Music is a great medium to relax and has the power to make you feel alive. Whether you are depressed, happy or lonely one thing that immediately comes to your rescue is music. And almost all of us love to hum songs, no matter how good or bad we are at it. One such video of an elderly man singing Mohammed Rafi's 'Pukarta Chala Hoon Main' from the 1965 movie 'Mere Sanam' is winning hearts online.
The clip was shared on the micro-blogging site Twitter by 'Sarabhai vs Sarabhai' star Sumeet Raghvan on Wednesday.
The video opens to show an elderly man sitting in a chair with a microphone and an iPad in his hands. Seconds later, he begins to sing the hit Mohammed Rafi song 'Pukarta Chala Hoon Main' and aces it with just the right notes and tunes.
"See this grandpa. He is so cool. Full tech savvy, handling the iPad,remote control and singing with amazing ease and nazakat. Loved the way he whistled on the interludes ...aaye haaye.. jiyo dadaji..Jai ho. Old is gold," the caption of the post shared by Raghvan read.
The video was also shared on Twitter by the Deputy Director of the Directorate General of Information & Public Relations, Dayanand Kamble with the caption, "An 85 years old person from Old Age Home at Coimbatore singing an old Bollywood song,"
Since being shared, the video has amassed 148.4k views, 2,934 likes and several comments.
One seeing the video on user wrote, "Can imagine him walking down the road in 70s with a smile on his face and humming this song."
"He is hitting all the notes well, and also with just right expression in the voice..!!" wrote another user.
"What a gem. That’s life! Passion and sharing joys. Thanks for sharing. Who dada ji BTW! That’s biswajit himself," wrote a third.
"Beautiful, soulful and lively singing. And that's how life should be. At his age his voice still sounds very young. Don't know when I would be able to be carefree like that," wrote a fourth.