That my mom is singing with me, on a track I have composed, is a sign that I have come full circle,” says Akriti Kakar of her song Mawaan Te Dhiyaan, which means “mothers and daughters” in Punjabi. “She is the source of music in our life, and this was my way of giving something in return.”

Kakar, most known for her song Saturday Saturday from Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania, is joined by mom Nirmal, and twin sisters Sukriti (think Kar Gayi Chul from Kapoor & Sons) and Prakriti (who sang Katra Katra from Alone), for our chat. “It’s been too long coming,” says Akriti. “Every time we decided to do something, we would ask, ‘Is this the right zone? ‘Is this the one we want to do?’ We would talk about it so much that it wouldn’t happen. But then I did Big Band Theory season 1, which had only covers, and it did well. So we decided to do season two, which is a Punjabi compilation of six songs keeping folk music as the base. And finally it has happened! My mom had to be a part of this!”