{{short description|French actor and singer (born 1963)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Pascal of Bollywood | image = PASCAL OF BOLLYWOOD.jpg | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = Pascal of Bollywood at Tharangambadi- Tamil Nadu, India | birth_name = Pascal Heni | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1963|4|25}} | birth_place = Batignolles, Paris, France | origin = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = Bollywood music | occupation = | instrument = | years_active = 1990–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }} '''Pascal of Bollywood''' (born '''Pascal Heni'''; 1963) is a French actor and singer who gained fame in India as the first Westerner to reinterpret the songs of Indian cinema in Hindi, Tamil and Bengali.<ref>{{cite news|title=Asian Culture Is Celebrated|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aAOhct75dVe8&refer=culture|accessdate=19 September 2012|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=9 August 2006|author=Iain Millar}}</ref> He is best known for his Hindi and French cover of Edith Piaf's "La Vie en rose".
==Biography==
Pascal Heni was born in Paris in 1963 into a family of pied-noirs.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pascal of Bollywood|url=http://www.rfimusique.com/musiquefr/articles/060/article_15244.asp|accessdate=19 September 2012|newspaper=RFI|date=11 November 2004|language=French|archive-date=11 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411042343/http://www.rfimusique.com/musiquefr/articles/060/article_15244.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> His artistic career began at the age of 15 years with courses in drama and theater. While traveling in Malaysia in 1987 he heard the Hindi song "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana" from the film ''Andaz'' and became fascinated with Bollywood music. Upon his return to France he began studying Indian languages and emulating the style of Kishore Kumar, his favorite singer.<ref>{{cite news|last=Torcato|first=Ronita|title=A Frenchman in Bollywood|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/A-Frenchman-in-Bollywood/articleshow/1117932.cms|accessdate=19 September 2012|newspaper=Times of India|date=22 May 2005}}</ref>
==Personal life== Heni has been in a relationship with French botanist Patrick Blanc since 1985.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hohenadel|first=Kristin|title=All His Rooms Are Living Rooms|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/garden/03blanc.html?_r=1|newspaper=New York Times|date=3 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Quinn|first=Karl|title=Blanc Canvas|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/garden/03blanc.html?_r=1|newspaper=The Age|date=18 July 2008}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Albums=== *1990 ''N'êtes pas très bavard ce soir'' *1993 ''La vie c'est mouvant'' *1997 ''Casino des Trépassés'' *1998 ''Paradiso, canto XXXIII'' *2000 ''Hôtel de Bondeville'' *2002 ''Concerts Evolutifs'' *2003 ''Zindagi ek safar hai suhana'' *2004 ''Pascal of Bollywood'' *2005 ''Les Amours Jaunes'' *2007 ''Folies Musicales'' *2009 ''Retour au nom de jeune homme'' *2010 ''Pascal of Massilia'' *2011 ''Purgatorio, canto XVII'' *2011 ''An Evening in Paris Remix''
===Compilation albums=== *2004 ''Indomania'' by Béatrice Ardisson (France) *2005 ''The Best Of'' by Claude Challe (France) *2005 ''High Society, Amor'' (Italy) *2006 ''City Hippy'' by Pathaan (England) *2007'' Francophonic GM record'' (Poland) *2007 ''Musique fantastique'' by DJ Guuzbourg (Netherlands) *2007 ''Pieprz i Wanilia'' by Stanisław Trzciński (Poland) *2008 ''Various Kampengrooves 2'' (Germany) *2008 ''Cafe Latino Vol. 6'' a Special Night Lounge *2009 ''Love from Jaipur'' by Béatrice Ardisson (France) *2011 ''Original Chill Lounge Session'' *2013 ''Montecarlo Nights New Classics Vol.6'' (Italy)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180816221743/http://www.pascalofbollywood.com/ Official website] * [http://www.myspace.com/pascalheniofficial Myspace Pascal Héni official]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pascal of Bollywood}} Category:1963 births Category:French male singers Category:Hindi-language singers Category:Bengali-language singers Category:Tamil-language singers Category:Living people Category:French expatriates in India Category:French expatriate actors Category:Actors in Hindi cinema Category:Musicians from Val-de-Marne