If you haven't ever been one to sit through a Hindustani classical concert, but have always wanted to, then a gig this weekend is for you. Aimed at introducing uninitiated listeners to ragas of Hindustani classical music via the medium of old-school Bollywood songs based on them, the evening will feature city musicians Gaurav Bangia and Amruta Natu singing hits of playback singer Talat Mahmood.

Ahead of the performance, 40-year-old Bangia, who started singing when he was 10, says that he gives his father credit for introducing him to these tracks. "He used to listen to a lot of Mukesh and Mohammed Rafi, besides Mahmood's songs. He thought I could sing and would send me for auditions for stage shows," says Bangia, who started learning Hindustani classical in his teens, and continued doing so after moving to Mumbai in 2000.