This rickshaw-puller hopes to hit a high note

Bubbling with confidence he says, 8220;My third audio cassette Ho Jai Hungama was recorded in March this year, and was released in the market. I hope to get a good response from it as people who love listening to Bhojpuri are appreciating it.8221;

It was five years ago when his first audio cassette Maithili was released. The album had songs written in a Bihari dialect Maithili and was released by a Delhi-based company 8212; Neelam.

8220;It flopped. But I worked harder and succeeded in bringing out a second cassette of Bhojpuri songs called Orhaniya Apna Sambhal. I got good response for this as I was paid Rs 15,000 by the company after the sale of the cassettes. Now, the third cassette has also been launched in the market and I hope I get a better response for this than the previous ones,8221; said Rangeela.

By now, Rangeela has been able to invest Rs 75,000 in his three cassettes. He says, 8220;I don8217;t care much about what I earn. My aim is to write and sing so well that T-series approaches me for recording one day.8221;

A father of three, Yadav hails from Jayantipur Dath village of Darbhanga district in Bihar. His wife Ganga Devi lives in his native village with his three children.

Rangeela, who came to Ludhiana 10 years ago, said, 8220;I am thankful to Kuldeep Singh, a businessman in Model Town, who rendered financial help of Rs 5,000 for recording my cassette. Master Lankesh, a city-based resident, also helped me a lot.8221;

The Bhojpuri singer mostly pens romantic songs. 8220;Sometimes I also write bhajans and dohas,8221; he says. He wishes that his only son, a student of Class V, may also follow his footsteps and become a singer one day.