 Yesudas's first Hindi song was for the movie "Anand Mahal"(1972) but first released song was in the film "Choti Si Baath", both with music scored by Salil Chowdhury, a long-standing collaborator.His most popular Hindi songs are from the 1976 movie "Chitchor" with music given by Ravindra Jain.The greatest tribute paid to him is cited during an interview with Ravindra Jain, wherein the blind music director confessed that if he ever happened to regain vision, the first person he would like to see was Yesudas.