On Saturday, Mohit Chauhan performed at Ripple, the annual fest of the University College of Medical Sciences. With a set comprising his chartbusters like Tumse Hi and Sadda Haq, the singer took the crowd on a nostalgia-tinged musical journey. After performing the first number in his set, Jo Bhi Main, Mohit interacted with the crowd saying, “Kaise hain aap sab log? I am really happy to be here. College of Medical Sciences, thank you so much… Next song unke liye jo mobabbat mein hain aajkal.” He then belted out Yeh Dooriyan.

Mohit Chauhan at UCMS

Mohit Chauhan

Mohit’s performance, which featured some of his hits from films including Rockstar, Tamasha, and Barfi among others, was a nostalgic trip down memory lane

Rockstar music has a cult like following: Mohit “Students at college fests are really enthusiastic about music, they have that energy. Maza aata hai, it is great fun performing for the younger audience,” says Mohit. He also shared that students at college fests demand songs that are emotional and romantic. “They love heartbreak songs and songs like Tujhe Bhula Diya and Tumse Hi and they love to sing these songs. All these songs are iconic songs, whether it is Yeh dooriyan, Pee Loon, Tujhe Bhula Diya, Jo Bhi Main or songs from Tamasha or Barfi. People connect to these songs, emotionally,” shared the singer.

Mohit says wherever he goes, people ask him to sing songs from Rockstar

A still from Tune Jo Na Kaha (2009)

A still from Yeh Dooriyan (2009)

Before singing Dooba dooba, the song from his first album, Mohit shared that he had written the song when he was completing his MSc in Geology in Dharamshala. “I had written this song then but af ter that, I came to Delhi to look for work. Socha yahan kaam karuga aur sangeet bachpan se hi mere saath chal raha tha toh yahan kuch log mile aur hamara ek band bana jiska naam tha Silk Route. And this song became the part of our first album Boondein, and the video was launched in April, 1998,” said Mohit as he later performed the most requested song of the evening, Sadda Haq, Nadaan Parinde, among others, for the cheering crowd.

Mohit’s tracklist for UCMS fest

Students had a gala time with Mohit Chauhan at the fest

Sadda Haq was the most requested song at the fest

The crowd cheered and sang with the singer

Mohit Chauhan

‘I love performing Rockstar songs’
While the crowd sang all songs with the singer, one song that was requested the most was Sadda Haq – from Rockstar. Talking about the song, Mohit told us, “There are a whole lot of people who love Rockstar songs. Whether it is Sadda Haq, Nadaan Parinde, Tum Ho, Jo Bhi Main Rockstar music has got a cult kind of a following so main har jagah, jahan bhi jaata hoon, I have to do Rockstar and I love performing those songs and people love singing along those songs.”