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| Nurturing Sanskrit comes naturally to Pankaj Jha, who hails from a family of priests in Deoghar, Jharkhand. YouTube screen grab |
July 21, 2016, NewsCrunch
Pankaj Jha, the man who sung the viral song Dheere Dheere Meri Zindagi inSanskrit, got the idea in a classroom.
Pankaj Jha is pursuing his PhD in Sanskrit grammar at the Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha,
A student told him in the classroom that Sanskrit dealt only with old stories and shlokas.
After Pankaj Jha refuted him, an argument built up and the student challenged him to render Honey Singh’s version of 1990 Aashiqui song, Dheere Dheere Se Meri Zindagi, in Sanskrit.
“I translated the entire song in the class,” Pankaj told The Hindustan Times.
After Pankaj Jha refuted him, an argument built up and the student challenged him to render Honey Singh’s version of 1990 Aashiqui song, Dheere Dheere Se Meri Zindagi, in Sanskrit.
“I translated the entire song in the class,” Pankaj told The Hindustan Times.
Though he was not a trained singer, he decided to sing and release it online, a move which proved to be a masterstroke.
The song went viral, putting a language largely confined to textbooks, into popular mind.
Nurturing Sanskrit comes naturally to Pankaj Jha, who hails from a family of priests in Deoghar, Jharkhand, and has even conducted pujas at the famous Shiv temple in the city.
HT also notes that Pankaj Jha has recorded a few other Bollywood numbers Manma Emotion Jaage (Dilwale, 2015) and Piya Tu Ab To Aaja (Caravan, 1971) in Sanskrit.
HT also notes that Pankaj Jha has recorded a few other Bollywood numbers Manma Emotion Jaage (Dilwale, 2015) and Piya Tu Ab To Aaja (Caravan, 1971) in Sanskrit.