"I came to Bombay, fell in love with the city, its people... basically everything," says Natalie Di Luccio.
Remember the story of the Mumbai teen who dropped out of school in class nine and went on to run companies at 16? Here's another inspiring story from the Humans of Bombay Facebook page. This tale is about a young woman who wasn't actually from Mumbai but made it hers when she fell in love with it. In fact, not only is she not originally from Mumbai, she's not even Indian.
Canadian student Natalie Di Luccio was only 18-years-old when she decided to "take a semester off" from McGill University in Montreal "to work on a 'Chakra Album' in India". This is when her love affair with the city began.
"I came to Bombay, fell in love with the city, its people... basically everything," she says on the Facebook post. "I also ended up meeting a very special person here," she adds.
At the end of her stay, Natalie had to move back to Canada even though she didn't want to. "I was working as a waitress at that point to buy a ticket to India and afford rent there," she mentions on the post.
Fate intervened. Natalie recorded and uploaded a rendition of Tu Jaane Na from the film Ajab Prem ki Gazab Kahani, for that special person she had met in Mumbai, on YouTube. "And it got 1 million hits overnight," she shares. The song made her a sensation.
"After the video, opportunities started flowing in and as fate would have it - I came back to Bombay," she says on Facebook.
As of today, Natalie has featured on some very popular songs like Aadha Ishq from Band Baaja Baraat, Navrai Majhi from English Vinglish, Ready Steady Po from Chennai Express, among others. She has also worked with music maestro AR Rahman on the song Aila Aila from the film I.
So what does she attribute her success to? We'll just let you read the post yourself to understand her simple message for all those who're waiting for life to happen.
Canadian student Natalie Di Luccio was only 18-years-old when she decided to "take a semester off" from McGill University in Montreal "to work on a 'Chakra Album' in India". This is when her love affair with the city began.
"I came to Bombay, fell in love with the city, its people... basically everything," she says on the Facebook post. "I also ended up meeting a very special person here," she adds.
At the end of her stay, Natalie had to move back to Canada even though she didn't want to. "I was working as a waitress at that point to buy a ticket to India and afford rent there," she mentions on the post.
Fate intervened. Natalie recorded and uploaded a rendition of Tu Jaane Na from the film Ajab Prem ki Gazab Kahani, for that special person she had met in Mumbai, on YouTube. "And it got 1 million hits overnight," she shares. The song made her a sensation.
"After the video, opportunities started flowing in and as fate would have it - I came back to Bombay," she says on Facebook.
As of today, Natalie has featured on some very popular songs like Aadha Ishq from Band Baaja Baraat, Navrai Majhi from English Vinglish, Ready Steady Po from Chennai Express, among others. She has also worked with music maestro AR Rahman on the song Aila Aila from the film I.
So what does she attribute her success to? We'll just let you read the post yourself to understand her simple message for all those who're waiting for life to happen.
"I was 18 and studying music at McGill University when I got an opportunity to work on a 'Chakra Album' in India....
Posted by Humans of Bombay on Sunday, 21 June 2015
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