Satbir Aulakh works as a doctor by day, but his passion for making music — and his videos made in his Darwin backyard — have earned him millions of YouTube views.
However, it was a long and unlikely journey from Punjab in India to Darwin in Australia's north where he found himself leading two lives."I've been singing since I was three. My mum says I wanted to be a musician or singer," he explained.Nonetheless, Dr Aulakh's first passion came second to his family's expectations.
"There was always a pressure that you can become a doctor, engineer, lawyer and, then, you can be whatever you want," he said. "But they don't tell you it takes you 30 years to be one of those and by then, you're not left with much time."With a local crew in Darwin, Aulakh had his first song written and recorded."We shot it in Darwin in my backyard, actually, in my shed."Two years after his first song, there were eyes looking at him: That of T-Series, the owner of the world's most popular YouTube channel, who then featured a song of his.
Director of photography Simon Manzie thought Aulakh's initial pitch to film and bring to life love ballads and party tracks was a prank. "I had this phone call from this guy, and I literally didn't think it was true. We get phone calls all the time," Manzie said."I hung up a couple of times, until he said, 'No, no, no,. You've got to believe me. I make music video clips,'" he said."I ended up having a look at what he'd done online and realised he was the real deal," Manzie said.
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