October 27, 2026 — "Sammy talks to Kalki Koechlin about Her Song"

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The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio appEpisode 650ON TODAY'S SHOWKalki Koechlin joins Sammy for the back half of the hour on Her Song, her first real comedy — an American film that flips thirty years of Indian cinema sending Indians abroad: an Indian star goes west to play a westerner going home. She is Olivia, a New York novelist who goes back to her grandmother's village in France and gets stuck there when the pandemic hits, the way her grandmother got stuck when the Nazis came — in World War II they ran out of writing paper, in the pandemic we ran out of toilet paper — and the director asked the French girl from Pondicherry to put an American accent on her French. Ten years since she and Sammy last crossed paths at the Indian Film Festival of LA; since then a child, and a book about it, The Elephant in the Womb, on the parts of pregnancy and postpartum nobody talks about. She wants to remake Piku in French, is still waiting for someone to offer her a kick-ass action movie, and is next up in Unearth on Amazon, a supernatural story told from a woman's point of view. Asked what she would tell the little girl in Pondicherry who kept hearing "but where are you really from," she said she felt like crying, then: a big hug, and be proud of your differences. The hour opens with Jass Manak's Kante and Niyam's Tum Se Tum Tak, then Hania Amir's Pablo into Dr. Roy's Word On The Avenue, Amaal Mallik and Arijit Singh's Yeh Awarapan into Neesh Riaz's preview of tonight's Garage Mahal, Maan Panu's I Met Her Again, Talwiinder's Mangda Wapis Kyun two days ahead of Painted Feelings, and MC Square's Long Way From Home into the conversation. Zeeshan Ali's Bandhe Zulfon Pe takes the show out of it; Doyeeta Das Gupta's Artist Spotlight on Vishal Mishra — rejected by nearly every audition before Indian Idol season 6 took him — sets up Toxic, his title track with Hanita Bhambri, then Jxggi's Knock Knock, Sammy's closing remarks on Kalki, and Jalwa E Jaanaan from Maati Season 2 to close. Tomorrow: Malvika [confirm name]. Thursday: Arshdeep Maan.FEATURED MUSICKante — Jass ManakTum Se Tum Tak — NiyamPablo — Hania AmirYeh Awarapan — Arijit Singh, Amaal MallikI Met Her Again — Maan Panu, TavMangda Wapis Kyun — Talwiinder, Kidjaywest, NDSLong Way From Home — MC Square, Radhika Bhide, Wicked SunnyBandhe Zulfon Pe — Zeeshan Ali, Dr. ANKToxic — Vishal Mishra, Hanita BhambriKnock Knock — JxggiJalwa E Jaanaan — Jyoti Nooran, Anurag Saikia (Maati S2)FEATURED GUESTS & CONTRIBUTORSKalki Koechlin — InterviewDr. Roy — Word On The AvenueNeesh Riaz — Show Preview (Garage Mahal)Doyeeta Das Gupta — Artist Spotlight (Vishal Mishra)RUNDOWN0:00 Sammy Opening (station IDs from Yung Sammy, Amaal Mallik and Burrah at 0:15–0:34)2:30 Kante — Jass Manak4:50 Sammy5:05 Tum Se Tum Tak — Niyam7:26 Sammy7:41 Pablo — Hania Amir9:33 Sammy10:19 Dr. Roy with the Word On The Avenue12:01 Sammy12:12 Yeh Awarapan — Arijit Singh, Amaal Mallik16:52 Sammy17:40 Neesh Riaz with a preview of his show18:10 Sammy18:14 I Met Her Again — Maan Panu, Tav21:36 Sammy21:50 Mangda Wapis Kyun — Talwiinder, Kidjaywest, NDS24:47 Sammy25:08 Long Way From Home — MC Square, Radhika Bhide, Wicked Sunny29:06 Sammy talks to Kalki Koechlin45:36 Bandhe Zulfon Pe — Zeeshan Ali, Dr. ANK49:28 Sammy49:58 Doyeeta Das Gupta with the Artist Spotlight50:25 Sammy50:26 Toxic — Vishal Mishra, Hanita Bhambri52:57 Sammy53:16 Knock Knock — Jxggi55:16 Sammy delivers the Closing Remarks57:14 Jalwa E Jaanaan — Jyoti Nooran, Anurag Saikia (plays out; show ends at about 1:01:27)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-bridge-by-sammy-chand--6650619/support.Sammy Chand's daily radio show on Rukus Avenue Radio is the leading Indian music and culture show in the world. The one hour show airs daily worldwide."South Asian music podcast," "Punjabi music show," "Bollywood commentary," "Indian diaspora radio", "Indian Music", "Top Indian Radio Show", "Punjabi Radio Show", "Indian Radio Host", "Punjabi Radio Host".

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