At the beginning of his first show in years, Indian musician Himesh Reshammiya - known for his distinct nasal voice - poses a question: "Should I sing from my mouth or through my nose?"
"Through the nose!" the crowd responds, their euphoric chants drowning in a blast of orchestral music.
A splash of synth and drums follows, as red lights strobe over the fans gathered at Delhi's Indira Gandhi Arena stadium. And then comes the unmistakable crooning: "Aashiq banaya aap ne (You have turned me into a lover)," Reshammiya whispers, his signature twang ringing from every corner. The crowd erupts into screams again.
By the end of the night, legions of fans hailed it as the best concert of their lives.
Reshammiya, one of Bollywood's leading composers and singers, has long been a polarising figure in Indian pop culture - mocked for his nasal vocals yet loved for that very uniqueness.
