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Srinivas Joshi, a classical singer and son of Bhimsen Joshi, said Vajpayee shared a special relationship with his father. “Everyone knows Atalji as a Prime Minister, a politician and poet but my recollection of him is quite different. My father, Pt Bhimsen Joshi, and Atalji had extremely good relations and hence I was able to witness their meetings, chats from close quarters. In my mind, his image is that of a silent, simple man who loved artists and art.''
''Several times in his speeches, he had said that Bhimsenji is my favourite singer and they had met many times. I think my father and he got along well since Atalji was a poet. I recall several of these meetings. One of them was at a programme of Geet Ramayan by music composer Sudhir Phadke and another was during an event organised during the release of the movie Veer Sawarkar. Whenever Atalji used to come to Pune, he would meet my father,” he said.
“On the 75th birthday celebrations of my father, Atalji had attended the felicitation programme held at Ramanbaug School and spoke very fondly of Bhimsenji. When he was the Prime Minister and my father invited him for the inauguration of Sawai Gandharva Smarak, Atalji told him that he was not sure if he would still be the prime minister as the government was going through some crisis. My father told him that no matter what, Atalji should inaugurate the memorial and he (Vajpayee) only laughed in reply. Later he came for the event and stayed for a long time even after the function,” he said.
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