Celebrating her 76th birthday, Moushumi Chatterjee reflects on her storied career. Join Lehren as we revisit an exclusive flashback interview where she discusses her daughter's journey in Bollywood and more. Happy birthday to the timeless icon!
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00:00I believe in very much in karma, the way you think, the way you work and it matters
00:05even God change your destiny when they know that you are a good person and good human being
00:10think good and want it good
00:12I feel very surprised that everybody is going to a remake where there is original stories are there
00:18and lots of good stories and that shows that the maker has no confidence
00:23Never compromise your self respect
00:30Tell me how is it to be a proud mother of a proud daughter?
00:37Well I don't know that proud feels because of she is an actress or because of she is in this line
00:43but I am quite proud of my two children because ultimately they are good human being and that's count
00:49Did Megha want to be an actress from her childhood?
00:52Yes, her whole symptoms from her childhood were like mine
00:56Copying in front of the mirror, wearing my sunglasses, dancing and singing
01:03She is very artistic in that way
01:05Of course she is a daughter of a versatile actress
01:08Not only that, I think in the genes also she sings very well also
01:13Like my father in law Hemant Kumari must be knowing
01:16So why is it that she chose this acting? Why not singing?
01:22I don't know because when she was a child she was very much in singing
01:26Then she went to the dancing and now she is saying acting
01:30but I think she is getting interested now more of ram shows and all kind of things
01:36So I think she has done some Bengali films
01:39Yes, she did one
01:40So is it that she is going to continue doing regional films?
01:44No, you see how she is working here in particular one song
01:49I think she is just open to any kind of attention where she can show her talent
01:57What is your view point on this? A star child and a struggler
02:02So who sustains more? What is the difficulty of a struggler and a star child?
02:07Both are the same, unless you are really pushy and you are really having your own productions
02:12and launching your children, that's a different thing
02:15I can see Megha is suffering and Megha is humiliating how Megha is going everyday
02:20and of course basic things come from home
02:25but I think unless you have a proper opportunity to show your talent
02:31it's really difficult and tough today
02:33and star children are very badly criticized
02:37and I think the people who sustain here who really have a talent
02:41and are professional and lucky
02:46I mean luck only gives you the opportunity to show your talent
02:49so you have to be lucky at the end of the day
02:53and that's it
02:55What is your favorite role that you want to remake?
03:00You know Megha should do that role, remake of your own favorite scene or a movie
03:06I can see very much Megha in Kacche Dhage which I did with Raj Khosla
03:10She is kind of a person and I think Megha is equally very good in emotional
03:15She can, I mean it's you know
03:18She can cry without listening, she can break her voice
03:24and she has a good comedy sense also
03:26So now it's luck and how she wanted her life
03:30The basics that a person should learn
03:34I teach them as much as I can from home as a background
03:38But I am not like a mother who will go and sit with you in the floor or in the studio
03:42to see what she is doing and how she is doing
03:45I am very happy she has her own mind and she can do
03:48and she is independent
03:50and that's what I want for both the daughters
03:55Tell us something about this role
03:57When Megha told you that she is getting an item song, what was your reaction?
04:01I was quite amazed because Megha herself took this decision
04:07and I think I was not there at that time
04:10So when she told me, I said you already said yes
04:13Are you convinced? You think you can do it?
04:15She said yes I can do it
04:17I said then go ahead you do
04:19Then I think she went for Hyderabad for shoot
04:21and I was very worried that who is going
04:24and she said these people are going
04:26and I spoke to them, I know where she is
04:28I was in touch with her all the time
04:30So I think that's well done, very well
04:33Everyone knows that you are a versatile actress
04:36You are very bubbly and aggressive even now
04:39So you think that Megha is also going to look towards comedy roles
04:44You know you cannot decide
04:47Unless you reach a stage where you have given 2-3 hit pictures
04:51and you are mature enough to industry
04:54so industry can listen to you
04:56then you can say I want this particular role
04:59and then also you are lucky you will get it
05:01So she doesn't reach that stage
05:03where she can decide I want to do this
05:05She has to choose this I can do, this I can't do
05:09She is in that stage now
05:19No, there is originality
05:21but I feel very surprised that
05:24everybody is going to a remake
05:26where there is original stories are there
05:28and lots of good stories
05:30and that shows that the maker has no confidence
05:33on themselves, they are not trying
05:36It's a sad stage
05:38but remake also you can make it very nicely
05:41but whenever you are making something remake
05:43I just insist not to compare with original
05:46because when you are comparing you are criticizing
05:49You are stopping the growth of somebody
05:52which wants to create something new
05:54or new package, I think that's not fair
05:57Don't compare, if you like it fine
05:59If you don't like it also it's okay
06:01You can say I did not like it
06:03but if you are comparing you are just killing
06:05someone's creative things
06:07That's what I don't want
06:15I believe in karma
06:17I believe very much in karma
06:19The way you think, the way you work
06:21and it matters, even God changed your destiny
06:24when they know you are a good person
06:26and good human being, think good
06:28and want it good
06:29Sometime you might hurt people
06:31unknowingly or knowingly
06:33because that's not your hand
06:35but humiliating people
06:37or humiliating any soul
06:39even in a plant or an animal
06:41that's not done
06:43because then you are showing your humanity
06:45label you know
06:46and I think everybody should know
06:48everybody should become a spiritual today
06:52because that teach you
06:54not only your own religion
06:56to respect other religion
06:58to know what is good also in that religion
07:00to adopt that
07:02and be with them
07:03that shows you are a proper human being
07:07Insaan ke paas insaniyat hai
07:09Manav ke paas manavata hai
07:11so that it shows you know
07:13Maashmi ji, besides being a mother
07:16and an actress
07:18so aise kaunsi quality hai aapki
07:20jo as an actress aap Megha ko
07:22dena chahengi
07:24you want her to adopt that point from you
07:26or that quality from you
07:30I think she should be always smiling
07:32either is something bad or good
07:35she should take in her own spirit
07:38and she should think
07:40everything is temporary
07:42even the success
07:43once you are successful
07:45she should have her head and shoulder
07:48down to earth person
07:50I feel
07:51that quality
07:52and to gel with everybody
07:54even you know
07:55to who is working under you
07:57and whom you are working under
07:59that you have to gel
08:01and never compromise your self respect
08:12all all
08:13I go to Chaddar Charani
08:15mein masjid bhi jaati hu
08:16main church mein bhi
08:18Naveena ke liye jaati hu
08:19and then I do puja also
08:21I believe in all
08:23you know
08:24I think God is everywhere
08:25and we all have God inside
08:30that's a cute God
08:31I like Ganpati very much
08:33and I love Ganpati
08:34because he loves
08:36that ladoo and this thing
08:38and I think there is a very lovable
08:41something about Ganpati
08:42which I like
08:47I like Chinese khana
08:49apart from our Bengali
08:51and typical Indian khana
08:53of course I like it
08:54fish and all
08:55but I am not very fish person though
08:57I like vegetarian khana
08:59and I am more or less vegetarian now
09:03fashion
09:04whatever you can
09:05comfortably carry
09:07that's called fashion
09:13I think not much change though
09:16but I think
09:17if you wear something
09:18which you can't carry
09:19that's a bad fashion
09:21and if you can carry something
09:23and you have a figure
09:24or you can have an attitude to show
09:26I think that's the classic things
09:28I think whatever you wear
09:29it should look elegant
09:31thank you very much
09:32all the best for Megha
09:34and also I hope
09:36thank you
09:37all your qualities
09:38not just one
09:39but all your qualities
09:40as an actress and as a mother also
09:41thank you
09:42I am still learning
09:45I am still learning