New Delhi: Revisiting our childhood days, one of the prominent memories that come to our mind is watching Ramayana and Mahabharat with our family every Sunday morning. The shows were telecasted on Doordarshan in late 80s and early 90s.
The epic shows are no longer available but a beautiful rendition of the Mahabharat title track has brought back those memories. What’s more heart-warming is that a Muslim man has evoked this nostalgia and is winning many hearts on social media.
The video has taken the social media by storm and people are sharing this 1 minute video clip, where the elderly man is seen singing the iconic track and people around him intently listening to his rendition.
The video was shared by Dr SY Quraishi, the former chief election commissioner of India. He captioned the video, “Beating the stereotypes.”
Beating the stereotypes! pic.twitter.com/BwhfqMbTjV
— Dr. S.Y. Quraishi (@DrSYQuraishi) September 20, 2021
Since the time of its sharing, the video clip has recorded over 106K views and more than 1200 retweets. The rendition of the shlokas has impressed many netizens. Some are seen terming the performance as the “true fabric of India,” which must be preserved.
Congress leader, P Chidambaram has also taken to Twitter to share his thoughts behind the video. Captioning it as “The Muslim gentleman’s rendering of a Mahabharata iconic verse/song was awesome and inspiring.”
The Muslim gentleman’s rendering of a Mahabharata iconic verse/song was awesome and inspiring
PM Mr Modi must make it compulsory to listen to the rendition at every RSS shakha and every BJP meeting
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) September 21, 2021
Apart from the people in the video, who praised the performance with applause, the netizens also took to the microblogging site to share their thoughts. One of the users wrote, “We all grew up with this! Also, for those who don’t know great Rahi Masoom Raza wrote screenplay for Mahabharat. The beauty of India.”
Here are the rest of the reactions shared by netizens:
We all grew up with this! Also, for those who don’t know great Rahi Masoom Raza wrote screenplay for Mahabharat. The beauty of India 🙂 https://t.co/3CIRCY1M1N
— Satya Prakash (@Satya_Prakash07) September 20, 2021
I agree. Well done Maulana Saheb. Impressed. https://t.co/D5oUEBApap
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) September 20, 2021
Absolutely yes. A messiah of different type. The right kind.
His Sanskrit pronunciation is so good.— Bholanath Acharya (@bnacharya1) September 21, 2021
Beautiful; least because of the person’s attire. Such a great voice and clear pronunciation, not sure if I’d be half as good delivering a verse in Urdu. Refreshing. ❤️
— Supratim Mukherjee (@supratim_tweets) September 20, 2021
It’s long tradition of music sir..it’s always been secular.. very special of India sir..need to preserve that goodness at any cost..
— Aravind Balan (@aravindbalan01) September 20, 2021
Irrespective of his religion or dress.
His voice & pronounciation is just amazing..— Gangesh Gunjan (@gangesh_gunjan_) September 20, 2021
