The Gurdas Mann film Shaheed-e-Mohabbat in fact opens with his shot and he is the narrator in the film. Though he had sung many songs, like the Jhoole Jhoole Lal in Akshay Kumar-starrer Jaikishen, this Ludhianvi thought that it was high time he "repaid the debt to the soil." Bakshi was brought to the city on a promo drive by Venus, the music company, today and had an interaction with the city presspersons. He sang for them his favourite song with all the passion ("I go mad when I sing Bol Mitti de Baweya"). But what is his background in music? "I do not belong to any gharanas nor did I have any formal training. I don't even know about the raagas. But I just love to hear good music which percolates down to my being. I owe it to my mother who sings very well."

But in this world of pop, how can he manage to stay afloat? "This album may not make it to the top but it has not flopped. Which means there is still place for good music. And I hope this album will inspire many more to come forth with the real music of Punjab." Bakshi is one for good lyrics. "Even if it is pop, there should be some meaning in it." Basically hailing from the theatre world, as he was associated with the Mumbai-based Indian People's Theatre Association, Bakshi still devotes time for it. "I am a single-track person and can't do many things at the same time. So right now my main concentration is on this cassette".