Irrespective of whether you're familiar with Western classical music, chances are that you've hummed along to Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No 40 at some point. Cue: Sunil Dutt and Asha Parekh's melody of love and longing, Itna na mujhse tu pyaar badha, in Chhaya (1961). Composed by Salil Chowdhury and sung by Talat Mahmood and Lata Mangeshkar, it was inspired by Mozart's 'great G minor symphony' and went on to become a romantic anthem for generations.

Over two centuries since Mozart's creation, and nearly 60 years since Chhaya, a 22-year-old from Kolkata has given it a new twist by singing part of it using Hindustani classical sargam on World Music Day. In a two-minute video that has since gone viral, Samadipta Mukherjee's effortless sargam wowed netizens, earning her the blessings of Mangeshkar, who also shared the clip on social media. "It felt like a dream when Lata ji praised my efforts. It's every singer's wish," says Mukherjee, who's currently pursuing a Masters degree in Hindustani classical music as well as English Literature. "Like all other musicians, I had been thinking of what I could do for World Music Day. While rehearsing, I thought, 'I can put out a song, but it has to truly resonate with my Indian classical upbringing and world music.' Itna na mujhse tu pyaar badha is a song we've all heard, and I knew Chowdhury had been inspired by Mozart's symphony. So, I felt that everyone would connect to it," the singer tells us. She then worked on the notations for a day and recorded the sargam with the original symphony playing alongside. And the rest, as they say, is history.