^[4]

In August 2010, it was announced that music video director Roman White is going to direct videos of Reshammiya's first international album in English, named @ Da Edge, which is to be released in 2012.^{[dated info]} The album will be released in 122 countries.^{[citation needed]} Reshammiya was the first Indian singer to perform at the Wembley Arena and the Heineken music hall in Amsterdam.^[5]

He has currently signed for two big upcoming films one is "Chennai Express" directed by Rohit Shetty and another is the Hindi remake of 2003 hit "Sammy". Both are slated to release in 2013.

Before becoming a music director, Reshammiya produced several television serials, including Amar Prem and Andaaz^{[disambiguation needed]} on Zee TV. He also composed the title song of both.

Reshammiya was actively involved in mentoring and judging the singing competition, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge on Zee TV. His group was known as Rock Gharana. He was the winning mentor of the show in 2007. In 2009, Vaishali Made, a female contestant from his Rock Gharana, won the singing competition. He is also the team captain, judge and mentor on STAR Plus's show,Music Ka Maha Muqqabla for the team Himesh's Warriors. Reshammiya is also judging the musical reality show Sur Kshetra which will be telecasted on Sahara One.Himesh Reshammiya appeared as the special guest in the Grand Finale of 'Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar' 2.Himesh is also training the top 4 contestants.^[6]

Reshammiya's music falls almost entirely in the electronic music genre. The extensive use of loops and addition of melodic hooks to his songs adds to their mass appeal.

[edit]Alleged copyright violation

In his debut film as an actor, Aap Kaa Surroor - The Real Luv Story, Reshammiya added a song Tanhaiyaan from Boney Kapoor's proposed film Milenge Milenge.^[7] 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 Kaa Surroor - The Real Luv Story were acquired by T-Series.^[8] However, Reshammiya defended himself saying that he had made Kapoor listen to the song, but it was not included inMilenge 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.^[9]

[edit]Awards and nominations

Reshammiya won the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award in 2006 for Aashiq Banaya Aapne. He also received several nominations for his music direction.^[10]

Himesh Reshammiya also won the Airtel Superstar Award (100% Public) Song Of the Year award for "Teri Meri" from Bodyguard (2011).

[edit]Personal life

At the age of 21, he got married to Komal and they have a son, named Swayam.^[11] His father Vipin Reshammiya is a veteran music composer and his mother is Madhu Reshammiya.

[edit]Albums

[edit]Filmography

[edit]As a producer

[edit]As a lyricist

[edit]As a writer

[edit]As a music director

[edit]As a background music composer

[edit]As A Playback Singer

[edit]As an actor

[edit]Theater