People, today is the day for an important confession. I miss Himesh Reshammiya.

That’s it, go. 

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Kidding, kidding. Let me explain this. 

To begin with, I never found Himesh as bad as people around me did. 

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The guy composed peppy songs.  

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Made waves with his amazing fashion choices.

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And really, usse sirf tumhare ghar mein roti chahiye thi.

(Watch this from 7:25 onwards)

Himesh didn’t have to perform to entertain. He just had to exist. 

His no-smile look was a thing, his singing style was a thing and his cap – oh, well his cap.

Since I have a lot of free time in my hands, I Google weird stuff. Exhibit A: ‘Himesh Reshammiya Cap’.

Trippy, right? How great is this!

I know it’s a bit weird for me talk about him in past tense. He is still judging shows and occasionally making music. 

But I miss Himesh from the past, the Himesh who was mainstream, the Himesh whose idea of hyping people was shouting JAI MATA DI LET’S ROCK!

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Haters will say what they wanna say but let us not forget that Himesh could summon ghosts with his songs at one point. He has powers we can’t comprehend.

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Thankfully, though, his movie is releasing soon and we will finally get to see more of him. And I call them HIS movie, because…

Himesh cannot be replaced and in the end I just want to tell him – jhalak dikhla ja, jhalak dikh la ja, ek baar aaja aaja aaja aaja aajaaaaaa.