Himesh, Rahman New Year Eve Showdown
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IndiaGlitz
[Tuesday, December 26, 2006]
One
music composer Himesh Reshammiya wants to sing for is A R Rahman. A R
on his part in his trademark humility says “Reshammiya is doing a good
job.” And this new year will mark an unexpected turn of
events in this mutual-admiration-society. For both Reshammiya (first
concert in India at Renaissance) as well as Rahman (he will be singing
his first English song ‘Pray for Me Brother’) shall be performing live
this New Year’s eve in Mumbai.
While Rahman’s genius has been around for more than
fifteen years, Reshammiya who has been around for some time, came into
his own only this year. This year Himesh has given many hits (he keeps
counting them also) and is all set to star in a big movie in the lead
role. His fan following has grown by huge numbers (the bloggers on the
net are crazy about him). AR on his part has delivered the
spunky-n-path-breaking ‘Rang De Basanti’, ornate ‘Water’ and a
spiritually inclined ‘Guru’. Even with very few films over the years,
Rahman continues to be an original who always innovates in terms of
sound, vocalists and endeavours to raise the bar of his own music.
Himesh on his part mixes a lot of genres and has an uncanny knack for
producing chartbusters.
In spite of three of his songs being nominated for
Oscars this year, Rahman is humility personified. Himesh comparing his
nasal disaster to the magic of R D Burman earned a slap-on-the-face
from Asha Bhosle (he recently apologized to Asha via SMS and then told
the media about his exploit).
So, given a choice whose concert would you want to attend this New Year’s? Do
let us know…
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