Kolkata: A video of an elderly man playing old Hindi classic songs on his violin while standing by a roadside is going viral on social media and netizens are loving it. The video went viral after a user posted it on his Twitter handle with the caption, ” Watch this old man’s talent from Kolkata”. The 2-minute long video features an elderly man playing melodious Hindi songs on his violin on the streets of Kolkata.

Adding details to the video tweet, the user wrote that the elderly man named Bhogoban Mali, lives near Girish Park in Kolkata. He is an artist who has been struggling to earn a living during the lockdown and decided to entertaining people by playing the violin in Kolkata.

Watch the video here:

Posted on June 6, the video has garnered over 89K views and over 3200 likes and people are praising the elderly man for his effort to make a living. While several users asked for further details to help the elderly man, many commented how many talented artists have been badly hit due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some reactions from Tweeple:


After the video went viral, music director Savvy Gupta also shared the details of Mali via a tweet, “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.”