Bablu Yadav

A 47-year-old artist from Banaras, Bablu has been learning music through art forms like Sohar. At the young age of 14, he began to sing in school. He took massive inspiration from artists like Ramdev Bullu, Hira Paras, and Dr Mannu Yadav. He has been working hard towards achieving mastery in his craft and pursues it with soaring passion. He considers Dr Mannu Yadav as his Guru Ji and speaks very highly of their teachings and achievements in music. Most of his songs are hence analogous with their forms. He also believes that the art of music transpired to him from his family lineage, and he decided to take it forward for all his life with sheer persistence and dedication. When he was a child, he would try imitating the elders and senior artists and thus picked up the will to learn music and never stopped learning. He also knows how to play Khartaal apart from vocals and has performed in various locations around the country. He has pulled off brilliant performances at different music festivals in Mumbai, Kolkata, Silchar, and Banaras and has catered amazingly to many audiences. When asked, he regards his performance at the Banaras Deepawali as the most memorable experience due to the ‘once more’ chants by the audience in the presence of Prime Minister Modi. He lives in a family of 9 people and has two daughters and a son. Thus, he also has to run a dairy business to make ends meet. Despite all his struggles, he strives to keep developing his craft and dreams to educate his audience about this artform. Someday in the future, he sees himself succeed through the art that he loves so much.

 

 

• Purvanchal
• Uttar Pradesh