By- Godhooli SharmaLUCKNOW: Ever heard the rock music version of Hanuman Chalisa? Raj Mohan, a Dutch singer and songwriter who sings in Bhojpuri, is all set to launch Hanuman Chalisa in rock music style along with his disciple and rapper Manav D.A 5th generation Indian in Suriname, Mohan was raised in Utrecht, Netherlands, and showed musical talent at an early age.Mohan, who is in the city to participate in the Global Investors Summit, told TOI that the new version will be streamed on an online platform and cost $1 to the listener.

The money made from the program will be purchased establishing a factory in Uttar Pradesh that will produce green batteries.

The rock version of Hanuman Chalisa has already been recorded and will go reside on Hanuman Jayanti in April this year.

I have sung chaupais and dohas while my disciple has actually a rap taped in between.

We have actually rock music recorded in the background.

The profits earned will be purchased UP to satisfy the dream of my predecessors of adding to the advancement of the country, Mohan stated.

Similar factories will be later set up in Dubai, China, Japan, United States of America and the United Kingdom.

Our aim is to gradually promote these environment-friendly batteries throughout the world, he added.The job is sponsored by the Quality Service Content Human Capital Foundation Limited (QSC-HC).

Mohan invented the Sarnámi-Bhojpuri Geet in the Geet - & Ghazal design which was valued worldwide with his album Kantráki (2005 ).

His forefathers were required to Suriname from Basti in UP as indentured labourers by the British.

As a kid I used to watch Bhojpuri films and listen to the Baithak gana - a kind of music originating in Suriname by the Indian community where Dholak, Dandtaal and harmonium are utilized in a sync.

I continued with my enthusiasm with music even after moving to the Netherlands and listened to records of ghazal vocalists like Mehdi Hassan, Jagjit Singh and Begum Akhtar, Mohan said.Mohan discovered music from Ustad Jamaluddin Bharatiya in Amsterdam to end up being a ghazal singer.The idea to sing the Sarnámi-Bhojpuri Geet struck Mohan in the 1990s.

Sarnami Bhojpuri is a mix of a number of Hindustani dialects and the languages spoken by the Indians in the country they immigrated to.

Initially, when I told individuals that I wanted to sing in Sarnami Bhojpuri, they laughed at me but my album Kantraki in 2005 altered whatever.

It was taped in Varanasi, Mohan said.