00:00When someone asks me, how many children do you have, I say one dozen.
00:03I just started writing, I didn't tell you.
00:05Okay.
00:06So I write lyrics and some songs that have just been released on the second album.
00:11I didn't like meeting people.
00:13I don't know what was the reason for that.
00:15But whoever they liked, I liked them a lot.
00:20What would you do today?
00:22Look, my full-time job was to look after the people who left me.
00:26When someone asks me, how many children do you have, I say one dozen.
00:30Now you understand what I'm trying to say.
00:33So I had to do a lot of things to look after them.
00:36And it was a bit of a shock.
00:38Because Kishore ji, so many children...
00:41Even Amit was like that.
00:43I told you, when he used to come home, he used to call out to me.
00:46Sometimes he used to say, oh my God, I've run away.
00:48Let's go somewhere, they'll come to call me.
00:50He used to run away from school like a kid.
00:52So that's how it was.
00:53He used to tickle you.
00:55He used to tickle me and say, what should I do?
00:56The lights are off, I've been sitting here for an hour.
00:58How long should I sit here?
01:00I have to go out with the kids.
01:02He used to love me a lot like that.
01:04If he gave me something to eat, he used to bring it for me.
01:06That's how simple he was.
01:08He was very nice.
01:09Can you tell me about your children?
01:13About my children...
01:14Amit is a different story.
01:16He's an adult now.
01:20He's not like Kishore ji.
01:24He's very talented.
01:25But he's introverted.
01:26He composes in his room.
01:29He makes very good songs.
01:31I just started writing, I didn't tell him.
01:33So I write lyrics.
01:35And I've written a few songs.
01:37My second album has been released.
01:39And there's one more coming.
01:40Amit gave me a chance.
01:42I started writing dummy verses.
01:44I started writing songs too.
01:46So I like writing those.
01:48And I think in that...
01:51Sumit's father wanted him to learn piano.
01:56We didn't force him.
01:57But he showed a lot of interest in it.
02:00And he was playing it on his own without learning.
02:03Then Pyare ji said,
02:04if you play it wrongly, it sounds good.
02:08So we trained him.
02:10He's also very naughty.
02:11Very naughty.
02:13He puts on a mask to scare everyone.
02:15He's just like his father.
02:18Tell me about your ambition.
02:21Ambition...
02:23When I was 15 years old,
02:24my ambition was to become an artist like Meena ji.
02:28But I became a type.
02:31My first movie was Man Ka Meet.
02:33Before that, Masiha movie had been announced.
02:36With Dutt and Rajkumar.
02:39In that, Mumtaz...
02:40He also had a beautiful role.
02:43It was a warm role, but it was a beautiful role.
02:45So that got shelved in the middle.
02:47And after that, Man Ka Meet.
02:50And when I saw the Tamil version,
02:53I started crying.
02:53I said, I can't do all this.
02:55I didn't wear such clothes.
02:56I came from Dharwad.
02:58But Mrs. Dutt, Nargis ji,
03:01helped me a lot.
03:03She said, look, you can do whatever you want in front of the camera.
03:07But if you want to do what you're not,
03:10then take this as a challenge.
03:11You can do it.
03:13And people accepted me for Man Ka Meet.
03:15After that, Man Chali and all these roles.
03:18I met a glamorous role.
03:20What is your ambition now?
03:22Right now, my ambition is to take Sumit to a very good place.
03:26Just like his father's dreams.
03:29That's my big ambition.
03:31I live for today.
03:32I have my dogs, I have my family.
03:34That's all I write about.
03:37Because I'm scared of planning a lot.
03:40As it is.
03:41People say that Kishore was a genius and eccentric.
03:46At least we all know that he was definitely a genius.
03:49But why eccentric?
03:51You will say something.
03:53Maybe he used to say eccentric because,
03:55like I told you before,
03:57he liked it when someone called him crazy.
04:00I don't know why.
04:02Eccentric means he didn't hurt anyone.
04:05In this, his behavior was very serious sometimes.
04:12And sometimes he was very childish.
04:15You couldn't expect him to react this way to something.
04:20And sometimes I have seen that,
04:23for example, he asked me in an incident,
04:25Leena, did you hear anything about me?
04:27You have worked in films for so many years.
04:29So I said, what did I hear?
04:31I had heard it, but I didn't want to say it.
04:33So he said, what did you hear?
04:36So I said, that you sing very well.
04:38I was your fan and you did such good comedy.
04:42And genius and all.
04:44So he didn't like it, he wasn't enjoying it.
04:47So you didn't hear anything?
04:48And I was alone in that room, doing my makeup.
04:51A movie was being made, Pyaar Rajnobi.
04:54So he said, you didn't hear anything?
04:55I said, I didn't hear anything.
04:57After that, I can't do my face.
05:00Like a person becomes an animal,
05:01he wanted to be scared, he went crazy.
05:04So he kept talking, and I heard it, so I got scared.
05:07I said, I will start looking for my hairdresser, what will happen?
05:10As soon as he did this,
05:12he jumped and sat on the sofa and started jumping.
05:15So I said, yes, yes, I heard it.
05:17I closed my eyes and said, I heard you're crazy.
05:21Then he started laughing, I said, why didn't you say this earlier?
05:24You scared me.
05:25But Sumit and Amit laugh a lot.
05:28They showed me a movie about ghosts.
05:30I really enjoyed it.
05:31I said, Sumit is still young, he's not 18 years old, what are you doing?
05:35He said, no, no, I'm also a kid, both of them are watching.
05:38Like his nature.
05:39His nature, yes.
05:40He was like this before.
05:41He was like this before.
05:42Mom, he was very childish.
05:44And like I said, he didn't like to meet people.
05:50I don't know what was the reason for that.
05:52But whoever he liked, he liked a lot.
05:56When Sumit was born, he got married to me and he changed a lot.
05:59I don't know what he was like before.
06:01But Raj Kapoor also said, when he came here for his birthday,
06:06he used to call me Chela Babu.
06:07I said, I haven't been to Chela Babu's house yet.
06:09He said, I'm a superstar.
06:11I said, that's amazing.
06:13One day, you know, I want to tell you something very interesting.
06:17There are fights between husband and wife.
06:19Why did you come late?
06:20Which woman was on the phone?
06:21All this happens.
06:22I was very insecure.
06:24I was fourth, right?
06:26So, I shouldn't be fifth now.
06:29Or full stop.
06:30So, I was very tensed.
06:32So, that day, I don't know what I felt.
06:35I said, I'm going.
06:36I packed everything.
06:39So, at first, I was very scared.
06:41What did I do?
06:42Ego.
06:42I said, go.
06:43Go, if you want to go.
06:45Then I went to the watchman's office.
06:49So, I went there.
06:51And it was a suitcase.
06:53But before going, he came out and said,
06:56don't come back and don't talk to me ever.
06:58Not even on the phone, not like that.
06:59So, I said, yes.
07:01He said, I didn't say it.
07:02The one who talks first is a big idiot.
07:04So, I said, yes, okay.
07:06Okay?
07:06Then I said, get a taxi later.
07:09As soon as he opened the door to get the taxi,
07:12I saw that from a distance,
07:15a very big crew had come.
07:17Who were they?
07:18I'll tell you.
07:19Indira ji.
07:20It was in 1984, right?
07:21Yes.
07:22She had a singer by the name Bhawanjali.
07:24Shraddha Anjali too.
07:26So, they all came.
07:27With or without Yaqub.
07:29So, I don't know if I understood or not.
07:30It was a very big pain.
07:32And I said, hey, sister-in-law.
07:33So, where are you going?
07:34Because of you, this 8th Ajuba has changed.
07:37And you did this.
07:38You did a great job.
07:39I kept looking at them.
07:40I said, what are you saying?
07:42They said, where are you going?
07:43You can't go.
07:43Give us tea.
07:44Let's go home.
07:45I slowly, with my feet,
07:47gave a kiss to Surkis.
07:49And I quietly hung my face and came inside.
07:52And smilingly, I said, listen.
07:54Look at me like this.
07:56I became a donkey.
07:58I spoke like a donkey.
07:59After that, I kept looking at Ameet.
08:02Look, she's talking to me.
08:04She said, whatever you're talking about is a donkey.
08:06And after that, when everyone left,
08:08she laughed at me and said,
08:09it's not that easy to break.
08:12So, that's how I became a donkey.
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