# Himesh Reshammiya (हिमेश रेशमिया)
**Himesh Reshammiya** (हिमेश रेशमिया; born 1973) is an Indian music director, playback singer, songwriter, producer, lyricist and actor who works in [Hindi cinema](https://www.edgepedia.org/hindi-cinema). He debuted as a music director with the romantic comedy *[Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya](https://www.edgepedia.org/pyaar-kiya-to-darna-kya-1998-film)* (1998), became one of Bollywood's most commercially successful composers in the mid-2000s, and turned actor with *Aap Kaa Surroor* (2007).[1](https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/himesh-reshammiya/820)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India[1](https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/himesh-reshammiya/820) |
| Career start | Television producer (serials including *Amar Prem* and *Andaaz* on Zee TV), then music director debut with *Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya* (1998)[2](https://indianexpress.com/about/himesh-reshammiya/) • [1](https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/himesh-reshammiya/820) |
| Breakthrough | Music for *Tere Naam* (2003), followed by singing debut with "Aashiq Banaya Aapne" (2005)[3](https://hindi.filmibeat.com/celebs/himesh-reshammiya/biography.html) • [1](https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/himesh-reshammiya/820) |
| Output | Music for over a hundred feature films; more than 1,300 songs to his credit as a music director[1](https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/himesh-reshammiya/820) • [4](https://tv.apple.com/gb/person/himesh-reshammiya/umc.cpc.5rqbf636xtxu3vg1egcbkl3ys) |
| Major awards | Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer (Male) for "Aashiq Banaya Aapne" (2006); Screen and Zee Cine Awards for Best Music Director for *Tere Naam*[1](https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/himesh-reshammiya/820) • [2](https://indianexpress.com/about/himesh-reshammiya/) |
| Acting debut | *Aap Kaa Surroor* (2007), a box office hit despite mixed to negative reviews[1](https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/himesh-reshammiya/820) |
| Recent work | Capmania Tour with sold-out shows in Mumbai and Delhi, extended to Ahmedabad, Pune, Ludhiana and Kolkata (2025)[5](https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/data/announcements/bse/13112025/b2389cf8-5fbf-48aa-a2bb-e3369636d0ee.pdf) |
## Early life and family
Reshammiya is the son of Vipin Reshammiya, a Gujarati music director for film and television.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720252/) • [7](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/-Himesh-Reshammiya) His elder brother died in an accident when Himesh was 11 years old, and he decided to take up music as a career after the incident, to fulfill his father's wishes.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720252/) He did his schooling at Hill Grange High School in the Peddar Road area of Mumbai.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720252/)
## Television production and entry into film music
**Before composing.** Reshammiya began his career with a production house that aired television serials on Doordarshan Ahmedabad and [Zee TV](https://www.edgepedia.org/zee-tv); among the serials he produced were *Amar Prem* and *Andaaz*, for both of which he also composed the title songs.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720252/) • [2](https://indianexpress.com/about/himesh-reshammiya/) • [7](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/-Himesh-Reshammiya) He started his music career with the title track of the serial *Andaaz* before making his Bollywood debut with a chart-topping number for *Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya* (1998), a [Salman Khan](https://www.edgepedia.org/salman-khan) film.[8](https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/interview/story/20041115-i-make-singers-sing-every-note-fully-and-wait-till-they-hit-the-right-note-himesh-reshammiya-791069-2004-11-14) • [9](https://www.tv9hindi.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/himesh-reshammiya-birthday-special-best-10-hindi-songs-composed-by-himesh-reshammiya-au484-1358676.html) By his own account, he had prepared roughly 500 songs and tunes before entering Bollywood.[10](https://www.abplive.com/entertainment/bollywood/himesh-reshammiya-entered-bollywood-with-500-songs-career-3164202)
**Tere Naam and the mid-2000s run.** His first major success as a music director came with *Tere Naam* (2003), for which he won the Screen Award and Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director.[3](https://hindi.filmibeat.com/celebs/himesh-reshammiya/biography.html) • [11](https://www.aajtak.in/topic/himesh-reshammiya) Through the following years he scored a string of commercially prominent films, including *Aashiq Banaya Aapne* (2005), *Iqbal* (2005), *Aksar* (2006), *Phir Hera Pheri* (2006), *Special 26* (2013) and *Prem Ratan Dhan Payo* (2015).[1](https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/himesh-reshammiya/820) A TV9 profile credits him with 36 hit songs in a single year during this period.[9](https://www.tv9hindi.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/himesh-reshammiya-birthday-special-best-10-hindi-songs-composed-by-himesh-reshammiya-au484-1358676.html)
## Singing career
Reshammiya made his singing debut with "Aashiq Banaya Aapne" from the 2005 film of the same name, and the song made him nationally famous almost overnight.[1](https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/himesh-reshammiya/820) • [12](https://ndtv.in/bollywood/himesh-reshammiya-who-was-once-trolled-for-nose-singing-is-a-big-star-today-8929344) He won the Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer (Male) for the song, his maiden Filmfare award after multiple nominations for Best Music Director.[1](https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/himesh-reshammiya/820) Follow-up songs such as "Jhalak Dikhla Ja", "Tera Suroor" and "Hookah Bar" kept him among the most-played singers of the era; the title "Jhalak Dikhla Jaa" was later used for a well-known celebrity dance show on Indian television.[13](https://ndtv.in/bollywood/himesh-reshammiya-song-jhalak-dikhhla-jaa-without-which-parties-were-incomplete-famous-tv-show-was-named-after-it-11926165/amp/1) • [7](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/-Himesh-Reshammiya)
**The nasal style.** His high, nasal singing delivery drew sustained criticism, but it also became his signature and set him apart from other singers.[14](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/himesh-reshammiya-there-are-artistes-more-talented-than-me-but-not-as-successful-as-i-am-4525916/) • [9](https://www.tv9hindi.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/himesh-reshammiya-birthday-special-best-10-hindi-songs-composed-by-himesh-reshammiya-au484-1358676.html) The veteran playback singer [Suresh Wadkar](https://www.edgepedia.org/suresh-wadkar), who has sung across several eras of Hindi film music, said in a 2026 interview that Reshammiya's songs and their distinctive style were accepted by audiences and that this pattern would continue into the next generation.[15](https://www.thelallantop.com/amp/entertainment/post/himesh-reshammiya-sings-in-nasal-tone-suresh-wadkar-shared-his-point-of-view) His 2006 solo album *Aap Kaa Surroor* was described by TV9 as the best-selling album of the year in Indian music.[9](https://www.tv9hindi.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/himesh-reshammiya-birthday-special-best-10-hindi-songs-composed-by-himesh-reshammiya-au484-1358676.html) He was also the first Indian singer to perform at the [Wembley Arena](https://www.edgepedia.org/wembley-arena) in London and the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam.[7](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/-Himesh-Reshammiya)
## Acting career
Reshammiya made his acting debut in 2007 with *Aap Kaa Surroor*, the film version of his album; despite mixed to negative reviews it was an enormous box office hit and earned him a Filmfare nomination for Best Male Debut.[1](https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/himesh-reshammiya/820) His subsequent films spanned thrillers (*Karzzzz*), romance (*Kajraare*), and comedies (*Radio*, *Damadamm!*, *Khiladi 786*), with mixed commercial results.[16](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2020/Jan/28/want-mainstream-directors-to-take-note-of-my-acting-himesh-reshammiya-16753.html) Hindi Filmibeat's assessment is that, unlike his music career, his acting career did not draw large audiences to theaters.[3](https://hindi.filmibeat.com/celebs/himesh-reshammiya/biography.html) He received the 13th Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2012 for *Khiladi 786*.[2](https://indianexpress.com/about/himesh-reshammiya/) In a 2020 interview he said he had worked in ten films and hoped mainstream directors would take note of his acting.[16](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2020/Jan/28/want-mainstream-directors-to-take-note-of-my-acting-himesh-reshammiya-16753.html) He returned to the screen as actor, screenwriter and producer in *[Badass Ravi Kumar](https://www.edgepedia.org/badass-ravi-kumar)* (2025).[17](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/himesh-reshammiya)
## Television judging and recent work
Reshammiya has been a judge on singing reality shows including *Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge* on Zee TV, *Music Ka Maha Muqabla* on Star Plus, *Sur Kshetra* on Sahara One, and *The Voice India*, for which he won the Indian Telly Award for Best Judge on a TV Show in 2015.[2](https://indianexpress.com/about/himesh-reshammiya/) In 2019 he recorded songs with Ranu Mondal, a railway-station singer whose video had gone viral, working with her on "Teri Meri Kahani" and two other tracks for *Happy Hardy and Heer*.[16](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2020/Jan/28/want-mainstream-directors-to-take-note-of-my-acting-himesh-reshammiya-16753.html)
He released the solo album *Aap Se Mausiiquii* in 2016, followed in 2021 by the singles "Surroor 2021", "Moods with Melodies" and "Himesh Ke Dil Se" through his own label, Himesh Reshammiya Melodies.[18](https://universalmusic.fr/artistes/40018269510) In 2025 his Capmania Tour, produced by Saregama Live, played back-to-back sold-out shows in Mumbai and Delhi before moving to [Ahmedabad](https://www.edgepedia.org/ahmedabad), Pune, Ludhiana, and Kolkata.[5](https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/data/announcements/bse/13112025/b2389cf8-5fbf-48aa-a2bb-e3369636d0ee.pdf)
## Personal life
Reshammiya married Sonia Kapoor, a television actress, on 11 May 2018; he had divorced his first wife, Komal, in 2017.[19](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720252/bio/) • [9](https://www.tv9hindi.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/himesh-reshammiya-birthday-special-best-10-hindi-songs-composed-by-himesh-reshammiya-au484-1358676.html)
## References
1. [Himesh Reshammiya – Movies, Biography, BookMyShow](https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/himesh-reshammiya/820)
2. [Himesh Reshammiya: News, Updates, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/about/himesh-reshammiya/)
3. [हिमेश रेशमिया जीवनी, Hindi Filmibeat](https://hindi.filmibeat.com/celebs/himesh-reshammiya/biography.html)
4. [Himesh Reshammiya Films and Shows, Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/gb/person/himesh-reshammiya/umc.cpc.5rqbf636xtxu3vg1egcbkl3ys)
5. [In the News, Business Standard announcements (November 2025)](https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/data/announcements/bse/13112025/b2389cf8-5fbf-48aa-a2bb-e3369636d0ee.pdf)
6. [Himesh Reshammiya, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720252/)
7. [Himesh Reshammiya topic page, Times of India eTimes](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/-Himesh-Reshammiya)
8. [Fine tuner – India Today interview (2004)](https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/interview/story/20041115-i-make-singers-sing-every-note-fully-and-wait-till-they-hit-the-right-note-himesh-reshammiya-791069-2004-11-14)
9. [Himesh Reshammiya Birthday Special, TV9 Bharatvarsh](https://www.tv9hindi.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/himesh-reshammiya-birthday-special-best-10-hindi-songs-composed-by-himesh-reshammiya-au484-1358676.html)
10. [Himesh Reshammiya Career: 500 तैयार गानों के साथ रखा बॉलीवुड में कदम, ABP Live](https://www.abplive.com/entertainment/bollywood/himesh-reshammiya-entered-bollywood-with-500-songs-career-3164202)
11. [हिमेश रेशमिया समाचार, AajTak](https://www.aajtak.in/topic/himesh-reshammiya)
12. [Himesh Reshammiya: नाक से गाने के लिए ट्रोल, आज बड़े स्टार, NDTV India](https://ndtv.in/bollywood/himesh-reshammiya-who-was-once-trolled-for-nose-singing-is-a-big-star-today-8929344)
13. [20 साल पुराना हिमेश रेशमिया का गाना 'झलक दिखला जा', NDTV India](https://ndtv.in/bollywood/himesh-reshammiya-song-jhalak-dikhhla-jaa-without-which-parties-were-incomplete-famous-tv-show-was-named-after-it-11926165/amp/1)
14. [Himesh Reshammiya: There are artistes more talented than me, The Indian Express (2017)](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/himesh-reshammiya-there-are-artistes-more-talented-than-me-but-not-as-successful-as-i-am-4525916/)
15. [Suresh Wadkar on Himesh Reshammiya's nasal singing, The Lallantop (2026)](https://www.thelallantop.com/amp/entertainment/post/himesh-reshammiya-sings-in-nasal-tone-suresh-wadkar-shared-his-point-of-view)
16. [Want mainstream directors to take note of my acting: Himesh Reshammiya, Cinema Express (2020)](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2020/Jan/28/want-mainstream-directors-to-take-note-of-my-acting-himesh-reshammiya-16753.html)
17. [Himesh Reshammiya Movies List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/himesh-reshammiya)
18. [Himesh Reshammiya, Universal Music France](https://universalmusic.fr/artistes/40018269510)
19. [Himesh Reshammiya Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720252/bio/)
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