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October 27, 2026 — "Sammy talks to Kalki Koechlin about Her Song" · The Bridge by Sammy Chand

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  Speaker 1: South Asian music and culture can be found.
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  Speaker 2: Around the world.
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  Speaker 3: We track down the best and present it here for
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  Speaker 3: you on Ruckus Avenue Radio.
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  Speaker 4: Yo guys, it's your boy Insami and you're listening to
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  Speaker 4: Ruckus Avenue Radio.
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  Speaker 5: Hey guys, this is me Amal Malik and you're listening
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  Speaker 5: to The Bridge with Sammy Charles on Ruckus Avenue Radio.
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  Speaker 1: This is Purra and you're listening to The Bridge with
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  Speaker 1: Sammy Chand on Ruckus Avenue Radio.
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  Speaker 4: Sup!
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  Speaker 6: Thank you very much for finding the signal wherever you
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  Speaker 6: may be around the world. My name is Sammy Chand
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  Speaker 6: and you have found an October 27th edition of The Bridge.
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  Speaker 7: Really excited about today's show. You picked a great hour
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  Speaker 7: to join us.
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  Speaker 6: We'll be joined today by Indian cinema star Kalki Kekla.
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  Speaker 6: And Kalki is in a brand new film called Her Story.
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  Speaker 6: It's an American film. And Kalki is joining us today
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  Speaker 6: to tell us about it. She plays a New York
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  Speaker 6: novelist who goes back to her grandmother's village in France.
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  Speaker 6: And for the role, the director asked her to speak French.
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  Speaker 6: The language she grew up with, but in this particular case,
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  Speaker 6: to put on an American accent. And I think that's
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  Speaker 6: pretty funny, given the fact that her parents are French,
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  Speaker 6: and even though she was born in Pondicherry, to kind
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  Speaker 6: of reverse that role of, you know, having an American
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  Speaker 6: accent in her French.
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  Speaker 7: It's pretty interesting. We'll talk to Kalki about that today.
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  Speaker 6: Kalki Kekle, coming up today. Got a big program as
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  Speaker 6: we do every Tuesday here on the show. We'll be
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  Speaker 6: joined by Nish Riaz. And Nish will be previewing his
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  Speaker 6: show coming up today at 8 p.m.
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  Speaker 7: Eastern Standard Time.
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  Speaker 6: It's called The Garage Mahal.
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  Speaker 7: Pull up. Check it out. A lot going on, of course,
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  Speaker 7: across the signal.
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  Speaker 6: Tomorrow we'll be joined by Malvika. Thursday we'll be joined
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  Speaker 6: by Arshdeep Maan on the show. It's a big week
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  Speaker 6: on the bridge. But today, Kalki Kekla is in the house.
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  Speaker 6: Stand by for Kalki in a bit. Got a bunch
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  Speaker 6: of music to deliver to you. And we're going to
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  Speaker 6: begin with this song called Kante. One of our favorites
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  Speaker 6: here on the show. It's by an artist named Jasmanek.
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  Speaker 7: Welcome to the bridge.
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  Speaker 8: Welcome to the bridge.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, oh, oh.
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  Speaker 9: I made a mistake and saw.
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  Speaker 10: That I was trapped in it. I made a mistake and.
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  Speaker 9: Saw that I was trapped in it. Now I have
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  Speaker 9: left the job and I am wearing a mule.
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  Speaker 11: I made a mistake and saw that I was trapped
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  Speaker 11: in it.
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  Speaker 9: Now I have.
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  Speaker 12: Left the job and I am wearing a mule. Hey,
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  Speaker 12: my love, my life depends on you, my love.
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  Speaker 9: Don't leave me, my love. Don't leave me, my love.
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  Speaker 9: Don't leave me, my love.
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  Speaker 6: I'm going to be joined today by Kalki.
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  Speaker 7: Very excited about that.
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  Speaker 6: And, you know, you get the feeling that Indian cinema
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  Speaker 6: has spent 30 years telling stories about Indians going abroad.
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  Speaker 6: But the film that she's in today flips that scenario.
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  Speaker 6: It's an Indian.
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  Speaker 7: Star goes west to play a westerner going home. It's
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  Speaker 7: pretty interesting.
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  Speaker 13: I'm a traveler, I'm a prisoner in a cage. I'm
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  Speaker 13: a master of hearts, I don't have money.
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  Speaker 9: In my pockets.
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  Speaker 13: I'll share whatever is mine, whatever you tell me.
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  Speaker 9: I'm the bride of God, your heart.
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  Speaker 14: Is like a bird.
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  Speaker 9: Thank you for watching.
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  Speaker 2: How can I be the one who hasn't found love
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  Speaker 2: in so long?
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  Speaker 3: What has happened has happened, how much will you fear?
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  Speaker 3: Will you stop me? Will you remove me? Will you
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  Speaker 3: burn yourself?
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  Speaker 9: From you to you, this is the battle.
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  Speaker 15: From you to you, we will be the end.
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  Speaker 2: What kind of magic.
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  Speaker 9: Did you do?
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  Speaker 16: Peelu main zeher yeh tera Aaj bhi yeh sochu shaid
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  Speaker 16: Tere dil mein shaamil main tha Toldo bharmiyeh mera Bin
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  Speaker 16: tere naar ab bhi mera Aadha hi raha hu main
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  Speaker 16: to Aadha hi bana le tera Kaisi hai bimari hai Tum.
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  Speaker 13: Se hi paayi hai Vanda gale pe.
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  Speaker 9: Tha Durisi tumhari hai Kaisi.
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  Speaker 13: Hai lachari hai Sir pe tabaayi hai Kapde humare hai
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  Speaker 13: Khushbu tumhari hai Kaisa hoon jo isht na mera hai
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  Speaker 13: Itne arso se Ab jo ho gaya ho kho gaya
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  Speaker 13: hai Kitna tersoge Maatam manahogay kya Artikan hatahogay kya Jut
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  Speaker 13: ko jala.
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  Speaker 2: The artist's name is Nayaam.
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  Speaker 7: The song is called Tum Se Tum Tak.
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  Speaker 6: A couple of favorites of our show here to kick
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  Speaker 6: off our Tuesday episode. We'll be joined by Kalki Keklen,
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  Speaker 6: as I mentioned to you, so make sure you stand
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  Speaker 6: by for that.
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  Speaker 7: This song is called Pablo. It's by Hania Amir.
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  Speaker 17: They say it's their duty to be so beautiful. They
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  Speaker 17: ask me, where do you get your drugs?
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  Speaker 2: They say, you keep them in big bags.
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  Speaker 7: We laugh and you follow us.
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  Speaker 2: We shout and.
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  Speaker 9: Mess with you every day.
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  Speaker 17: How many times have we stayed in your arms? When
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  Speaker 17: there's no drugs left, we're gone.
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  Speaker 7: My God and my God, my God, my.
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  Speaker 17: God What should I do?
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  Speaker 10: .
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  Speaker 18: I don't know what to do without my fans Why
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  Speaker 18: is the environment so scary when I'm alone?
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  Speaker 19: All of India is waiting for you to come I
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  Speaker 19: keep my friends and my friends alone I don't know
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  Speaker 19: what to do without my friends I don't know what
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  Speaker 19: to do without my friends I don't know what to
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  Speaker 19: do without my friends I don't know.
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  Speaker 17: What to do without my friends I don't know what
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  Speaker 17: to do without my friends.
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  Speaker 7: I'm sick of you, you're a crutch, you're a crutch So.
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  Speaker 17: Beautiful, that's what they say Ask me, where did you
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  Speaker 17: get the drugs from? They say, you kept it in
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  Speaker 17: a big bag We laugh, you follow us, we shout
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  Speaker 17: at each.
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  Speaker 7: Other every day How.
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  Speaker 15: Many times have we stayed in the same place?
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  Speaker 17: Half of Rashid and the rest of the kids are
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  Speaker 17: very deep God bless you, may God keep you safe.
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  Speaker 20: I love the energy of that track right there.
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  Speaker 9: It's a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 7: Very excited about today's interview.
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  Speaker 6: And as you can imagine, putting together questions for somebody
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  Speaker 6: like Kalki is a very interesting job because you're covering
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  Speaker 6: not only the film that she is so deeply entrenched
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  Speaker 6: in right now called Her Song, but also wanted to
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  Speaker 6: catch a little bit about her story as well today.
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  Speaker 6: So I'll make sure that I dive into some of
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  Speaker 6: the actual things that made Kalki Kalki and talk a
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  Speaker 6: little bit about her story today. Excited about that conversation,
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  Speaker 6: so make sure you stand by. And now folks, let's
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  Speaker 6: bring in Dr. Roy to the show, who's got a
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  Speaker 6: word on the avenue for you.
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  Speaker 7: What's up, Dr.
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  Speaker 9: Roy?
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  Speaker 18: Hey guys, this is Dr.
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  Speaker 4: Roy with today's Word on the Avenue.
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  Speaker 18: In film and TV news, Dramayana is reportedly set to
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  Speaker 18: make its world premiere on October 27th at the Academy
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  Speaker 18: Museum of Motion Pictures in LA with 3D screening at
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  Speaker 18: the David Geffen Theater and an expected guest list of
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  Speaker 18: 945 Hollywood celebrities, filmmakers, and international media representatives. Directed by
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  Speaker 18: Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Namit Malhotra's Prime Focus Studios
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  Speaker 18: in association with DNEG and Yesh's Monster Mind Creations, The
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  Speaker 18: reported premiere is expected to celebrate the epic Indian roots
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  Speaker 18: with traditional festive attire ahead of Diwali, bringing one of
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  Speaker 18: India's most iconic stories to a global stage. In media news,
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  Speaker 18: Kazia Liz Mezzo, representing Kerala at Miss Universe India 2026,
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  Speaker 18: has unveiled her national costume celebrating India's rich cultural heritage,
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  Speaker 18: traditional artistry and vibrant craftsmanship. Her presentation highlights the diversity
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  Speaker 18: of Indian culture on an international pageant stage, bringing Kerala's
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  Speaker 18: representation into the spotlight as the country prepares to shine
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  Speaker 18: at Miss Universe. In event news, former Indian cricket captain
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  Speaker 18: Saurav Ganguly welcomed actor Rajkumar Rao and producer Ankur Garg
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  Speaker 18: to his Kolkata residence for Maha Ashtami celebrations while they
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  Speaker 18: were visiting popular Durga Puja vandals, including Maddox Square and
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  Speaker 18: Allen Park. The festive outing comes ahead of Dada, the
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  Speaker 18: Sora of Ganguly story starring Rajkumar Rao himself and directed
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  Speaker 18: by Vikram Aditya Mojwani, which is scheduled for a worldwide
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  Speaker 18: theatrical release on May 14th, 2027. That's it for today's
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  Speaker 18: Word on the Avenue. Until next time.
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  Speaker 7: Thank you, Dr.
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  Speaker 4: Roy.
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  Speaker 7: Thank you very much for that.
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  Speaker 6: And as I mentioned to you guys earlier this week,
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  Speaker 6: we were joined by Amal Malik last week on.
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  Speaker 7: A two-part interview that was... Very revealing.
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  Speaker 6: And I was so proud of Amal for sharing as
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  Speaker 6: much as he did with us on that show. Incredible conversation.
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  Speaker 6: This is his big song called Yeh Avarapan.
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  Speaker 21: My life's journey has been lost. You left this heart.
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  Speaker 21: There is no destination in these eyes of mine There
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  Speaker 21: is no destination in these paths of mine My only
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  Speaker 21: companion Thank you.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah.
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  Speaker 21: Jho kabhi tha shahar Aaj veeraan hai Har khushi kho
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  Speaker 21: gayi .
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  Speaker 22: .
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  Speaker 9: .
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  Speaker 9: Yeah!
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  Speaker 7: The song is called Year of Arapan.
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  Speaker 6: Last week's guest Amal Malik collaborating with the great Arijit
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  Speaker 6: Singh on this song. Folks, now it's time for us
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  Speaker 6: to bring in Nish Riaz, the host of the show
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  Speaker 6: called The Garage Mahal. And if you have a chance to,
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  Speaker 6: go check out Spotify. Type in Desi Drops, The Garage Mahal,
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  Speaker 6: and you will see all of Nish's playlists right there
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  Speaker 6: for you. Week by week, everything that he's playing on
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  Speaker 6: the air. It's an incredible playlist, and I invite you
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  Speaker 6: all to go check it out. And folks, now let's
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  Speaker 6: bring in Nish into the show as he gives you
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  Speaker 6: a preview of what to expect tonight at 8 p.m.
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  Speaker 7: Eastern. What's up, Nish?
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  Speaker 23: What is up, Ruckus Avenue Radio fam? This is Nish,
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  Speaker 23: the host of The Garage Mahal, and I got a
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  Speaker 23: brand new episode coming at you at Tuesday at 8 p.m.
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  Speaker 7: EST.
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  Speaker 23: And if you don't know what The Garage Mahal is
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  Speaker 23: all about, it's about me showcasing South Asian artists from.
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  Speaker 7: All around the world. I do a top 10 playlist.
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  Speaker 23: Y'all come by, y'all enjoy, and we have an amazing time.
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  Speaker 23: And you get to go home saying, I knew that
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  Speaker 23: artist before it was cool. So tune in every Tuesday
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  Speaker 23: at 8 p.m. EST for the Garage Mahal, exclusively on
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  Speaker 23: Ruckus Avenue Radio.
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  Speaker 9: Thanks, Niche.
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  Speaker 7: Thanks so much for that, brother.
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  Speaker 6: Everybody go check out Niche tonight, 8 p.m.
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  Speaker 7: Eastern. We're really excited about it.
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  Speaker 6: This is a song called I Met Her Again. One
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  Speaker 6: of our favorites here on the bridge, the artist's name
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  Speaker 6: is Man Bannu.
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  Speaker 11: They had brought a glass to measure my sorrows. Seeing
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  Speaker 11: me laughing, they returned to go. We are also our
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  Speaker 11: own princes. We don't get dreams. We have forgotten everything.
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  Speaker 11: Now these are our talks. Now the wounds are starting
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  Speaker 11: to heal And this pen is alive And I am
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  Speaker 11: the one who writes, yes, yes Now everyone is a
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  Speaker 11: lover And the pain is also a little less Now
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  Speaker 11: I don't.
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  Speaker 9: Cry, yes, yes.
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  Speaker 11: Ab man yeh mauj mein rehta hai, tujh dekhne ki
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  Speaker 11: ab aadat nahi Koi hame gham zada kar jaye, duniya
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  Speaker 11: mein aisi aafat nahi Yeh jum ke kangan ka jal
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  Speaker 11: gajra rahe mere, kisi kaam ki nahi Main phool dekh
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  Speaker 11: ke hi khush hoon, kisi noor ki mujh ko chahat
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  Speaker 11: nahi Hum nahi, ab tere maa taj hain We are
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  Speaker 11: not alone, the world is with us. They brought me food,
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  Speaker 11: to make us unconscious.
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  Speaker 9: Seeing the light in my hand, they returned, then where
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  Speaker 9: to go.
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  Speaker 11: They brought a glass, to measure my pain. Seeing me laughing,
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  Speaker 11: they returned, then where to go. We are also our
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  Speaker 11: own princes, we don't get dreams, we have forgotten everything,
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  Speaker 11: now these are our talks. Now the wounds are starting
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  Speaker 11: to fill up, and this pen is alive, and I
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  Speaker 11: am the one who writes, yes, yes, yes. Everyone is
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  Speaker 11: now dear, and the pain is also a little less,
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  Speaker 11: now we cry.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 7: The artist's name is Man Panu. The song is called
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  Speaker 7: I Met Her Again.
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  Speaker 6: Really cool song. Hope you're enjoying yourselves here on a Tuesday.
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  Speaker 6: We're getting ready.
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  Speaker 7: To speak to Kalki Keklin. Excited about that. You know,
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  Speaker 7: I last hung out with Kalki maybe about 10 years ago.
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  Speaker 6: Back in 2016 at the Indian Film.
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  Speaker 7: Festival of LA. I'll bring it up with her. See
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  Speaker 7: if she remembers it. This is Tilvinder.
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  Speaker 9: You are asking for me back. You have lost me,
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  Speaker 9: lost me, lost me. Why are you asking for me back?
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  Speaker 9: You are asking for me back. You have lost me,
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  Speaker 9: lost me, lost me. Why are you asking for me back?
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  Speaker 9: You used to laugh at me. You used to mess
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  Speaker 9: with me. Why don't you talk to me? Why don't
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  Speaker 9: you talk to me? Why don't you talk to me?
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  Speaker 24: Why don't you talk to me? Why don't you talk
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  Speaker 24: to me? Why don't you talk to me? Why don't
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  Speaker 24: you talk to me?
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  Speaker 5: Hey you, you didn't respect me I fought the whole
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  Speaker 5: world for you I stood in front of you, you
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  Speaker 5: didn't see me Why.
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  Speaker 9: Are you asking me back?
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  Speaker 2: First you lost me, then you.
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  Speaker 9: Lost me, then you lost me Why are you asking
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  Speaker 9: me back?
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  Speaker 11: First you lost me, then you lost me, then you
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  Speaker 11: lost me Why.
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  Speaker 9: Are you asking me back? Magdaan wapis kyun Bila minu
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  Speaker 9: khoi aay khoi aay khoi aay kyun Magdaan wapis tun
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  Speaker 9: Bila minu khoi aay khoi aay kyun Magdaan wapis tun
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  Speaker 9: Bila minu khoi aay khoi aay khoi aay kyun Magdaan
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  Speaker 9: wapis tun.
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  Speaker 24: Toh kendi mai chhuta ki ta ki nahi tere lai
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  Speaker 24: Saade pyaar da bhuta paani paaya vi sukha Toh kendi
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  Speaker 24: mai chhuta ki ta ki nahi tere lai Saade pyaar
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  Speaker 24: da bhuta paani paaya vi sukha Sukh gaya kyun?
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  Speaker 25: Mainu das ja tu me tiyan nahi rakhaya kyun?
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  Speaker 9: Hun pashta mga mai teri banke rahna nahi hun.
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  Speaker 11: What have you lost, what have you gained from me?
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  Speaker 9: When I call you, what do you get from me?
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  Speaker 5: You ask me to come back, but I'm lost, lost, lost, why?
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  Speaker 9: You ask me to come back, but I'm lost, lost, lost, why?
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  Speaker 3: You ask me to come back, but I'm lost.
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  Speaker 9: Lost, lost, why?
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  Speaker 13: You ask me to come back, but I'm lost, lost.
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  Speaker 6: The Lvender's latest as we get ready for the Painted
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  Speaker 6: Feelings album that's coming out here on the 29th.
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  Speaker 7: Just a couple of days away.
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  Speaker 6: You gotta believe that next week a lot of our
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  Speaker 6: music will be focused on that brand new album. Very
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  Speaker 6: excited about it indeed. One of the more anticipated projects
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  Speaker 6: of the year here on the bridge. And right after
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  Speaker 6: this song We will be joined by Kalki Keklan. And
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  Speaker 6: Kalki is Indian cinema superstar. We'll talk to her about
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  Speaker 6: her new film.
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  Speaker 7: Stand by.
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  Speaker 9: Kalki Keklan.
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  Speaker 1: Rukini saanse to chal pada fir aur kandho pe baste
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  Speaker 1: utha liye Duniya khumari hai mai bhi kamaal hu dekho
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  Speaker 1: na ghoomte jaara hu Ki toote na himmat isliye tasweer
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  Speaker 1: ko maa ki mai choomte jaara hu Mili na manzil
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  Speaker 1: to chal pada mandir ko socha Bhagwan milenge jo pehle
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  Speaker 1: se andar hai mujh me basa hua Mai usko hi
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  Speaker 1: dhoonte jaara hu Hai ghar ka po chota jo kandho
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  Speaker 1: pe zimmedari badi leke chala hai Jab baitha wo chhaon
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  Speaker 1: mein utaare chute tab jaana wo kitna chala hai Wo
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  Speaker 1: toh bas jaanta yeh ki karo bhala toh bas hota
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  Speaker 1: bhala Itehaas gawa hai jo baat ke khaata usse upar
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  Speaker 1: wale se kam hi mila hai Gharwale yaad bhi aate hain,
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  Speaker 1: ghar lo toh yeh baap nahi chaate hain Jab peht
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  Speaker 1: toh bhuka toh bistar pe neen toh aati par khwaab
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  Speaker 1: nahi aate hain Chaere pe dhool lagi jinke aayene ghar
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  Speaker 1: ke wo saaf dekhaate hain Peht wo bharte hain bhook
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  Speaker 1: se zada, jo aksari maang ke khaate hain Tuta hai dil,
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  Speaker 1: tuta hoon main, par fir bhi sab roz samhala hai.
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  Speaker 1: Kush na kuch kam hi bada hai, jabse zindagi mein
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: hosh samhala hai. Likhi hai upar wale ne, zindagi hai ya,
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  Speaker 1: maut ki saza. Mauti hogi shayad, kyunki kalam ko apni
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  Speaker 1: wo toorne wala hai.
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  Speaker 10: Laagat na hi pardesi manmura.
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  Speaker 26: Har mood chala, gharonda na mela.
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  Speaker 10: Thank you for watching. Ek Aave Neem Ki Daali Mere
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  Speaker 10: Supanein Ek Gher Pada Kati Khaali Mere.
• 27:40
  Speaker 25: Supanein Ek Arhar Bharit Raali Mere Supanein Sarsauke Phool Ki
• 27:46
  Speaker 25: Baali Mere Supanein Ek chule aagay poti mawa swadhaat ki
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  Speaker 25: roti ka ek kolu wala khet mera mil gay das
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  Speaker 25: khogya ek mera Ek suraj chhupta khet jagay sarwale me
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  Speaker 25: Ek dibiya ki lo jarti dikhay aale me Ve dhari
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  Speaker 25: paam ki kari kaat ke taale me Thir phas gaya
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  Speaker 25: bachpan chaka chond ke jaale me Beshak kabje mein jang
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  Speaker 25: lagi ek khula yaaj bhi kwaad pada Ek charkha khalia
• 28:24
  Speaker 25: jeem akne par dekh hai meri baad khanya Ek rowe
• 28:27
  Speaker 25: bhaja heer heer chilawe Ar time ki sui teer se
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  Speaker 25: tode jawe Mera man dhariya mein dooba gharwa sauni ka
• 28:37
  Speaker 25: Mera ghar paaro saa devdas ke laave Reh kaya khali
• 28:42
  Speaker 25: di makne Bacha kuch dho rey na mere Dho kaga
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  Speaker 25: sunta jaiyo reh Dho kaga sunta jaiyo reh Reh kaya
• 28:57
  Speaker 25: khali di makne Bacha kuch dho rey na mere Dho
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  Speaker 25: kaga sunta jaiyo reh.
• 29:08
  Speaker 6: And ladies and gentlemen, it is my distinct pleasure and
• 29:12
  Speaker 6: certainly an honor to bring into.
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  Speaker 7: The show the one Kalki Kekla. How are you, Kalki?
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  Speaker 4: I'm good, Sammy. How are you doing?
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  Speaker 25: Good.
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  Speaker 6: Well, it's been 10 years since we last ran into
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  Speaker 6: each other back at the Indian Film Festival of LA.
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  Speaker 7: How have you been? Good to see you back in
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  Speaker 7: Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, we wanted to begin by just congratulating
• 29:35
  Speaker 6: you and all the great work you've been doing and
• 29:37
  Speaker 6: always the fans of your work here in LA. And
• 29:40
  Speaker 6: good to see you here in LA for your brand
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  Speaker 6: new film here called Her Song. And we're looking forward
• 29:45
  Speaker 6: to seeing it at the Limley in Encino this week.
• 29:48
  Speaker 6: But I want to begin back in 2016. You were
• 29:52
  Speaker 6: here for a movie called Waiting with Nasruddin Shah. And
• 29:56
  Speaker 6: here you are 10 years later. I guess I should
• 29:59
  Speaker 6: ask you this question because you have the breadth of
• 30:02
  Speaker 6: being in this business for such a while. How much
• 30:04
  Speaker 6: has changed in these last 10 years since you were
• 30:06
  Speaker 6: last in LA with this project?
• 30:10
  Speaker 4: How much has changed in my life? Well, just in
• 30:12
  Speaker 4: the business as well. I became a mother.
• 30:14
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that too.
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  Speaker 7: Tell us, tell us.
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  Speaker 27: Yeah, becoming a mother is like shedding your old skin and,
• 30:21
  Speaker 27: you know, you're like a You know, you have a new,
• 30:25
  Speaker 27: completely new personality, I think.
• 30:27
  Speaker 4: That comes with being a mother.
• 30:29
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 30:30
  Speaker 4: So there's that. And it's been very impactful.
• 30:35
  Speaker 27: I think I kind of wrote this book called The
• 30:40
  Speaker 27: Elephant in the Womb, which is all about the raw,
• 30:43
  Speaker 27: you know, difficult parts of pregnancy and postpartum that people
• 30:46
  Speaker 27: don't speak about.
• 30:47
  Speaker 17: Right.
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  Speaker 4: So, yeah, that was a big one for me. What
• 30:52
  Speaker 4: else has changed? I guess.
• 30:55
  Speaker 27: You know, that's also when things started to change in
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  Speaker 27: terms of the industry going from movies to platforms like
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  Speaker 27: Netflix and Amazon.
• 31:03
  Speaker 4: That's right. So there's a lot more of.
• 31:06
  Speaker 27: That that's happened since. You know, I think really around
• 31:10
  Speaker 27: 2016 is when all these platforms started to grow in
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  Speaker 27: India and we, you know, we had, I had Sacred
• 31:17
  Speaker 27: Games and Made in Heaven and now there's Unearthed coming.
• 31:21
  Speaker 4: So yeah, it's.
• 31:23
  Speaker 27: Exciting to work in a platform because you do so
• 31:28
  Speaker 27: much more like a series is like what eight episodes
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  Speaker 27: and then you get to really kind of dive into
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  Speaker 27: the character uh to another level um the opportunity to
• 31:39
  Speaker 27: do that has been great um yeah but at the
• 31:42
  Speaker 27: same time it is such a luxury to have a
• 31:45
  Speaker 27: film released in the cinemas you know like her song
• 31:48
  Speaker 27: is doing right now because it doesn't happen very often.
• 31:50
  Speaker 6: It does not it does not so it only speaks
• 31:53
  Speaker 6: to how special this film is and we'll get into
• 31:55
  Speaker 6: that in a second here but I look at your work,
• 31:58
  Speaker 6: and of course, you're referring to your brand new project
• 32:00
  Speaker 6: here called Her Song. And you also just made reference
• 32:02
  Speaker 6: to a brand new project from what I understand is
• 32:04
  Speaker 6: coming out on Amazon called Anarth.
• 32:07
  Speaker 7: But when you.
• 32:08
  Speaker 6: Refer to these projects, they're quite bicultural in nature. And
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  Speaker 6: sometimes I feel like we get put in this place
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  Speaker 6: where we're not Indian enough or the the outside U
• 32:19
  Speaker 6: S or France or wherever we were from. And in France,
• 32:21
  Speaker 6: we're not quite French enough, but you've done something remarkable
• 32:24
  Speaker 6: where you've turned that into somewhat of a superpower here.
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  Speaker 6: And I think it's something that everybody can learn from,
• 32:30
  Speaker 6: but you.
• 32:30
  Speaker 7: Know, how did you do that? How, how were you able.
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  Speaker 6: To overcome something that I feel like a lot of
• 32:35
  Speaker 6: people here kind of have to deal with in the
• 32:37
  Speaker 6: bicultural sense?
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  Speaker 27: I mean, it's just part of my grand plan to
• 32:41
  Speaker 27: take over the world. I mean, I, I mean, you
• 32:48
  Speaker 27: can't plan anything, really. These things just happen to you,
• 32:51
  Speaker 27: you know. I feel I'm very lucky. I'm very lucky
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  Speaker 27: to have, you know, this sort of bilingual, multicultural family
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  Speaker 27: and grow up with, you know, this very mixed culture.
• 33:07
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 27: And the fact that I get to expose that in
• 33:12
  Speaker 27: my work is just really the icing on the cake. I,
• 33:17
  Speaker 27: I love, uh, I love, I love that about, it's
• 33:22
  Speaker 27: true that it's not always easy to like, have to
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  Speaker 27: explain yourself. You know, I think a lot of people
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  Speaker 27: who are bicultural have that frustration.
• 33:30
  Speaker 14: That's right.
• 33:32
  Speaker 27: You know, they'll be like, no, but you don't look
• 33:33
  Speaker 27: like you're from here. But where are you really from?
• 33:37
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 33:38
  Speaker 27: And those type of questions that is frustrating to live with.
• 33:41
  Speaker 4: But at the same time, yeah, I've really.
• 33:46
  Speaker 4: I mean, with this film, I've.
• 33:49
  Speaker 27: Gotten to explore the French side for the first time.
• 33:54
  Speaker 27: And it's really exciting to do that. And I think
• 33:58
  Speaker 27: even in this film, I am playing the outsider. I'm
• 34:01
  Speaker 27: playing this character called Olivia, who's American, and whose grandmother
• 34:05
  Speaker 27: is from this little French village. So she is really
• 34:08
  Speaker 27: the outsider going in to find out more about her
• 34:13
  Speaker 27: past and her family's past. And so I can relate
• 34:17
  Speaker 27: to that. I feel like I'm always the outsider, but
• 34:20
  Speaker 27: it also makes me able to be in such different contexts.
• 34:24
  Speaker 14: Yeah.
• 34:26
  Speaker 4: It's a blessing.
• 34:27
  Speaker 7: It is.
• 34:28
  Speaker 6: Yeah. I think one of my favorite cross-cultural references, and
• 34:33
  Speaker 6: not to make this too much of a conversation here,
• 34:34
  Speaker 6: but one of my favorite cross-cultural references you made was
• 34:38
  Speaker 6: you referred to the Western set to be so much
• 34:41
  Speaker 6: more shanth, than our sets back in India. And I
• 34:44
  Speaker 6: thought that was one of the funniest references ever.
• 34:46
  Speaker 7: I was like, you know what? That's spot on right there.
• 34:48
  Speaker 7: They're so chaotic.
• 34:49
  Speaker 27: What's that?
• 34:49
  Speaker 4: I didn't hear that.
• 34:51
  Speaker 6: I say one of my favorite references that you've ever
• 34:53
  Speaker 6: made in terms of the bicultural thing was something that
• 34:55
  Speaker 6: you said was really funny to me, which was you
• 34:58
  Speaker 6: referred to to the Western set as being very shant
• 35:02
  Speaker 6: compared to the Indian movie set. And I just laughed
• 35:06
  Speaker 6: when I saw that. And I, you know, it's so true.
• 35:09
  Speaker 6: I mean, you can open up a window here in
• 35:10
  Speaker 6: Los Angeles and it's so quiet and you can't get
• 35:13
  Speaker 6: away with that in India.
• 35:15
  Speaker 4: No, no, exactly.
• 35:17
  Speaker 27: I mean, it's really, it's a very different atmosphere when
• 35:21
  Speaker 27: you're shooting with like 10,000.
• 35:24
  Speaker 4: People screaming on set.
• 35:26
  Speaker 27: And then when you come to a film in the
• 35:28
  Speaker 27: south of France where you literally, there's not like, you
• 35:31
  Speaker 27: don't see a human for miles if you're walking in
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  Speaker 27: the countryside.
• 35:35
  Speaker 4: It is quite a different shift.
• 35:38
  Speaker 6: Kaki, have you ever looked at Indian cinema and said,
• 35:40
  Speaker 6: you know what, I would love to translate this film
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  Speaker 6: into French? And have you ever, and has there ever
• 35:46
  Speaker 6: been a film where you're like, you know what, this
• 35:48
  Speaker 6: is going to do really well. And if you were
• 35:50
  Speaker 6: to make that film, What is one consistent ingredient that
• 35:54
  Speaker 6: you find in Indian cinema that you'd probably have to
• 35:57
  Speaker 6: take out for a French audience?
• 35:59
  Speaker 4: Oh my goodness.
• 36:01
  Speaker 27: Now you're giving, firstly, you've given me ideas of like
• 36:04
  Speaker 27: taking a good Indian film.
• 36:06
  Speaker 6: Call me after the film, Kalki, let's get to work
• 36:08
  Speaker 6: on this.
• 36:09
  Speaker 27: And remaking it, you know, because most of the time
• 36:11
  Speaker 27: it happens the other way around, right?
• 36:13
  Speaker 4: We get like, Foreign films that Indians remake.
• 36:16
  Speaker 9: Yeah.
• 36:17
  Speaker 4: But, um, yeah. Oh, what film would I remake from India?
• 36:21
  Speaker 27: Um, maybe Piazza. I don't know if you've seen Piazza.
• 36:26
  Speaker 27: It's like a, it's an old, uh, Guruda black.
• 36:30
  Speaker 4: And white film.
• 36:31
  Speaker 7: That's right.
• 36:31
  Speaker 27: With an incredible music score, incredible song. Um, and it's,
• 36:37
  Speaker 27: it's like probably one of the most romantic movies in
• 36:40
  Speaker 27: my experience, um, that ever was made. Um, and I
• 36:45
  Speaker 27: really I love it I love that movie so I
• 36:47
  Speaker 27: would love to make a piazza in a French context
• 36:52
  Speaker 27: or like in a European context.
• 36:54
  Speaker 4: It would be really interesting.
• 36:56
  Speaker 27: Yeah yeah it would have to of course it would
• 36:58
  Speaker 27: have to what would have to change I guess I
• 37:01
  Speaker 27: wouldn't be able to put three hours of songs in
• 37:04
  Speaker 27: it because the film is three hours long with a
• 37:07
  Speaker 27: lot like there's a song every five minutes you know
• 37:11
  Speaker 27: i'm not sure the audience is ready for that much
• 37:13
  Speaker 27: but i would definitely it would maybe i would have
• 37:16
  Speaker 27: to make a musical or something like find a way
• 37:19
  Speaker 27: to to make the music part of the storytelling you
• 37:22
  Speaker 27: know yeah and yeah it's but you're getting giving me
• 37:26
  Speaker 27: ideas i think i am.
• 37:27
  Speaker 6: I think i can hear you thinking here it's really
• 37:29
  Speaker 6: interesting yeah this this character you play in her song,
• 37:34
  Speaker 6: incredibly layered. And I, listen, I think everybody, you can
• 37:37
  Speaker 6: ask this to many actors and they would say the
• 37:39
  Speaker 6: same thing, but I feel like this to be really
• 37:41
  Speaker 6: genuine when it comes to you. I feel like there
• 37:44
  Speaker 6: are these textures and layers to your character that I
• 37:47
  Speaker 6: believe that I'm just getting to kind of know you
• 37:49
  Speaker 6: here and in my work and researching you and knowing
• 37:52
  Speaker 6: your work in the years. I get a feeling that
• 37:54
  Speaker 6: this is intentional, that you look for these roles that
• 37:57
  Speaker 6: ask for something more of you and that you try
• 37:59
  Speaker 6: to voice something that maybe doesn't exist out there. Is
• 38:02
  Speaker 6: that intentional or is it, again, part of your master
• 38:05
  Speaker 6: plan to take over the world?
• 38:06
  Speaker 7: Or is it kind of incidental? Like, tell me, what's
• 38:09
  Speaker 7: going on here?
• 38:11
  Speaker 27: I think, of course, there's a part of me that's
• 38:16
  Speaker 27: curious and wants to always explore the things which are
• 38:21
  Speaker 27: going to push my own boundaries. So when I get
• 38:24
  Speaker 27: a talent, like, oh my goodness, I'm going to have
• 38:26
  Speaker 27: to speak another language and I'm going to have to
• 38:29
  Speaker 27: learn a new.
• 38:30
  Speaker 4: Accent at that point.
• 38:32
  Speaker 27: Already very exciting for me um and I think you
• 38:35
  Speaker 27: also attract the kind of energy you put out there
• 38:39
  Speaker 27: so you know more and more people know that that's
• 38:42
  Speaker 27: the kind of work I look for where I get
• 38:44
  Speaker 27: pushed in different directions um you know if there's a
• 38:49
  Speaker 27: stereotype I think my stereotype is that I can't I
• 38:53
  Speaker 27: can't stick to one genre and I can't stick to
• 38:55
  Speaker 27: one thing um and so I yeah I feel like
• 39:02
  Speaker 27: I need to be growing in some way. And of course,
• 39:08
  Speaker 27: it works both ways. People see the kind of work
• 39:11
  Speaker 27: you do and they approach you because you do that
• 39:14
  Speaker 27: kind of work. Yeah. But having said that, I'd love
• 39:18
  Speaker 27: to do just like an awesome action movie or something.
• 39:23
  Speaker 27: Nobody's offered me that kick-ass action movie.
• 39:25
  Speaker 6: Kalki, I can see it happening now. So I think
• 39:28
  Speaker 6: we're going to redo an interview film into French with
• 39:31
  Speaker 6: you being an action star in there. I think we're
• 39:33
  Speaker 6: slowly putting a film together here. I can hear it.
• 39:36
  Speaker 7: I can hear it. Good.
• 39:38
  Speaker 6: Your role is Olivia, a New York-based Franco-American novelist who
• 39:43
  Speaker 6: returns to her grandmother's village in the French Pyrenees to
• 39:45
  Speaker 6: finish a book about her grandmother. It's really interesting because
• 39:50
  Speaker 6: the film's tagline is history is a lazy plagiarist, right?
• 39:54
  Speaker 6: Which was, for those of us that haven't got to
• 39:57
  Speaker 6: see the film or aren't quite, tell us about this
• 40:00
  Speaker 6: part of the film. Tell us about her journey to
• 40:02
  Speaker 6: go back and capture this story about her grandmother and
• 40:05
  Speaker 6: what compels her to it. And for most importantly, what
• 40:08
  Speaker 6: do you pick up from this film in terms of
• 40:10
  Speaker 6: your role playing Olivia here?
• 40:13
  Speaker 27: So, yeah, the story follows this character who is a
• 40:17
  Speaker 27: writer and she goes back to her ancestral village to
• 40:21
  Speaker 27: write a book on her grandmother who survived World War II.
• 40:26
  Speaker 27: But when she goes back, the pandemic hits and she's
• 40:30
  Speaker 27: stuck in the village. the same way that her grandmother
• 40:33
  Speaker 27: was stuck in the village when the Nazis arrived and
• 40:36
  Speaker 27: occupied France.
• 40:37
  Speaker 4: So it's kind of.
• 40:38
  Speaker 27: This parallel world that starts to happen to her as
• 40:41
  Speaker 27: she's writing the story. And what John has done is,
• 40:45
  Speaker 27: these are quite dark topics. I mean, they could be
• 40:48
  Speaker 27: very dark. And he's kind of found comedy and a
• 40:51
  Speaker 27: dark comedy in all of it.
• 40:53
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 40:54
  Speaker 27: And find these, like, strange parallels. You know, like, they
• 40:58
  Speaker 27: ran out of... writing paper during World War II. People
• 41:02
  Speaker 27: couldn't write letters to each other. And in the pandemic,
• 41:06
  Speaker 27: we ran.
• 41:06
  Speaker 4: Out of toilet paper.
• 41:08
  Speaker 27: You know, so he was making these funny parallels and
• 41:11
  Speaker 27: strange parallels. So it's a really quirky, very unique concept.
• 41:16
  Speaker 27: You know, nobody else could have written it but John Geller.
• 41:19
  Speaker 27: And I love that about it. And especially because in
• 41:21
  Speaker 27: my career, I haven't had that much opportunity to do comedy.
• 41:25
  Speaker 7: Right.
• 41:26
  Speaker 27: I do a lot of thriller. I do a lot
• 41:27
  Speaker 27: of drama in theater. I do a little comedy, but
• 41:32
  Speaker 27: I've never done that much comedy in film. So that
• 41:35
  Speaker 27: was another, you know, big, exciting thing for me.
• 41:39
  Speaker 7: Yeah, that's it seems like a.
• 41:41
  Speaker 6: A role that, again, pulled on your passion and pulled
• 41:44
  Speaker 6: out a different side of you. And again, in a
• 41:46
  Speaker 6: very important context of telling a story in history, nonetheless. Kalki,
• 41:51
  Speaker 6: there's this sense that Anarth here, a brand new series
• 41:55
  Speaker 6: that's coming out on Amazon, seems to be in line
• 41:58
  Speaker 6: with what I think a lot of great actors are
• 42:01
  Speaker 6: doing right now. They're taking this long form and they're
• 42:04
  Speaker 6: allowing that to bring out more texture and more layers
• 42:07
  Speaker 6: of the characters that they portray. How excited are you
• 42:11
  Speaker 6: about this role that you're playing in Anart?
• 42:15
  Speaker 4: Yes, I am very excited. It's quite an intense role.
• 42:22
  Speaker 27: And, you know, I can't say too much about it
• 42:27
  Speaker 27: at this point because, you know, it reveals too much.
• 42:32
  Speaker 27: But it's a very dark story. It's a demon world. It's,
• 42:37
  Speaker 27: you know, supernatural.
• 42:39
  Speaker 4: And it definitely.
• 42:43
  Speaker 27: It's the writer and the director, Ananya Banerjee is, you know,
• 42:47
  Speaker 27: I think having a female perspective has given it quite
• 42:51
  Speaker 27: an edge. And so this, you know, this character that
• 42:55
  Speaker 27: I play, the female protagonist has a very strong, how
• 42:59
  Speaker 27: would I say, link there. to the supernatural. She has
• 43:04
  Speaker 27: a good reason to go there. You know, to sort
• 43:07
  Speaker 27: of go into things which she probably wouldn't if something
• 43:12
  Speaker 27: terrible hadn't happened to her.
• 43:13
  Speaker 4: So it's very nice and.
• 43:18
  Speaker 27: Well written and I am excited to see how the
• 43:21
  Speaker 27: audience will react because I don't think we've seen a
• 43:23
  Speaker 27: horror of this kind in India. I think we see
• 43:26
  Speaker 27: a lot of like ghost stories. We see a lot
• 43:30
  Speaker 27: of kind of Yeah, like traditional scared kind of thing.
• 43:36
  Speaker 27: But a kind of psychic landscape that this film explores
• 43:40
  Speaker 27: is quite unique and quite feminine, I would say.
• 43:43
  Speaker 6: This is going to be exciting to see you in
• 43:44
  Speaker 6: this role. It sounds very, very vibrant indeed. You know, Kalki,
• 43:49
  Speaker 6: before we let you go, we have one last question.
• 43:51
  Speaker 6: It's one of my favorite questions to ask the guests
• 43:53
  Speaker 6: that come to the show here. It refers back to
• 43:57
  Speaker 6: the little girl that you once were back in Pondicherry who...
• 44:01
  Speaker 6: had no idea and probably looks at the woman that
• 44:05
  Speaker 6: you have become with wide eyes and says, wow, I
• 44:09
  Speaker 6: can't believe she is who she is. My question to
• 44:12
  Speaker 6: you is this, what advice would you give that young
• 44:15
  Speaker 6: girl that was growing up back then in terms of
• 44:18
  Speaker 6: how she should take on life?
• 44:22
  Speaker 4: Oh boy. I feel like crying.
• 44:26
  Speaker 27: I feel like that's, um, I think not enough people like, Yeah,
• 44:32
  Speaker 27: that's a good question. Not enough people think back at
• 44:35
  Speaker 27: where they started. You know, once they become famous or
• 44:39
  Speaker 27: they become, they don't look back.
• 44:43
  Speaker 4: And I think I.
• 44:44
  Speaker 27: Would love to just hug that little me and be like,
• 44:48
  Speaker 27: you know, be proud of your differences.
• 44:51
  Speaker 4: Be proud of being different.
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  Speaker 27: Because when you're little, you just kind of want to
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  Speaker 27: blend into the crowd and be like everyone else and
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  Speaker 27: And yeah, I think she could use a nice big
• 45:04
  Speaker 27: hug from a woman like me.
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  Speaker 7: That's beautiful.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: That's one of my favorite answers. I've asked that question
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  Speaker 6: to a lot of folks, but that's really nice.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a good question. I'm glad you're asking people.
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  Speaker 6: Kalki, thank you so much for spending time with us
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  Speaker 6: here on the bridge. Thank you so much for talking
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  Speaker 6: to us. and for all the great work that you're
• 45:25
  Speaker 6: doing out there. Good luck with Anarth. And, of course,
• 45:28
  Speaker 6: we're all going to pull up this week to Encino
• 45:30
  Speaker 6: to come see the brand-new film, her song, at the
• 45:33
  Speaker 6: Lemley Theatre's Kalki Keklin. Thanks so much for joining us today.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you so much, Sammy. It was great to speak
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  Speaker 4: to you today.
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  Speaker 9: Bye.
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  Speaker 4: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 21: Okay.
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  Speaker 8: Dekh ke tujh ko aayna chamke Chaaya aankho mein teri kaissa.
• 46:35
  Speaker 7: Ye khumar hai tauba.
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  Speaker 8: Jaana na mujh se toh kyun khaafa hai Bada tha
• 47:23
  Speaker 8: jiwandar ke saath ka aur pyaar ka tauba.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 8: Jaana na aaja, mujh se mil jaana Jaana na aaja,
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  Speaker 8: mujh se mil jaana Pyaar ke lamhe toh kismat mein
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  Speaker 8: hai toh chaar hi Tauba.
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  Speaker 22: Tauba Bandhe zulfoon I want to give a big shout
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  Speaker 22: out to Kalki K-Club for joining us today.
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  Speaker 8: What a fabulous conversation.
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  Speaker 4: That was and.
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  Speaker 6: She was so open and so warm and I want
• 49:43
  Speaker 6: to give a big shout out to her. We'll be
• 49:45
  Speaker 6: back in a little bit. I'll deliver some closing remarks
• 49:48
  Speaker 6: on that conversation as well for you. But now let's
• 49:52
  Speaker 6: bring in Doita Dasgupta to the program who has today's
• 49:56
  Speaker 6: artist spotlight for you. What's up, Doita?
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  Speaker 4: Thanks, Sammy.
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  Speaker 10: Hi, everyone.
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  Speaker 14: This is Doita Dasgupta, your Ruckus Avenue radio music correspondent,
• 50:04
  Speaker 14: back with some fun facts about your favorite artists. Did
• 50:06
  Speaker 14: you know that Vishal Mishra has been rejected from nearly
• 50:09
  Speaker 14: all his auditions? He auditioned for Indian Idol multiple times
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  Speaker 14: and was finally selected in Season 6. However, Vishal Mishra
• 50:17
  Speaker 14: said that the best thing that Indian Idol and other
• 50:19
  Speaker 14: singing reality shows did for him was to reject him,
• 50:22
  Speaker 14: which made him try even harder to be better and
• 50:25
  Speaker 14: eventually granting him success. It is like what people say,
• 50:28
  Speaker 14: success doesn't teach you, failure does.
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  Speaker 4: Well, that's all from me.
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  Speaker 9: Now back to you, Sammy.
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  Speaker 7: Thank you, Doita. Thank you so much.
• 50:35
  Speaker 6: This is Vishal Mishra's brand new song with Hanita Bhamri
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  Speaker 6: called Toxic.
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  Speaker 28: Like a fool, when you crashed into me, fool My cards,
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  Speaker 28: you win, took the bait on what you think.
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  Speaker 10: That you're the.
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  Speaker 2: One, it's just the.
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  Speaker 10: Rules So hand me the gun, my love, I'll never shoot.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, you're the enemy. Can you set me free? You're
• 51:15
  Speaker 9: the drug I want. I'm addicted, baby.
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  Speaker 28: All you need is a taste of me.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm coming too close. I'll burn your lies. It's
• 51:27
  Speaker 2: dangerous falling. For me, I'm.
• 51:31
  Speaker 15: The drug you want You're addicted, baby Close your eyes,
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  Speaker 15: I'll be your demise Let me hold you, hold you,
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  Speaker 15: hold you tight Love is just a game When you gotta.
• 51:41
  Speaker 2: Play Love is just a game.
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  Speaker 28: You're addicted, so addicted, baby.
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  Speaker 7: Vishal Mishra, Hanit Abhamri.
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  Speaker 6: The song is called Toxic. And it was great talking
• 53:08
  Speaker 6: to Hanit Abhamri here on the show. And she explained
• 53:11
  Speaker 6: that exact moment when she got to find out she's
• 53:14
  Speaker 6: going to be collaborating with Vishal Mishra on the title
• 53:16
  Speaker 6: track of a film called Toxic. How about that for
• 53:19
  Speaker 6: a moment in life? This song is called Knock Knock.
• 53:23
  Speaker 6: It's by Jaggi. I'll be back with my closing remarks
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  Speaker 6: on Kalki K-Klan.
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  Speaker 5: I don't know what to do with my life I
• 53:54
  Speaker 5: don't know what to do with my life I don't
• 53:58
  Speaker 5: know what to do with my life.
• 54:16
  Speaker 9: Cast a mask on the plate, don't cry to those
• 54:18
  Speaker 9: who ate.
• 54:18
  Speaker 5: It People are jealous of me, they call me a
• 54:21
  Speaker 5: mother They say I'm a little empty with a stick,
• 54:23
  Speaker 5: that's the money I got to eat I don't have
• 54:26
  Speaker 5: a name, I'm a bitch, and I'm the world's sister-in-law.
• 54:31
  Speaker 9: And what will you do with your sister? You will
• 54:33
  Speaker 9: go to the.
• 54:34
  Speaker 5: Shop and you will not get the money for the
• 54:36
  Speaker 5: whole evening.
• 54:36
  Speaker 2: Raja Raji is not your brother-in-law.
• 54:37
  Speaker 7: You will go to the shop and you will not get.
• 54:39
  Speaker 5: The money for the whole evening.
• 54:58
  Speaker 5: You know, show up and knock on the door.
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  Speaker 9: That's the best way to go. Song is called.
• 55:28
  Speaker 7: Knock, knock. It's by the artist named Jaggi. And I
• 55:32
  Speaker 7: want to give a big.
• 55:33
  Speaker 6: Shout out to Kalki Keklen for joining us today. And
• 55:36
  Speaker 6: let me tell you guys what you just heard. Ten
• 55:40
  Speaker 6: years ago, Kalki and I were in Los Angeles for waiting.
• 55:45
  Speaker 6: Since then, she became a mother and wrote a whole
• 55:47
  Speaker 6: book about it. The Elephant in the Womb. About the
• 55:51
  Speaker 6: parts of pregnancy and postpartum nobody talks about.
• 55:54
  Speaker 7: Her words.
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  Speaker 6: Becoming a mother is like shedding your old skin. She's
• 55:59
  Speaker 6: the French girl from Pondicherry who spent her life hearing,
• 56:03
  Speaker 6: but where are you really from? And instead of fighting.
• 56:06
  Speaker 7: It, she plays it. In her song, she's Olivia, the.
• 56:11
  Speaker 6: Outsider who goes back to her grandmother's village in France
• 56:15
  Speaker 6: and gets stuck there when the pandemic hits, the same
• 56:18
  Speaker 6: way her grandmother got stuck when the Nazis came. In
• 56:22
  Speaker 6: World War II, they ran out of writing paper. In
• 56:26
  Speaker 6: the pandemic, we ran out of toilet paper.
• 56:29
  Speaker 7: That's the joke. And that's the film. Her real first comedy.
• 56:34
  Speaker 6: She wants to remake Biasa in French. And she's still
• 56:38
  Speaker 6: waiting for somebody to offer her a kick-ass action movie. Producers,
• 56:42
  Speaker 6: you heard it here first, folks. Next up for her
• 56:45
  Speaker 6: is Anarth on Amazon. A supernatural story told from a
• 56:49
  Speaker 6: woman's point of view. And when I asked her what
• 56:52
  Speaker 6: she'd tell the little girl in Pondicherry... She said she
• 56:55
  Speaker 6: felt like crying. And then she'd said she'd give her
• 56:58
  Speaker 6: a big hug and tell her, be proud of your differences.
• 57:02
  Speaker 6: Every one of us who grew up trying to blend
• 57:05
  Speaker 6: in needed to hear that. And you heard it here
• 57:08
  Speaker 6: on the bridge. Tomorrow we'll be joined by Malvika, and
• 57:11
  Speaker 6: Thursday we'll be joined by Arshdeep Maan.
• 57:14
  Speaker 7: Have a great day, everybody.
• 57:17
  Speaker 29: Mujh mein hai.
• 57:20
  Speaker 30: Khaak teri rooh teri husn tera Tu juda honke bhi
• 57:36
  Speaker 30: rehta hai.
• 57:38
  Speaker 20: Kaha mujh se juda.
• 57:44
  Speaker 29: Main nahi dekhun toh ayna tera jalwa nazal Main nahi
• 57:58
  Speaker 29: tere bina.
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  Speaker 2: Tu bhi.
• 58:04
  Speaker 30: Your love is in me.
• 58:08
  Speaker 2: Your pride is in me, your.
• 58:11
  Speaker 20: Love is in me, your light is in me. You
• 58:31
  Speaker 20: are the.
• 58:31
  Speaker 26: Only one who is close to me You are the
• 58:35
  Speaker 26: only one who is far from me Make me walk Make.
• 58:42
  Speaker 9: Me walk Make me walk.
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  Speaker 26: Chalwaay jaana Chalwaay jaana Chalwaay jaana Hawa mein phool mein
• 59:18
  Speaker 26: mausam mein Kalyon ki mehk mein.
• 59:25
  Speaker 2: Thank you.
• 59:52
  Speaker 26: You are the only one in my life You are
• 59:56
  Speaker 26: the only one in my life