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Actress Sameera Reddy, who worked with late ghazal legend Pankaj Udhas in the cult classic music video Aur Ahista Kijiye Baatein, is feeling extremely sad today as she owes her career to the veteran singer. “I just found out that I have chills right now talking to you. I have tears in my eyes. My heart is broken. It’s sad that we lost him,” she says.
Recalling those good days of 2012, Reddy shares, “Today I am everything I am because of him. I was spotted and picked. I was a kid with no aspirations and didn’t know what I was doing, but somehow he became a part of this cult song, it is one of his biggest hits. It was a privilege and an honor that I was a part of it,” adding: “I remember meeting him at a party after a few years of its release, when I became an actress, I walked up to him, bowed and said : ‘People saw me thanks to you, I am who I am thanks to you.’ He was so moved and pleased. He had such a warm and humble personality. He smiled and said, “It was just because of your hard work.” I feel like sometimes you just have to be chosen and I think that song chose me and even today people remember that song.”
“I was very nervous when I met him, I was shaking and very scared because it was the first time I was in front of the camera. I remember thinking, ‘What have I gotten myself into?’ But he was just smiling through it all. He was so relaxed and never felt intimidated by being a senior, there was no pressure,” Reddy tells us.
The 45-year-old can’t help but share the importance of the song even today. “Even today I know that when that song starts, my entire generation comes together in solidarity. It is nostalgia, it unites emotions and people. I will never be able to forget it and I am indebted,” he jokes.
“For years, when I met him later, he was always very rooted. No one will forget him. He is a legend and his music will be forever,” says Reddy, his voice cracking as he remembers the late legend.