Leena Chandravarkar's Rare Interview On Husband Kishore Kumar & Son | Flashback Video - video Dailymotion

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On the 73rd birthday of veteran actress Leena Chandravarkar, watch her rare throwback interview as she talks about her late husband Kishore Kumar and their son Sumeet.

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00:00 What do you do these days?

00:02 My full time job was to take care of Sumit Kumar.

00:06 When someone asks me how many children do you have, I say one dozen.

00:10 Then you understand what I mean.

00:13 So I had to take care of him.

00:17 He was very shocked because Kishoreji,

00:20 he used to call Amit and sometimes he used to say,

00:26 "Oh my God, I have run away. Come, come, they will come to call me."

00:30 Like kids run away from school.

00:33 So he used to say, "What should I do?

00:36 The lights are off, I have been sitting here for an hour,

00:39 how long will I sit here? I have to go out with the kids."

00:42 He loved me a lot.

00:44 If he gave me something to eat, he used to bring it home for me.

00:47 Simple man. He was a very good man.

00:50 Now tell me about your children.

00:53 Amit is an adult now.

00:59 Kishoreji is not like that.

01:04 He is very talented, but introverted.

01:07 He composes in his room. He makes very good songs.

01:11 I just started writing, I didn't tell you.

01:13 So I write lyrics and write some songs.

01:17 My second album has also been released.

01:19 And one more is coming.

01:21 I wrote a song, he gave me a chance.

01:23 I started writing songs while writing dummy words.

01:26 I like that.

01:28 And I think Sumit, his father wanted him to learn piano.

01:36 We didn't force him, but he showed more interest in it.

01:40 And he was playing by himself without learning.

01:43 Then Pyareji said, "If you sit with wrong fingers,

01:46 you will play very well."

01:48 Now we are training him.

01:50 He is very naughty.

01:52 He is very naughty.

01:54 He puts on a mask to scare everyone.

01:56 He is like a father.

01:58 Now tell me about your ambition.

02:01 When I was 15 years old, I had the ambition to become an artist like Meena.

02:07 But I was a type.

02:10 My first movie was Man Kami.

02:13 Before that, Masi Hai was announced with Dutt and Raj Kumar.

02:19 Mumtaz played a very beautiful role.

02:25 So he became a shell.

02:27 And then Man Kami.

02:30 When I saw the Tamil version, I started crying.

02:34 I said I can't do all this.

02:36 I can't wear such clothes.

02:37 I came from Dharwad.

02:39 But Mrs. Dutt helped me a lot.

02:43 She said, "You can do what you are in front of the camera.

02:47 But you have to do what you are not.

02:49 You can do it as a challenge.

02:52 And people accepted me in Man Kami.

02:55 After that, I started to feel like doing it.

02:58 I started to feel glamorous.

03:00 What is your ambition now?

03:02 My ambition now is to fulfill Sumit's dream.

03:09 I don't have a big ambition.

03:11 I live for today.

03:12 I have my dogs, my family.

03:14 I write.

03:17 I am scared of planning.

03:20 It happens.

03:21 People say that Kishore Daal was a genius and eccentric.

03:26 We all know that he was a genius.

03:29 But why eccentric?

03:31 You tell me.

03:33 He was eccentric because he liked it when people called him crazy.

03:40 I don't know why.

03:42 He was not a sad person.

03:45 His behavior was very serious.

03:52 And he was very childish.

03:55 You can't expect him to react like this.

04:00 He asked me, "Lina, did you hear about me?

04:07 You have worked in films for so many years."

04:09 I said, "What did I hear?"

04:11 He said, "I heard about you, but I didn't want to say."

04:14 I said, "What did you hear?"

04:16 He said, "I heard that you sing very well.

04:19 I was your fan and you did such a good comedy.

04:22 And you were a genius."

04:25 He didn't like it.

04:26 He didn't enjoy it.

04:27 I said, "I didn't hear anything."

04:29 I was alone in the room doing my makeup.

04:32 A movie was being made, Pyaraj movie.

04:34 He said, "I didn't hear anything."

04:35 I said, "I didn't hear anything."

04:37 I can't do my face.

04:40 I was scared.

04:42 I was going crazy.

04:44 I said, "I heard about you, so I got scared."

04:47 I said, "I will look for my hairdresser."

04:49 I jumped on the sofa and started jumping.

04:55 I said, "Yes, I heard about you."

04:57 I closed my eyes and said, "I heard that you are crazy."

05:00 Then he started laughing.

05:01 I said, "Why didn't you say this before?"

05:03 He scared me.

05:05 But he laughed a lot.

05:07 I enjoyed showing movies of Sunit and Amit.

05:11 I used to say, "Sunit is still young.

05:13 He is not 18 years old. What are you doing?"

05:15 He said, "No, I am also a kid. We are watching both."

05:18 He was like this before.

05:21 He was like this before.

05:22 He was very childish.

05:24 And as I said, he didn't like meeting people.

05:30 I don't know what was the reason.

05:32 But he liked whoever he liked.

05:36 That's why he was very happy with me.

05:39 When Sunit was born, he changed a lot after marrying me.

05:43 I don't know what he was like before.

05:45 But Raj Kapoor said that when he came here for his birthday,

05:49 he used to call me Chela Babu.

05:51 I said, "I haven't been to Chela Babu's house yet.

05:53 I came here for the first time."

05:55 He said, "That's amazing."

05:56 And one day, I want to say something very interesting.

06:00 Husband and wife fight.

06:02 Why did you come late?

06:04 Which woman was calling?

06:05 All this happens.

06:06 I was very insecure.

06:08 I was in fourth position.

06:10 I shouldn't be in fifth position.

06:12 I should be in full stop.

06:14 I was very tensed.

06:16 I don't know what I thought that day.

06:18 I said, "I am going."

06:20 I packed everything.

06:22 At first, he was very scared.

06:25 I said, "Go. Go if you want to."

06:28 Then I went to the watchman's place.

06:33 I went there.

06:38 I had a suitcase.

06:40 But before going, he came out and said,

06:42 "Don't come back and don't talk to me.

06:45 Never. Not on the phone or anything."

06:47 I said, "Yes."

06:48 He said, "I said it.

06:49 The first person who talks to you is a big fool."

06:51 I said, "Yes. Okay."

06:53 Then I said, "Badal, get a taxi."

06:56 As soon as Badal opened the door to get a taxi,

06:59 I saw a huge crew from a far off place.

07:04 Who were they?

07:06 Indira was 84 years old.

07:09 We were going to sing some Bhavanjali for her.

07:13 They all came.

07:15 Yakub, Sahib, and others.

07:17 I don't know if they were there.

07:19 It was a big group.

07:20 I said, "Sister-in-law, where are you going?

07:22 Because of you, the eighth Ajuba has changed.

07:25 You did a great job.

07:27 What are you saying?"

07:29 They said, "Where are you going?

07:30 You can't go.

07:31 Give us tea.

07:32 Come home."

07:33 I slowly, with my feet,

07:34 gave a kiss to the suitcase.

07:36 I quietly hung my face and came inside.

07:39 I smiled and said, "Listen."

07:41 Then I was like this.

07:43 I was a fool.

07:45 I said, "Fool."

07:46 After that, they kept looking at me.

07:49 They kept looking at Amit and said,

07:50 "Look, she's talking to me."

07:51 They said, "Whatever you're saying is a fool."

07:53 After that, when everyone left,

07:55 we laughed and said,

07:56 "It's not that easy to break."

07:59 So, it was fun.

08:01 It was nice to see.

08:02 (Music)

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