Months after releasing her latest album, The Bridge, Raja Kumari arrived in India to film the video for the song, No nazar. It is an unusual approach, but then, when has Kumari ever abided by convention? In this interview, the four-time Grammy nominee discusses making music to heal herself during the pandemic, and bringing to life a song that she was told to “sell to Beyonce or Rihanna”.

Edited excerpts from the interview.