Throwback photographs are constantly intriguing. And when they come from the treasured collection of public figures, they are even more intriguing. On Thursday, businessman Anand Mahindra took to Twitter to share a throwback image from his college days in Ooty. Unlike the usual “class photo”, this image features Mr Mahindra playing the guitar. The 66-year-old shared the black-and-white photo and stated that he was aspect of a college band named “The Blackjacks”. The band, the image shows, featured two other students apart from Mr Mahindra.
In reality, it was one of his fellow band members, Nicholas Horsburgh, who served as inspiration for Mr Mahindra to unearth the vintage photo. A video of Mr Horsburgh, a man of British origin, singing a Malayalam song surfaced on social media, lately. Mr Mahindra shared the video on Twitter and stated it inspired him to dig for the throwback pic.
Sharing the image of his band, Mr Mahindra stated, “After seeing that video of Nick, I retrieved this pic from my school album. That’s Nick at the mike. Always the singer. The twerp to his left is yours truly. Despite being a junior they let me join their band: ‘The Blackjacks.’ Maybe Nick will remind me what song we were playing.”
After seeing that video of Nick, I retrieved this pic from my college album. That’s Nick at the mike. Always the singer. The twerp to his left is yours really. Despite getting a junior they let me join their band: ‘The Blackjacks.’ Maybe Nick will remind me what song we have been playing pic.twitter.com/eTOswGBi2J
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) July 22, 2021
Since it was the video of Nicholas Horsburgh singing that prompted Mr Mahindra to share the throwback photo, the Chairman of RPG Group also posted Mr Horsburgh’s video.
Sharing it, he wrote, “In my school in Ooty, we had two kids from a British family settled in India. Nicholas Horsburgh and his brother Michael had local nicknames: ‘Nagu & Muthu.’ I had no idea HOW native Nick had become until a video of him singing a Malayalam song recently surfaced on social media!”
In the clip, Mr Horsburgh can be seen effortlessly rendering the song Pathinaalam raavudichathu from the 1973 film Maram. It was initially sung by KJ Yesudas.The post has received more than 64,600 views in significantly less than 24 hours of uploading.
In my college in Ooty, we had two kids from a British family settled in India. Nicholas Horsburgh & his brother Michael had nearby nicknames: ‘Nagu & Muthu.’ I had no notion HOW native Nick had turn into till a video of him singing a Malayalam song lately surfaced in social media! pic.twitter.com/VGgPApdq3m
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) July 22, 2021
Social media customers had a lot to say about Mr Mahindra’s photo as properly as Mr Horsburgh’s singing.
Reacting to Mr Mahindra’s photo, one user praised the businessman’s sense of style even as a kid. “Loving your boots,” he stated, identifying it to be Chelsea boots. To this, Mr Mahindra replied, “They were called Beatle Boots at that time…”
They have been referred to as Beatle Boots at that time…My prized possession…
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) July 22, 2021
One user also commented on the “good communication flow between musicians,” referring to the businessman as “M(ozart)ahindra”.
That’s Amazing.There is superior communication flow betw^n musicians.Nick sways his body a bit to retain rhythm.M(ozart)ahindra
kept it cool with minimal movements/focused expressions.Seems has been taking music lessons,it shows in steady,confident way he plays.#boygenius “Viva Mozart”— Manoj K Jha aka Manu ???? (@manojgjha) July 22, 2021
Another viewer wanted the origin story behind the band name “The Blackjacks”.
Like the style and swag of the guy with the ????. Black Jacks, there need to be an intriguing background story to that name. I’m waiting to see a tweet abt it someday…
— Ravikumar (@Ravikum74101495) July 22, 2021
Here are some other reactions:
The swag and style unmissable!
— True_light ???????? (@Truelight1947) July 22, 2021
Looks like the Beatles sir. ????????????
— Siddhant Das (@sidvick) July 22, 2021
Meanwhile, reacting to Mr Horsburgh’s singing, one user praised his diction.
Awesome! Near excellent diction. Here is the original songhttps://t.co/a1k3mZAuE5
— Sundar (@Tksrajan) July 22, 2021
“The song would have been incomplete without the traditional “Indian style” head movement and he nailed it!” stated an additional user.
The song would have been incomplete without the need of the regular “Indian style” head movement and he nailed it!
Our True blue British Anna!! ????
— ⚓ Alpha Bravo ???????? (@MrAlphaBravo1) July 22, 2021
Tell us what you assume of Mr Mahindra’s throwback tweets.