Music composers of Bollywood don’t hesitate to shower accolades on him. Kishore Kumar’s compliment too rings in his ears: “You whistle just as I sing - effortlessly and flawlessly.” Last year, when the late Pt Bismillah Khan heard him whistling snatches of raga Yaman Kalyan, he assumed that Surve was playing it on the flute. So melodious is his whistling that it is often mistaken for the flute. Meet Nagesh Surve, 57, who has been Hindi filmdom’s chief whistler for more than 30 years. It runs as a parallel theme throughout the film, conveying much more than an amalgam of lyrics and musical instruments. Whistling sets the mood of the song, Subhanallah in Fanaa. Subhanallah,” that is how Lalit of the Jatin-Lalit duo - the music composers of Fanaa - describes this ace whistler. I read this very interesting article in 'The Telegraph' by Vishnupriya Sengupta about Nagesh Surve who has charmed Bollywood with his whistling for three decades!
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