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.

[3] In 2001, he went to India where he sang the popular Indian standard repertoire of the 1950s through the 1970s and embarked on an India-wide concert tour.

[citation needed] The "Frenchman", as The Times of India nicknamed him, returned to Europe on tour to introduce Bollywood music to the West.

[citation needed] In 2009, Pascal Heni released a French-language album entitled Retour au nom de jeune homme.