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Feature compiled by Mahafreed Irani, mahafreed.com Doc on song A 65-year-old retired doctor is the latest YouTube superstar with 2.2 million hits for his music videos. If Jackos Beat Itdidnt do f...

Feature compiled by Mahafreed Irani, mahafreed.com
Doc on song
A 65-year-old retired doctor is the latest YouTube superstar with 2.2 million hits for his music videos.
If Jackos Beat Itdidnt do for you, the Paschim Vihar sensations Peeto, Peeto surely will
MAHAFREED IRANI TIMES NEWS NETWORK

A retired medical practitioner who has over 1,400 videos to his name, and with a fan base of
thousands spread over India, Pakistan, the US, Canada and the UK in just 18 months, the 65-year-old
doctor is Indias latest YouTube sensation. His 2.2 million views would turn Britney Spears green with
envy. Theres just no stopping this bespectacled grandfather of four whose brief disappearance from
the web world in August created such a flutter that he rushed back for his agonized fans, karaoke
system in place and mike in hand, singing Justin Timberlake, Cliff Richard and Madonna in his
inimitable style. After all, not too many can resist his take on Michael Jacksons Beat It, which he
literally translates into Peeto, Peeto.
As the wide-eyed, silver-haired singer swivels in his chair, the reflection of his computer screen all
over his broad-rimmed glasses, an almost ethereal experience grips viewers, who remain glued to
their seats while he belts out Avril Lavignes Sk8er Boi, his personal chartbuster. I prefer singing
songs by female artists, says the Bryan Adams and Mohammed Rafi fan, who sometimes can be seen
shaking off one of his grandchildren as they perch themselves on his lap.
It all started a few years ago when the crooner from Delhis Paschim Vihar started uploading his
videos in cyber space, calling himself a humming non-singer. Someone discovered
http://www.youtube.com/user/DrKsongs as he looked around for a Rafi song on YouTube. There was
no looking back after that.
The response has been extraordinary. While on the one hand obscene abuses cluttered his inbox —
someone even asked him when he was going to die — on the other, there were people calling
themselves his devotees. Some said he sounded like a braying donkey while others said he deserved a
music ratna from the government. Good or bad, all posts are equally valuable to him. Hes happy that
listeners react in real-time from around the world. Praises please me, abuses amuse me. I feel
indebted to every one of you for the time spent by you in assessing me as good or bad, he writes to
his fans, some of whom have gone to the extent of forming fan clubs and theme evenings in honour of
him and his special talent. He now has seven fan clubs across the globe; two are in the US with
medical doctors for members and theres one in Singapore, an all-pilots group.
Imitating the video legend, his fans pay tribute at dinner parties and sing James Blunts Youre
beautiful in Chaudhry style. Emotional about those who love him, he says the US fan club with 310
members is a carry forward relationship from some past life. I remained away from you for 65 years.
Now we shall remain together until we live together.
But closest to his heart are his fans from Pakistan. It was they who first admired his talent. We
Pakistanis are in shock. We used to pride ourselves that we had Ghulam Ali, Mehdi Hassan, Noor
Jehan, Reshman and Nusrat Fateh Ali, but now we are dumb and speechless, reads a comment on
YouTube from across the border. With the advent of Chaudhry, you Indians have left us far behind.
We will never catch up, we stand defeated. But offers to appear for live concerts in Lahore have
been dismissed. I cannot perform without lyrics and a computer screen, says the man who served as
a doctor for 30 years after graduating from Aligarh Muslim University, where he did his MBBS, and
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College.
Far from cringing at his exploits, his family loves the attention the old man is getting. His daughter is a
big fan and his wife, a doctor like him, often compliments him. She is, however, comparatively shy and
doesnt like to sing along on camera.
Though the Punjabi, originally from Multan in Pakistan, hasnt made any money as yet from his
exploits on the internet, he is optimistic he will. Already, his original lyrics, cover songs are
available for paid download on his website. You never know with Chaudhry. His version of
Woodstock may be on the cards next.

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