R. Bhakti Klein grew up in South Florida and lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for several years before relocating to Mumbai, India in 2009. He’s been a professional singer, guitarist, writer, voiceover artist, math and science teacher, meditation facilitator, vocal coach, folk dancer, lifeguard, and singing telegram deliverer, among other things. He calls living in India “a dream come true””.”
Richard Bhakti Klein
Movies
Love Aaj Kal
The word ‘Love’ itself brings along with it a plethora of feelings and meanings, which has constantly changed overtime.While the expression of love has changed over the years gone by, does the emotion still remain the same? Has anybody figured out the perfect path towards love? Love Aaj Kal is…
Bioscopewala
Bioscopewala is an extrapolation of Rabindranath Tagore’s Kabuliwala. It extends the story from where Tagore’s Kabuliwala ends. In this extrapolation, Kabuliwala shows films to children in Kolkata and misses his daughter in Kabul ravaged by civil war. Will he meet his daughter again? Will their story find a completion this…
Songs
Zero
The story revolves around Bauua Singh (Shah Rukh Khan), a vertically challenged man, who is full of charm and wit, with a pinch of arrogance. Born to a wealthy family and raised in an environment of affluence and indulgence, Bauua was never failed by Meerut or its people. But when…
Fun Facts
Bhakti is a big Deadhead and saw over 150 live Grateful Dead concerts with Jerry Garcia.
Bhakti studied Religion as an undergraduate at the University of Florida and Consciousness Studies in the graduate program at John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, California.
Bhakti worked as a professional singer and guitarist for many years, and still performs and teaches music in Mumbai.
In 2018, Bhakti appeared as a contestant on season 8 of India's Got Talent as part of the Live 100 Experience. They finished 2nd overall.