Vishal
Recorded
His
First
Song
At
The
Age
Of
19
At
the
age
of
17,
he
composed
a
song
which
was
used
by
Usha
Khanna
for
the
film
'Yaar
Kasam'.
At
19,
he
recorded
his
first
song
with
the
playback
icon
Asha
Bhosale.
The
Lesser
Known
Side
During
his
growing
years,
Vishal was
an
all-rounder,
a
leg-spinner
and
a
batsman.
He
even
secured
his
admission
under
the
sports
quota
in
the
prestigious
Hindu
College.
In
fact, Dilip
Vengsarkar,
the
then
national
cricket
selector
commented,
"Vishal
Bhardwaj
as
music
composer
is
a
big
loss
to
Indian
cricket."
The
Influence
Of
'Pulp
Fiction'
"I
saw
Pulp
Fiction
and
it
messed
up
my
head...it
showed
me
the
power
of
storytelling...and
that
violence
can
be
so
entertaining," recalled
Bhardwaj
in
a
Livemint
interview.
How
His
Father's
Death
Changed
His
Life
Forever
When
19-year-old
Vishal
Bhardwaj
returned
from
cricket
practice
one
morning,
his
home
had
been
emptied
out
on
the
street.
In
the
midst
of
it,
right
there
on
the
street,
his
poet-father
lay
sprawled
and
lifeless.
It
was
one
of
the
moments
which
changed
his
life
forever.
The
filmmaker
later
recalled,
"It
was
like
a
steady
cam
shot,No
one
said
anything.
They
just
stood
there,
silently
looking.
I
was
very
close
to
my
father.
His
loss
made
me
lose
the
fear
of
death.
That
is
the
primal,
basic
fear."