Do not call me Nasal anymore: Himesh Reshammiya
Himesh
Reshammiya the first music director to win the Filmfare Award for Best
Playback Singer tells Subhash K Jha, why he couldn't attend...
Q: You've made history!
A: Yes, it's quite something. Unfortunately I couldn't attend because I
had a prior commitment out of Mumbai. Also to be honest, at an earlier
popular awards I was neither nominated for my music nor singing in
Aashiq Banaya Aapne.
I
felt baffled. Aisa kyon kiya unhone? Filmfare revived my hopes. And I
was all set to catch a flight back to Mumbai. But got delayed and
reached at 11.30 p.m. My dad did go to the awards. But twenty minutes
late.
Q: For the first time a music director won the best playback singer award.
A: It doesn't mean that I see myself as a threat to the playback
singers who were nominated alongside me. I do feel sorry that I didn't
win the best music director's award. The award for the best playback
singer is special because it's the first song that I recorded for a
film. I don't think anyone else got an award for his first recorded
song.
Q: People ridiculed you for being nasal.
A: That's over. After the stupendous sales of Aap Ka Suroor where I've
explored my entire range, that has stopped. Now those who still call me
nasal are just talking for talking's sake.
I've sung seven super-hit songs, the latest being Jhoom in Tom Dick
& Harry which I predict, will be the biggest chartbuster of them
all. I insist, I am not a professional playback singer. I'm a music
director first. If I sing one out of my six compositions, what's the
problem?
Q: Would you sing for other composers?
A: Only if A.R Rahman asks me. No one else. He's the No. 1. And he did
say in an interview that Aashiq banaya aapne is his favourite track of
the year.