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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Vishwa Mohan Bhatt&#039;&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;web&lt;/del&gt;|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/pune/vishwa-mohan-bhatt-performs-for-a-cause/articleshow/62724117.cms|title=Vishwa Mohan Bhatt performs for a cause - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=26 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126174313/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/pune/vishwa-mohan-bhatt-performs-for-a-cause/articleshow/62724117.cms|archive-date=26 January 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;also &lt;/del&gt;known as &#039;&#039;&#039;V. M. Bhatt&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 27 July 1950), is a [[Hindustani classical music]] instrumentalist who plays the [[Mohan veena]] ([[slide guitar]]).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |date=6 July 2006 |title=Make the Mohan Veena,but Inform Us |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/make-the-mohan-veena-but-inform-us/7933/0 |newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=11 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418004211/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/make-the-mohan-veena-but-inform-us/7933/0 |archive-date=18 April 2017 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |date=7 January 2009 |title=&#039;String&#039; Operation: Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, father of Mohan Veena |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/-string--operation-pt-vishwa-mohan-bhatt-father-of--mohan-veena/407489/0 |newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=11 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417101433/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/-string--operation-pt-vishwa-mohan-bhatt-father-of--mohan-veena/407489/0 |archive-date=17 April 2015 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/events/performers/e733aa45-983f-44f1-9543-f02d5445e84d|title=2018|website=BBC Music Events|access-date=26 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126171606/https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/events/performers/e733aa45-983f-44f1-9543-f02d5445e84d|archive-date=26 January 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Vishwa Mohan Bhatt&#039;&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;news&lt;/ins&gt;|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/pune/vishwa-mohan-bhatt-performs-for-a-cause/articleshow/62724117.cms|title=Vishwa Mohan Bhatt performs for a cause - Times of India|website=The Times of India&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|date=31 January 2018 &lt;/ins&gt;|access-date=26 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126174313/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/pune/vishwa-mohan-bhatt-performs-for-a-cause/articleshow/62724117.cms|archive-date=26 January 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;professionally &lt;/ins&gt;known as &#039;&#039;&#039;V. M. Bhatt&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 27 July 1950), is a [[Hindustani classical music]] instrumentalist who plays the [[Mohan veena]] ([[slide guitar]]).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |date=6 July 2006 |title=Make the Mohan Veena, but Inform Us |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/make-the-mohan-veena-but-inform-us/7933/0 |newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=11 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418004211/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/make-the-mohan-veena-but-inform-us/7933/0 |archive-date=18 April 2017 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |date=7 January 2009 |title=&#039;String&#039; Operation: Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, father of Mohan Veena |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/-string--operation-pt-vishwa-mohan-bhatt-father-of--mohan-veena/407489/0 |newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=11 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417101433/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/-string--operation-pt-vishwa-mohan-bhatt-father-of--mohan-veena/407489/0 |archive-date=17 April 2015 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/events/performers/e733aa45-983f-44f1-9543-f02d5445e84d|title=2018|website=BBC Music Events|access-date=26 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126171606/https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/events/performers/e733aa45-983f-44f1-9543-f02d5445e84d|archive-date=26 January 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Personal life==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Personal life==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bhatt lives in [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]], with his wife and two sons.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Paachak |first=Piyush |date=13 November 2005 |title=My mother still teaches me music |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051113/society.htm |location=Chandigarh, India |newspaper=The Tribune |access-date=1 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717013235/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051113/society.htm |archive-date=17 July 2009 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His elder son Salil Bhatt is a [[Mohan veena]] player (and also a player of the &#039;&#039;Satvik veena&#039;&#039;). Bhatt&#039;s parents, Manmohan Bhatt and Chandrakala Bhatt were teaching and performing musicians, who imparted knowledge of music to V.M Bhatt.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Ramanath |first=Renu |date=18 October 2005 |title=Reinventing tradition |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/10/18/stories/2005101800520200.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150411130526/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/10/18/stories/2005101800520200.htm |url-status=dead |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=11 April 2015 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His nephew, [[Krishna Bhatt]], plays the sitar and tabla. He is the younger brother of [[Manju Mehta]] who is co-founder of [[Saptak School of Music]] at [[Ahmedabad]] and a trained disciple of [[Pandit Ravi Shankar]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/the-indomitable-spirit-and-quiet-dedication-of-sitarist-manju-mehta/article26470848.ece&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bhatt lives in [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]], with his wife and two sons.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Paachak |first=Piyush |date=13 November 2005 |title=My mother still teaches me music |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051113/society.htm |location=Chandigarh, India |newspaper=The Tribune |access-date=1 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717013235/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051113/society.htm |archive-date=17 July 2009 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His elder son Salil Bhatt is a [[Mohan veena]] player (and also a player of the &#039;&#039;Satvik veena&#039;&#039;)&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. His younger son Saurabh Bhatt is a Music Composer who has composed music for films, music albums and TV serials&lt;/ins&gt;. Bhatt&#039;s parents, Manmohan Bhatt and Chandrakala Bhatt were teaching and performing musicians, who imparted knowledge of music to V.M Bhatt.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Ramanath |first=Renu |date=18 October 2005 |title=Reinventing tradition |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/10/18/stories/2005101800520200.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150411130526/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/10/18/stories/2005101800520200.htm |url-status=dead |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=11 April 2015 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His nephew, [[Krishna Bhatt]], plays the sitar and tabla. He is the younger brother of [[Manju Mehta]] who is co-founder of [[Saptak School of Music]] at [[Ahmedabad]] and a trained disciple of [[Pandit Ravi Shankar]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{cite news| url = &lt;/ins&gt;https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/the-indomitable-spirit-and-quiet-dedication-of-sitarist-manju-mehta/article26470848.ece&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;| title = The septuagenarian sitar exponent Manju Mehta has made an indelible impression on audiences and critics alike - The Hindu| newspaper = The Hindu| date = 8 March 2019| last1 = Banerjee| first1 = Meena}} &lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:VishwaMohanBhatt20090918.jpg|thumb|250px|V.M.Bhatt performing in Warsaw, September 2009]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:VishwaMohanBhatt20090918.jpg|thumb|250px|V.M.Bhatt performing in Warsaw, September 2009]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Career==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Career==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bhatt is best known for his Grammy award winning album &#039;&#039;[[A Meeting by the River]]&#039;&#039; with [[Ry Cooder]] released on [[Water Lily Acoustics]] label. He is also known for other fusion and pan-cultural collaborations with Western artists such as [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]], [[Béla Fleck]] and [[Jerry Douglas (musician)|Jerry Douglas]]. Exposure such as an appearance on the 2004 [[Crossroads Guitar Festival]], organized by [[Eric Clapton]], &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;allows &lt;/del&gt;his playing to reach a larger audience. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Guitar &lt;/del&gt;duet &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;release &lt;/del&gt;with &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Guitarist &lt;/del&gt;[[Kapil Srivastava]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(guitarmonk &lt;/del&gt;founder&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;)&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=BroadwayWorld|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/GMTuneTime-Brings-Indias-Top-Guitarists-Pt-Vishwa-Mohan-Bhatt-Kapil-Srivastava-Together-20160306|access-date=11 May 2016|newspaper=BroadwayWorld|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604022516/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/GMTuneTime-Brings-Indias-Top-Guitarists-Pt-Vishwa-Mohan-Bhatt-Kapil-Srivastava-Together-20160306|archive-date=4 June 2016|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;in the year 2016 for the composition &quot;Merry Love Rain.&quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=DailyNewsOnline|url=http://ourdailynewsonline.com/2016/05/entertainment/duet-music-video-release-indias-top-guitarists-pt-vishwa-mohan-bhatt-kapil-srivastava-watch/|access-date=11 May 2016|newspaper=DailyNewsOnline|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504132032/http://ourdailynewsonline.com/2016/05/entertainment/duet-music-video-release-indias-top-guitarists-pt-vishwa-mohan-bhatt-kapil-srivastava-watch/|archive-date=4 May 2016|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Folk &lt;/del&gt;musician [[Harry Manx]], who studied with Salil Bhatt for five years, plays a Mohan veena. [[Counting Crows]]&#039; bassist [[Matt Malley]] also plays a Mohan veena and is a student and friend of Bhatt. Australian musician [[Lawrie Minson]] also learned Mohan veena from Salil. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;In October 2018, 19 year old Sukhnidh Kaur accused Vishwa Mohan Bhatt of &quot;harassing&quot; her when he performed at her school. Kaur was 14 year old at that time and was part of the school choir. Bhatt&#039;s son, Salil, has denied these allegations.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/anil-kapoor-comes-in-support-of-metoo-movement-calls-it-fantastic/1345951/|title=Anil Kapoor comes in support of #MeToo movement, calls it fantastic|date=2018-10-11|website=The Financial Express|access-date=2019-02-23}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/singer-kailash-kher-grammy-winner-vishwa-mohan-bhatt-face-accusation-metoo-movement-5396552/|title=Singer Kailash Kher, Grammy winner Vishwa Mohan Bhatt face accusation|date=2018-10-11|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-04-05}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bhatt is best known for his &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Grammy award&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;winning album &#039;&#039;[[A Meeting by the River]]&#039;&#039; with [[Ry Cooder]] released on [[Water Lily Acoustics]] label. He is also known for other fusion and pan-cultural collaborations with Western artists such as [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]], [[Béla Fleck]] and [[Jerry Douglas (musician)|Jerry Douglas]]. Exposure such as an appearance on the 2004 [[Crossroads Guitar Festival]], organized by [[Eric Clapton]], &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;allowed &lt;/ins&gt;his playing to reach a larger audience. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;In 2016, he performed a &lt;/ins&gt;duet &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;that has been released online &lt;/ins&gt;with [[Kapil Srivastava]]&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, another leading Indian guitarist and the &lt;/ins&gt;founder &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;of Guitarmonk&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=BroadwayWorld|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/GMTuneTime-Brings-Indias-Top-Guitarists-Pt-Vishwa-Mohan-Bhatt-Kapil-Srivastava-Together-20160306|access-date=11 May 2016|newspaper=BroadwayWorld|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604022516/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/GMTuneTime-Brings-Indias-Top-Guitarists-Pt-Vishwa-Mohan-Bhatt-Kapil-Srivastava-Together-20160306|archive-date=4 June 2016|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=DailyNewsOnline|url=http://ourdailynewsonline.com/2016/05/entertainment/duet-music-video-release-indias-top-guitarists-pt-vishwa-mohan-bhatt-kapil-srivastava-watch/|access-date=11 May 2016|newspaper=DailyNewsOnline|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504132032/http://ourdailynewsonline.com/2016/05/entertainment/duet-music-video-release-indias-top-guitarists-pt-vishwa-mohan-bhatt-kapil-srivastava-watch/|archive-date=4 May 2016|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The folk &lt;/ins&gt;musician [[Harry Manx]], who studied with Salil Bhatt for five years, plays a Mohan veena. [[Counting Crows]]&#039; bassist [[Matt Malley]] also plays a Mohan veena and is a student and friend of Bhatt. Australian musician [[Lawrie Minson]] also learned Mohan veena from Salil.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Select discography==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Select discography==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==External links==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==External links==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Short description|Indian mohan veena player}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox musical artist&lt;br /&gt;
| name                = Vishwa Mohan Bhatt&lt;br /&gt;
| image               = Vishwa Mohan Bhatt 03.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
| caption             = Bhatt at Rajarani Music Festival, [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Odisha]]&lt;br /&gt;
| image_size          = &lt;br /&gt;
| background          = non_vocal_instrumentalist&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_name          = &lt;br /&gt;
| alias               = V. M. Bhatt&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1950|7|27}}&lt;br /&gt;
| origin              = [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| death_date                = &lt;br /&gt;
| instrument          = [[Mohan Veena]]&lt;br /&gt;
| genre               = [[Indian classical music]]&lt;br /&gt;
| occupation          = [[Mohan Veena]]/[[slide guitar]] player&lt;br /&gt;
| years_active        = 1965&amp;amp;ndash;present&lt;br /&gt;
| label               = &lt;br /&gt;
| associated_acts     = &lt;br /&gt;
| website             = {{URL|http://www.vishwamohanbhatt.in/}}&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Vishwa Mohan Bhatt&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/pune/vishwa-mohan-bhatt-performs-for-a-cause/articleshow/62724117.cms|title=Vishwa Mohan Bhatt performs for a cause - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=26 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126174313/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/pune/vishwa-mohan-bhatt-performs-for-a-cause/articleshow/62724117.cms|archive-date=26 January 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; also known as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;V. M. Bhatt&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 27 July 1950), is a [[Hindustani classical music]] instrumentalist who plays the [[Mohan veena]] ([[slide guitar]]).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |date=6 July 2006 |title=Make the Mohan Veena,but Inform Us |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/make-the-mohan-veena-but-inform-us/7933/0 |newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=11 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418004211/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/make-the-mohan-veena-but-inform-us/7933/0 |archive-date=18 April 2017 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |date=7 January 2009 |title=&amp;#039;String&amp;#039; Operation: Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, father of Mohan Veena |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/-string--operation-pt-vishwa-mohan-bhatt-father-of--mohan-veena/407489/0 |newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=11 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417101433/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/-string--operation-pt-vishwa-mohan-bhatt-father-of--mohan-veena/407489/0 |archive-date=17 April 2015 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/events/performers/e733aa45-983f-44f1-9543-f02d5445e84d|title=2018|website=BBC Music Events|access-date=26 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126171606/https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/events/performers/e733aa45-983f-44f1-9543-f02d5445e84d|archive-date=26 January 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Personal life==&lt;br /&gt;
Bhatt lives in [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]], with his wife and two sons.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Paachak |first=Piyush |date=13 November 2005 |title=My mother still teaches me music |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051113/society.htm |location=Chandigarh, India |newspaper=The Tribune |access-date=1 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717013235/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051113/society.htm |archive-date=17 July 2009 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His elder son Salil Bhatt is a [[Mohan veena]] player (and also a player of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Satvik veena&amp;#039;&amp;#039;). Bhatt&amp;#039;s parents, Manmohan Bhatt and Chandrakala Bhatt were teaching and performing musicians, who imparted knowledge of music to V.M Bhatt.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last=Ramanath |first=Renu |date=18 October 2005 |title=Reinventing tradition |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/10/18/stories/2005101800520200.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150411130526/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/10/18/stories/2005101800520200.htm |url-status=dead |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=11 April 2015 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His nephew, [[Krishna Bhatt]], plays the sitar and tabla. He is the younger brother of [[Manju Mehta]] who is co-founder of [[Saptak School of Music]] at [[Ahmedabad]] and a trained disciple of [[Pandit Ravi Shankar]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/the-indomitable-spirit-and-quiet-dedication-of-sitarist-manju-mehta/article26470848.ece&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:VishwaMohanBhatt20090918.jpg|thumb|250px|V.M.Bhatt performing in Warsaw, September 2009]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Career==&lt;br /&gt;
Bhatt is best known for his Grammy award winning album &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[A Meeting by the River]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; with [[Ry Cooder]] released on [[Water Lily Acoustics]] label. He is also known for other fusion and pan-cultural collaborations with Western artists such as [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]], [[Béla Fleck]] and [[Jerry Douglas (musician)|Jerry Douglas]]. Exposure such as an appearance on the 2004 [[Crossroads Guitar Festival]], organized by [[Eric Clapton]], allows his playing to reach a larger audience. Guitar duet release with Guitarist [[Kapil Srivastava]] (guitarmonk founder)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=BroadwayWorld|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/GMTuneTime-Brings-Indias-Top-Guitarists-Pt-Vishwa-Mohan-Bhatt-Kapil-Srivastava-Together-20160306|access-date=11 May 2016|newspaper=BroadwayWorld|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604022516/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/GMTuneTime-Brings-Indias-Top-Guitarists-Pt-Vishwa-Mohan-Bhatt-Kapil-Srivastava-Together-20160306|archive-date=4 June 2016|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in the year 2016 for the composition &amp;quot;Merry Love Rain.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=DailyNewsOnline|url=http://ourdailynewsonline.com/2016/05/entertainment/duet-music-video-release-indias-top-guitarists-pt-vishwa-mohan-bhatt-kapil-srivastava-watch/|access-date=11 May 2016|newspaper=DailyNewsOnline|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504132032/http://ourdailynewsonline.com/2016/05/entertainment/duet-music-video-release-indias-top-guitarists-pt-vishwa-mohan-bhatt-kapil-srivastava-watch/|archive-date=4 May 2016|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Folk musician [[Harry Manx]], who studied with Salil Bhatt for five years, plays a Mohan veena. [[Counting Crows]]&amp;#039; bassist [[Matt Malley]] also plays a Mohan veena and is a student and friend of Bhatt. Australian musician [[Lawrie Minson]] also learned Mohan veena from Salil. In October 2018, 19 year old Sukhnidh Kaur accused Vishwa Mohan Bhatt of &amp;quot;harassing&amp;quot; her when he performed at her school. Kaur was 14 year old at that time and was part of the school choir. Bhatt&amp;#039;s son, Salil, has denied these allegations.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/anil-kapoor-comes-in-support-of-metoo-movement-calls-it-fantastic/1345951/|title=Anil Kapoor comes in support of #MeToo movement, calls it fantastic|date=2018-10-11|website=The Financial Express|access-date=2019-02-23}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/singer-kailash-kher-grammy-winner-vishwa-mohan-bhatt-face-accusation-metoo-movement-5396552/|title=Singer Kailash Kher, Grammy winner Vishwa Mohan Bhatt face accusation|date=2018-10-11|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-04-05}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Select discography==&lt;br /&gt;
*1992 - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Guitar A La Hindustan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Magnasound (India)&lt;br /&gt;
*1992 - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Saradamani&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, [[Water Lily Acoustics]]&lt;br /&gt;
*1993 - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Gathering Rain Clouds&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, [[Water Lily Acoustics]]&lt;br /&gt;
*1993 - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[A Meeting by the River]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (with [[Ry Cooder]]), [[Water Lily Acoustics]]&lt;br /&gt;
*1995 - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bourbon &amp;amp; Rosewater&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (with [[Jerry Douglas]] &amp;amp; [[Edgar Meyer]]), [[Water Lily Acoustics]]&lt;br /&gt;
*1995 - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Mumtaz Mahal (Taj Mahal album)|Mumtaz Mahal]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (with [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]] &amp;amp; [[N. Ravikiran]]), [[Water Lily Acoustics]]&lt;br /&gt;
*1996 - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Saltanah&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (with [[Simon Shaheen]]), [[Water Lily Acoustics]]&lt;br /&gt;
*1996 - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Tabula Rasā (album)|Tabula Rasā]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (with [[Béla Fleck]] &amp;amp; [[Jie-Bing Chen]]), [[Water Lily Acoustics]]&lt;br /&gt;
*1996 - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sounds of Strings&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Music today, India&lt;br /&gt;
*1997 - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Iruvar]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, [[A. R. Rahman]])&lt;br /&gt;
*2002 - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Indian Delta&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (with [[Sandeep Das]]), Sense World Music, U.K.&lt;br /&gt;
*2008 - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mohan&amp;#039;s Veena&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Times Music, India&lt;br /&gt;
*2010 - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Desert Slide&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Times Music, India&lt;br /&gt;
*2010 - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mohan&amp;#039;s Veena II&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Times Music, India&lt;br /&gt;
*2011 - &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Groove Caravan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Deeksha Records, Canada&lt;br /&gt;
*2012- &amp;quot;Morning Mist&amp;quot;, Bihaan Music, Kolkatta, India&lt;br /&gt;
*2014 - OMKARA - The Sound of Divine Love (with [[Rupam Sarmah]])&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://www.OmkaraDivineLove.com |title=Omkara: The Sound of Divine Love |website=Omkara - The Sound of Divine Love |publisher=Rupam Sarmah |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302210500/http://www.omkaradivinelove.com/ |archive-date=2 March 2019 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*2015-&amp;quot;Vishwa Ranjini&amp;quot;-Bihaan Music, Kolkatta, India&lt;br /&gt;
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==Awards==&lt;br /&gt;
* 1993 [[Grammy Award]] (Best World Music Album) – &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[A Meeting by the River]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;(With [[Ry Cooder]])&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&amp;amp;title=&amp;amp;year=1993&amp;amp;genre=All |title=Past Winners Search |website=Grammy.com |access-date=2013-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214201026/http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&amp;amp;title=&amp;amp;year=1993&amp;amp;genre=All |archive-date=14 December 2013 |url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]], 1998&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |title=SNA: Awardees List |website=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] |access-date=2009-08-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417012651/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archive-date=17 April 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Padma Shri]], 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf|title=Year wise list of recipients (1954-2014) |website=Ministry of Home Affairs |access-date=2015-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115022326/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2016 |url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Padma Bhushan]], 2017&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=157675|title=Padma Awards 2017 announced|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=25 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125210628/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=157675|archive-date=25 January 2017|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Further reading==&lt;br /&gt;
*Hunt, Ken (Oct. 1994) &amp;quot;A straight Bhatt ... the Grammy-winning, Cooder-collaborating inventor of the Mohan Vina&amp;quot; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Folk Roots&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Oct. 1994; pp.&amp;amp;nbsp;42–45&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Commons category|Vishwa Mohan Bhatt}}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{Official website|http://www.vishwamohanbhatt.in/}}&lt;br /&gt;
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