Himesh Reshammiya got hair extensions and shaved his chest for Karzzz. Although the much publicised film bombed at the box office, the fighter in him hasn’t given up. A year later, he is back with Radio—with a chic hairstyle, base-voice singing (reserving his high-pitched nasal twang for the remix version) and most importantly, he’s lost 12 kgs.

“I have to lose six more. The first criterion of being a hero is you have to be good looking. And when you do not have the conventional good looks to go with you have to work hard on yourself,” he says. “For me, the music of my film is as important as the story itself. I am blessed with two sets of voices and for Radio I have sung in my base voice,” he says, offering a demo.

Taking some time off from his busy schedule, Reshammiya invites us over to his swanky Lokhandwala pad. Dressed in three-quarters, a tee and his signature cap, he plays the theatrical promos and songs of Radio on his LCD screen while narrating the plot of the film. “I play Vivaan Shah, an RJ in the film. It is a modern-day love story in which technology and social networking sites play a major role,” he says. He confesses that he is not much into computers. It is his 10-year-old son Swayam who often teaches him a thing or two. “I showed Radio to my son’s friends and they loved it. I can guarantee that it’s going to be a sure-fire hit.”

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