(India) No, he is not Jewish. Rabbi (pronounce Robbie) is from the Punjab, and the song is a setting of a poem Bulla Ki Jana Main Kaun by the 18th-century Sufi poet Baba Bulle Shah. The song has done remarkably well in India, boosting Shergill into star status, and the video has also helped to spread the message of Shergill's music without, as an Indian magazine mentioned "a single Bollywood Bellybutton." Instead what we get are lovely images, sweet music and a message (translated, thankfully) of the soul's mysterious identity.

(India) No, he is not Jewish. Rabbi (pronounce Robbie) is from the Punjab, and the song is a setting of a poem Bulla Ki Jana Main Kaun by the 18th-century Sufi poet Baba Bulle Shah. The song has done remarkably well in India, boosting Shergill into star status, and the video has also helped to spread the message of Shergill's music without, as an Indian magazine mentioned "a single Bollywood Bellybutton." Instead what we get are lovely images, sweet music and a message (translated, thankfully) of the soul's mysterious identity.