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A video of a man playing old Bollywood songs on his violin has gone viral on social media. The man has been identified as Bhogoban Mali and lives in Kolkata.

A video of an elderly man from Kolkata playing Bollywood songs on his violin has gone crazy viral on social media. The man has been identified as Bhogoban Mali and he apparently resides somewhere around Girish Park, Kolkata. The video was initially shared by journalist Aarif Shah on Twitter. Later, music composer Savvy Gupta shared the video of the elderly man playing violin on his Twitter handle and asked his followers to help the struggling artiste. His name is Bhogoban Mali, he resides somewhere around Girish Park what I came to know.. one time help won’t work for these artists,if someone can do something for the long run that will be a real help I guess.Not only for him for all the talented artists like him. https://t.co/y5nCvODTfm Hi Who ever has shot this video knows his where about Please ask him to open an Bank account or if he has one please send it to me will transfer some funds from UKPleaseGod Bless Him and person shot this video The fact that he has the instrument could mean that he's yet another artist who's ended up in poverty.Would it be possible to know where this was? Maybe some local NGO could help them. Wow. This is amazing Super talented. Pray some help reaches him soon. Awesome May God bless him In the video, the elderly man can be seen standing by an empty street playing Bollywood covers on his violin. In the 2 minutes 5-second-long video, Bhogoban is seen playing the song Diwana Hua Baadal by Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi from the 1964 film Kashmir ki Kali. It is followed by Lata Mangeshkar’s song Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh from the film Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai. “His name is Bhogoban Mali, he resides somewhere around Girish Park what I came to know.. one time help won’t work for these artists, if someone can do something for the long run that will be a real help I guess. Not only for him for all the talented artists like him (sic),” Savvy Gupta wrote tweeting this video. Sharing the video, Aarif Shah wrote, “Watch this old man's talent from Kolkata (sic).” The video was posted by Aarif on June 6 and has over 80,000 views.