Himesh Reshammiya

How to sing like Himesh Reshammiya

Step 1 - Grow a beard.

Step 2 - Grow a paunch.

Step 3 - Wear a cap - all the time - mind you.

Step 4 - Wear your wife's long coat.

Step 5 - Take a clothes pin (chimtee) and clamp your nose shut.

Step 6 - Believe you are Saraswati's Incarnation.

Step 7 - Start singing(?).

To his credit, his voice is fit for the ocaasional song or two. He should recognise that most music directors liked to sing but only ocassionally, i.e. when the voice suited the song, not all the time. I am a great fan of RD Burman's music, and his ocassional voice in songs like Mehbooba Mehbooba from Sholay etc. Hemant Kumar sang occasionally, so did SD Burman. The songs they sang were suited for them. But if they had sung every Kishore, Rafi and Mukesh number, I am sure they would have killed the beauty.

I hate his nasal voice in most of his songs, but really like the closing song of Phir Hera Pheri - Ai Meri Zoharzabeen. His voice suits in that song. In fact, the video is awesome too :)