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Now Reshammiya can take on Shah Rukh
When India's busiest film composer -- he has been recording about
one song a week in his voice for over six months -- takes off to
America and Canada on a month-long concert tour, it surely is a
serious business.
"It is the first time I am performing on this scale before live
audiences," says Himesh Reshammiya. "I have performed before fans in
several cities in India and the Gulf, but I believe the American
experience is going to be even more electrifying."
"It is a new challenge for me, and I am performing with all
humility," he continues. "Live audiences are quite demanding. They
shower you with love and admiration, but only if you have done a
very good job." His hit songs such as Aashiq Banaya Aapne, he says,
ought to sound better live. "And that means I should also be a good
performer," he continues. "Audiences are not interested in watching
singers who stand stiffly and sing for three hours."
Named after his chart-popping non-film album Aap Ka Suroor, the
concert got off to a big start with a sold-out show in New Jersey,
followed by appearances in Detroit and Toronto. "He has been getting
star treatment wherever he is performing," says Bharat Jotwani, who
is bringing the singer and composer back to New Jersey for a
September 8 performance in an auditorium with about 6,000 seats.
"Generally, only a big Bollywood star would be able to fill a hall
like that," adds Jotwani. "But let us not forget that Reshammiya
today is bigger than many stars. "His name alone can guarantee a
decent film an above average run for three to four weeks across the
country." Tickets for the east coast shows top at $100, like
Bollywood star shows.
Organisers of his concert say he sings about 25 songs at each show,
and that there is no chance for anyone to get bored because he has
chosen some special songs. It is not as if he is going to sing over
100 songs he has recorded in the last three months, they say.
"When you sing from your heart, from your soul, and from the deepest
part of your body, and you consider each concert as a prayer," says
Reshammiya, "God cannot deny you success.
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