This week that year: When Baiju Bawra melted hearts [Bollywood]

"In keeping with the Mangeshkar family tradition of a 'Nath' appendage, I was named Srinath soon after I was born, but my father (Hridaynath) was not happy and while looking for an alternative, decided on Baijnath, Baiju's real name in the film," smiles Baiju, a singer-compo...

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Published inMumbai Mirror
Main Author Bhattacharya, Roshmila
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Mumbai Bennett, Coleman & Company Limited 25.01.2018
Subjects
Kumar, Dilip
Motion pictures
Musical performances
Musicians & conductors
Singers
Europe
Ghana
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Summary:"In keeping with the Mangeshkar family tradition of a 'Nath' appendage, I was named Srinath soon after I was born, but my father (Hridaynath) was not happy and while looking for an alternative, decided on Baijnath, Baiju's real name in the film," smiles Baiju, a singer-composer in his own right. "In my naivety, I believed the makers had waited for him to grow up, not knowing it was Rafi saab's voice," Baiju laughs, marveling over how village belle Gauri's songs were folksy and simple, a contrast to the raag-based court songs with Ustad Amir Khan who later became his father's guru giving voice to Tansen. "Bharat Bhushan played music teacher to Rekha's Umrao and we chatted briefly during the shoot.