This patient calmly played the piano as doctors carefully removed a tumour from his brain at a hospital in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

Recorded on October 25, the footage shows Harimangal Bharti playing the piano and cymbals during his operation.

Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) performed the surgery whilst Bharti was awake to lessen the risk of leaving him debilitated.

Bharti had complained of seizures and doctors identified a tumour that needed to be operated on.

A team of Dr Sumit Raj, Dr Pradeep Chouksey, Dr Amol Mittal, Dr Ranjith, Dr Ashutosh Kaushal, and Dr Anupama successfully performed the surgery.

Bharti is seen speaking to a reporter after his operation.

"It went really well. I was in my senses while the operation was taking place," he said.

"I was playing a piano and reading a newspaper."

He then explained what he was singing: "Yes I sang the Hanuman Chalisa (a Hindu devotional hymn in praise of Hindu Lord Hanuman)."

A man played the piano and also recited the Hanuman Chalisa, (chants for Lord Hanuman) all while a brain tumour was being removed, in central India's Madhya Pradesh.

This incident happened at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bhopal city on October 25.

Visuals showed the patient, identified as Harimangal Bharti lying down on the bed and playing the piano while the tumour was being slowly removed from his head. He seemed pretty calm as doctors performed the operation. According to a report, he also played the cymbals as well. The surgery that the doctors performed on the man is also called awake craniotomy to lessen the risk of leaving him debilitated for life. Bharti, hailing from Buxar in northern India's Bihar, had complained of seizures and doctors identified that there was a tumour that needed to be operated upon. As the awake surgery was being performed, doctors were able to monitor his motor functions.

An Intradepartmental meeting was held by Prof Amit Agrawal, Dr Adesh Shrivastava, Dr Sumit Raj and Dr. Pradeep Chouksey and it was decided that an awake craniotomy would be conducted to minimize the risk of weakness of extremities. Dr Sumit Raj conducted this surgery with the help of Dr Amol Mittal and Dr Ranjith. In such an operation, the anaesthesia team composed of Dr Ashutosh Kaushal and Dr Anupama did a fabulous job.

The doctors also kept talking to him and the patient didn't show any signs of stress at all throughout this entire procedure. The tumour was successfully removed and the patient was discharged on November 2.

1) What is your name?
Ans: My name is Harimangal Bharti.

2) What happened to you?
Ans: I had a brain tumor, so I had an operation.

3) How did your operation go?
Ans: It went really well. I was in my senses while the operation was taking place.

4) Do you remember doing anything during the operation?
Ans: I was playing a piano (he said guitar because he did not know the name of the instrument) and reading a newspaper.

5) Did you sing some devotional hymn during the operation?
Ans: Yes I sang the Hanuman Chalisa (a Hindu devotional hymn in praise of Hindu Lord Hanuman).