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Javed Akhtar & Shabana Azmi's Beautiful Khandala House With Shayri, Biryani & Dilip's Poetry!
Farah Khan
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May 10, 2026
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Transcript
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Hi guys, welcome to my channel. Ma'am, what are you doing in the kitchen? We
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were going to Khandala, right? Would you like to come to Khandala? Aren't you ashamed to ask me this
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? Take your wife to Khandala. I know we're going to Khandala, so it
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's a long way. So I thought we should make something spicy and
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take it with us. I'll eat it.
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Come, today I'll show you how to make bread pakdi.
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Yes, ma'am. Okay? Because I'm fedaapu, your dirty
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gram flour, which you bring, is so thick and clumpy. Look, today I
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've brought new gram flour. Ashirwad gram flour. This is 100% made from Bikaner chana dal. Understood? Its
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quality is good, you can tell by your senses. The senses you
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don't have. Look at its common sense color. Yes, ma'am.
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Yes, it's the color of chana dal. Not that kind of color. You bring the yellow color like that
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. I'll make bread pakdi with it. [Music] Salt.
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Khushboo, Dilip, you look at me. Ma'am, it feels like I
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've come to a gram field. Ma'am, in a gram field, in a gram field,
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I've seen it all now. Dilip, look how smooth it is. I always get the best stuff
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in the kitchen, and you eat it.
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Guys, take my blessings for 100% Bikaner chana dal. Oh, how crisp it is.
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Wow, ma'am, it's so delicious. What a taste. Now,
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stop using your plain gram flour. Now only blessings will come to my house.
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Give me your blessings. I'm getting ready and coming. Pack it.
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Yes. We'll eat it in Khandala.
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Yes, I'll pack it. Okay.
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I'll eat it now. [laughter]
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[music]
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[music]
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Oh my God, where have I gotten myself into?
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[music]
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Ma'am, ma'am, which hotel have we come to? Do you see this hotel?
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Yes, look at it.
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[music]
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Come here with me, don't cut my nose today. This is not a hotel. This is my uncle's house.
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No, ma'am, you're lying. This is a hotel.
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I can't help it if you think it's a hotel. It's as beautiful and even more beautiful
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than a hotel. Ma'am, ma'am, look at the hotel. This guy
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has gone mad. What is he doing? What is he doing? He doesn't want to take a bath.
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He doesn't want to take a bath here. Understand?
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It would be fun to take a bath. Why doesn't this guy take a bath at home?
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He wants to go everywhere. What is he
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doing, Dilip?
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Ma'am, look at the water.
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Ma'am, look at the nice cold water. [Music]
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Ma'am, look at your daddy's statue. He's my daddy. Yes,
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go and touch his feet. I'll be right back. [Music] Have
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you become a jerk, Dilip? Have you lost your temper, Dilip? Have you lost your temper seeing the beauty here?
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Ma'am, I gave you my blessings. Isn't it a home? But it's
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very nice. Ma'am, it looks like a hotel to me.
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Yes, it is a hotel. Come, ma'am, look here. Move, move, move.
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What are you doing, Dilip? Ma'am, look at your statue.
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My statue? Yes, look, it's Aan Di Bhabhi.
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Where else have you been? He must have been out for a stroll.
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Ma'am, should I pick these flowers? They're not meant for picking.
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They're so beautifully arranged.
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It's a marigold. Ma'am, I
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'll put flowers like this at my wedding. You're already married. How many more weddings
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will you have? Come on. Look at this hotel lobby. I
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'll go to the reception and get my room. This isn't a hotel lobby. This
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is my uncle's house. This is his room. Look, it's so nice.
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[Music]
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Ma'am, ma'am, look, you were lying. This is a hotel. Look, this is a restaurant.
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This isn't a restaurant. I'll order food right now [laughter].
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He'll order for you. I'll order. Get up from here. This isn't a restaurant.
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You too, sit down. Shut up. This is their dining room.
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Ma'am, this isn't a hotel. Look, the hotel even
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has a chandelier. And you'll find someone's dead body under this chandelier
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. No.
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Yes, you will. Come outside. Ma'am, ma'am, look at this museum.
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[Music]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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Look, there's stuff even older than you. You'll get slapped.
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Look how old this is. Ma'am, look how old this is. Older than you.
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How many times will you say it? Once is enough. It's just a little older than mine. This
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isn't their museum. This is their hall. Hall. If you write songs and poetry,
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sir. And become famous, one day your house
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will be this big. Ma'am, you're talking as if it
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's your uncle's house. [Music] He was my uncle once.
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Have you heard of Javed Akhtar? Yes, ma'am.
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Have you heard of Shabana Azmi? Yes, ma'am. She's a heroine, ma'am. She
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's from an old movie. She's not that old. Don't talk. You write
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songs. Write poetry. Poetry.
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Yes. If you tell me, I'll write it. Why should I tell you
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? Think to yourself. Ma'am wait I will come right away.
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This is a Shayari I am going to write. This I want to hear. Dilip has also gone somewhere and
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I am not able to find Javed Uncle and Shabana ji in such a big house. Shabana
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Javed Uncle we are here. Oh my God.
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The love birds are there.
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[Music]
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Javed Uncle [Music]
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Often we keep strolling like this so
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for how many years have we both been together it has been 41 years since our marriage 41 means
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41 oh my God my God and
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we poor Indians call it 41. No, no, but this house has been
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with us for the last 15 years, and this is the first time we've both seen
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it. No, no, but look, look, look, look, look, look,
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did you hear what I said? No, no, that wasn't correct. We
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've come here many times this time. You see, it's amazing, there are just pieces of wood in it,
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big pieces of wood. Nothing has been added to it, neither has it been reduced nor added,
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I mean, just one piece, the most comfortable chair. Tell me,
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after building this magnificent palace, why are you sitting on pieces of wood, and that too in such a small space [laughs].
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Forget about the entire house, but it is gorgeous. Actually, Javed Uncle, tell me, Shabana,
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Shabana, can't build such a big house? Oh, Baba, I basically don't know.
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This happened when this house was being built. I think we
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were building a weekend cottage, not a cottage, but I was thinking about it. And then
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I started realizing that some luxurious affair was going on there, so we would
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fight every day. So his best friend Farhan Mujeeb said, "Look Shabana, this
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is Sholay and you are Ankur [laughs]. The two can never be mixed.
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Leave Ankur and make this Sholay. And what a Sholay you have made. I completely understand, and
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you are gorgeous. Javed Uncle. You
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have slept on the footpath before. After that, when you wake up here, you
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get a feeling in the first morning, 'Where have I reached?'
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When I look at everything, I feel like, 'Hey, what is happening, man? This is happening
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to me.' I feel like that sometimes. Look, fantasies are only for those who
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really have nothing. If you have something, you won't fantasize.
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This is the fantasy, how do I mean, which you are manifesting. When you were on the road, I hope
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you all viewers don't know that Javed Uncle used to sleep on the footpath and
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wouldn't eat for days. I mean, he wasn't dieting.
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No, I mean, how many times did you not get food? It's been a day and a half, two days, many times.
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You wrote "Hunger" when you didn't eat for three days. Today is the third day. "Hunger is yours,
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is your poem." Will you recite it for us? Hey, friend, where are you right now?
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Please, I'm taking a close-up, right? But I'm finding this lighting really bad. Let's
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come over there a little bit. But he wants to sit on this.
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I mean, you're deliberately trying to demoralize me. No, no, these,
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these, they're sitting in a place with sunlight. I'd like to see their right profile, like this. Okay,
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two or three lines about hunger. Hey friend, where did it come from? Come on, come on,
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my eyes opened. I'm alive again. From the darkness of my stomach [music] to the fog of my mind, a
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thought crawled like a snake. Today is the third day, today is the third day, starting from here.
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Another boss, another boss, one word later, that, that [laughter] room. Do you remember, can you tell me something
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? Okay,
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your manager is asking me to tell you, so tell me.
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No, but this also has to do with the particular room because all this is the
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manifestation of the hardships that he vented through.
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I remember that room, listen to me once. I like only giving your right profile
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and coming to say [laughs]
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I also have a right profile. Yes brother, listen, you. I
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used to do the same with all starting like [laughs].
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See, what is the background of this poem, that no matter how many palaces you live in,
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go anywhere, do anything, there
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is a room in your life in an impressionable way which you remember. Whenever I was in the scorching heat of life, whenever I
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was tired of the lies of others and myself, whenever I fought with everyone and lost to myself, I used to
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go to that one room, that room of light and dark [music] brown colors, that very
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soft heart pillow, that soft heart room which used to hide me in its soft fist like
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a mother hides her child in her pallu, lovingly scolding me, what is this habit of yours,
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you keep wandering around in the scorching afternoon, I remember that room,
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come and let me tell you all, you all should see this garden,
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Farhan got married with Shivani here, it is the most beautiful and all
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the birthday parties are held here. We have just celebrated Javed uncle's birthday party
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Here. It's got so many memories. Shabana has run away. Where has she gone, Shabana?
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She must be somewhere here. Shabana ji, someone is coming to meet you.
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Who? Dilip. Where has this Dilip gone?
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[Music]
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Oh ho ho ho [Laughter] Oh ho ho ho Shayar saheb, Shayar saheb,
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what have you become, ma'am? You said that if I write poetry,
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I will have a house like this, so many poets have it like this. [Laughter]
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So you wrote poetry, ma'am, I am outside in the gardens, you are inside, I
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am outside. What's the matter,
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your house will also be mortgaged, this
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will happen after this poetry. If you read two or three more couplets, this building will collapse. [Laughter]
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Ma'am, it's fun to listen to couplets. It's fun to recite couplets. It's fun
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to feel scared when the couplet comes in front of you. When you feel scared, then
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say it completely, along with saying, 'Not possible,' it's fun to hear couplets. It
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's fun to hear couplets. It's fun to recite couplets. When you feel scared, then the lion
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comes forward. Oh wow! Fantasy is more of an original thought.
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Put everyone on this side, put the time on this side.
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Bye you. Ok who is she? This Shabana Ma'am.
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And what does Shabana Ma'am do? Ma'am dances loudly.
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That's all I knew. The best dancer in the industry. [laughs]
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So Shabana I want to know that when you are such a good dancer
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Ma'am, Irshad Irshad. What Irshad?
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He did not come for work. So you also leave from here. Go to the kitchen
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and check. [laughs] Yes. This
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I want to tell you I shot many, sorry she's actually
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a very good dancer I act no no in that you took the gulp that's because
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Sajna di wari wari jao I told you chabana that you can do whatever you want and I told
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everyone to follow her and all the two steps and all wow
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very well very well Rocky and Rani
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Rocky and Rani but what about my 75th birthday also I did
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arre 75th birthday I choreographed actually for Javed uncle and Shabana and they were
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very very graceful I have to say no no after that you said na that now
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in IIFA I will negotiate, I will do it for you but now since then IIFA has been shut down
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they said we are shutting down IIFA so [laughs]
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now Samana tell me how is it to live in this house because you have also come from very
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modest Hyderabad where we used to live
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where is that Mewan in Red Flag Hall
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In Khetwadi, it
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was communist, so eight rooms, each room was only 225 square
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feet, and eight families shared a bathroom and a toilet. One bathroom and one
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toilet. Like living in the Bigg Boss house.
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It was [laughs] no, no, it wasn't as glamorous as it was, it was properly a commune.
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We stayed until we were nine years old, and then we moved to Janaki Kutir
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. Yes. And her father, one of the greatest poets of
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all time, Kaifi Azmi sahab. "The kar chale hum fida jaano tan saathiyon, ab
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tumhare hawale watan saathiyon." It was written by Kaifi sahab. "
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How many arms, how many heads, you're smiling so much, what sorrow are
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you hiding?" All this is Kaifi sahab's.
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And these bushes and all this, wasn't it already there? Why did we buy this house?
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Because when we moved here, the first thing we saw were these trees. So these are
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150 years old. Yes
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, ma'am, ma'am, they're even older than you. You are tied up in the kitchen [laughs]
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He said this for you, not for me, ma'am, ma'am, you said this
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for him, for you, ma'am, look [laughs] that pan
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is even older than you. I think you are enjoying this roasting
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[laughs] Of course Shabana. You are loving this that somebody is giving it back to me and
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very delighted, yes, absolutely. So let's go to the kitchen, what
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are we making today? What are we making today? I won't make anything, it's
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chicken biryani, our home-made Hyderabadi biryani, our home-made Hyderabadi biryani
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is very famous and very good, you too come and wait for its deliciousness,
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come on
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[music]
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[music]
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Come, this is our kitchen and this is our staff, I told you it's
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a hotel. Look, so many people work here.
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This isn't a hotel. This is their home. Talk after considering the size of the home. Hey Pappu, how are you? This one
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is the main cook. And this one is also a cook. This is Shivji, this is Raja, this is Shrikant, and
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this is Anil. They will prepare the food. Let me explain. Look, a very old
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woman told me that Indian food is all about fire and water
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. Fire and water, so first of all, you
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cut the chicken and put it in it, then marinate it in yogurt.
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It is very important that the coriander and mint, and the mint's base,
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should be perfect. You are ready to start your own cooking.
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Absolutely because I know everything about it. And this Brihaspati, we already have
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fried onions or very tasty. Ma'am, there's a stove in the kitchen. My son's father
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is the groom. Your son's father means you are the groom. You
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will become the groom again. You are your son's father, right brother?
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Yes, ma'am. Yes, then it's fine. Okay.
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Ma'am, there's gas in the kitchen. You are my money. Look, look, it's burnt.
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He is going to take over the industry. Or, correct.
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He is going to take over. Take over, take over. Have you
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washed 2 kilos of chicken? Wash your hands because the taste comes from not washing hands.
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Please don't I murder you?
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1 kilo of yogurt to 2 kilos of chicken. Add 100 grams of cardamom powder.
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[Music] Now we'll break it completely.
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No salt. We'll add salt.
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Okay. Ma'am, quickly put the biryani on the gas. Please
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increase my salary. Your shirt
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will tear, and your salary will decrease. No, serve biryani, and increase your salary.
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Half a bunch of coriander, half a bunch, sorry, yes, what's this too,
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ma'am? Raju Hirani is the director of Munna Bhai. I want to eat biryani.
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I got a call from you. Your wife is calling. I got a trunk call, go out.
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Oh, in the village. Yes, it came from the village. In the village.
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I'll talk to you right now. Come quickly. [Laughter]
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Bring some time. Because I can't take his bad poetry any more.
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Impressed, I feel like this is the real competition between Javed Akhtar. Don't let
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your husband, yourself. That's not what I'm talking about. It's
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magnetized. It's magnetized?
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Yes, it's done. We'll keep it for half an hour to an hour. You can keep it for as long as you want
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. But you'll have to keep it for a minimum of half an hour to three-quarters of an hour.
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Okay. So, we'll go and do the gifting while it marinates. Yes
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, now the time has come when people invite us to their homes. We did
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n't even know we were relatives, so we invited them.
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That's true. That's true. What have you brought? Ma'am, this is Ashirvad's gram flour. Thank you for
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teaching us about medicine. This is Ashirvad's gram flour. It
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's made from Bikaner chana dal. It's very healthy and very good for us. And I love pakodas.
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For that, we're going to have bread pakodas. Thank you. Beyond's
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kitchen chimney. So, you definitely need a chimney? Yes, yes, sir. Why not?
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There's a chimney in life. Yes. This is Beyond's chimney, because you
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guys have so many houses. So, without a chimney hob, there's nothing. So, Beyond's
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four-burner hob. Fantastic. This is lovely. It's black and
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white. You can put it here, you can put it in Juhu. And this is for your travel
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in Mizwa yes cover us all Mokobara
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set Javed uncle when you go this is for me because it's white
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it has to be for me and this Shri and Sam dinner set gold
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plated this in your luxurious palace Babar Ronix Avin toaster griller
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oh I really want this toaster I was missing of course
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and because you are getting healthier and younger Elnova air fryer
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put this here brother. How should I show you?
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What are you doing? You are covering everything. It is Elnova air fryer.
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So you are taking this small one. Why aren't you taking the big one?
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No I will take both. How can I take both?
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What am I taking in the frame and this is your Wonder Chef coffee machine.
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Fan Sanjeev Kapoor. I am the one who drinks coffee in the.
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Come and get you coffee. Yes bring this. Shri and Sam's tri ply cookware set. It
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has all the cooking supplies: a frying pan, a handi, and this cooker, Sri and Sam's.
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Ma'am, this is the cooker. You're a looker. I thought he was talking to me.
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I was glad he said "L" and not "H." [Laughter]
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Is there anything left? It's finished. That's all.
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No, it's a lot. It's wonderful. And we're getting this as a bonus. We didn't know
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. We were giving our relative a favor.
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But Shabano, I need to stuff this much in two suitcases. [Laughter]
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Okay. So, should we eat biryani now? Yes.
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Come on. Let's finish.
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One hour later, we're back in the kitchen. The oil is heating up.
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The oil is heating up. Ma'am's mood is brightening.
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Ma'am, look, we'll make biryani today. I know. Biryani will be ready.
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Garam masala is definitely ready after the oil is heated. [Music]
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What a fragrance, man. Cover it with a lid. That's great. You will learn this and
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now stop Akhni Pulao and Hyderabadi Biryani, add potatoes in our biryani.
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Look, people don't add potatoes. When we add potatoes to chicken, we will
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fry the potatoes and put them on top of the chicken
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. If you ask, we will put them. My dear, my love always
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likes potatoes. Ma'am, potatoes in samosas, potatoes in samosas, you are mine
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We'll always be married. Do one thing, your father-in-law called. Go and
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call him quickly. He's in Punjab. Yes, in Punjab. I called him.
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Why did your father-in-law go to Punjab? He must have left you behind. Go, he called. Go.
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This is done now. We'll cover it now. It
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'll be cooked in half an hour. But we need to stir it for five minutes. Yes, brother. What happened? It's ready, everything
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's not cooked yet. It's ready.
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Okay, listen, I told you to add salt.
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Yes, I added salt, right?
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Yes, sir. Yes, I don't know why food tastes bland without salt
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. This is your recipe, Javed Uncle.
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Yes, the salt idea is mine.
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Correct, correct. And salt should go into every meal.
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It definitely should. You guys always remember
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this Javed Uncle tip.
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Always use it . Just avoid it in sweets. Yes, correct, correct.
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And this kitchen is in our house. [Laughter] Okay. I've never been here, friend. This
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is my first time. This tastes good. It's huge. We've
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never seen a kitchen this big. It's an industrial kitchen. Look
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, there's a doorway, and you can go back here. You
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can even exit. You can go back through the same door.
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So let's go back. Let's go. You guys, let's cook. Hurry up.
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The chicken is cooked. Yes.
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We'll put it on dum right now. Ma'am is out in the garden. The biryani is ready.
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Clearly, it's not ready, right? We'll put it on dum
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right now. We'll put a little ghee on the bottom.
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One layer of rice, guys. Is the rice fully cooked?
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No, it's 80% cooked. 80% cooked.
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We'll wash all of this before adding it. [Music] This lemon juice.
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Okay, does lemon juice work? Yes. We'll kill the relationship.
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We'll kill it like this. Yes,
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kill the Birsta. Ma'am, kill the Birsta.
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I feel our relationship is about to break. Yes,
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Ma'am, kill the Durma.
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The rhyme is ahead: his cake is finished. Perhaps you've finished the poem.
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Dum maaro dum, apply silver.
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The pan is hot right now. The pan is hot. Hit it with the hammer.
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Let's give it half an hour. In the meantime, let's go and listen to Javed
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Uncle's poetry. Yes, ma'am. I'll also come and sing. [Music]
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[Music] The whole gathering is filled with the aroma of biryani.
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Oh, my heart is in trouble. Together, my biryani and I
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often talk about this. If you were here,
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you would eat this much. If you were here, you would eat this much. Continue, please, I'm dying to tell you some good
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poetry after the rabbit I've heard it today.
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I'm giving you the same kind of poetry, and friends, let me introduce you. This
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is biryani. This is Shabana, and this is me. This biryani is called Hyderabadi biryani. This
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is Hyderabadi Shabana. Biryani's contribution,
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you guys don't even eat biryani. Today I went to the kitchen. Today I went to the kitchen
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and this was the cook, I told him, look, there's one very important ingredient
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in biryani. That's salt. [laughter] So you should add the right amount of salt.
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If there's too much salt, it feels like too much, and if there's less, it feels like less.
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So this is my observation, some people agree, some people don't. So you
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'll see that the salt is absolutely correct. And those who eat it
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will remain loyal to us for life. Because our salt is right. Please take it.
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To be honest. Ma'am, you guys eat. I
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'll go to the kitchen and eat. No, no, please scratch it. We have
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a lot of people. I'll eat with him. There are a lot of people. Everyone has become your friend.
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Yes,
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yes. I'll go and eat some dirty poetry here.
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Yes, say no, sir, say no, dirty poetry on the dining table.
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Okay, go ahead and leave. [laughter] Of course.
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[music] I want to tell you unbelievable about the biryani.
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Okay, say bye, everyone.
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