Himesh Reshammiya recalls kickstarting his music career because of Salman Khan, reveals why he made Badass Ravikumar: ‘I like films which are stress busters’

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Himesh Reshammiya also praised Aamir Khan when Sajid Khan asked him to share the story of his journey as a producer, which had a Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak connection. Himesh shared, “I just love Aamir Khan. His film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak was just great. In 1988, I was taken for the film’s trial and a lot of people had their doubts about how will the film work. But then I told my dad that this film would break all the records, and he didn’t believe me. The film went on to become a huge hit, and I won my father’s trust. Then he gave me money to produce a serial.

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He added, “We had almost signed Aamir for a film. His conversations were on with my father, but it didn’t materialize and we signed Salman Khan. That film didn’t get made, but I got my break. Even though Salman didn’t do my dad’s film, he remembered that my music was good and he got me a song in Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya. Sohail Khan also approved that song because making that title track was very difficult. Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya was already a superhit song from Mughal-E-Azam. Somehow that phrase was made and things happened. And I got that break, else I would have been stuck in serials only. I was a producer first. I was so involved in serials that I could only do music after Salman Bhai gave me that.”

Himesh Reshammiya-starrer Badass Ravikumar made less than Rs 10 crores at the Indian box office.