Those who wander are never lost is a phrase often encountered while scrolling mindlessly through the endless loophole of the digital vortex. For Shubham Gaur, it is another example of human wandering. “We are all gypsies in our head,” he explains. Gaur is a casting director by profession, but on September 7, he will join his fellows on Yayavar Collective to perform their first concert that explores this sense of wandering using original compositions and covers.

Gaur grew up around music. His grandfather, Pandit Jagdish Mohan, hailed from the Kirana gharana and was a well-known Hindustani vocalist, and Gaur himself learnt music and played on stage from the ages of seven to 19. “It all went away when I dived into casting direction,” says the 37-year-old who has worked on films such as The Lunchbox, Special OPS and Four More Shots Please!