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Sardaar Ji 3 stars Diljit Dosanjh and Neeru Bajwa speak exclusively to Haroon Rashid about their latest movie, revisiting the hit franchise and their successful onscreen pairing in films like Jatt and Juliet 3. Diljit shares never-heard-before stories from his Met Gala appearance including interactions with Shakira and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and hearing Stevie Wonder for the first time. Diljit reflects on collaborations with Will Smith and Ed Sheeran, plus the impact his appearances at Coachella and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon have had on global representation of the Punjabi community. Both Diljit and Neeru also talk about how they deal with hate and some of the challenges they face in their careers.
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00:00Sardarji 2
00:30You had a baby
00:34No
00:35My producer is telling me to say that
00:38I didn't have a baby then
00:39I wasn't pregnant then
00:41This interview gets juicy from the start
00:43Where were you?
00:46Because I was pregnant
00:47At the time of release of Sardarji 1
00:50So you can do a separate interview
00:52With Sunny G after this, okay?
00:53And the director of Sardarji 1 and 2
00:56So yeah, we should ask them
00:58But you're in Sardarji 3
01:00Is this a continuation from Sardarji 2
01:03Or is it a completely fresh plot altogether?
01:06I can say that
01:07This was the first Sardarji
01:09It's a little bigger
01:13But the concept is a little different
01:14Before I was picking them up
01:17Now we're picking them up
01:19Paji, you're giving me the answer in Hindi
01:21But I know that English has been very close
01:24Yeah, 100%
01:24I don't want to do that
01:26Maybe they can't
01:27We've seen that interview
01:29We've seen that interview
01:30And my bosses told me in a special way
01:32This was before coming here
01:34That you've spoken to us for years
01:36You've spoken to us for years
01:38That if you're going to win the interview
01:39Then you'll answer only in Hindi or Punjabi
01:41Now you'll see what's happening in Hindi
01:42Now you'll see what's happening in English
01:43Now you'll see what's happening in English
01:44Now you'll see what's happening in English
01:45You'll have to give me a little bit of English
01:46You'll have to give me a little bit of English
01:47I need to be prepared in the morning
01:49I'm not prepared today
01:50I'm just
01:51I'll meet you today
01:53Like a friend
01:54A buddy
01:55You know
01:56I respect you
01:57Yeah
01:58You'll have to give me a little bit of English
01:59You'll have to give me a little bit of English
01:59You'll have to give me a little bit of English
02:00You'll have to give me a little bit of English
02:01I respect that
02:02That's why we're doing this
02:03So I didn't get into that mindset
02:05But I'll try again
02:06Thank you
02:07Later in English
02:08Because we're sitting with Neeru
02:09So she can correct me
02:10Dilji
02:11When you revisit a film or a franchise
02:14Of course there's the recall value for the audience
02:17But there's also a problem
02:18That you can't make a good film as it was before
02:22So how did you assess that
02:24This time is right
02:25This story is right
02:26This team is right
02:28For the film
02:29People judge you
02:30They will judge you
02:31They will judge you
02:32They will judge you
02:33I mean you cannot think that
02:34If we make a film
02:35Then they will judge you
02:36I and Neeru
02:37I will do any film
02:38People say that
02:39Judges and JVU did one good
02:40So the thing is good
02:42That will be good
02:43Some people like two
02:44Some people like one
02:45Some people like one
02:46So I don't think that
02:48This is good
02:49The story is good
02:50And nowadays
02:51The sequels are running
02:52And the producers want
02:53The first film is going
02:55So they do this
02:56I do some films
02:57I do some films
02:58I do some films
02:59I think that
03:01I get a different film
03:03And I do some films
03:04I do some films
03:05The producers
03:07Because they are working with me
03:09For a long time
03:10Even with Jatt & Julie
03:11We are working with Jatt & Julie
03:12One with us
03:13With Jatt & Julie
03:14One
03:15After that
03:16They were not a producer
03:17They were a line producer
03:18After that
03:19When we had money
03:20After that
03:21They had to pay off
03:22They told me
03:23To make a producer
03:24So they had money
03:26They had to pay off
03:27The first film
03:28Yes, yes, yes, yes
03:29They said
03:30They told me
03:31To make a producer
03:32Then I will give you
03:34Reels
03:35They didn't give me
03:36Jatt & Julie
03:37One's Reels
03:38Is that right?
03:39Yes
03:40So this is a producer
03:41From me
03:42So I do some films
03:43I do some films
03:44That people who are working with me
03:46So if they are successful
03:48Commercially
03:49Then what is bad?
03:50And people say
03:51I am a fan of films
03:52I am a fan of films
03:53That
03:54You are laughing
03:55You are happy
03:56This is the biggest thing
03:58I am the biggest fan of Gowinda
04:01Which is your favorite?
04:02All the films
04:03I mean
04:04Which film is
04:06Which film is
04:07Which film is
04:08Which film is
04:09Which film is
04:10Which film is
04:11Which film is
04:12Which film is
04:13The second king
04:14The second king
04:15I think
04:16I am a fan of films
04:17So if I ever
04:18Do something like that
04:19I have done in Bollywood
04:20Or Punjabi
04:21I have done good news
04:22And also in Chmkila
04:23The good news
04:24Out and out comedy
04:25It was one of them
04:26But it was comedy film
04:27So I want to do both films
04:30Because our last film
04:31It was 100 crore
04:32Jaitan Juliet 3
04:34So this is Sardarji 3
04:36And these producers
04:37Are very long
04:38So
04:39Some films
04:40Are commercial
04:41And some films
04:42Are a very good subject
04:44Or serious subject
04:45That is
04:46Like we have done
04:47This is a Jiswant Singh
04:48Halada film
04:49So
04:50It is not coming
04:51But when it comes
04:52It will be
04:53It will be
04:54This film is
04:55I told you before
04:56We began the interview
04:57And I am going to say
04:58It on record as well
04:59I was so impressed
05:01By the trailer
05:02Partly for the content
05:03Of the film
05:04And partly for the courage
05:05That you have shown
05:06With releasing the film
05:07Both of you have stood
05:08By this film
05:09And I am impressed
05:10By the fact that you have
05:11Released this internationally
05:12In the manner
05:13That you set out
05:14To make it
05:15Were you involved
05:16With that process
05:17Of deciding
05:18That the film
05:19Was going to be released
05:20As it is?
05:21When this film was made
05:22Then
05:23The situation was all right
05:24When we were shooting
05:26In February
05:28In February
05:29In February
05:30Then the situation was all right
05:31Everything was right
05:32After that
05:33There are no big things
05:34In our hands
05:35So
05:36The producers have decided
05:38That this film
05:39Obviously
05:40In India
05:41So they will release it
05:42So they will release it
05:43So obviously
05:44They have a lot of money
05:45And when this film was made
05:47Then there was nothing
05:48So
05:49Okay
05:50Then
05:51It is already lost
05:52In their mind
05:53That it is lost
05:54100%
05:55Because
05:56A territory
05:57You are minused
05:58In that territory
05:59So
06:01When I signed the film
06:03It was all right
06:04So
06:05Now
06:06The situation is not in our hands
06:07So
06:08I want to release it
06:09So I am with them
06:10How was it working with Hanya Amir?
06:11I mean
06:12She is in the trailer
06:13We know she is in the movie
06:14She was at your London show as well
06:16I remember
06:17Meeting her around that time
06:18And we were talking about
06:19How much she loves your work
06:21You know
06:22She is a huge admirer of your work
06:23And
06:24There are a lot of people
06:25Who want to know around the world
06:26How was your experience working with her?
06:27Very good
06:28She is very professional
06:29And
06:30When we were working with her
06:32It was not so much time
06:33But
06:34I and Niro Ji
06:35People
06:36I feel like
06:37Our
06:38Equation
06:39In the film
06:40We don't know
06:41How many big types
06:42Of our relations
06:44We are going to dinner
06:45And party
06:46No, it is not
06:47I am very respectful of their work
06:50And
06:51I always respect
06:52Everyone's privacy
06:54I am very private
06:55And
06:56Everyone's space
06:58Especially the girls
07:00They should give a little space
07:03That
07:04I mean
07:05In the film
07:06My character is
07:07But I am not
07:08Otherwise
07:09I am very
07:10To the point
07:11To the point
07:12I think
07:13That is the magic
07:14To your chemistry
07:15Because
07:16If you have seen
07:17You have done 7 films
07:18And
07:19You have done 7 films together
07:20As a lead couple
07:21That is the same number of films
07:22As a Shahrukh Khan and Kajo
07:23It is the exact same number of films
07:25That they have done together
07:26I am not saying you are Shahrukh Khan and Kajo
07:27It is okay
07:28There is a different
07:29You are
07:30You are
07:31You are
07:32The reason that
07:33They were cast 7 times
07:34Is because the audience connect with their chemistry on screen
07:37Likewise
07:38The reason you are cast so many times
07:39Is because the audience connect with your chemistry
07:41But
07:42I think the secret to good chemistry
07:44Is not being the best of friends
07:46Would you agree?
07:47The respect is always there
07:48He knows a lot about me honestly
07:50I know a lot about him
07:51But it is not that
07:52You know
07:53We are like
07:54Let's meet up for a coffee
07:55But it is a very peculiar and beautiful relationship that we have
07:59When we meet
08:00It is like
08:01I don't know
08:02We haven't seen each other for years
08:03But it is like
08:04We just pick up from where we left off
08:05And I think that is a beautiful relationship that we have
08:09I think a lot of people think that this is some sort of like
08:13Overnight wonder
08:14Yeah
08:15This man
08:16This figure here
08:17It is like an overnight
08:18Pop out of thin air
08:19He has just become
08:20Yeah
08:21What he is
08:22But it is not that
08:23As somebody who has seen him grow over 15 years
08:25Did you ever wonder in between
08:27If this man had changed completely from the way you knew him?
08:30No
08:31He has honestly been the same from day one to now
08:34His personality
08:35The way he is with people
08:37Very respectful
08:38Very humble
08:39But
08:40And why shouldn't he be to himself?
08:42I think that is a fabulous way to go out in life
08:44I am to myself
08:45I don't have any friends in the industry
08:47You just kind of put those blinders on and you go for it
08:51And why shouldn't he?
08:52So
08:53It works for him
08:54That is what makes him happy
08:55And he is in his own world
08:57And why does anyone care?
08:59Like let him live his life the way he wants to
09:01I agree with you
09:02I agree with you
09:03Everybody has something to say about everything
09:04And it is like
09:05Even with me
09:06Like I get
09:07You know
09:08Stop now
09:09You are a mom
09:10Stop
09:12Let everybody do their thing
09:13And just you know
09:14And if you don't want to watch
09:15Just
09:16Go away
09:17I think you are definitely
09:19The perfect example of
09:21A dignified
09:22Classy Punjabi actress
09:24Thank you
09:25I think you are very much the epitome of grace and elegance
09:31Thank you
09:32And you carry yourself very well near you
09:34And I have seen that over the years
09:37But particularly when thinking about this interview
09:40And I was looking back
09:41You have been like that since the very start
09:44Thank you
09:45I think one thing that I am very happy about
09:50Is that I have never lost myself
09:52I think who I am
09:53I have retained from the beginning
09:56And
09:57Because it is very easy I think
09:58To get lost in this world
09:59And become somebody else
10:00Completely foreign
10:01To who you are
10:02And
10:03I think my
10:04My beliefs
10:05And my integrity
10:06Are still intact today
10:07So yeah
10:08Tiljit Neeru
10:09Have you changed in the past 15 years?
10:10In the past 15 years?
10:11No
10:12I have changed in the past 15 years
10:13No
10:14I think you look even better than ever before
10:15100%
10:16Yeah
10:17So I follow them
10:18Until they do not work
10:19I am not doing it
10:20I think that's a good way to be
10:22I follow them all
10:24I am doing all the time
10:26I am doing all the time
10:27In my 60s now
10:28But you have also changed that as well
10:29Right?
10:30Like when you started acting
10:31Firstly
10:32I don't think there were any Punjabi actresses
10:34Who were known on the first name level that you are
10:39Right?
10:40I think you were the first to be of Punjabi cinema
10:42Who is well known across the world
10:43Thank you
10:44From your industry
10:45But also
10:46You have said yourself
10:47People said your career is over
10:49After this film there is no point trying
10:51You got married
10:52You had kids
10:53People thought it was over for you
10:55So you have already broken the glass ceiling
10:57I think that's a blueprint that just
11:00I think for a lot of women
11:02We grow up thinking that we have to get married by a certain age
11:05We have to have a career by a certain age
11:07And then we are done
11:08And especially with actresses
11:09There is an expiry date
11:11And a very short date for us
11:14Is it an outdated concept now?
11:15Or is it still real?
11:17There still is ageism
11:20But I mean I think once you break that in your own mind
11:23That barrier
11:24Which I also had
11:25That I was done
11:26And I was
11:27I said goodbye to him
11:28And said
11:29No
11:30I'm getting married now
11:31And take care
11:32And this is it for me
11:33Because that was
11:34I was
11:35Do a movie with my sister
11:36Yeah
11:37I asked him
11:38I'm like will you do a movie with my sister?
11:40So it's like you condition yourself
11:42Because this is how we've grown up
11:44And this is all we know
11:45And I think once I broke that mindset
11:47Or the barriers myself
11:48I don't know
11:50Things just opened up
11:51Things are changing
11:52But it needs a man like Diljeet Dasanj
11:54To empower an actress like yourself
11:56I think it speaks volumes
11:58That Diljeet you're still choosing to work with Neeru
12:02Because you don't have to work with Neeru
12:04Neeru has to travel across the other side of the world
12:07To come and work with you
12:08There are actresses who are also popular in Punjab
12:11Who are younger than Neeru as well
12:13Who might have more of a social media presence than Neeru even
12:16You choosing to still work with her
12:18It is a huge credit to you
12:22Neeruji
12:23My thinking Neeruji is lucky for me
12:25My first stadium concert Neeruji was there
12:28My first film shot Neeruji was there
12:32My first solo hit film Neeruji was there
12:36So I think she's lucky for me
12:39Do you remember the respect with which she treated you
12:43When you first went on set?
12:45Because I think that counts for a lot
12:47When it comes, you know, 15 years later
12:49You see how big Diljeet is now
12:51But you always remember the way your seniors treat you
12:53When you first go into a new environment
12:56Do you remember how Neeru treated you?
12:58Yeah, like
13:00I didn't think that I would see her
13:03I didn't think that I would see her
13:05I didn't think that
13:06My singing career was running
13:08So it's just
13:09One day I called me
13:10You want to do this scene?
13:12I said, yeah, yeah, who is 100%?
13:14Movie? Okay, 100%?
13:15I said, Neeruji and Jimmy Shergill
13:17Okay, let's watch Neeruji
13:19I was just watching them
13:21I didn't know who was there
13:22I didn't know who was there
13:23There were dialogues
13:24There were people who were taking
13:25I didn't know any idea about this film
13:29Even when that first shot
13:30I would say all of my dialogue
13:31I would say all of them
13:32They'd say, no, no, no
13:33They'd say nothing
13:34They'd say nothing
13:35Then they'd cut
13:36Then they'd come in
13:37Then they'd come in
13:38They'd come in
13:39So
13:40I was just excited about Neeruji and Jimmy Sheggal.
13:46I was just excited to see the hero hero.
13:48So I just went to that.
13:50Because I remember my same-day concert at Jalandhar.
13:53So, then I started my career.
13:56Diljeet is one of several generations of actors you've worked with.
14:00People ask you in the last few years,
14:03how is it working with Diljeet Dasanj?
14:04Or what do you think of his huge stardom?
14:07What do you think of everything that's happening?
14:09But the truth is, you've worked with huge stars throughout your career.
14:12Harpajan Maan, Gurdas Maan, Jimmy Sheggal.
14:15Diljeet is a humble enough man to know that they are very big stars.
14:20And they are, you know, hugely influential themselves.
14:24Throughout this change of generations of actors that have come, though,
14:28what does set Diljeet apart?
14:30His passion, his hard work.
14:34I mean, he lives, breathes, I mean, his work.
14:38That's it.
14:39And there's no one as professional and hardworking as him.
14:42So if anyone says that he's lucky, it's not luck.
14:45I mean, just spend a day with him, see how hard he works.
14:48And this new generation has not gotten that yet.
14:52So, because I work with him, you know, I'm working with younger heroes.
14:55And I wish I could just explain to them that, no, it's the hard work you have to put in.
15:04Neera, do you enjoy doing films like Sardarji?
15:06And I ask you that because you've done a lot of social dramas as well.
15:09You've done a lot of films that tackle a lot of issues.
15:11I mentioned the TV show that you did a moment ago as well.
15:13You do things that have something to say.
15:17And then you do a Jack and Juliet 3 or you do a Shudder or you do a Sardarji 3.
15:21You do something that's pure entertainment.
15:23I love that too.
15:24Really?
15:25I think just like he said.
15:26And I think I'm very blessed to have the opportunity to do both.
15:30Because I think there's very few actors that can, I think, handle both, you know.
15:36But a typically commercial film and then you go ahead and do some social drama.
15:40So I do enjoy both.
15:42I don't want to do one thing continuously.
15:44And I love being glamorous.
15:46I love doing songs.
15:47With comedy, it's hard sometimes to gauge if a universal audience will connect
15:52with it in the same way they might with a social drama.
15:55When I sign a film, it's gut feeling.
15:57I go with it.
15:58And then when I'm actually in the scene, like with him, I don't have to think.
16:01Everything that we do is organic.
16:03We never rehearse.
16:04And it just kind of flows.
16:06We never talk or discuss.
16:07We're going to do this.
16:08Hey, I'm going to go here.
16:09We're just, it's like a tennis match.
16:11We're there to like catch what the other's throwing at us.
16:13And we react to each other, which I find very natural.
16:16And I think that's what the audience really enjoys.
16:19And they feel like it's authentic, like we're not being fake with each other.
16:22Even now, your chemistry with one another as co-stars is authentic.
16:26It's real.
16:27There's a respect, a warmth, a calmness that the two of you have even.
16:31And you feel safe.
16:32I mean, it's like when you have a co-star, you're working with him.
16:35You're actually surrendering yourself to that person.
16:38So to be able to feel like, okay, yes, I can fully surrender to my co-star.
16:43Your performance can go anywhere.
16:45Otherwise, we're like, oh God, now he's going to do this.
16:48Let me, let me see.
16:49How am I going to handle myself?
16:51But with, with when you, when you completely trust your co-star, it's just, it's different altogether.
16:56Tajit, five years ago, you were kind enough to use my voice in your intro for GOAT.
17:03Oh yes.
17:04Yeah, yeah, yeah.
17:05And the thing that you used was me talking about all your accolades up until that point.
17:10First Punjabi artist to do this, first Punjabi artist to do that, Wembley Arena, Madame Tussauds, XYZ.
17:16That feels so small now compared to what's happened in the last five years.
17:21You are the first Punjabi artist to perform at Coachella.
17:25The first Punjabi artist to appear on the Jimmy Fallon show.
17:28The first Punjabi artist to attend the Met Gala.
17:30I told you that you will use the next intro.
17:33That's the three lines.
17:35But how does it feel like hearing that back?
17:38It's like, I feel like what happened, it happened.
17:44It happened, it happened, it happened.
17:46I'm not thinking about it.
17:48Thank you, you have allowed me.
17:51And thank you, BBC, they also allowed me.
17:53Because you were talking about it on their channel and allowed me.
17:56I'm very thankful for them.
17:58They started a very good phrase there.
18:01The intro was very good.
18:03But I've always thought,
18:05the things happening, the things happening, the things happening, the things happening.
18:08Now I'm thinking about such things,
18:11which I can't speak.
18:13It's probably not believable.
18:15So let's see, when it happens, we'll talk about it.
18:18I think you really downplay the significance and impact.
18:22For example, Neeru's daughter is growing up in Canada.
18:25She stayed up late at night to watch Jimmy Fallon.
18:28So she could talk to her friends about it the next day.
18:31And be proud of being Punjabi.
18:34Do you know what that means for people living abroad, for children growing up abroad,
18:40who have never seen themselves represented on screen like that?
18:44That's why he's moving forward, because he doesn't get stuck in his achievements.
18:49So that's when ego comes in place.
18:51He's just like, okay, done.
18:52I'm going to keep going forward.
18:54And that's why I feel like it's his biggest quality.
18:58You'll see, I'm sure you've met so many stars and they're so like, oh, I did this.
19:01They're still living in yesterday or their last hit.
19:04But you know the problem when you don't appreciate those moments,
19:07is people are very quick to not give you the credit you deserve.
19:11And in this case, and I'm not giving him fake credit.
19:14You know, this is something that is really major.
19:16There was no turban wearing man headlining Coachella.
19:19There was no Punjabi artist on Jimmy Fallon.
19:21These are really big moments.
19:22So when you saw, for example, all those tweets of people saying,
19:26we finally feel represented, how did that make you feel?
19:29I think that, like Neeru Ji's daughter and our young talent,
19:38he will do that and people will forget all these things.
19:42I mean, all these things will forget all these things.
19:45I think that our talent will end in the future.
19:49He will end all these things.
19:52I think that these things will end in four or five years.
19:55One time, let's go and break someone's door.
19:58That's a different thing.
19:59But there will be many other things that never happened before.
20:02One hundred percent, if you can see it,
20:05Punjabi is like original language.
20:09Original music.
20:11It's not a national music in India.
20:13It's original.
20:14It's a small place from Punjab.
20:18It's a small state.
20:20From there, there's so much music, so much talent.
20:23I'm still filming.
20:25There's a host coming out there.
20:26He was saying this.
20:27He said,
20:28What a place is Punjab.
20:30How much happens with Punjab?
20:32How many problems are there with Punjab?
20:36How many problems are there with Punjab?
20:38Still, there's so much talent that comes out there.
20:40How much music that comes out there.
20:41How much art is coming out there.
20:42That's the whole stage of the world.
20:44It's a very big thing.
20:45Maybe Punjab is blessed.
20:48When you perform at Coachella, you choose to perform folk music.
20:53You didn't perform Lover at Coachella.
20:55I don't remember.
20:57Maybe I was singing.
20:59Or Jimmy Fallon.
21:00No, no, no.
21:01Jimmy Fallon, I didn't sing.
21:02You did Go and Born to Shine.
21:03Yeah, yeah, yeah.
21:04You did Go and Born to Shine.
21:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
21:06So you specifically chose two folk tunes.
21:07They're both Bhangra tunes.
21:08Yes, yes, yes.
21:09You could have chosen to perform pop.
21:10Because you have enough pop songs as well.
21:11Why was it important to choose Bhangra and folk music as the music you put on that platform?
21:19Because there are already artists who sing pop songs.
21:35So I thought, let's go.
21:36There's a chance at this stage.
21:38And at this stage, our beat, our music, if I'm going to do that, it's a great thing.
21:44But it's the same music in the weekend.
21:49There are great artists performing.
21:50It's great.
21:51But I feel like our music is this.
21:53And my desire to be this is that if my song is a big song internationally hit,
21:57then it's a beat in Punjab.
22:02It's a beat in Punjab.
22:03This is my desire.
22:04I don't know what will happen.
22:05I don't know what will happen.
22:06But my desire to be this kind of crossover.
22:09Then it needs to be Punjab music.
22:11No, it's not a benefit.
22:12But it's their own beat, their own music.
22:16It's not a benefit.
22:18Your music is connected with people.
22:20There are many different genres.
22:22And I know that you're very good at spotting what music is going to identify with people.
22:27You keep across trends.
22:28You keep across people's listening habits.
22:31At what point do you just start making music for yourself and not for what will do well?
22:37You know, because there's a difference.
22:39There's a difference between making music for the consumption of others and making music that fulfills your soul.
22:45In every album I was my desire.
22:47Like Case, I was my desire.
22:49And Vibe was my desire.
22:51I am the desire.
22:52I am the desire.
22:53I am the desire.
22:54I am the desire.
22:55I am the desire.
22:56Even Nana.
22:58Nana is not the desire.
23:00It's a great song.
23:01It's a great song.
23:02100%.
23:03It's a great song.
23:04It's a great song.
23:05And great composition.
23:06Raj Paji has played a lot.
23:07But I am not the desire.
23:09I am an actor.
23:10I am an actor.
23:11I can do everything.
23:12I am like...
23:13I am like...
23:14This is the guy, you know?
23:15You know Diljeet, I am so happy.
23:16Because I am so happy.
23:17Because I have seen your interviews in the past few years.
23:21When we had our last interview.
23:22I have seen some interviews.
23:23And it feels like...
23:25What I knew who Diljeet was 10 or 11 years ago.
23:29That Diljeet probably didn't look at those interviews.
23:32And that guy is sitting in front of me today.
23:34So I am very, very happy.
23:35Wow.
23:36That you don't change.
23:40You don't change.
23:41You don't change.
23:42As much as you are popular, as much as you are older.
23:44And I know that people will say in this interview that you are doing a lot of training.
23:47But you don't change.
23:49And in such a mood,
23:51In such a mood,
23:52In such a mood,
23:53In such a mood,
23:54In such a mood,
23:55It's the most difficult task.
23:56Some things I think people don't change.
23:58That change is a good thing.
24:00It doesn't mean bad.
24:01Basically your foundation.
24:02In such a mood.
24:03Yeah.
24:04It's good.
24:05It's good.
24:06If you change it,
24:07It's good.
24:08If it doesn't change it,
24:09If you change it,
24:10Then you'll go in to the next thing.
24:11It's a good mood.
24:12But any kind of condition...
24:13This is a good word.
24:15So, a foundation is such a good thing.
24:16The sun has gone to them.
24:17I have seen it.
24:19It's a good mood.
24:20I don't know.
24:21You might have a wisdom or a knowledge,
24:23You might have a knowledge,
24:25You might have a knowledge.
24:26You just have to keep your vessel empty.
24:30I also feel that if your vessel is full,
24:35then the creativity is flowing.
24:38It won't come to your vessel.
24:41So if someone thinks that I have written, I have sung,
24:44or I have performed this very well,
24:46it's wrong.
24:47The creativity is flowing.
24:48Just your vessel is empty.
24:51You understand?
24:52I understand completely,
24:53but you should also celebrate when you've killed it.
24:56And your look at the Met Gala was incredible.
24:59I knew it.
25:01I knew it.
25:02When I'm going, no one will see it.
25:05I wish I could see it less,
25:06but when I'm going, no one will see it.
25:08I knew it.
25:09There are many things now.
25:11If I'm here, no one will see it.
25:13How did you know?
25:14I don't know.
25:15I'm so sure.
25:17I don't know.
25:18Did you manifest the Met Gala?
25:21Did you think about it?
25:22Did you know it?
25:23I don't know the proper meaning of manifest.
25:25It was the first question.
25:26I don't know it.
25:27I don't know it.
25:28Manifest.
25:29You have to think about it.
25:30Now I'm going to do it.
25:31Some people have seen it.
25:32I've seen it.
25:33I've seen it.
25:34I've seen it.
25:35I've seen it.
25:36I've seen it.
25:37It's not.
25:38You have to do it.
25:39You have to believe it.
25:40If I don't do it,
25:42it's basic.
25:43You have to do it.
25:44Right?
25:45But you could have looked iconic without the Gurmukhi on your back.
25:56You could have looked iconic without the Kirpan in your back.
25:58100%.
25:59You could have looked iconic.
26:00101%.
26:01101%.
26:02But you chose to look iconic with those things.
26:04101%.
26:05Yeah.
26:06The VNI.
26:07Yeah.
26:08Yeah.
26:09Yeah.
26:10Yeah.
26:11Yeah.
26:12Yeah.
26:13Yeah.
26:14Yeah.
26:15Yeah.
26:16Yeah.
26:17Yeah.
26:18Yeah.
26:19And every person was blown away.
26:20There's worse people.
26:21There are people who were 근데.
26:22Yeah.
26:23Yeah.
26:24Yeah.
26:25Or you wereAustralian?
26:26Yeah.
26:27Right, yeah.
26:28Yeah.
26:29Yeah.
26:30Yeah.
26:31Yeah.
26:33Yeah.
26:34Yeah.
26:35Yeah.
26:36Yeah.
26:37Yeah.
26:38When I was in my mind that my dress will be in Punjab, and there will be a map in Punjab,
26:49then I was crying, so I was crying.
26:51When I was crying, I was crying.
26:55I was crying, I was crying with my Punjabi language.
26:58So this was a big thought for me.
27:01I was going to go there and I was crying for Punjabi.
27:05I was crying for this thing.
27:07Already.
27:08And I knew that when I went to the carpet, it was the biggest thing.
27:11Punjabi language is an ancient language.
27:15It was a very old language.
27:17And this is due.
27:21Sorry.
27:23I knew that this was a story, a story, a story.
27:27It's not going to Punjab, it's not going to go.
27:29Forget about me.
27:31So I was crying in my vanity.
27:34Wow.
27:35After that, they said that you can't take care of.
27:37I said, you can't take care of.
27:39Without my look, you can't take care of.
27:41I said, you can't take care of.
27:42I said, okay.
27:44Then I said, let me take a photo.
27:45I said, let me take a photo.
27:47They said, yes.
27:48You can take care of.
27:50You can take care of.
27:52I was doing a photo.
27:54I said, I was late.
27:55I was sitting in a car.
27:57Then they said, let me take care of.
27:59You can't take care of.
28:01You can't take care of.
28:02You can't take care of.
28:04You have a weapon.
28:06I said, okay.
28:06You can't take care of.
28:07Okay.
28:08Then I said, I said, if someone asks you, you give me.
28:12My heart will hurt.
28:13But this is my look.
28:14So I was coming back to Shakira.
28:17Shakira's dress, there was a lot of metal on the back.
28:22There were many pins on the back.
28:26And no one else wanted to go back to her.
28:29She's a big star, right?
28:30So it happens that a big star is going back to the back.
28:36So no one wanted to go back to her.
28:37In my group, it was the only one.
28:39So I thought, it's okay.
28:40If it's so far, it's okay.
28:43So when she was coming back to her,
28:46what was that?
28:48Metal detector.
28:50So she had so many metal detectors that she didn't speak to her.
28:53So she was in my hand.
28:55You stuck in.
28:56So I went with her.
28:59So I went with her.
29:01But if she was going back to her,
29:01then she was going back to her.
29:03Because it was my cape.
29:06So it was in her car.
29:07So they checked Shakira and didn't check me.
29:10Very good.
29:11Wow.
29:12They didn't check me.
29:14They said, yeah, you go.
29:15So they wanted to check her.
29:17Then I was standing there.
29:18Then I went there.
29:20Then I went there for the night.
29:24And thanks to Priyanka Chopra.
29:26I went there.
29:27So she was there already.
29:28And when I went to my table,
29:31there was also a man in my table.
29:32He also helped me.
29:33Because I didn't know anyone.
29:34And I was alone.
29:35And I was alone.
29:36I didn't go there for a long time.
29:37I didn't go to a wedding or a party.
29:40So the table was not my table.
29:43But he came to me.
29:44And he said,
29:45what I want, I'll give him.
29:47So he saw a man in my table.
29:48And he saw a man in my table.
29:49And he was there.
29:50But he helped me.
29:51He helped me.
29:52And he said,
29:53thank you very much.
29:55And then Priyanka Chopra came to me.
29:58And he said,
29:59Diljeet, I'm sitting here.
30:00You have to have to do anything.
30:02And if you want anything else,
30:04just say PC and I will come quickly.
30:07So the people who are there support me.
30:08So my mind was still there.
30:11And there was a very sweet thing.
30:13I never heard them in life.
30:16My fault was called Stevie Wonder.
30:19Stevie Wonder, wow.
30:20Yeah.
30:21So Stevie Wonder's performance.
30:23First, Ashran performed.
30:24Then Stevie Wonder performed.
30:26So when Stevie Wonder was singing,
30:27I felt like
30:29Saakshad is singing.
30:32So I cried there too.
30:34But I felt like that God is singing.
30:35In that building, God is singing.
30:42Music.
30:43Music is everything.
30:44Sound.
30:44Sound is very big.
30:46So sorry.
30:48Diljeet, I know you all are very emotional.
30:52When you talk about all these things.
30:53And I want you to go for a few minutes.
30:56When you said that you are all for Punjab.
30:58And in truth, you are all for Punjab.
31:00When you were singing,
31:03then you were doing Punjab for Punjab.
31:05When you started the film,
31:06you started Punjab 1984.
31:07You started Punjab,
31:08Punjab 95.
31:09You are also doing Punjab.
31:11You are also doing Punjab.
31:12You are all for Punjab.
31:14Punjab is related.
31:16Punjab is related.
31:17But I wanted to say that I am for Punjab.
31:19I don't want to say that.
31:20I am doing my work.
31:21This is all for me.
31:23It's all for me.
31:24It's all for me.
31:25But as you say that you are in Punjab, you are in Punjab.
31:27You are in Punjab.
31:28What do you say about Punjab?
31:29I am in Punjab.
31:30These are all the things you are saying that you are taking the community to your side.
31:35You are doing such a way so that the children of Neeru have to go to school and proudly say that I am Punjab.
31:41You are doing everything.
31:42But this is all for you.
31:47There are a lot of people in the world.
31:49They are.
31:50Unfortunately, they are.
31:51And I have to say that,
31:53as many people who have been born,
31:55so many people who want you to get down,
31:57because they don't have success.
32:01I feel that they are not people.
32:03I feel that we are all of them.
32:05I feel that we are all of them.
32:07We are all of them.
32:09If you think about the world,
32:11we are running or we are running.
32:13We are not doing anything.
32:15We are not doing anything.
32:17We are not doing anything.
32:19The people are running.
32:21The person is running.
32:23What is the thing that is missing?
32:25I see that every person in it is that.
32:29The one who is in it is that.
32:31If someone is hitting me,
32:33maybe the one who is hitting me.
32:35That is what I feel like.
32:37I feel like there is something that I feel like.
32:41That is what I feel like.
32:43I feel like there are people who are saying.
32:45They are not people.
32:47They are just minions.
32:49They are just minions.
32:51We are minions, right?
32:53This is our test.
32:55Did you say that they are not humans?
32:57Or you...
32:59No, I mean that they are not humans.
33:01But they are minions.
33:03They are minions.
33:05I mean that they are minions.
33:07This is my opinion.
33:09I mean that they are minions.
33:11This is my opinion.
33:13I mean that they are not the fault.
33:15If someone is saying a bad thing,
33:17then they are not the fault of their fault.
33:19They are not the fault of their fault.
33:21What you have to say is that you have to say something and I will say it only for your reaction.
33:29I don't know what you have to say. It's not my thoughts.
33:33What you have to say is that it's not my thoughts.
33:36But you know when you're doing so much for a community and Neera, I'd love your perspective on this as well.
33:41When you're doing so much for a community and you're taking that community to a level that it's never been showcased on before
33:48and you're putting them on a platform that they've never been seen before.
33:51And you're doing it with sincerity and you're doing it with integrity.
33:55When people still try pulling you down, sometimes you really just want to say, fuck off.
34:01Like honestly, sometimes you really just want to say,
34:05Sometimes you just want to say like, piss off. I'm just doing the best I can.
34:12I'm doing it for you. Shut up.
34:15You, everybody has a...
34:17No, I feel like no person is doing anything for someone. Every person is doing it for himself.
34:22No person is doing anything for someone. Every person is doing it for himself.
34:25It's not that I'm saying that I'm doing it for someone. I'm doing it for myself.
34:30When you're doing it for yourself, it's a different thing.
34:33I'm doing something for someone. I'm doing it for myself.
34:36Very selfish guy.
34:37I just think he's got a level of patience that most people don't.
34:42See, no, I mean, okay, there comes a point in everyone's life when you want to say, fuck you.
34:49You do.
34:50I want to say it. I want to say it today.
34:52A lot of things I want to say.
34:54But this is the beauty, right?
34:58This is a gift that we have. It's our choice.
35:00We know when to control ourselves, when to lash out.
35:04I mean, that's human. And if you know how to control that, I think that's a great asset.
35:10But everybody has a boiling point.
35:12Absolutely. I go in the washroom and I'll say, oh, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you.
35:16And breathe and then I'm like, okay.
35:18Wow, what a content, yeah? What a content, yeah?
35:21That's it. What do we do?
35:22Start with this conversation. Start with this clip.
35:26Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you.
35:28Fuck you, fuck you.
35:29Oh!
35:30There comes a point.
35:31Start with this clip.
35:33Shit.
35:34No, no, no, no, no, no.
35:35Cut by.
35:36Look at how old we are.
35:38We've gone through life.
35:39I was just thinking this this morning.
35:41I think I'm so fed up of pretending that I would love to one day just sit and say everything the way it is.
35:49But then, no.
35:50I'm going to show myself.
35:53This is the release of June 27th.
35:56I love you.
35:57I love you.
35:58You know, when I said before, I'm not desperate.
36:01I never want to look desperate.
36:02I never want to come across as though I'm desperate.
36:06And when I see you and you're in a van with Shakira, or you're making a video with Will Smith, or you're on stage with Ed Sheeran, you never look desperate.
36:16And what I mean by that is you always know your worth.
36:19And sometimes it's hard to know your worth when you're in a room where you've never been represented before.
36:26It's hard to know that you are worth something when people around you tell you, Will Smith's such a big guy.
36:34He is a big guy.
36:36But Diljeet, in your own way, you are a big guy.
36:39And you know your worth.
36:40How do you get that sort of confidence and self-belief in yourself?
36:44Because I think that's one of the things that inspires most people.
36:48I think we are the same.
36:51Our Guru said Pai.
36:52Pai means brother.
36:53We are all brother and sisters.
36:57I don't feel like he's...
37:00Obviously, Will Smith is a big star.
37:02Ed Sheeran is a big, big, big star.
37:04And he's a very great artist.
37:06He's not just a star.
37:09Ed is like an amazing artist, right?
37:12And I never thought in my life that I'll ever sing a song with her.
37:16I'm listening to her songs.
37:17I can't sing the songs.
37:18I can't sing the songs as they sing the songs.
37:20But I didn't even know that they'll ever collaborate with me.
37:24And after that, there's no phone.
37:27They're only talking about email.
37:29So when I had a bombay show with them,
37:31they sent me an email for a thank you.
37:34Just thank you so much.
37:36Blah blah.
37:37And when I came here to UK show,
37:40I also had an email saying,
37:42I'm here.
37:43If you're free, please come.
37:44Then he said,
37:45Yes, this is my daughter's school.
37:46I have to leave my son at night.
37:48But I'll go to Birmingham at night.
37:50He came to Birmingham.
37:51That's a big deal as well.
37:52And there was no label involved.
37:55No person involved.
37:58It's just...
38:00He didn't have an email.
38:01I didn't have an email.
38:02And he came there.
38:04And there was no demand for me.
38:05He was very down to earth guy.
38:08I think he went for a curry before the concert.
38:10He went to Asha Bosley's restaurant in Birmingham.
38:12And then he came straight to the concert.
38:14And he chose Birmingham.
38:15He wanted to go to Birmingham.
38:17I told him that I'm in London.
38:18You might live here in London.
38:20So you might come here in London.
38:21No, no.
38:22I'll go to Birmingham.
38:23I'll go to Birmingham.
38:24I'll go to Birmingham.
38:25I'll go to Birmingham.
38:26Do you have to grow up in a very small age?
38:30Like from a young age.
38:31You had to be more grown up than you actually were.
38:34Sometimes when I see you on social media,
38:36I wonder if you're living out the childhood you never had as an adult.
38:41When you're drinking the most expensive coffee in London.
38:43When you're bouncing from wall to wall in the corridors of a concert venue.
38:48Are you living out the childhood you never had?
38:51I think he doesn't want to die inside you.
38:53If your child died, you won't be excited for anything.
38:56And the child in the inside of an artist never needs to die.
38:58Then you'll have a new film.
39:00Then you'll have a new music book.
39:01Then you'll have a new music book.
39:02Then you'll have a new job.
39:03The child doesn't want to die inside you.
39:05You'll die every day inside you.
39:07If your child died, your life will die.
39:10He doesn't want to die inside you.
39:13But the child that you didn't meet,
39:15you're living now.
39:17No, I was at the time,
39:18and now I'm at the time.
39:19And I'm at the time.
39:20And I'm at the time.
39:21And I'm at the time.
39:22I don't regret it.
39:24I don't have to be able to die.
39:26I don't have to be able to die.
39:27I don't have to be a sad story.
39:28I'm so happy that you've said it.
39:30Because I'm tired of watching this podcast.
39:32They're asking me,
39:34that there's no sad story.
39:35No, there's no sad story.
39:36No, there's no sad story.
39:38Life is beautiful.
39:39100%.
39:40In the morning, it was a good thing.
39:42Gangpa Ji, they're with me.
39:43It was a good thing.
39:44They were eating food.
39:45They were eating food.
39:46They were eating food.
39:47Sometimes, you recall the ability
39:49of someone's life.
39:50And the person doesn't know
39:51that the ability of your life is
39:52talking about the person's life.
39:54And he doesn't know himself.
39:56They were eating food.
39:58They were eating food.
39:59They were eating food.
40:00We're living.
40:01It's not a big thing.
40:02Very true.
40:03We actually complicate life.
40:04We complicate it.
40:05It's a big thing.
40:06Like you said,
40:07him and Ed Shreena,
40:08guys, they decided to play together
40:10and sing together.
40:11That's how they see it.
40:12Everyone else complicates life.
40:13It's really very simple.
40:14Yeah.
40:15At the start, you said
40:16that people probably
40:17don't have this feeling
40:19that we've met many times
40:21over the years.
40:22We've done many interviews.
40:24You were kind enough.
40:25You invited me to Australia.
40:27You invited me to New York.
40:28We weren't, unfortunately,
40:29able to do that.
40:30Come Australia this time.
40:31We are doing a show
40:32I think in October, maybe?
40:34Yeah, October, November.
40:35I'm ready.
40:36I'll come.
40:39I'd love to come.
40:40But the reason I say that
40:41is because you have a lot of fans
40:42that have developed
40:43in the last five or six years.
40:44They do not know the Diljeet
40:45pre-GOAT.
40:46They don't know the Diljeet
40:47pre-GOAT.
40:48They don't even know the Pityala Peg
40:49and Panch Tarag Diljeet.
40:51And there was a whole Diljeet
40:52before that Diljeet as well.
40:54Whose Diljeet are you?
40:56Because the new fans,
40:57they claim you.
40:58They say you are theirs.
41:00The ones from Vibe
41:02and Lover
41:03and Clash
41:04and Case
41:05they say you're theirs.
41:06You have the
41:07back to basics
41:08Diljeet fans
41:09who are like,
41:10you're theirs.
41:11The Kharkus
41:12and the Radios
41:13and the Strawberries.
41:14You're theirs.
41:15And then you have the
41:16way back Diljeet fans as well.
41:17Whose Diljeet are you?
41:19I don't think so.
41:20There's forums about it.
41:21There's pages about it.
41:22You're confused at all.
41:23See, keep it simple.
41:24He's everyone Diljeet.
41:25Who's Diljeet?
41:26Who's Diljeet are you?
41:27It's a very tough question.
41:28I've never thought that.
41:29100% after 2020,
41:30I'm a new guy.
41:31101%.
41:32Like,
41:33if they saw me like A-side,
41:35this is different.
41:36I've never thought that.
41:38100% after 2020,
41:41I'm a new guy.
41:42101%.
41:43Like,
41:44if they saw me like A-side,
41:47this is a different side.
41:49100%.
41:50After 2020,
41:51I'm a different guy.
41:52But,
41:53I don't know about
41:54as in music career wise.
41:56I'm just trying.
41:57I love music.
41:58That's it.
41:59And I'm so blessed
42:01that I'm with music.
42:03For me,
42:04everything is for music.
42:05And I listen to every genre.
42:07Every genre.
42:08Every new artist.
42:10It's in any genre.
42:11Whether it's in Korea or Latin music.
42:15Any other artist
42:16who's in any genre
42:17who's doing good to me,
42:18I'm doing good to me.
42:19I couldn't do much in my age.
42:21I haven't done so much in this stage.
42:22As I was discovered there.
42:23For an artist,
42:24I've discovered 3-4 months.
42:27I said,
42:28I'll keep my name wrong.
42:29My name wrong.
42:30I'm not wrong.
42:31This is my name wrong.
42:32Benson Boone.
42:33Benson Boone.
42:34What a artist.
42:35How sweet he does perform
42:36and how sweet he does
42:37his songs.
42:38I thought I wanted to do this in this stage.
42:40I missed it.
42:41And people say, this was a good song, this was a good song.
42:45I thought, no, I missed it so much, I wanted to do this.
42:48They are more blessed with us,
42:51they are more blessed with music,
42:54maybe they are so much love, maybe they are less than me.
42:56So I listen to every kind of music,
42:59and I want to do music as well.
43:11Because of a combination of things,
43:13they're coming because of you two together,
43:15they're coming because of the way you're releasing the film,
43:17they're coming because of your star presence,
43:19as your global star presence as well.
43:22So 27th of June is when the film is out.
43:25What would you like to say to audiences about the movie?
43:27Lady first.
43:30I just want to say, I love you all,
43:32and I hope you enjoy the film.
43:33Yes, no one wants to watch the film.
43:37If you like the trailer, enjoy it.
43:39Let's watch the film.
43:41Dajeet Neeru, thank you so much for your time today.
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