I whanau a Yagnik i Kolkata i te 20 o Poutu-te-rangi 1966 ki tetahi whanau Gujarati. Ko Dharmendra Shankar te ingoa o tona papa. Ko tana whaea ko Shubha he kaiwaiata o te puoro tawhito o Inia. I te tau 1972 i te ono o ona tau, ka tiimata tana waiata mo Akashvani (All India Radio), Calcutta. I te 10 o ona tau, i mauria mai ia e tana whaea ki Mumbai hei kaiwaiata tamariki. I tohutohuhia ia kia tatari kia pakari ra ano tona reo, engari i mau tonu tana whaea. I tetahi haerenga i muri mai, i whiwhi a Yagnik i tetahi reta whakauru ki a Raj Kapoor mai i tana kaihokohoko o Kolkata. I rongo a Kapoor i te kotiro ka tukuna atu ki a ia me tetahi reta ki te kaiwhakahaere puoro rongonui a Laxmikant. I miharo, i tukuna e Laxmikant ki a ia nga whiringa e rua <unk> Yagnik he tiimata wawe hei kaito dubbing, i muri mai hei kaiwaiata; ko Shubha i whiriwhiri mo tana tamahine. I roto i te uiui a ia i te ra o te ra
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