Man sings on Mumbai street to pay for college, collects money in two days after Hrithik Roshan & Kunal Kapoor's tweet

A video of a musician singing Hindi song 'Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jaye' on the street of Mumbai has been making rounds on the Internet for last two days ever since a Twitter user shared the video on the micro-blogging site. The artist, recognised as Shakeel, started performing publicly on the street in Mumbai in hopes to collect money for music school. Thanks to the power of the Internet, he managed to collect funds to pay for college and enrolled himself in the music school.

In the video which has now gone viral, Shakeel soothingly sings the famous Hindi song 'Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jaye' as he plays the tunes on his guitar with a signboard that shows his Instagram account, phone number linked to online payment platforms such as Google Pay, Phone Pe, Paytm along with a QR code for online payment option.

A line below his details on the board read: "Thank you for your contribution, it pays my music school fees."


Retweeting the original video, Kapoor urged his followers to support the talented musician as he also applauded the power of UPI and technology.

"Brilliant! You can support this very talented and innovative musician from wherever you are. The power of UPI and technology," he wrote.


Whereas 'Dhoom' star Hrithik Roshan retweeted the video and it "cool".


The person who originally recorded the video and shared it on Twitter, informed his followers on Tuesday that the young musician was able to gathers his entire music school fees.


He also revealed that the musician has successfully enrolled himself in the music school to get the education he desires and was working so hard for.


Shakeel has over 6K followers on Instagram and shares videos of him covering several famous songs.

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In a post, Shakeel thanked everyone for paying attention to his singing and contributing for his cause. "I want to thank everyone who watched me perform, encouraged me, and contributed to my cause, I'm very thankful and grateful to each and every one of you, I'm blessed to be able to do what I love," he wrote.

He further added that nobody in his family or friends knew about him performing on the street to collect money to pay for his music school. "To this day none of my parents, families, or my friends knew what I've been up to. I want to tell you all that I am a busker (street performer) and I'm proud of it, I finally got the courage to go public about my identity."