00:00I can speak in Punjabi. In fact, I don't think I have ever spoken Punjabi in my life.
00:18We had a nice time, the three of us together. And then we had Jaya ji with us.
00:23And I think the success of this film, by God's grace, most of the thing goes to the hard work of the actors.
00:30I won't just say I'm a die-hard fan because fans are only related to the acting side.
00:35I've always liked Shah Rukh. When I was studying, I used to watch him on television.
00:40He used to come in this serial and then he became a huge star.
00:43After that, the song starts. Tension I felt. And how cool he was about the whole thing.
00:48And I think that it was very sweet of him to really understand that I made such a big faux pas.
01:02Okay, so Priya, we're going to come to GI Anu in just a moment.
01:05But first, I want to know about your childhood. Now, you are a pakka Punjabi, right?
01:09Yep.
01:10Pakki Punjabi.
01:11Pakki.
01:12Where were you born?
01:13I was born in Delhi.
01:14Delhi.
01:15Yes.
01:16Okay. Have you ever lived in Punjab?
01:17No, unfortunately, never stayed in the Punjab.
01:21No, never at all?
01:22No, never.
01:23But your father was in the army and you were travelling throughout India.
01:26No, actually, yeah, once he was posted there. But, you know, I was in hostel at the time.
01:29So, I used to only come for my vacations.
01:31I actually never had the opportunity to really, you know, live the typical, typical way.
01:39Punjabi life.
01:40Punjabi life, yeah.
01:41Because we just moved so much in the country.
01:45But I can't say that I really miss it because, you know, your home is anywhere.
01:50You have so much of Punjabi anywhere at home.
01:52So, you don't really miss it.
01:54Except that I just never got to study it.
01:57So, my only thing is that I can't read it, you know.
01:59That's my only reason for feeling so.
02:01Otherwise, everything else is pretty normal.
02:04But you can speak fluently in Punjabi?
02:06Can you speak in Punjabi?
02:11I like that, okay. That proves it.
02:15So, we will speak in Punjabi for our Punjabi audience.
02:18Okay.
02:19Tell us.
02:20I can speak in Punjabi.
02:22In fact, I have spoken in Punjabi all my life.
02:26I don't think I have spoken in Punjabi all my life.
02:29You speak beautiful Punjabi.
02:32Okay, tell us a joke in Punjabi.
02:35A joke in Punjabi?
02:36Yes.
02:41That's a tough one.
02:42That's a tough one.
02:43Then you are not a true Punjabi.
02:45A joke in Punjabi.
02:46Okay, I will tell you.
02:49Once, there was a meeting.
02:51There were three people.
02:53Internationally known.
02:54One was Gorbachev.
02:56One was Zaheel Singh.
02:58And one was Reagan.
03:01Ronald Reagan.
03:03After the meeting was over,
03:05the hostess came and asked,
03:08what would you like to have for tea?
03:10Everyone said, tea, tea, tea.
03:12So, everyone had tea.
03:14When the tea was over,
03:16you know how they put a cup on the saucer?
03:19Everyone had tea.
03:21Someone picked up the saucer.
03:23Someone kept it straight.
03:25So, Zaheel Singh thought, what should I do now?
03:28So, what did he do?
03:30He kept the cup on the saucer.
03:33When the girl came,
03:35she saw the cup on the saucer.
03:37She asked for more tea.
03:39The cup that was on the saucer,
03:41she picked it up.
03:43Zaheel Singh's cup was on the saucer.
03:45She said, sir, what does this mean?
03:47He said, if you have it, give it to me.
03:49If you don't have it, give it to me.
03:52Very good.
03:53You speak very beautiful Punjabi.
03:55She kept it on the saucer.
03:57Very nice.
04:00Very village type of Punjabi,
04:02you're speaking.
04:04Excellent.
04:05I think it's so broken.
04:06I think it's horrible.
04:07I should really do something about it.
04:09You're the first person on Lehre
04:11who's told a joke.
04:12Yes.
04:13Congratulations.
04:14You should get an award.
04:15Lehre joke award.
04:16Excellent.
04:17That was very unplanned.
04:19I pulled that on her totally.
04:21She handled it so well.
04:23You never really stayed in Punjab.
04:25Which are the other cities in India
04:26that you traveled to when you were small?
04:29I traveled actually all over the country,
04:31but I never got to stay in Rajasthan.
04:35I've never stayed in Rajasthan
04:36because my dad was only posted there
04:39before I was born.
04:41That's the only state where I can say
04:43I didn't really stay.
04:44That's normally the first state
04:45that people go to visit in India.
04:47I visited it, but you know,
04:49staying makes it a completely different experience.
04:51Yes.
04:52Everywhere where we stayed,
04:53even in the south,
04:54when my father was posted in Sikandarabad,
04:56when you go to school,
04:57you have this thing,
05:00you like to exchange tiffins,
05:02and your friends like to eat the Punjabi food,
05:04and you like to eat the south Indian food,
05:06and you have all this.
05:07You learn so much about the culture.
05:09You learn so much.
05:10In fact, one of the things
05:11which really helped me
05:12during the making of Tere Mere Sapne
05:13was that,
05:14because I played a typical south Indian
05:19Arya family Brahmin girl.
05:21In Tere Mere Sapne,
05:22which was your first break.
05:23Yeah.
05:24Right, opposite Chandrachund Singh.
05:25That's right.
05:26But I think,
05:27you know the fact that
05:28we moved around so much,
05:29and I had friends from everywhere,
05:31and you have exposure
05:33to so many diverse cultures.
05:34Right.
05:35That really helps,
05:36because you adapt very fast to things,
05:39and I think,
05:41you pick up these nitty gritties, you know.
05:43So, okay, now,
05:44so can you speak a south Indian language?
05:46I can say,
05:48Ipdi Irkenge.
05:49Ipdi Irkenge.
05:50That means, how are you,
05:51and if you say, fine, thank you,
05:53you say, Nala Irke.
05:54So it's like,
05:55Nala Irke Maa.
05:56What is it?
05:57Nala Irke Maa.
05:58Nala Irke Maa.
05:59Yeah.
06:00And when you say, thank you,
06:01you say, Nandri.
06:02Nandri.
06:03Nandri.
06:04Nandri.
06:05Yeah.
06:06Actually,
06:07there are a lot of things you pick up,
06:08you know.
06:09That's right.
06:10For getting across,
06:11I mean,
06:12you'll manage with broken sentences.
06:13No,
06:14a little birdie told me,
06:15that you can sing in south Indian,
06:16in Tamil as well.
06:17Can you?
06:18No, no, no.
06:19One song.
06:20One line,
06:21it'll be so much fun.
06:23I have to hear this.
06:24I have to hear this.
06:25I did this film,
06:26actually,
06:27in Malayalam,
06:28I did it with Priyan.
06:29And,
06:30my first day shooting,
06:31in that film,
06:32was with this song.
06:33So that song,
06:34I sort of got stuck,
06:35but I'm sure,
06:36when I say something,
06:37I won't say it wrong.
06:38You have to,
06:39you have to.
06:40So I mustn't do it.
06:41No, no,
06:42you have to,
06:43one line,
06:44I have to hear this.
06:45This will be another
06:46first on layering.
06:47Okay,
06:48now no one laughs,
06:49and I hope the camera
06:50doesn't fall.
06:51Otherwise,
06:52I'll be very serious.
07:07I'm very bad.
07:10Can I laugh now?
07:11It sounds so different.
07:12Actually,
07:13Malayalam is,
07:14it's,
07:15it's,
07:16it's,
07:17it's something which
07:18I haven't really sung
07:19for quite a while.
07:20But this is a song
07:21which has really
07:22stayed with me,
07:23because it spoke of
07:24the beauty of Kerala,
07:25and it spoke of the nature.
07:26And,
07:27you know,
07:28my character in the film,
07:29she's,
07:30she's praising
07:31the whole village,
07:32and she's showing off
07:33to this person
07:34when he comes
07:35to the village.
07:36So,
07:37this song has
07:38stayed with me,
07:39but I'm sure
07:40it was horrible.
07:41No, it's beautiful.
07:42Edit, edit, edit.
07:43Oh my gosh,
07:44no, but Kerala is,
07:45I think,
07:46one of the most
07:47beautiful cities,
07:48states in India.
07:49It's a beautiful country,
07:50isn't it?
07:51Yeah, but,
07:52you know,
07:53I feel there's so much
07:54in India,
07:55which has not been
07:56really shown on camera,
07:57and whatever has been,
07:58also has been very
07:59limited to a certain state.
08:00There's so much
08:01which we haven't
08:02really gone to
08:03in depth,
08:04and,
08:05you know,
08:06taken it on camera.
08:07Like,
08:08which are the places
08:09you think have not
08:10been explored?
08:11I think the east,
08:12the east part of India
08:13is not being.
08:14But that's because
08:15of tension.
08:16Yeah, because of tensions.
08:17But, you know,
08:18there are places
08:19which are beautiful,
08:20but you don't really
08:21hear of them.
08:22I mean,
08:23if you say Sikkim,
08:24or you say West Bengal,
08:25you know,
08:26people just know of
08:27Darjeeling.
08:28Nobody knows of Kalimpong.
08:29Nobody knows of these,
08:30like the Tista River,
08:31you know.
08:32The chocolates are
08:33really famous over there.
08:34Not chocolates,
08:35I think it's lollipop.
08:36Anything associated
08:37with food.
08:38Whatever it is,
08:39it's forbidden.
08:40Too high calorie.
08:41So,
08:42it's,
08:43there's so many places.
08:44Have you,
08:45have you been posted there?
08:46Have you stayed in that site?
08:47Yes.
08:48Because,
08:49because of being,
08:50him being in the services,
08:51you know,
08:52you get to travel so much.
08:53And you,
08:54you get to do
08:55all these things.
08:56Like,
08:57I remember when we went
08:58to the sugar sector once,
08:59that's above Simla.
09:00And, you know,
09:01we used to,
09:02we were,
09:03now this is something
09:04which should not be
09:05on camera,
09:06because we used to
09:07stop the car,
09:08and get down,
09:09and, you know,
09:10climb on the trees,
09:11and get these plums,
09:12and they were
09:13as big as apples.
09:14Plum chor?
09:15Plum chor.
09:16And,
09:17you know,
09:18they have these,
09:19the many places
09:20which are like village-like,
09:21and you're still connected
09:22to sides of the river,
09:23just by those
09:24old-fashioned pulleys,
09:25you know.
09:26Wow.
09:27So,
09:28you just sit into
09:29those box-like things,
09:30and then you get pulled
09:31on the other side.
09:32Oh, wow.
09:33That sounds like fun.
09:34Yeah.
09:35So,
09:36I had a very adventurous.
09:37India is so beautiful.
09:38India is fabulous.
09:39I think it's fabulous.
09:40So diverse.
09:41You have so much,
09:42every time you travel,
09:43you realize that
09:44you want to go back
09:45but you realize
09:46when you go somewhere else
09:47that you haven't seen that,
09:48and, you know,
09:49that's equally beautiful.
09:50So,
09:51I really loved it.
09:52I, in fact,
09:53enjoyed the entire time
09:54we got to see
09:55Leh-Ladakh,
09:56and I remember
09:57there was this girl,
09:58you know,
09:59she ran up
10:00on this mountain,
10:01and if you go
10:02to this lake over there,
10:03it was one of the highest
10:04lakes in the world,
10:05it's tough to breathe
10:06because of the altitude.
10:07Right.
10:08This kid,
10:09she just ran up,
10:10you know,
10:11and I was, like,
10:12thinking,
10:13okay,
10:14you know,
10:15and you can't take
10:16two steps without
10:17starting to feel that,
10:18but they are so
10:19acclimatized to that,
10:20you know,
10:21but it was really
10:22good fun.
10:23This is during
10:24the shooting of
10:25which film?
10:26This is during
10:27the traveling
10:28with my parents.
10:29Oh,
10:30okay,
10:31okay,
10:32this is when
10:33you were young,
10:34oh,
10:35when you were a child.
10:36Wow,
10:37okay,
10:38well,
10:39she seems to be
10:40a true Indian.
10:41Yes,
10:42true Indian.
10:43It's your responsibility
10:44to talk more
10:45about your
10:46filmy career.
10:47So,
10:48how was it
10:49working with
10:50Rocky Tendulkar Singh?
10:51I always found him
10:52to be a very
10:53earthy actor.
10:54We had a nice
10:55time,
10:56the three of us
10:57together,
10:58and then we
10:59had Jayaji
11:00with us,
11:01and I think
11:02the success
11:03of this film,
11:04by God's grace,
11:05most of the
11:06thing goes to
11:07the hard work
11:08of the actors
11:09and of course
11:10the blessings
11:11of Mrs. Bachchan.
11:12So,
11:13it's a
11:14great
11:15tribute
11:16for anybody
11:17to get.
11:18And then,
11:19Josh,
11:20opposite Shah Rukh,
11:21that was,
11:22how was it
11:23working suddenly
11:24with someone
11:25so senior?
11:26Yeah,
11:27that was like,
11:28I don't know
11:29whether you
11:30know,
11:31but I'm like,
11:32I won't just
11:33say I'm a
11:34diehard fan,
11:35because fans
11:36are only related
11:37to the acting
11:38side.
11:39I've always
11:40liked Shah Rukh.
11:41But you know,
11:42you never think
11:43that one day
11:44you're going
11:45to be with
11:46this guy,
11:47and I was
11:48totally in
11:49awe of him,
11:50and I was
11:51like,
11:52suppose I do
11:53something wrong
11:54and he's such
11:55a huge star,
11:56what's he going
11:57to do,
11:58and what's
11:59he going
12:00to say,
12:01and you have
12:02all these
12:03doubts coming
12:04in.
12:05But he was
12:06so sweet
12:07throughout
12:08the making,
12:09and I
12:10was so
12:11impressed
12:12with him,
12:13and the
12:14song,
12:15the beginning
12:16of the song,
12:17the beginning
12:18of the song.
12:19Did you really
12:20slap him?
12:21And you know,
12:22we were doing
12:23this repeated
12:24thing in Goa,
12:25and Mansoor
12:26kept telling me,
12:27no Priya,
12:28it's not
12:29coming with
12:30this kind
12:31of force
12:32that the
12:33girl is mad
12:34at him,
12:35and I was
12:36like,
12:37yeah,
12:38okay,
12:39and I think
12:40there was
12:41spin drop
12:42silence
12:43completely,
12:44everybody just,
12:45you know,
12:46the camera
12:47kept rolling,
12:48I think the
12:49director forgot
12:50to say cut
12:51because of
12:52the reaction.
12:53I remember
12:54KV telling me,
12:55KV was the
12:56cameraman,
12:57he was telling
12:58me,
12:59girls are
13:00going to hate
13:01you because
13:02you've hit
13:03Shah Rukh
13:04Khan.
13:05So how
13:06many takes
13:07did you have
13:08to make?
13:09And he was
13:10explaining it
13:11to me how
13:12it should be
13:13done right,
13:14and I didn't
13:15know what
13:16to say.
13:17And after
13:18that,
13:19the song
13:20starts.
13:21So imagine
13:22how much
13:23of tension
13:24I felt,
13:25and how
13:26cool he was
13:27about the
13:28whole thing,
13:29and I think
13:30that it
13:31was very
13:32sweet of him
13:33to really
13:34understand that
13:35I made
13:36such a
13:37mistake.
13:38You felt
13:39it was
13:40too hard?
13:41Yeah,
13:42I think
13:43it was
13:44too hard.
13:45I think
13:46it was
13:47like a
13:48real whack.
13:49I think
13:50that was
13:51really embarrassing.
13:52Oh no.
13:53But it's
13:54okay,
13:55I mean,
13:56the film
13:57did well,
13:58so all's
13:59well that
14:00ends well.
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