The Bridge by Sammy Chand

Sammy Chand
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Meet Sammy Chand, Your Host on The Bridge— Welcome to The Bridge, the only daily show covering the diaspora of the Indian subcontinent, airing nationally across North America on Rukus Avenue Radio/iHeart Radio. I'm your host, Sammy Chand, and I'm thrilled to share my passion for South Asian music and culture with you.  A Pioneer in the Industry—  With almost three decades of experience, I've been at the forefront of the South Asian cultural movement in North America. As the Founder and CEO of Rukus Avenue, I've built a company that's committed to telling the story of the South Asian experience through music, podcasts, and radio.  A Legacy of Excellence—  My work has been recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and I've had the privilege of collaborating with some of the biggest names in the industry. From producing music for over 75 film and television shows to hosting TV shows for Viacom, I've made it my mission to promote South Asian talent and culture.  The Bridge: Your Connection to South Asian Music and Culture—  On The Bridge, I'll be sharing my expertise and passion for South Asian music, as well as interviewing some of the biggest names in the industry. From Bollywood and Hindi pop to Punjabi and Haryanvi music, we'll be exploring the diverse sounds and styles of the Indian subcontinent.  Join the Conversation—  Tune in to The Bridge every day to stay connected to the latest developments in South Asian music and culture. Join the conversation on social media, and get ready to experience the best of South Asian entertainment. I'm excited to share this journey with you, and I look forward to connecting with you on The Bridge! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-bridge-by-sammy-chand--6650619/support.

  1. 4h ago

    October 29, 2026 — "Sammy talks to Arshdeep Maan"

    The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio app Episode 652 ON TODAY'S SHOW Arshdeep Maan, the singer behind Saun Lagge's climb up the countdown, joins Sammy from Barnala district in Punjab. Two years ago he was singing to his friends in the fields — no lessons, no training, a young man who would rather write than sing — until those friends made him do it for real; one of them became his director, and the first words he ever said into a microphone became the title of his album, Hazaare Ujde Baithe Ne, which he calls almost his own story: a boy in a village whose family won't let him sing or play and just wants him to settle down — that, he says, is how talent dies, and his ask is small: give a kid a year or two. College Di Canteen, the boy drinking tea in the field dreaming of a college canteen until his father calls him back to work. His advice to the next kid in the next village: practice, his own first hundred or two hundred songs went to waste; and if you love someone and can't say it, play them Saun Lagge. Sammy's Punjabi gets an apology on the way out. Nurse Laggi from the album goes into the conversation and Saun Lagge comes out of it, then Doyeeta Das Gupta's Artist Spotlight on Arjan Dhillon sets up his brand-new Said & Done, Priya Ragu's Finally follows, and Saun Lagge plays the show out after the closing remarks. The hour opens with Niyam's Tum Se Tum Tak, Tesher's Possession for Halloween season and Amrinder Gill and Jasmeen Akhtar's Coffee into Dr. Roy's Word On The Avenue; Jass Manak's Kante into Aashi Arora's preview of Monday's Leaders Creating Ruckus; Aditya Rikhari's Jaan-E-Jaan, Jasmine Sandlas's Pyaar — with a first mention of the ten year-end awards — Karan Aujla's Ashke from Aujla Season 1 and Farak's Taare. Sammy opens with his thanks to Habiba Nosheen, Kalki Koechlin and Malvika for the week and points ahead to next week's guests, Rup Magon and Amrita Sen. Tomorrow: the Weekly Top 20 Countdown. FEATURED MUSIC Tum Se Tum Tak — Niyam Possession — Tesher Coffee — Amrinder Gill, Jasmeen Akhtar Kante — Jass Manak Jaan-E-Jaan — Aditya Rikhari Pyaar — Jasmine Sandlas, Shekhar Chaudhary Ashke — Karan Aujla, Merci Beats Taare — Farak, 10A, Saswat Balan Nurse Laggi — Arshdeep Maan Saun Lagge — Arshdeep Maan Said & Done — Arjan Dhillon Finally — Priya Ragu FEATURED GUESTS & CONTRIBUTORS Arshdeep Maan — Interview Dr. Roy — Word On The Avenue Aashi Arora — Show Preview (Leaders Creating Ruckus) Doyeeta Das Gupta — Artist Spotlight (Arjan Dhillon) RUNDOWN 0:00 Sammy Opening (station IDs from Amaal Mallik, Rashmeet Kaur and Satinder Sartaaj at 0:15–0:36) 2:32 Tum Se Tum Tak — Niyam 4:52 Sammy 5:07 Possession — Tesher 8:44 Sammy 9:00 Coffee — Amrinder Gill, Jasmeen Akhtar 11:29 Sammy 11:53 Dr. Roy with the Word On The Avenue 13:15 Sammy 13:16 Kante — Jass Manak 15:37 Sammy 16:02 Aashi Arora with a preview of her show 16:18 Sammy 16:21 Jaan-E-Jaan — Aditya Rikhari 18:36 Sammy 18:47 Pyaar — Jasmine Sandlas, Shekhar Chaudhary 21:22 Sammy 21:41 Ashke — Karan Aujla, Merci Beats 24:24 Sammy 24:41 Taare — Farak, 10A, Saswat Balan 27:00 Sammy 27:16 Nurse Laggi — Arshdeep Maan 31:23 Sammy talks to Arshdeep Maan 45:29 Saun Lagge — Arshdeep Maan 48:23 Sammy 49:03 Doyeeta Das Gupta with the Artist Spotlight 49:53 Sammy 49:56 Said & Done — Arjan Dhillon 52:50 Sammy 53:09 Finally — Priya Ragu 55:43 Sammy delivers the Closing Remarks 57:25 Saun Lagge — Arshdeep Maan (second play, under the end of the remarks; plays out; show ends at about 1:00:43) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-bridge-by-sammy-chand--6650619/support. Sammy Chand's daily radio show on Rukus Avenue Radio is the leading Indian music and culture show in the world. The one hour show airs daily worldwide. "South Asian music podcast," "Punjabi music show," "Bollywood commentary," "Indian diaspora radio", "Indian Music", "Top Indian Radio Show", "Punjabi Radio Show", "Indian Radio Host", "Punjabi Radio Host".

  2. 1d ago

    October 28, 2026 — "Sammy talks to Malvika"

    The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio app Episode 651 ON TODAY'S SHOW Malvika — the LA singer from Fullerton who took her work to India and is thriving there — calls in from Mumbai for the back half of the hour: how the work connects from Mumbai rather than LA, and the album she is about to drop, December Baby, out December 10. Her Quirky takes the show out of the conversation. The hour opens with Niyam's Tum Se Tum Tak and Talwiinder's Mangda Wapis Kyun on the eve of Painted Feelings — the album drops tomorrow — then Jasmine Sandlas's Pyaar into Dr. Roy's Word On The Avenue, which closes on the Pirelli Calendar's tribute to Raghu Rai, carried forward by his daughter Avani. Aditya Rikhari's Jaan-E-Jaan from Between Distances, Harsh Nussi's Gall Manlaa, Priya Ragu's Madras and Aanchal Tyagi's HISAAB fill the middle, and tomorrow's guest Arshdeep Maan gets a preview with Saun Lagge going into the interview. Doyeeta Das Gupta's Artist Spotlight on Tesher — Saskatchewan's own — sets up Possession in Halloween week, with Sammy's closing remarks on Malvika ahead of it and Jass Manak's Kante closing the show. Sammy opens with his thanks to Kalki Koechlin for Tuesday. Tomorrow: Arshdeep Maan. FEATURED MUSIC Tum Se Tum Tak — Niyam Mangda Wapis Kyun — Talwiinder, Kidjaywest, NDS Pyaar — Jasmine Sandlas, Shekhar Chaudhary Jaan-E-Jaan — Aditya Rikhari Gall Manlaa — Harsh Nussi Madras — Priya Ragu HISAAB — Aanchal Tyagi, Abhijeet Srivastava Saun Lagge — Arshdeep Maan Quirky — Malvika Possession — Tesher Kante — Jass Manak FEATURED GUESTS & CONTRIBUTORS Malvika — Interview Dr. Roy — Word On The Avenue Doyeeta Das Gupta — Artist Spotlight (Tesher) RUNDOWN 0:00 Sammy Opening (station IDs from Rashmeet Kaur, Vir Das and Steel Banglez at 0:16–0:33) 2:30 Tum Se Tum Tak — Niyam 4:48 Sammy 5:04 Mangda Wapis Kyun — Talwiinder, Kidjaywest, NDS 7:59 Sammy 8:19 Pyaar — Jasmine Sandlas, Shekhar Chaudhary 10:56 Sammy 11:12 Dr. Roy with the Word On The Avenue 13:04 Sammy 13:12 Jaan-E-Jaan — Aditya Rikhari 15:27 Sammy 15:39 Gall Manlaa — Harsh Nussi 17:50 Sammy 18:02 Madras — Priya Ragu 20:24 Sammy 20:38 HISAAB — Aanchal Tyagi, Abhijeet Srivastava 22:52 Sammy 23:00 Saun Lagge — Arshdeep Maan 25:53 Sammy talks to Malvika 48:30 Quirky — Malvika 51:42 Sammy 52:11 Doyeeta Das Gupta with the Artist Spotlight 53:15 Sammy 53:30 Possession — Tesher 57:08 Sammy delivers the Closing Remarks 57:26 Kante — Jass Manak (plays out; show ends at about 1:00:03) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-bridge-by-sammy-chand--6650619/support. Sammy Chand's daily radio show on Rukus Avenue Radio is the leading Indian music and culture show in the world. The one hour show airs daily worldwide. "South Asian music podcast," "Punjabi music show," "Bollywood commentary," "Indian diaspora radio", "Indian Music", "Top Indian Radio Show", "Punjabi Radio Show", "Indian Radio Host", "Punjabi Radio Host".

  3. 2d ago

    October 27, 2026 — "Sammy talks to Kalki Koechlin about Her Song"

    The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio app Episode 650 ON TODAY'S SHOW Kalki Koechlin joins Sammy for the back half of the hour on Her Song, her first real comedy — an American film that flips thirty years of Indian cinema sending Indians abroad: an Indian star goes west to play a westerner going home. She is Olivia, a New York novelist who goes back to her grandmother's village in France and gets stuck there when the pandemic hits, the way her grandmother got stuck when the Nazis came — in World War II they ran out of writing paper, in the pandemic we ran out of toilet paper — and the director asked the French girl from Pondicherry to put an American accent on her French. Ten years since she and Sammy last crossed paths at the Indian Film Festival of LA; since then a child, and a book about it, The Elephant in the Womb, on the parts of pregnancy and postpartum nobody talks about. She wants to remake Piku in French, is still waiting for someone to offer her a kick-ass action movie, and is next up in Unearth on Amazon, a supernatural story told from a woman's point of view. Asked what she would tell the little girl in Pondicherry who kept hearing "but where are you really from," she said she felt like crying, then: a big hug, and be proud of your differences. The hour opens with Jass Manak's Kante and Niyam's Tum Se Tum Tak, then Hania Amir's Pablo into Dr. Roy's Word On The Avenue, Amaal Mallik and Arijit Singh's Yeh Awarapan into Neesh Riaz's preview of tonight's Garage Mahal, Maan Panu's I Met Her Again, Talwiinder's Mangda Wapis Kyun two days ahead of Painted Feelings, and MC Square's Long Way From Home into the conversation. Zeeshan Ali's Bandhe Zulfon Pe takes the show out of it; Doyeeta Das Gupta's Artist Spotlight on Vishal Mishra — rejected by nearly every audition before Indian Idol season 6 took him — sets up Toxic, his title track with Hanita Bhambri, then Jxggi's Knock Knock, Sammy's closing remarks on Kalki, and Jalwa E Jaanaan from Maati Season 2 to close. Tomorrow: Malvika [confirm name]. Thursday: Arshdeep Maan. FEATURED MUSIC Kante — Jass Manak Tum Se Tum Tak — Niyam Pablo — Hania Amir Yeh Awarapan — Arijit Singh, Amaal Mallik I Met Her Again — Maan Panu, Tav Mangda Wapis Kyun — Talwiinder, Kidjaywest, NDS Long Way From Home — MC Square, Radhika Bhide, Wicked Sunny Bandhe Zulfon Pe — Zeeshan Ali, Dr. ANK Toxic — Vishal Mishra, Hanita Bhambri Knock Knock — Jxggi Jalwa E Jaanaan — Jyoti Nooran, Anurag Saikia (Maati S2) FEATURED GUESTS & CONTRIBUTORS Kalki Koechlin — Interview Dr. Roy — Word On The Avenue Neesh Riaz — Show Preview (Garage Mahal) Doyeeta Das Gupta — Artist Spotlight (Vishal Mishra) RUNDOWN 0:00 Sammy Opening (station IDs from Yung Sammy, Amaal Mallik and Burrah at 0:15–0:34) 2:30 Kante — Jass Manak 4:50 Sammy 5:05 Tum Se Tum Tak — Niyam 7:26 Sammy 7:41 Pablo — Hania Amir 9:33 Sammy 10:19 Dr. Roy with the Word On The Avenue 12:01 Sammy 12:12 Yeh Awarapan — Arijit Singh, Amaal Mallik 16:52 Sammy 17:40 Neesh Riaz with a preview of his show 18:10 Sammy 18:14 I Met Her Again — Maan Panu, Tav 21:36 Sammy 21:50 Mangda Wapis Kyun — Talwiinder, Kidjaywest, NDS 24:47 Sammy 25:08 Long Way From Home — MC Square, Radhika Bhide, Wicked Sunny 29:06 Sammy talks to Kalki Koechlin 45:36 Bandhe Zulfon Pe — Zeeshan Ali, Dr. ANK 49:28 Sammy 49:58 Doyeeta Das Gupta with the Artist Spotlight 50:25 Sammy 50:26 Toxic — Vishal Mishra, Hanita Bhambri 52:57 Sammy 53:16 Knock Knock — Jxggi 55:16 Sammy delivers the Closing Remarks 57:14 Jalwa E Jaanaan — Jyoti Nooran, Anurag Saikia (plays out; show ends at about 1:01:27) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-bridge-by-sammy-chand--6650619/support. Sammy Chand's daily radio show on Rukus Avenue Radio is the leading Indian music and culture show in the world. The one hour show airs daily worldwide. "South Asian music podcast," "Punjabi music show," "Bollywood commentary," "Indian diaspora radio", "Indian Music", "Top Indian Radio Show", "Punjabi Radio Show", "Indian Radio Host", "Punjabi Radio Host".

  4. 3d ago

    October 26, 2026 — "Sammy talks to Habiba Nosheen about The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony"

    The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio app Episode 649 ON TODAY'S SHOW A Monday built around a filmmaker. Habiba Nosheen — three Emmys, a Peabody, Columbia Journalism — joins Sammy for the long back half of the hour on The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony, the film executive produced by Malala Yousafzai and Mariska Hargitay about Karen, Sonia and Anwara, three girls born in Pakistan who on paper don't exist — no ID, no public school, no public hospital — and who do cartwheels on the beach anyway. The nine-year-old from Lahore who threw a tantrum when she didn't land in Canada blonde, the refugee kid who grew up to win three Emmys, the film that found her through the same lawyer who helped bring her daughter home, and what she would tell that nine-year-old now: everything's going to be okay, be kinder to yourself. Out of the conversation comes a record nobody has heard yet — Eva B's Yeh Barhi Baat Hai, built from the girls' own words, faded early because it isn't out. Screenings Tuesday at the Laemmle Santa Monica and Wednesday at the Laemmle Glendale. The hour opens with the weekend's No1, Talwiinder's Mangda Wapis Kyun, three days ahead of the Painted Feelings album, then Niyam's Tum Se Tum Tak and Jass Manak's Kante. Dr. Roy has the Word On The Avenue, Harsh Nussi's Gall Manlaa leads into Meera Sharma's Mindful Minute of Sass, A.R. Rahman's Ravana Tandav from Ramayana — the film world-premieres in Los Angeles this week — sets up Daniel Johnson's UN News Report, and Raghav and Arjun's Jaadu Kaisa Hai takes the show into the interview. After Sammy's closing remarks on Habiba, Doyeeta Das Gupta's Artist Spotlight on Aditya Rikhari leads into his new Jaan-E-Jaan from Between Distances, Karan Aujla's Rap Killa from the just-released Aujla Season 1 EP follows, and Tesher's Possession closes the show. Tomorrow: Kalki Koechlin on her new film Her Song. Wednesday: Malvika [confirm name]. Thursday: Arshdeep Maan. FEATURED MUSIC Mangda Wapis Kyun — Talwiinder, Kidjaywest, NDS Tum Se Tum Tak — Niyam Kante — Jass Manak Gall Manlaa — Harsh Nussi Ravana Tandav — Vishal Dadlani, A.R. Rahman Jaadu Kaisa Hai — Raghav and Arjun Yeh Barhi Baat Hai — Eva B (unreleased, from The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony) Jaan-E-Jaan — Aditya Rikhari Rap Killa — Karan Aujla, Merci Beats, Azaad 4L Possession — Tesher FEATURED GUESTS & CONTRIBUTORS Habiba Nosheen — Interview Dr. Roy — Word On The Avenue Meera Sharma — Mindful Minute of Sass Daniel Johnson — UN News Report Doyeeta Das Gupta — Artist Spotlight (Aditya Rikhari) RUNDOWN 0:00 Sammy Opening (station IDs from Amaal Mallik, Nayab Midha and Akshay Kumar at 0:15–0:31) 2:28 Mangda Wapis Kyun — Talwiinder, Kidjaywest, NDS 5:25 Sammy 5:45 Tum Se Tum Tak — Niyam 8:01 Sammy 8:17 Kante — Jass Manak 10:34 Sammy 11:11 Dr. Roy with the Word On The Avenue 12:39 Sammy 12:58 Gall Manlaa — Harsh Nussi 15:05 Sammy 15:19 Meera Sharma with the Mindful Minute of Sass 16:04 Sammy 16:12 Ravana Tandav — Vishal Dadlani, A.R. Rahman 18:58 Sammy 19:27 Daniel Johnson with the UN News Report 24:46 Sammy 25:02 Jaadu Kaisa Hai — Raghav and Arjun 28:10 Sammy talks to Habiba Nosheen 45:44 Yeh Barhi Baat Hai — Eva B (faded early; unreleased) 47:00 Sammy delivers the Closing Remarks (over the Eva B outro) 48:31 Sammy 48:35 Doyeeta Das Gupta with the Artist Spotlight 49:55 Sammy 50:01 Jaan-E-Jaan — Aditya Rikhari 52:17 Sammy 52:28 Rap Killa — Karan Aujla, Merci Beats, Azaad 4L 56:19 Sammy (sign-off) 56:34 Possession — Tesher (plays out; show ends at about 1:00:29) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-bridge-by-sammy-chand--6650619/support. Sammy Chand's daily radio show on Rukus Avenue Radio is the leading Indian music and culture show in the world. The one hour show airs daily worldwide. "South Asian music podcast," "Punjabi music show," "Bollywood commentary," "Indian diaspora radio", "Indian Music", "Top Indian Radio Show", "Punjabi Radio Show", "Indian Radio Host", "Punjabi Radio Host".

  5. 6d ago

    October 23-25, 2026 - Weekly Top 20 Countdown

    The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio app Episode 648 Weekend Countdown — Airs Friday October 23 through Sunday October 25 ON TODAY'S SHOW It's the weekend on The Bridge — the Top 20 Countdown, Friday through Sunday, and Talwiinder keeps the throne with a different record. Mangda Wapis Kyun, with Kidjaywest and NDS, climbs from its No3 debut to No1, six days ahead of the Painted Feelings album on October 29, while last week's No1, Assay Passay, slides to No8 — two straight weeks at the top for Talwiinder with two different songs. Arshdeep Maan's Saun Lagge is the week's biggest climber, up eight from its No10 debut to No2 in only its second week. Five new entries: Niyam's Tum Se Tum Tak is the highest, straight in at No3 eight days after release; Aanchal Tyagi and Abhijeet Srivastava's HISAAB lands at No5; Harsh Nussi's Gall Manlaa at No14; Ravana Tandav — Vishal Dadlani's vocal on the Hans Zimmer–A.R. Rahman score for Ramayana: Part 1, out Tuesday — at No18; and Priya Ragu's Madras, the title track of her album due November 26, at No20, taking over from her own Finally. Tesher's Possession jumps eight to No11 in Halloween week, Arijit Singh and Pritam's Tu Hi Disda rises five into the top ten at No9, and Rawme Hooda's Pump Up climbs two more to No6. The fallers: Raghav and Arjun's Jaadu Kaisa Hai drops twelve to No17, Satinder Sartaaj's Guzarish — No1 two weeks ago — falls nine to No15, Karan Aujla and Merci Beats' Ashke drops eight for the second week running to No19 while their Rap Killa slips six to No10, Jasmine Sandlas and Shekhar Chaudhary's Pyaar falls seven to No16, and Jass Manak's Kante gives up No2 for No4. Jxggi's Knock Knock, Shreya Ghoshal's Bairi Piya and Maan Panu and Tav's I Met Her Again hold at No13, No12 and No7. Sammy opens with his thanks to Amaal Mallik for the first two-day interview in the show's history and points ahead to Kalki Koechlin on Tuesday; he signs off at No1 with a plug for the Monday newsletter at sammychand.com. He counts them down from No20 to No1 — the songs the diaspora moved the most this week. FEATURED MUSIC — THE COUNTDOWN No20 Madras — Priya Ragu No19 Ashke — Karan Aujla, Merci Beats No18 Ravana Tandav — Vishal Dadlani, A.R. Rahman No17 Jaadu Kaisa Hai — Raghav and Arjun No16 Pyaar — Jasmine Sandlas, Shekhar Chaudhary No15 Guzarish — Satinder Sartaaj No14 Gall Manlaa — Harsh Nussi No13 Knock Knock — Jxggi No12 Bairi Piya — Shreya Ghoshal No11 Possession — Tesher No10 Rap Killa — Karan Aujla, Merci Beats, Azaad 4L No9 Tu Hi Disda — Arijit Singh, Nikhita Gandhi, Pritam No8 Assay Passay — Talwiinder No7 I Met Her Again — Maan Panu, Tav No6 Pump Up — Rawme Hooda No5 HISAAB — Aanchal Tyagi, Abhijeet Srivastava No4 Kante — Jass Manak No3 Tum Se Tum Tak — Niyam No2 Saun Lagge — Arshdeep Maan No1 Mangda Wapis Kyun — Talwiinder, Kidjaywest, NDS FEATURED GUESTS & CONTRIBUTORS None — Weekend Top 20 Countdown format. No contributor segments. No closing remarks. RUNDOWN 0:00 Sammy Opening (station IDs from Nayab Midha, Amaal Mallik and Mahlan Wala 59 at 0:15–0:34; Sammy from 0:25) 1:30 No20 Madras — Priya Ragu (starts under the opening) 3:30 No19 Ashke — Karan Aujla, Merci Beats (starts under the Madras outro) 3:50 Sammy 5:59 Sammy 6:14 No18 Ravana Tandav — Vishal Dadlani, A.R. Rahman 9:05 Sammy 9:20 No17 Jaadu Kaisa Hai — Raghav and Arjun 12:19 Sammy 12:40 No16 Pyaar — Jasmine Sandlas, Shekhar Chaudhary 15:11 Sammy 15:30 No15 Guzarish — Satinder Sartaaj 17:38 Sammy 18:10 No14 Gall Manlaa — Harsh Nussi 20:15 Sammy 20:32 No13 Knock Knock — Jxggi 22:31 Sammy 22:50 No12 Bairi Piya — Shreya Ghoshal 25:57 Sammy 26:20 No11 Possession — Tesher 29:53 Sammy 30:12 No10 Rap Killa — Karan Aujla, Merci Beats, Azaad 4L 33:27 Sammy 33:48 No9 Tu Hi Disda — Arijit Singh, Nikhita Gandhi, Pritam 36:39 Sammy 37:00 No8 Assay Passay — Talwiinder 40:00 Sammy 40:28 No7 I Met Her Again — Maan Panu, Tav 43:44 Sammy 43:52 No6 Pump Up — Rawme Hooda 45:54 Sammy 46:12 No5 HISAAB — Aanchal Tyagi, Abhijeet Srivastava 48:17 Sammy 48:36 No4 Kante — Jass Manak 50:58 Sammy 51:14 No3 Tum Se Tum Tak — Niyam 53:22 Sammy 53:52 No2 Saun Lagge — Arshdeep Maan 56:40 Sammy (sign-off: Kalki Koechlin Tuesday, newsletter plug) 57:08 No1 Mangda Wapis Kyun — Talwiinder, Kidjaywest, NDS (plays out; show ends at about 1:00:26) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-bridge-by-sammy-chand--6650619/support. Sammy Chand's daily radio show on Rukus Avenue Radio is the leading Indian music and culture show in the world. The one hour show airs daily worldwide. "South Asian music podcast," "Punjabi music show," "Bollywood commentary," "Indian diaspora radio", "Indian Music", "Top Indian Radio Show", "Punjabi Radio Show", "Indian Radio Host", "Punjabi Radio Host".

  6. Oct 22

    October 22, 2026 — "Sammy talks to Amaal Mallik, Part Two"

    The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio app Episode 647 ON TODAY'S SHOW Part two, and the business end of it. Amaal Mallik is back on the line from India for the back half of the hour, picking up Wednesday's AI thread — Hans Zimmer's synths, Kraftwerk behind their masks, credit the machine where you use it but call the session player when you can — and moving into what it is to be a composer in India: what a hit like Sooraj Dooba Hain or Mithoon's Tum Hi Ho actually pays its composer, ten or fifteen lakh up front and a publishing share that feels like being on payroll; the hundred-rupee song where ninety-five go to the label, two and a half to the writer and two and a half to the composer, halved again every time a label recreates it; the admission that the only reason he can earn a living is that he can sing, and his question about the composer who can't; why saying any of this is treated as a villainous job that has cost him films, and why he says it anyway, "like a warrior"; the label he started for the kids who can't get through the doors of Sony, Universal or Warner; and Sammy's famous question — what the 36-year-old says to the 16-year-old still standing at the Vishesh Films gate: hang in there, it gets better, beyond your wildest dreams. Amaal introduces Yeh Awarapan to America himself. Sammy's closing puts the two days together — the kid with a keyboard and no songs outside the Bhatts' gate, the surname everyone assumes opened it, the debut that tanked, the house and both cars gone in 2014, the call to his masi in New Zealand about a McDonald's or a gas station, Sooraj Dooba Hain nine months later, and twelve years and nearly 143 songs on, Yeh Awarapan, written with Rashmi Virag from a very dark place and presented by Mukesh Bhatt, No1 in the country — the gate, finally from the inside; twenty years to get in, and the first thing he does on the other side is hold it open. Next year, his first independent album, his name on the door. The music hour stays with his work: Kar Gayi Chull, his rebuild of Badshah and Fazilpuria's Chull; Jaan Hai Meri from Radhe Shyam; Tu Mera Nahi, his 2020 pop debut on his own vocal; Yeh Awarapan out of the conversation and Tu Mila To Haina to close. Dr. Roy has the Word On The Avenue, and Sammy plugs tonight's Rukus Avenue Radio lineup — Sabeen Faheem's Who Does She Think She Is at 5 and Ruby Basi at 6. Friday: the Weekly Top 20 Countdown. Monday: Kalki Koechlin. FEATURED MUSIC Kar Gayi Chull — Badshah, Fazilpuria, Sukriti Kakar, Neha Kakkar, Amaal Mallik Jaan Hai Meri — Armaan Malik, Amaal Mallik Tu Mera Nahi — Amaal Mallik Yeh Awarapan — Arijit Singh, Amaal Mallik Tu Mila To Haina — Arijit Singh, Amaal Mallik FEATURED GUESTS & CONTRIBUTORS Amaal Mallik — Interview, Part Two of Two Dr. Roy — Word On The Avenue RUNDOWN 0:00 Sammy Opening (station IDs from Madhubanti Bagchi, Rashmeet Kaur and Karan Aujla at 0:16–0:30) 2:30 Kar Gayi Chull — Badshah, Fazilpuria, Sukriti Kakar, Neha Kakkar, Amaal Mallik 5:26 Sammy (over the outro; runs under the top of Jaan Hai Meri to 6:01) 5:34 Jaan Hai Meri — Armaan Malik, Amaal Mallik 9:49 Sammy 10:16 Dr. Roy with the Word On The Avenue 11:31 Sammy 11:36 Tu Mera Nahi — Amaal Mallik 14:57 Sammy 15:14 Sammy talks to Amaal Mallik — Part Two 50:46 Yeh Awarapan — Arijit Singh, Amaal Mallik (starts under the sign-off with Amaal) 55:12 Sammy delivers the Closing Remarks (over the end of Yeh Awarapan) 58:39 Tu Mila To Haina — Arijit Singh, Amaal Mallik (under the last of the remarks, then plays out; show ends at about 1:04:04) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-bridge-by-sammy-chand--6650619/support. Sammy Chand's daily radio show on Rukus Avenue Radio is the leading Indian music and culture show in the world. The one hour show airs daily worldwide. "South Asian music podcast," "Punjabi music show," "Bollywood commentary," "Indian diaspora radio", "Indian Music", "Top Indian Radio Show", "Punjabi Radio Show", "Indian Radio Host", "Punjabi Radio Host".

  7. Oct 21

    October 21, 2026 — "Sammy talks to Amaal Mallik, Part One"

    The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio app Episode 646 ON TODAY'S SHOW The first two-day interview in the show's history begins. Amaal Mallik — the composer out of the Malik house, grandson of Sardar Malik, son of Daboo Malik, nephew of Anu Malik — calls in from India for part one of a conversation that runs the back forty minutes of the hour. Sammy sets up the human story before he arrives: a family with very deep expectations, and a word, nepotism, that gets thrown around far too easily. Then the story itself: the 16-year-old standing outside the Vishesh Films gate in Mumbai with a keyboard and no songs, the surname everyone assumes opened it, a debut that tanked, the family losing the house and both cars in 2014, the call to his masi in New Zealand about working at a McDonald's or a gas station — and nine months later, Sooraj Dooba Hain. Amaal on checking the streaming numbers on every release without letting them touch the art; on writing from his own friendships and heartbreaks so a song fits the film's narrative one hundred percent and still feels, to a stranger hearing it on the radio, like their own story; and a long, clear-eyed stretch on AI — Suno and ElevenLabs will give you back whatever you prompt, but no software can sit through 35 years of pain or a father's highs and lows, any musician is better than AI, and the royalty question is still unsolved from India to the DSPs — capped by the song he ideated on a laptop from a hospital bed, his brother Armaan singing the guide vocal, every AI part swapped for live musicians once the shoot wrapped. The hour opens with his music: Baari Baari, the 2025 Punjabi record with Armaan Malik, Tu Mila To Haina with Arijit Singh from De De Pyaar De, and Hua Hain Aaj Pehli Baar with Armaan Malik and Palak Muchhal from Sanam Re; Subah Subah from Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety takes the show out. Dr. Roy has the Word On The Avenue. Tomorrow, part two: the industry, the label he started for the kids who can't get into Sony's lobby, and what he would tell the 16-year-old who used to stand outside the studios. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-bridge-by-sammy-chand--6650619/support. Sammy Chand's daily radio show on Rukus Avenue Radio is the leading Indian music and culture show in the world. The one hour show airs daily worldwide. "South Asian music podcast," "Punjabi music show," "Bollywood commentary," "Indian diaspora radio", "Indian Music", "Top Indian Radio Show", "Punjabi Radio Show", "Indian Radio Host", "Punjabi Radio Host".

  8. Oct 20

    October 20, 2026 — "Sammy talks to Nihaarika"

    The Bridge is available on the iHeart Radio app Episode 645 ON TODAY'S SHOW Nihaarika joins Sammy from Delhi, late on a Tuesday night her time, for the back half of the hour — the artist who was signed to Sony Music India early, had the platform before she knew who she was, and walked away when the contract ended to go independent, not against labels but for herself. A girl from UP, from a family of doctors and engineers where nobody knew a thing about music, who wrote Urdu Me Geeta alone in her room, and whose advice to a young girl in Delhi who wants to be her is "don't be like me, be yourself." The hour opens with Arshdeep Maan's Saun Lagge, fresh off its No10 debut on the weekend count, then Arijit Singh's Chann from Udta Teer, the Sachin-Jigar soundtrack ahead of Friday's release, and Talwiinder's Mangda Wapis Kyun, nine days out from Painted Feelings. Nijjar's Bari follows the Word On The Avenue, Neesh previews tonight's Garage Mahal, and Gur Sidhu and Kaptaan's Breezy leads into Yeh Awarapan, Amaal Mallik's title track with Arijit Singh, as Sammy sets up the first two-day interview in the show's history — Amaal Mallik on Wednesday and Thursday. Rawme Hooda's Pump Up and Comeback, Bali and Nihaarika's record together, take the show into the conversation, and her own Urdu Me Geeta follows it out. Doyeeta Das Gupta's Artist Spotlight on Pritam — the geology graduate who dropped a master's for a sound-recording course at FTII Pune — sets up Tu Hi Disda with his longtime collaborator Arijit Singh, and MC Square's Long Way From Home closes the show. Dr. Roy has the Word On The Avenue, Neesh previews his show, and Sammy closes with his remarks on Nihaarika. FEATURED MUSIC Saun Lagge — Arshdeep Maan Chann — Arijit Singh, Sachin-Jigar Mangda Wapis Kyun — Talwiinder, Kidjaywest, NDS Bari — Nijjar Breezy — Gur Sidhu, Kaptaan Yeh Awarapan — Arijit Singh, Amaal Mallik Pump Up — Rawme Hooda Comeback — Bali, Nihaarika Urdu Me Geeta — Nihaarika Tu Hi Disda — Arijit Singh, Nikhita Gandhi, Pritam Long Way From Home — MC Square, Radhika Bhide, Wicked Sunny FEATURED GUESTS & CONTRIBUTORS Nihaarika — Interview Dr. Roy — Word On The Avenue Neesh — Show Preview Doyeeta Das Gupta — Artist Spotlight (Pritam) RUNDOWN 0:00 Sammy Opening 2:32 Saun Lagge — Arshdeep Maan 5:25 Sammy 5:48 Chann — Arijit Singh, Sachin-Jigar 9:07 Sammy 9:25 Mangda Wapis Kyun — Talwiinder, Kidjaywest, NDS 12:24 Sammy 12:36 Dr. Roy with the Word On The Avenue 14:10 Bari — Nijjar (bed starts under Dr. Roy's outro) 14:11 Sammy 16:50 Sammy 17:04 Neesh with a preview of his show 17:30 Sammy 17:34 Breezy — Gur Sidhu, Kaptaan 19:56 Sammy 20:12 Yeh Awarapan — Arijit Singh, Amaal Mallik 24:44 Sammy 25:08 Pump Up — Rawme Hooda 27:09 Sammy 27:28 Comeback — Bali, Nihaarika 29:38 Sammy talks to Nihaarika 47:55 Urdu Me Geeta — Nihaarika 49:35 Sammy 50:17 Doyeeta Das Gupta with the Artist Spotlight 50:44 Sammy 50:57 Tu Hi Disda — Arijit Singh, Nikhita Gandhi, Pritam 55:14 Sammy delivers the Closing Remarks 57:03 Long Way From Home — MC Square, Radhika Bhide, Wicked Sunny Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-bridge-by-sammy-chand--6650619/support. Sammy Chand's daily radio show on Rukus Avenue Radio is the leading Indian music and culture show in the world. The one hour show airs daily worldwide. "South Asian music podcast," "Punjabi music show," "Bollywood commentary," "Indian diaspora radio", "Indian Music", "Top Indian Radio Show", "Punjabi Radio Show", "Indian Radio Host", "Punjabi Radio Host".

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About

Meet Sammy Chand, Your Host on The Bridge— Welcome to The Bridge, the only daily show covering the diaspora of the Indian subcontinent, airing nationally across North America on Rukus Avenue Radio/iHeart Radio. I'm your host, Sammy Chand, and I'm thrilled to share my passion for South Asian music and culture with you.  A Pioneer in the Industry—  With almost three decades of experience, I've been at the forefront of the South Asian cultural movement in North America. As the Founder and CEO of Rukus Avenue, I've built a company that's committed to telling the story of the South Asian experience through music, podcasts, and radio.  A Legacy of Excellence—  My work has been recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and I've had the privilege of collaborating with some of the biggest names in the industry. From producing music for over 75 film and television shows to hosting TV shows for Viacom, I've made it my mission to promote South Asian talent and culture.  The Bridge: Your Connection to South Asian Music and Culture—  On The Bridge, I'll be sharing my expertise and passion for South Asian music, as well as interviewing some of the biggest names in the industry. From Bollywood and Hindi pop to Punjabi and Haryanvi music, we'll be exploring the diverse sounds and styles of the Indian subcontinent.  Join the Conversation—  Tune in to The Bridge every day to stay connected to the latest developments in South Asian music and culture. Join the conversation on social media, and get ready to experience the best of South Asian entertainment. I'm excited to share this journey with you, and I look forward to connecting with you on The Bridge! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-bridge-by-sammy-chand--6650619/support.

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  • Creator
    Sammy Chand
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    407
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Rukus Avenue Radio
  • Show Website
    The Bridge by Sammy Chand

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