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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Gopal Bhatia, the only Indian singer to be invited from overseas to the RD Burman tribute concert in India, has wowed the audience and his fans there. Gopal, a radio jockey in an Auckland based radio station has previously performed in many shows in New Zealand, India, and the UK.
Mr Bhatia had two shows scheduled in India last month, the first in Pune on Friday, June 23 and one in Mumbai on Monday, June 26 which had legendary singer Asha Bhosle as the guest of honour.
“I was delighted to have received such a warm welcome by the Bollywood music fraternity both in Pune and Mumbai,” Gopal told The Indian Weekender.
At the Pune concert ‘Strings of Pancham,’ Mr Bhatia sang ‘O Hansini’ form the 1974 film Zehreela Insaan. The concert in Pune featured only those songs that had string instruments used by late RD Burman.
The Pune show had all the musicians from the troupe of RD Burman such as Sunil Koushik, and Ramesh Iyer among the others. Yesteryear’s most renowned musician Vivek Paranjpe who had toured with legends like Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar and RD Burman conducted the Pune concert.
The Mumbaikars defied the rains and made the tribute concert a house full show on Monday, June 26. The show had 25 musicians from the industry. The concert was conducted by well-known music director Nitin Shankar.
Mr Bhatia performed the melodic evergreen song ‘Aanewala Pal’ from the film Golmaal, originally sung by Kishore Kumar and music by RD Burman.
“I could see from the stage that actor Shivaji Satam of CID fame [CID, a crime-drama TV Show on Sony] was singing along with me and enjoying the moment,” Mr Bhatia said.
Mr Bhatia expressed his gratitude and excitement being the only Indian to be called from overseas to perform at the tribute concert.
“It was a very emotional moment for me when my name was announced along with New Zealand,” Mr Bhatia told The Indian Weekender.
Music is my passion, and I will always work hard toward bringing more musical events and moments for New Zealand music lovers, and I would like to give credit to all my audience who have always inspired and appreciated my work in New Zealand for so many years,” Mr Bhatia said.
Gopal Bhatia, the only Indian singer to be invited from overseas to the RD Burman tribute concert in India, has wowed the audience and his fans there. Gopal, a radio jockey in an Auckland based radio station has previously performed in many shows in New Zealand, India, and the UK.
Mr Bhatia had two...
Gopal Bhatia, the only Indian singer to be invited from overseas to the RD Burman tribute concert in India, has wowed the audience and his fans there. Gopal, a radio jockey in an Auckland based radio station has previously performed in many shows in New Zealand, India, and the UK.
Mr Bhatia had two shows scheduled in India last month, the first in Pune on Friday, June 23 and one in Mumbai on Monday, June 26 which had legendary singer Asha Bhosle as the guest of honour.
“I was delighted to have received such a warm welcome by the Bollywood music fraternity both in Pune and Mumbai,” Gopal told The Indian Weekender.
At the Pune concert ‘Strings of Pancham,’ Mr Bhatia sang ‘O Hansini’ form the 1974 film Zehreela Insaan. The concert in Pune featured only those songs that had string instruments used by late RD Burman.
The Pune show had all the musicians from the troupe of RD Burman such as Sunil Koushik, and Ramesh Iyer among the others. Yesteryear’s most renowned musician Vivek Paranjpe who had toured with legends like Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar and RD Burman conducted the Pune concert.
The Mumbaikars defied the rains and made the tribute concert a house full show on Monday, June 26. The show had 25 musicians from the industry. The concert was conducted by well-known music director Nitin Shankar.
Mr Bhatia performed the melodic evergreen song ‘Aanewala Pal’ from the film Golmaal, originally sung by Kishore Kumar and music by RD Burman.
“I could see from the stage that actor Shivaji Satam of CID fame [CID, a crime-drama TV Show on Sony] was singing along with me and enjoying the moment,” Mr Bhatia said.
Mr Bhatia expressed his gratitude and excitement being the only Indian to be called from overseas to perform at the tribute concert.
“It was a very emotional moment for me when my name was announced along with New Zealand,” Mr Bhatia told The Indian Weekender.
Music is my passion, and I will always work hard toward bringing more musical events and moments for New Zealand music lovers, and I would like to give credit to all my audience who have always inspired and appreciated my work in New Zealand for so many years,” Mr Bhatia said.
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