Forget everything you know about a classical musician. Former-child prodigy Yadnesh Raikar, son of violin maestro Pandit Milind Raikar, is a self-confessed social media butterfly who jams with your favourite Bollywood stars, and tunes into some Chick Corea when he’s not on stage. In a video that went viral last month, we saw Raikar sit down with Bollywood heartthrob Jubin Nautiyal. “It started off as any collaboration, I don’t think he expected much of the classical violin. But once I played the first few notes, his face lit up. “I love your music, man,’ he said,” Raikar recalls.

Raikar interacts with the late Ustad Zakir Hussain in Mumbai in 2024