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with Shilpa: The Soundtrack of Me

From her dad’s Bollywood cassettes to Kerala classics and university bangers, Shilpa traces the music and memories that shaped her eclectic taste.

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Shilpa looks back at the songs, people and places that shaped her music taste. From the Bollywood cassettes her dad brought over from India to the Malayalam music that kept Kerala close while she was growing up in the UK.

She revisits the films and love songs that defined her teenage years, the Malayalam tracks that transport her straight back home, and the Punjabi and Asian music she discovered through university and her Bollywood dance team.

Along the way, Shilpa explores how every stage of her life added another layer to her playlist, until the result became the wonderfully chaotic mix she listens to today.

Produced in Birmingham by Solis Productions for BBC Asian Network.

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Music Played

  • Karan Aujla

    Tauba Tauba (From Bad Newz)

    • Saregama India Limited.

  • Neeraj Shridhar & Harshdeep Kaur

    Jhak Maar Ke (from Desi Boyz)

    • Desi Boyz.
    • T Series.

  • Sàbba, Jasmeen Akhtar & Dr Zeus

    Hello Hanji

  • Hanumankind & Kalmi

    Big Dawgs

    • Universal Music India Pct. Ltd..

  • DIVINE

    Sher Aaya Sher

    • Gully Boy.
    • Zee Music Company.

  • Harkirat Sangha

    Sun Bae

  • KK & Pritam

    Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai (Gangster)

    • Gangster.
    • Saregama.

  • Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan, Shankar Mahadevan & Caralisa Monteiro

    Mitwa (from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna)

    • Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna.
    • Sony BMG.

  • Udit Narayan, Hariharan & Kailash Kher

    Yun Hi Chala Chal (from Swades)

    • Swades.
    • T Series.

  • Shai

    Yahaan Hoon

  • Chinmayi Sripaada & Shekhar Ravjiani

    Zehnaseeb

    • Hasee Toh Phasee.
    • Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd..

  • Ankit Tiwari

    Galliyan

    • Ek Villain.
    • T Series.

  • Anuradha Paudwal & Udit Narayan

    Pyar Kiya To Nibhana (from Major Saab)

    • Major Saab.
    • T Series.

  • Shreya Ghoshal, Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan & Vishal Dadlani

    Khabar Nahi

    • Dostana.
    • Sony Music.

  • Shaan & Gayatri Iyer

    My Dil Goes Mmm (from Salaam Namaste)

    • Salaam Namaste.
    • Yash Raj Music.

  • Shreya Ghoshal & K. S. Harisankar

    Jeevamshamayi

    • Theevandi.
    • GOODWILL ENTERTAINMENTS.

  • Jyotsna & Afsal

    Chirimanimulle

    • Lion.
    • SPEED AUDIO VIDEO DUBAI.

  • Rochak Kohli, Lauv & AKASA

    Dil Na Jaaneya

    • Good Newwz.
    • Zee Music Company.

  • Ritviz

    Sage

  • Shankar Mahadevan & Alyssa Mendonsa

    Uff Teri Adaa (from Karthik Calling Karthik)

    • Karthik Calling Karthik.
    • T Series.

  • OAFF, Savera, Shalmali Kholgade & Kausar Munir

    Beqaaboo

    • Geheraiyaan.
    • Sony Music Entertainment India.

Broadcasts

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