Before his voice reached theatres across the country, Suneel Lodhi sang for passengers on local trains, with nothing but a tambura for company. The visually impaired singer from Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh, is now known for 'Maine Tere Hi Bharose', a devotional track that features in the surprise box-office hit 'Hanuman Ansh'.
Lodhi never had a formal music teacher. According to TOI, he learnt to sing simply by listening, growing up on a steady diet of Lata Mangeshkar's songs and performing at devotional gatherings in his village long before the world outside Bundelkhand knew his name.
