The make-believe world of Bollywood where he worked once sustained him, but now is a distant memory for backstage artist Vinod Mangeshkar. In Pune, struggling to make ends meet and to repay his medical loans, the senior citizen can only recall the times. But thanks to a student and his teacher who help him, he can now aim to repay his medical loan of Rs 7 lakh.

US-based Rahul Khismatrao, 20, who did his degree in bio-medical engineering in Pune, and Bharat Janaj, 60, who teaches math, got together to help Mangeshkar, a resident of Swargate, sell his paintings to raise money.