Himesh Reshammiya replaces Honey Singh on India's Raw Star

Composer-singer and actor Himesh Reshammiya has replaced rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh as the mentor on India's Raw Star.

Himesh stepped in after Honey Singh was advised two months bed rest by the doctors following illness.

The rapper was all set to join back Raw Star, but then he was advised bed rest. The singer has not been in the best of health for quite sometime now. Erratic shooting and recording schedules took toll on the singer's health. He even suffered an accident in America and had to opt out of The Slam! tour.

Honey has shot only six episodes of Raw Star. Other celebrities like Himesh Reshammiya, Meet Brothers, Salim Suleiman have been mentoring the show in his place. But when Honey informed the makers that he won't be available for two months, the makers approached Himesh to take over the mantle.

Himesh, who had earlier visited the show as guest, readily agreed to be part of the show. He will now mentor the singers for the remaining four episodes.In his first visit, the composer had signed three singers of the show to record for him.

Meanwhile, Honey Singh's team posted a message on the singer's official Twitter handle, requesting fans to pray for him.

"All the Fans and Well Wishers, We would like to inform all of you that Yo Yo would be out of action for some time because of his illness and doctor has advised him to be strictly on bed rest. As a family we are really thankful to a lot of people for supporting us during his illness. He'll be back really soon to entertain all of you. Do keep him in your prayers. Keep supporting and loving apka apna Yo Yo Honey Singh".