Himesh Reshammiya was born on May 11, 1969. He is an Indian Bollywood film music composer, singer and actor.

Himesh is the son of veteran Gujarati music director Vipin Reshammiya.In Gujarat He Is From Bhavagar Citi. He lost his elder brother when he was 13 years old. He did his schooling at Hill Grange School in Peddar Road area, Mumbai.

Himesh started his career with a production house which aired quiet a few TV soaps on Doordarshan Ahemdabad and Zee TV. Early in his career, he received critical acclaim for his musical scores, although the films associated with them were not popular at the box office. His first film as music director was Bandhan (1998), in which he collaborated with Anand Raj Anand to produce the musical score. Although it was not the first film to which he contributed music, it was the first one on which he was listed as a contributing music director.

Himesh Reshammiya was first noticed in Bollywood for his work in the film Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998). He became good friends with Salman Khan, a famous Bollywood actor who starred in the film, and composed songs for some subsequent film in which Salman starred. Reshammiya soon developed his own unique style of composition, based on pop music and catchy techno beats. He also places a particular emphasis on melodic hooks to his songs. His most popular albums can be said to be Tere Naam and Aashiq Banaya Aapne. With a series of popular film scores, he is considered one of the upcoming music composers in Indian cinema today. His music is associated with the youthful culture that has recently been pervasive in India, but he has also shown versatility, focusing on a more classical style for films such as Banaras: A Mystic Love Story and semi-classical like Tere Naam. As of 2006 he is the top composer of this year. It is also reported that his recent music composition Dil Diya Hai represented Himesh's tiredness as his music has not been quite top charting as it used to be. The media has advised Himesh to cut down work as he is working on 30-35 films (equivalent to half the films released in bollywood in 1 year). Aksar and Ahista Ahista are considered Himesh's best score after Tere Naam in 2003.

Apart from Bollywood style, he is composed music in classical, semi-classical, fusion and heavy metal styles. He also prefers only Sameer as his lyricist. Aashiq Banaya Aapne and Tere Naam are considered his best scores. He recently came out with the chart buster from his album "Aap Ka Suroor" wada tainu which is a mix of old panjabi folk tune.

Reshammiya wears a cap and is usually seen wearing a pair of jeans with a conspicuous belt buckle along with his trademark stubble. The way he holds the mic with the bottom facing upwards, and the black trench coat that he wears in concerts are also consistent elements of his style. He has grown a beard as opposed to his previous look when he was clean shaven. He also has one earring in his left ear.