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'''Vishwa Mohan Bhatt''',<ref>{{Cite news|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|date=31 January 2018 |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}}</ref> professionally known as '''V. M. Bhatt''' (born 27 July 1950), is a [[Hindustani classical music]] instrumentalist who plays the [[Mohan veena]] ([[slide guitar]]).<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=7 January 2009 |title='String' 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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

Bhatt lives in [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]], with his wife and two sons.<ref>{{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}}</ref> His elder son Salil Bhatt is a [[Mohan veena]] player (and also a player of the ''Satvik veena''). His younger son Saurabh Bhatt is a Music Composer who has composed music for films, music albums and TV serials. Bhatt's parents, Manmohan Bhatt and Chandrakala Bhatt were teaching and performing musicians, who imparted knowledge of music to V.M Bhatt.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/the-indomitable-spirit-and-quiet-dedication-of-sitarist-manju-mehta/article26470848.ece| 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}} </ref>

Bhatt is best known for his [[Grammy award]] winning album ''[[A Meeting by the River]]'' 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]], allowed his playing to reach a larger audience. In 2016, he performed a duet that has been released online with [[Kapil Srivastava]], another leading Indian guitarist and the founder of Guitarmonk<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>  

 

The folk musician [[Harry Manx]], who studied with Salil Bhatt for five years, plays a Mohan veena. [[Counting Crows]]' 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.