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[00:01:04] Airlines. India. 1.4 billion people
[00:01:08] people and counting. Its growth seems
[00:01:13] seems unstoppable. I can't say no
[00:01:15] no to you. I'm a businessman, so so they may say, what the hell are
[00:01:19] are you wearing? So I said, but am
[00:01:21] am I in the boardroom? No. Oh, wow.
[00:01:24] wow. Are you kidding me? It's beating
[00:01:27] beating heart. Mumbai. Come on. We've
[00:01:30] We've all been watching him since since we were like. Don't tell him
[00:01:33] him I said that. He's still really
[00:01:35] really hot. The boomtown that was
[00:01:37] was once Bombay. If you're basic,
[00:01:39] basic, you're not invited. A city
[00:01:43] city electric with opportunity. I
[00:01:44] I would like to be a supermodel.
[00:01:48] supermodel. Where your billionaire billionaire neighbour might live live in his own skyscraper. Have
[00:01:52] Have you ever spoken to the family
[00:01:54] family next door? No. You know he
[00:01:56] he has waved at me once. This is
[00:02:01] is the inside track. Let's see. Is
[00:02:03] Is it actually the city of Dreams? Dreams? From the way people flock
[00:02:07] flock here, it definitely must be. be. It's a crazy city, but it makes
[00:02:10] makes you believe. Mumbai is all
[00:02:12] all about. You might be living in in the trenches, but you're still
[00:02:16] still looking at the stars. From From the people who are riding the
[00:02:19] the wave. I'm the one to be cancelled
[00:02:21] cancelled first. Please do something something about the AC in the lounge.
[00:02:25] lounge. We are all dying. MUSIC
[00:02:39] Superhits 93.5 FM. I'm Melissa.
[00:02:41] I'm going to say o MGTHIK which means.
[00:02:46] means. Oh, my God, the heat is killing
[00:02:48] killing me. March in Mumbai. The
[00:02:53] The Indian summer is just around around the corner and the city is
[00:02:56] is in its final flurry of activity
[00:02:59] activity before the stifling heat
[00:03:01] heat takes over. It's the last chance
[00:03:03] chance for young go getters to make
[00:03:07] make serious cash. Do it so that
[00:03:12] that there are more people attending attending to everybody who's coming
[00:03:15] coming and not restricted to one one che che car, though, because.
[00:03:19] because. This is 29-year-old Sudipan Sudipan Das and his business partner
[00:03:23] partner Hitesh Keswani. Very much.
[00:03:27] much. Lots of hard work and sweat
[00:03:29] sweat has gone into this blood and
[00:03:32] and sweat theme. All of this come
[00:03:34] come to life together is amazing.
[00:03:38] amazing. The son of an investment investment banker and a teacher,
[00:03:42] teacher, Sudipan is Mumbai born and
[00:03:44] and bred. He's travelled the world
[00:03:46] world but has settled in his hometown
[00:03:48] hometown to start his latest business
[00:03:50] business venture. A brand new music
[00:03:54] music festival. He's calling Dunk
[00:03:58] Dunk Fest. The idea is to create
[00:04:06] create India's home grown festival festival music festival that travels
[00:04:10] travels not only throughout the country
[00:04:12] country but also throughout the world.
[00:04:16] world. Hopefully. We have nine artists
[00:04:20] artists playing all day music, food,
[00:04:24] food, partying non-stop, everything. everything. But the only thing different
[00:04:28] different here is that we also have
[00:04:30] have Holi combined into all of this.
[00:04:34] this. For centuries, Holi has been been a countrywide street party to
[00:04:38] to which the whole of India is invited
[00:04:41] invited in which people plaster the
[00:04:43] the streets and each other in a rainbow
[00:04:45] rainbow of dye. Sudipan Das idea
[00:04:50] idea is to create a holy music festival
[00:04:53] festival and to charge customers customers for what has traditionally
[00:04:56] traditionally been a free event.
[00:04:58] event. How much is a general admission
[00:05:00] admission ticket? 1500 for general
[00:05:02] general admission ticket 1,500. 2500
[00:05:07] 2500 for a slightly higher category
[00:05:09] category and about 50,000 for the
[00:05:11] the VIP. 1,500 for the cheapest ticket
[00:05:16] ticket is £15. The most expensive
[00:05:20] expensive ticket are £500 and grant
[00:05:22] grant access to a VIP area yet to
[00:05:25] to be constructed. This is an exclusive
[00:05:28] exclusive celebrity lounge. So these
[00:05:31] these sheets they would turn into
[00:05:34] into colourful acrylics like that. that. I took three days to convince
[00:05:37] convince him to spend money on this. this. This is very expensive. How
[00:05:40] How much? How do I convert. Them
[00:05:43] Them in rupees and rupees? We're We're spending about 15 lakhs. One
[00:05:47] One five. Only £1,000. This? Yeah
[00:05:51] Yeah yeah. Where's that money coming
[00:05:53] coming from? We're investing all
[00:05:56] all of it. It's all you. Yes, me
[00:05:59] me and my partner Hitesh. Tomorrow.
[00:06:01] Tomorrow. It's hoped that 6500 ticket
[00:06:04] ticket holders will descend here, here, all expecting to find what
[00:06:08] what has been billed as Mumbai's
[00:06:10] Mumbai's hottest Holi party. How How long until this place has to
[00:06:14] to be ready? By morning, six. Tomorrow Tomorrow by morning. Six. So you've
[00:06:18] you've got less than 24 hours. Yeah.
[00:06:21] Yeah. Yes. So what else is still
[00:06:23] still left to do? There are box offices. offices. That's our main entry where
[00:06:27] where people come in. And this is is the main stage. And this is where
[00:06:31] where public is going to be. All
[00:06:34] All the celebs, they come in through through the red carpet here, which
[00:06:37] which you guys can check. This will
[00:06:43] will convert into a beautiful red
[00:06:44] red carpet when you are here tomorrow.
[00:06:48] tomorrow. Are there any concerns concerns from your perspective that
[00:06:51] that it's not going to be ready? ready? No, not at all. That's how
[00:06:54] how this country works. You get everything
[00:06:56] everything last moment Jagtar. It's
[00:06:58] It's a jugger country. What is Jagtar
[00:07:00] Jagtar mean? Jigar means you don't
[00:07:03] don't go the traditional way to fix
[00:07:05] fix something. You just figure out
[00:07:08] out a smart way, a. Smart solution
[00:07:10] solution to every problem. Jugaad
[00:07:17] Jugaad is a Hindi word that sums
[00:07:19] sums up how in India there's a way
[00:07:22] way around any problem. Got a load load of luggage, but your car's not
[00:07:25] not big enough to carry it all. Jugaad
[00:07:29] Jugaad the hosepipe connect is broken broken and you need to water the
[00:07:32] the garden. Jugaad running late for
[00:07:35] for work but there's no room on the
[00:07:37] the bus. Jugaad in India cannot is
[00:07:41] is not a word in their vocabulary,
[00:07:44] vocabulary, but Mumbai's young entrepreneurs. entrepreneurs. A dose of jugaad can
[00:07:47] can turn a pipe dream into a reality.
[00:07:54] reality. Are you guys the kind of
[00:07:55] of people who rely on Jugaad? Oh,
[00:07:58] Oh, he is definitely. I'm an entertainment
[00:08:02] entertainment person. I don't understand understand how technicalities of
[00:08:06] of alcohol and things like that work.
[00:08:09] work. Food, alcohol set-ups, licences
[00:08:11] licences all of it is a bit tricky.
[00:08:15] tricky. I can just dream of a thought.
[00:08:18] thought. If it doesn't work, you you might have to find me a job in
[00:08:22] in UK. MUSIC
[00:08:38] Yes, I do see a two types of
[00:08:41] youth. Ones with fire that you have
[00:08:47] have in your belly to make something
[00:08:49] something of your life. And that that comes from watching your family
[00:08:53] family go through hard work or hardships. hardships. And then there's the other
[00:08:56] other kind who just have a lot that that has been handed over to them
[00:09:00] them on a plate. And the attitude
[00:09:01] attitude is a little bit complacent.
[00:09:06] complacent. When we were growing growing up, we had two career options. options. You could either be a doctor
[00:09:10] doctor or an engineer. But Young
[00:09:15] Young India is very clear about what
[00:09:17] what it wants and that is exactly
[00:09:21] exactly opposite of what its previous previous generation wanted. So many
[00:09:25] many options, so many choices. You
[00:09:31] You didn't have those kind of choices
[00:09:34] choices or professions. There's much much more money. I mean, the young
[00:09:36] young are making much more money.
[00:09:41] money. They all have huge aspirations, aspirations, huge dreams. That's
[00:09:45] That's how it should be. When I was
[00:09:47] was growing up, you know, 18 to 20
[00:09:50] 20 years ago, I think youngsters
[00:09:53] youngsters were looked at as aspiring
[00:09:57] aspiring youngsters. But today youngsters
[00:10:01] youngsters are looked at as game
[00:10:04] game changers. They're looked at
[00:10:06] at as the future of this nation.
[00:10:09] nation. Youth has become into an
[00:10:12] an aspiring raw material advantage
[00:10:15] advantage of India. Where's my body?
[00:10:22] body? Shimona. How long until you
[00:10:25] you got to go on? 15 minutes. I have
[00:10:28] have to get my body make-up done.
[00:10:30] done. Get changed. Get accessorised
[00:10:32] accessorised tile, click backstage
[00:10:35] backstage pictures. And then stand
[00:10:37] stand in line up. It's insanity.
[00:10:43] insanity. 23-year-old Shimona Nath Nath has been tipped as this year's
[00:10:46] year's one to watch at Mumbai Fashion
[00:10:49] Fashion Week, which kicks off today.
[00:10:53] today. This is my second season as
[00:10:56] as a official model. It's difficult difficult to get into Fashion Week.
[00:11:01] Week. Only the top of the top make
[00:11:02] make it. Move move move move move
[00:11:05] move move move. There are millions millions of models here. They want
[00:11:08] want to go out there and make a name name for themselves. They want to
[00:11:12] to earn the money that they can and
[00:11:14] and build things for themselves.
[00:11:16] themselves. So my shoulders also. also. But I have to go out there
[00:11:20] there and I have to make it and I I have to work and I have to take
[00:11:23] take care of things, do my back also also please. Modelling is something
[00:11:26] something I started because of looking looking at my mum. She was a model
[00:11:30] model and seeing her life. I was was like, that's something I want
[00:11:33] want to do. Back when Shimona mum
[00:11:35] mum was walking the runway, Indian
[00:11:38] Indian fashion was a niche industry, industry, employing just a handful
[00:11:41] handful of people. Today, Fashion
[00:11:44] Fashion Week boasts over 100 shows
[00:11:48] shows over five days, employing hundreds hundreds of models. Baba, can you
[00:11:51] you give me lips? It is hard work
[00:11:54] work for sure. And watching the hustle
[00:11:56] hustle that it is, it gets really
[00:11:59] really hectic. It's OK, it's OK.
[00:12:03] OK. OK. Now I've learned to be a a big girl and handle myself for
[00:12:07] for sure. Don't go outside. It's
[00:12:09] It's a bleeding. OK. I don't want
[00:12:12] want to look like I'm bleeding. I.
[00:12:20] I. Shimona has recently landed the the gig as the new face of India's
[00:12:24] India's oldest make-up brand, Lakme.
[00:12:28] Lakme. Her campaign will be shown shown on gigantic screens before
[00:12:31] before the start of every runway
[00:12:33] runway show this week. The ad is
[00:12:41] is playing. As the face of Lakme.
[00:12:43] Lakme. She was paid 30 times more more than the average model earns
[00:12:47] earns across the whole of Fashion
[00:12:49] Fashion Week. The boss one More time
[00:12:53] time and money goes in the way I
[00:12:55] I look. You look like a million bucks.
[00:12:58] bucks. It's all right. 30 shades
[00:13:03] shades of red lipsticks. Aleema Khan
[00:13:10] Khan and Michelle Fleury for and
[00:13:12] and Lord Shipley. This is her first
[00:13:16] first big campaign.
[00:13:34] It's a little bit of a narcissistic job being a model. Everyone
[00:13:38] Everyone wants to look their best. best. They only care about me, my
[00:13:41] my love, and how I'm gonna look. look. There. Especially this city,
[00:13:44] city, Bombay. It's so fast paced
[00:13:46] paced over here. It's chaotic. People
[00:13:55] People are running here 24 by seven. seven. They're working in the mornings,
[00:13:58] mornings, spending the nights trying trying to think. What else can I
[00:14:01] I do? What next step for my job?
[00:14:04] job? Because you can become a millionaire
[00:14:06] millionaire overnight. It's crazy.
[00:14:09] crazy. But also, if you're not in
[00:14:12] in your best shape and you're not not achieving here, it will show
[00:14:14] show you up and spit you back out.
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[00:15:43] Turkish Airlines. Fashion week takes
[00:15:50] takes place in Bandra, a hub for
[00:15:53] for Mumbai's young professionals.
[00:15:59] professionals. It's a neighbourhood
[00:16:00] neighbourhood with a 24 hour buzz. buzz. Every week sees the opening
[00:16:04] opening of a new bar, boutique or
[00:16:07] or coffee shop. The coffee. Shop
[00:16:09] Shop has become. A very, very big
[00:16:12] big trend in Bandra 5200 cafes only
[00:16:14] only in Bandra West. And today there'll
[00:16:18] there'll be 101. This morning. This
[00:16:23] This former bakery will reopen as
[00:16:26] as Mumbai's latest brunch spot. I've
[00:16:29] I've been told I have to make my
[00:16:32] my own coffee. I think my team bullies
[00:16:34] bullies me a lot. Yash Bhanage is
[00:16:38] is the brains behind Veronica's.
[00:16:41] Veronica's. This is his fifth venture venture in Mumbai, where a young
[00:16:44] young generation with disposable
[00:16:45] disposable income are driving a boom
[00:16:48] boom in new restaurants. In the last last five years, most people from
[00:16:52] from Bombay have better disposable disposable incomes. They know what what good coffee is or they know
[00:16:55] know what good food is. But I feel
[00:16:59] feel people's image of Bombay still
[00:17:00] still is like what was shown in Slumdog Slumdog Millionaire, the city where
[00:17:04] where people are going to be honking honking all the time and there are
[00:17:07] are going to be cows on the street street and elephants crossing. But
[00:17:11] But there's so much more to the city. city. People want to go out. They
[00:17:14] They want to go for that luxurious luxurious spend. They want to have have that extra glass of wine or
[00:17:18] or a glass of cocktail with it. But But today I'm a bit worried that
[00:17:21] that we don't have people lining lining up. I was hoping we have a a couple of people, but I'm sure
[00:17:25] sure people will wake up late on
[00:17:26] on a weekend and come in. Yeah. So
[00:17:29] So a bit anxious. MUSIC
[00:17:40] A lot more people than I thought. Hi guys. Welcome. Today
[00:17:44] Today is our first day and you guys guys are inaugurating the cafe. So
[00:17:47] So we are called Veronica's. So please
[00:17:50] please do the honours. What a great
[00:17:58] great turnout it is. It's a bit overwhelming.
[00:18:02] overwhelming. I mean, we're running running out of space, which is good.
[00:18:04] good. Good problems only the second
[00:18:07] second time in my life I'm eating
[00:18:08] eating poached eggs. So good. In
[00:18:13] In a city where a chapati and a cup
[00:18:15] cup of chai costs £0.10. The people
[00:18:18] people of Bandra are happy to splash
[00:18:21] splash out 80 times that amount on
[00:18:23] on a cup of coffee and an artisan
[00:18:25] artisan bagel. I need an avocado avocado cream cheese, no dairy on
[00:18:28] on a buckwheat toast. The last time
[00:18:31] time I ran breakfast service was was ten years ago and ten years later
[00:18:35] later it's different. Super different. different. What's the most popular
[00:18:38] popular choice so far? Salmon. Cream Cream cheese and hangover tacos a
[00:18:41] a lot of them. Way too many BLT bagel
[00:18:44] bagel out on table number 55050.
[00:18:48] 55050. Brother. We decided to get
[00:18:51] get the hangover tacos because it's
[00:18:54] it's Saturday and. Some people were
[00:18:55] were very naughty last night. It
[00:19:03] It is. It is so cute. Honestly, there's
[00:19:05] there's so much taken yet. Generally
[00:19:11] Generally I order a flat white. It's It's a black coffee with ice. That's
[00:19:14] That's it. A Mokha frappuccino is
[00:19:17] is my favourite. Sometimes I do the
[00:19:20] the macchiato, which is a smaller smaller coffee but 90% of the time
[00:19:24] time yeah, it's Americano. The black black coffees. I think people are are being very pretentious. I want.
[00:19:28] want. To slap everyone who is in
[00:19:29] in love with coffee. This whole coffee
[00:19:34] coffee culture drives me nuts. Everyone's Everyone's like, oh, my God, I can't
[00:19:37] can't wake up till I have my cup cup of coffee. Please. You live with
[00:19:40] with chai for the longest time. Everyone Everyone across the world is drinking
[00:19:43] drinking your chai. Relax with this this coffee culture, everyone's just
[00:19:46] just constantly wired and awake and and wants like some dose of I'm sorry
[00:19:49] sorry I do not subscribe to this this at all. I certainly don't go
[00:19:53] go to the swanky coffee places because
[00:19:57] because they frustrate me. I don't don't even know how to order that
[00:20:00] that coffee, so I'd rather drink
[00:20:01] drink the coffee that I have at home.
[00:20:04] home. 300 to 500 for a coffee in
[00:20:07] in a country like India. I mean would
[00:20:09] would seem sinful. But you see, all
[00:20:12] all the Starbucks in this country
[00:20:15] country back to the hilt because
[00:20:17] because you're not selling a drink,
[00:20:19] drink, you're selling a brand, a
[00:20:23] a lifestyle. Around the corner from
[00:20:33] from the new cafe, Shimona has wrapped wrapped up at Fashion Week for the
[00:20:37] the day. She's hanging out with her
[00:20:39] her flatmate, fellow model Chandani
[00:20:42] Chandani Purohit. Thank you, thank
[00:20:44] thank you Pia. The friends share
[00:20:47] share this. £500 a month rented apartment.
[00:20:52] apartment. This is your first smoothie smoothie of the day. No? Yeah, this
[00:20:55] this is my second. What do you want?
[00:20:57] want? Knife finely chopping them. them. Don't have that big a knife.
[00:21:01] knife. I need to get myself bigger. bigger. Knife. Need to get myself myself a better kitchen so I can
[00:21:05] can get myself good utensil. Big
[00:21:07] Big house basically. Yeah. Chandani
[00:21:10] Chandani has been in the modelling modelling business for a year and
[00:21:13] and has recently moved out of her her parents house. Nice. My parents
[00:21:17] parents lives in Bombay and I live
[00:21:18] live in Bombay too, but I am living
[00:21:22] living apart from them. My father
[00:21:26] father still he doesn't earn much
[00:21:29] much where we live. That house is
[00:21:31] is very small and we have like one
[00:21:34] one room and in that only we have
[00:21:36] have kitchen, bathroom, everything. everything. We all sleep together.
[00:21:39] together. My mum, dad, me and my
[00:21:42] my brother for people in that small
[00:21:46] small house, I couldn't do certain certain things like because we have
[00:21:49] have like really hectic schedule.
[00:21:51] schedule. We have 3am call time and
[00:21:54] and everything and I wasn't liking liking it because they are a little
[00:21:57] little bit strict, like about my
[00:22:00] my timing and stuff. Certain way
[00:22:02] way of clothing I wear. Cheers. Cheers
[00:22:06] Cheers to good healthy green life. life. Healthy, traditional. Very
[00:22:09] Very much. They're like, no, don't don't do this, don't do that, don't
[00:22:13] don't do this, don't do that. I'm I'm just like, oh, my God, OK. But
[00:22:16] But now they know the way I live.
[00:22:19] live. The type of clothes I wear
[00:22:21] wear and they are OK with it because
[00:22:23] because they are seeing me growing
[00:22:25] growing every day. This is my little little vision board. Oh yeah. She
[00:22:29] She has a vision board in here that's
[00:22:31] that's really pretty. Oh. Merlin
[00:22:34] Merlin Monroe that's my dad. Yeah.
[00:22:37] Yeah. I remember the first time my
[00:22:39] my father, he saw me in newspaper
[00:22:42] newspaper on the first page, he called
[00:22:44] called me and he's like, is that that you? I was like, yes, Papa.
[00:22:47] Papa. He's like, oh, my God, I'm
[00:22:48] I'm so proud of you. How did that
[00:22:51] that feel? Amazing. That's why I I kept this picture here to remind
[00:22:54] remind myself that you can do it. it. Hey. Shimona may have already
[00:22:58] already found success in the modelling modelling business, but Chandani
[00:23:02] Chandani career is just starting
[00:23:04] starting out. Give me some advice,
[00:23:07] advice, please, I need that. Oh, Oh, my God, it's a lot going on and
[00:23:11] and you got to just absorb all the
[00:23:14] the good energies and show up on on that ramp like that all pumped.
[00:23:17] pumped. We gotta show that on our
[00:23:18] our faces and our walk when we're
[00:23:21] we're there. I'm very excited because
[00:23:27] because I get good money through through modelling. How much money
[00:23:30] money would you earn in one fashion fashion week? Well, I don't know
[00:23:33] know yet. I don't know yet. Maybe
[00:23:38] Maybe around one lakh. It's about
[00:23:40] about £1,000. Yeah, yeah. For the
[00:23:45] the average Indian, £1,000 one lakh lakh is the equivalent of six months
[00:23:48] months salary. This season. There There feels like there is this little
[00:23:51] little pressure you got to turn up, up, you got to show spunk. You got
[00:23:54] got to show energy and all of that. that. And did you see the line up
[00:23:58] up of designer? Yeah. Excited I got
[00:24:00] got you yeah. Yeah. We got each other.
[00:24:06] other. Next time fashion Week is
[00:24:09] is still under way. Come on, come come on, come on. Chandani has been
[00:24:13] been booked to walk the runway. My
[00:24:16] My family, they are, like, totally
[00:24:18] totally dependent on me. And Mumbai
[00:24:20] Mumbai explodes. Oh, my God, no,
[00:24:22] no, I'm losing it now. In the festival
[00:24:25] festival of colour. I just came.
[00:24:27] came. To get dirty.
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[00:30:13] News. In an exclusive interview, interview, Earl Spencer stands by
[00:30:16] by his claims that the then Prince Prince Charles sounded giddily elated
[00:30:19] elated on the night that Princess Princess Diana died. He said like
[00:30:23] like a lottery winner. I'm reporting
[00:30:26] reporting every word in this book. book. I report exactly as I saw it
[00:30:30] it and felt it at the time. And I
[00:30:33] I was surprised at the giddiness giddiness of his tone. That's what
[00:30:37] what I'm recording there. At least least two people are killed in the
[00:30:40] the Moscow region after a massive massive Ukrainian drone strike overnight.
[00:30:43] overnight. Russia says it's an attempt attempt to disrupt the country's country's parliamentary elections.
[00:30:46] elections. The German chancellor, chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is facing facing growing political pressure
[00:30:50] pressure as local elections take take place in two German states.
[00:30:54] states. And Ed Sheeran apologises apologises to fans for what he calls
[00:30:57] calls mistakes as he