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Emmanuel Kelly has always been told that he was abandoned as a baby in his birth country of Iraq and left on a battlefield, before being taken in by an orphanage in Baghdad. It was the late 90s and surrounded by the chaos of explosions and gunfire outside, he grew close to another little orphaned boy called Ahmed. Both boys were physically differently-abled. One day, a humanitarian worker named Moira Kelly came into their lives and eventually was able to adopt the two boys, moving them from Iraq to Australia. There, Emmanuel learned to walk and fell deeply in love with music, especially the British rock band Coldplay. At 17, his rendition of Imagine on Australia’s X-Factor TV programme went viral. He moved to LA, performed with Bruno Mars and Snoop Dogg, but struggled with the wild lifestyle, and ended up homeless for a while. An epiphany helped get his life back on track and soon he was living out his childhood dream of performing with his favourite band, Coldplay. A documentary film about Emmanuel’s life called Dream Fever is in production. Nadeem Shehzad and Mohammed Saud are the Indian bodybuilding brothers who rescue injured birds, eventually turning their home in Delhi into a makeshift hospital. They've now cared for over 36,000 injured birds and animals. (The voice overs are by Gaurav Sajjanhar and Samar Abbas Kazmi. The clips of Cliffhanger are from Studio Canal.) This interview was first broadcast in March 2023. Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producer: Andrea Rangecroft Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com or WhatsApp 44 330 678 2707 (Photo: Close-up of Emmanuel Kelly's smiling face and defined jawline! Credit: Duncan Sibley of PBJM Studios)