In this podcast, we are interviewing Bhawna Sharma, the founder of Surprista Design. She is a multilingual singer, performing in eight languages, and an IT entrepreneur who seamlessly merges creativity with technology. With 7-8 years of experience, she is one of Rajasthan’s top podcast hosts, elevating Surprista Design as a leader in branding, design, and influencer marketing. We’ll also dive into her journey of reaching one million views on her YouTube video.
You could connect with her over here.
Official web site: https://www.surprista.in/
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@SurpristaDesign?si=iYE5cRdA3-PwLOWS
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@itsbhawnacreationz?si=F6e8SSQ6CM8w7gNA
Transcript (Auto translated can have spelling mistakes)
so hi friends today we have a guest called bavana she is a female entrepreneur and here we are going to talk about a little bit of Technology spirituality and whatever whatever which is comes out like you know hi and can you introduce yourself what what are you who are you yeah hi guys so I'm very excited to be here thanks for inviting me from South uh I love Kerala and I love the weather there I I love South Indian cuisines as well and so I'm a multilingual singer artist influencer and it entrepreneur and I've been active in this industry from past uh nine plus years and now this technolog is upgrading and we have to balance everything uh our health our work and our Hobbies our passion and so I quite do everything that keeps me in order to manage and balance everything so that's all about me and yeah so that's it so being a multilingual uh singer uh what do you sing generally which language and is there any video which got uh you know uh pretty much uh impression and pretty much yeah so there are many but my first hit that got viral was gar cover which is sang in uh eight different languages uh including Hindi English Korean Japanese a little bit of Chinese and Bengali and little bit of Telo also so it got the recognition worldwide and reached 1 million plus views and that really boosted my confidence my singing journey and I can say my started uh from that breakthrough uh is it possible for you to share uh the video right now on the screen so if you just search P Creations yeah you see the video here mhm mhm so it's the color [Music] can you hear it yeah yes yes yes please play that [Music] [Applause] [Music] yeah how does someone explain that you're telling it's more time to answer your proposal don't know why your rest to run your horses don't know why your rest to run your horses [Music] [Music] [Music] okay okay now [Music] [Music] yeah apart from this like you know did you had any visual recording of this part particular song like you know uh I didn't get it uh can you please repeat that like outside locations and stuffs like that I think that could be beautiful if you yeah if you use it so yeah that time we didn't had that much creative thoughts in mind we just put our main efforts in the audios and learning those languages and translating that those so yeah we just had the raw setup and we started shooting mhm mhm you made uh any other songs also apart from this yeah so there are many which we have also showed outside uh locations such as Heritage places and this is a cute love story track which recently came so MH here we tried to add a cute story so I just share the screen with you here it goes so used models at here [Music] [Music] [Music] call [Music] [Music] for you [Music] [Music] [Music] so how was the response for this this particular song uh it was amazing and uh many people liked it like the direction and the vocals and the story line so basically you also help uh brand to Market themsel in a better way right right so if you are getting a brand which uh actually need to be uh you know marketed how do you look into that particular problem what all are the strategies you make in order to help that particular brand to make more Revenue anything that s what what is the process basically so the process starts uh uh first we take their requirements then we study their target market and goals and uh the timeline they give if this is feasible to achieve that particular goal in that timeline so we make uh the strategy of that area that how the people will engage with that particular brand and then we uh study their uh online materials like websites and their social medias and if they need changes uh to resonate with that particular campaign so first we suggest them uh that then the then we come with the right budget which they can afford and then we specify the target goals and how our team can uh come up with results mhh so any so any proven uh uh road map or uh any track record which you can showcase to the people yeah so we have worked with many companies uh uh worldwide we uh we are recently working with web predictions USA uh there's another which is called share life vacations USA so we particular design campaigns for them the travel campaigns so suppose if they want to Target a specify area uh in USA suppose so it's uh if it's Florida then we design the campaigns according to the preferences of uh that particular region people so they like beaches Vibes and everything so we keep the content around that and then we then we reach out the influencers within our Network who can promote that uh can make relatable content according to their brands uh product so when they uh start making that type of content people start sharing their campaign booms and they start uh getting responses from the people of that area so basically you are doing an influencer marketing also like you know you get yeah yeah we are doing uh we are doing uh uh everything which is uh currently popular on social media and which helps them get good online reach we also run some offline campaigns in which we do events for Brands uh local events where we invite uh the local popular people basically who can Market their products then uh we gather all around um so we gather all type of content creators there and we present the product and deal in front of them then uh they uh they basically so they basically roam the city and shows their product that we are using this and that in you should start using this also so that's how we Market uh in offline um regions mhh uh so basically we have gone through one video of you that is almost uh 1 million views so what is this particular strategy like uh if there are if the content is good or so sometime the YouTube algorithm did not like the people's content and yeah so how was it like you know what was what happened in that particular uh road map so this wasn't also effortless uh this took I think around uh five to six months to get uh popular because uh after releasing nobody came to watch the song So then one day uh the other cover the other artist cover gone uh viral which was a male response then people started doing some other type of uh searches on YouTube like are there any other type of possible covers of that song so that's how they found my cover and when they started sharing uh so the it I think uh I would say it spreaded um you know at the uh speed of uh fire so once started sharing it at that point uh it boomed and yeah it got the reach of uh 1 million views within a month then so the if we are getting a million views uh many people say a question like you know whether they were able to make money out of this billion views or something that sort like did you ever made money out of YouTube views apart from the advertisement like you know direct payment from the YouTube yeah it it all comes from ads and and there are uh and if you get uh um good subscriber range uh YouTube also provides some uh brand affiliation programs through them you can earn extra money so but once you have to clarify that stage so uh after 1 million views I guess yeah I started earning like uh I can see that you know uh, uh subscribers and uh 3,000 plus uh you know watch time and stuff sort of things like that so at this particular Point like uh uh what how much they can pay like know let's say let's assume that uh like 4,000 plus of the watch time you have achieved so how much uh what will happen over there so you will get the monetization tab and there you can see the earning options uh there you can you can better keep tracking of your analytics uh your specific audience from specific regions and uh how much how much percentage of that particular region is liking your content so you can get those tools in depth after you achieve that particular phase uh so uh and as earning perspective I would say that all you get uh all the earnings depends on the market rates so suppose if blinket uh companies so it all depends on Brands so suppose if blinket ad is appearing before your video then you will earn less and other than the financial type of content or the I would say unicorns ad is playing before your video then you will earn more so it all depends on YouTube how much they pay it all depends on the brands and YouTube MH mhm uh so also you have made a lot of videos and things like that what was the experience uh making the videos for the YouTube for example like making the videos for the uh theater is uh totally different from making the videos to the YouTube yes so how was it like what was the experience it was great so far uh we if I talk about my personal Journey I've experimented a lot uh regarding the content side I've made many type of content I made e-commerce content I made business content I made course content I made uh um I will say the artistic content uh singing content is I'm already making so I had these multiple channels uh where I made educational language learning content as well so yeah all the content creation journey I would say it was a massive experience and came up with really uh great learnings of my life because I got to connect with the people with uh different company uh communities from um uh and from many countries worldwide so I got to experience uh and uh through YouTube I also got many collabs like I'm already uh doing a collab with you so yeah I also got to learn from them that uh how the content creation Journey pushes you to uh get gets you out from your comfort zone and makes you presentable in front of the public uh and it makes it gives you immense confidence and uh strategies to perform well in your personal and professional life both MH MH and obviously it also gives you the financial boost yeah of course so you started the podcast Studio what are the items you have in your podcast studio so we have uh the Youtube button which you can see uh I just have to move the camera so it's the silver button we got after the one lakh subscribers after passing so I'm just zooming it can see okay so yeah so I've got this YouTube button back there and I have some uh um what do we call it the scuptures of my oh what just happened sorry for the fluctuation here yeah I can I can hear you yeah yeah so I I also have the scriptures of my favorite manga Inspirations like Naruto Goku Harry Potter I love fantasies and I love uh this type of manga Creed U manga um I would say mangas manga what is it manga is a um it's called Japanese comics uh they termed it as manga and in Korean it's called Mana so they have created these uh creatures or these characters sorry these characters based on their fantasies they hold some spiritual Powers they have some superpowers and they try to change the world with their uh Goodwills and the superpowers they' have got mhm so I I really love this so basically what is this M like you know yeah so manga is literally means comic books so in Japanese they call it manga and in Korean there's another term which is called Mana so they make uh these special characters out of their fantasies and then depict and into their drawings which is called manga and those are really interesting I think everyone should read and watch uh these manga content and manga based movies these are literally uh great uh which makes um I mean uh it's all about creativity and the passion they fill inside uh these books uh that makes you feel like uh you know that makes uh that boost your productivity to 100x I would say can you show One Clip of this uh particular thing which you're uh [Music] okay yeah uh you can go ahead and search on internet m n g and there you will see that uh many type of mangas are available there from comic genre to romantic ones and action thriller Supernatural what is this I really love manga M yeah m a n g I really love the Supernatural genre okay I'll sh so there's this famous one called Naruto and this is something like this yeah mhm so she's a we writer I guess okay okay mhm so these anim create uh anim characters are really cute and uh you know they make your day their stories are really inspiring and I think everyone should follow their teachings in real life M so you read this this particular story every day you read yeah I I think I watched uh more I watch dramas more and cartoons I will say anims based on mangas more uh and I don't have the Habit to read long books because then I get bored and get sleepy so I just watch the uh mangas in uh series version M so basically uh uh you you spoke about these spiritual mangas they are can be actually you know they can change the world and what is what is your view about spirituality because I am being a spiritual person I most yeah I'm also a very yeah I can see that already and I'm really uh very fascinated by your work so I'm I'm also a very spiritual person I do believe in everything the Vic beliefs uh the ayic uh Gan that our an ancest head and the chakra power if you know about that mhmh yeah so I I also meditate and focus on those particular points the Aya chakra sahra muladar sadan and I do believe everything in uh related to spiritual stuff and I I also believe there are uh bad energies as well because good exist uh the bad also exists yeah yeah the the basically the once you are into spiritual understanding you will understand there is no bad and good it is both are same like you know the one of the important teachings which I uh actually do uh you've been asking me earlier what is this uh yogin sadanas and stuffs like that yeah yeah definitely so what it is basically is like uh there are 64 yoginis if you go to the temple is in odisa uh you know near to Puri jagat Temple there is one right I I I visited I I visited that one when I was 10 I guess Puri jagad yeah Puri jaganath I love the satk food they offered there yeah also it's a very ener energetical like you know they're very powerful that particular place I feel like especially uh there is Beach is also there near to the temple you can go to the be and uh you know it's uh you can take a deep and you can stay in the temple and experience that particular thing and go inside and you know it's yeah and especially people's believe the heart of the Krishna is been uh residing in the Pu yeah so it's near to this particular Temple it's not in Puri jaganath it's uh somewhere uh 2 hours on the bus from this particular place to Puri jagat so there are 64 yoginis so 64 y are the yeah that that uh that we read in Sati I guess chat yogini huh chos yogin so the basically you can aoke these goddesses uh and you know there are 64 yoginis they have 64 mudras 64 Yas and 64 offerings so basically what happens uh you gradually evoke your shis basically and you know you you get um in Union with these particular yoginis and you know they help you in all the aspect of life or whatever but uh the to know more about like you know I would love to put it in this way the sh was speaking about the vigan Bava Tantra with her his concert so that is the experiences you will actually go into and mostly these are mentioned in AA I am I am a herbalist also I work with the herbs so I like the her that's great I like the herbs which are mentioned in the adava for example I make tea that these tees are basically uh based on AAS um I mean the chapters also there um so they are mentioned these particular herbs in particular chapters So based on that I make chai basically from my garden and uh you know so these are the so uh the chai I mean the teas you mentioned so do you use any type of particular uh secret uh technique secret spiritual techniques to bloom them and to uh fill them with more positive energy that's different from the regular tea I would say yeah this is a carefully planted and uh the Water also the timing of the watering also is important like uh especially in the moon circle we have to look into the moon circle what time we have to put the water and stuffs like that because it's basically related to the uh feminine magic uh in if we put it in this particular way so this is like nature is feminine uh I mean it's a she so basically I'm a tantric so I generally worship the uh feminine energy and because I mean uh I see so uh uh because of that I also worship the nature so the nature nature is feminine it's uh so the nature associated with the moon in that particular time we have to pick the water and watering and things like that so these things will actually help uh uh to increase the potency of the chemicals in these particular herbs basically so when you use uh these herbs uh generally this tea is has to consumed from uh full moon to Full Moon like 41 days of the time so what happens uh your testosterone will increase for the men uh so he can have better relationship with his partner and uh the if H if a fem female has uh you know menus problem those can be uh uh resolved and uh uh if if they are feeling like very tired and upset and you know especially when you are in Tech basically the computers are basic consume a lot of energy like you know sometime it will for long time you know it drains you your physical and mental energy huh a lot like you know so when you consume this what happens is that your energy will be increased and uh uh and also the thing is like uh while taking uh this particular thing uh you also has to do uh little bit of meditation and exercise and stuffs like that why because uh it will make you highly active on sexually basically because the testosterone and all these kind of hormones basically what but I think I I don't uh I don't have to do anything with the sexual thing here because I don't have any man in my life neither I was good good in my uh relationships aspects of life because I don't know I don't uh find men's uh I think no man uh I would say my last conversation lasted only two days with a man no man wants to yeah stay um for long in my life what happen you what happen you scare away the men yeah so no no I don't scare away I just yeah so we are all busy and right now uh there's this type of toxic relationships are going on uh in today's uh culture I would say situationships and bread crumbing and long distances so nothing worked out for me so what happened in your last relationship what was it like you know there's nothing wrong there we just uh talk uh normally on uh daily basis we just s like you know you you you do a lot of stuff and you you look decent also and your relationship broken in two days that's I I would say that's the saddest part of my life or sometimes I also assume am I csed for love what why my life is like that no man wants to stay long I think I think they they get the idea of me getting very workoholic or maybe I I don't know if they want to keep the multiple relationships so they they think that they won't be able to lie to me in uh front of my face and then they just vanish into the thin air so like what is your uh uh um idea about having a good relationship so yeah I uh I look for loyalty and long-term caring and I want to enjel with the person in their personal beliefs and I want to go deep dive into their spiritual perspective as well as their uh life's perspective what are their mindsets uh regarding the um leading a healthy life or leading a healthy relationship so when I ask about uh these serious things uh they get really uh quirky and I would say they act like playboys and then they leave bye-bye take care that see so see my chai has nothing to I mean better relationship in the sense uh sensuality I mean I'm not talking about the sexuality sensuality like you know so last time I would say it is like a for play you know Li lipo is what it will increase so uh what happens is that the healthy you can stay in the relationship in a longer time like you know I mean fun part of the relationship you can increase that's what so if you are single you have to be a little bit meditative and you should be taking exercise yeah but it never goes to that level we just end up on the normal things will happen all the uh for some time I mean uh things will happen and also in the conservative culture it gives a uh you know bad kind of vibe if you're having Affairs before marriage so that also pulls the guy back um before getting closer to me because I uh believe on those uh uh ancient Roots so I want to have a that type of deeper relationship after I get married to my man so anyway you will get mared once right like so what I'm talking about my chai basically when you get if you if you don't have a men in your life what happens is that you should be a little bit uh uh careful while working with this particular energy that's what I'm trying to say because it's it's it's increase your hormone in such a deeper way and it will give you a lot of energy so you have to be meditative and taking exercise otherwis it will blast you so I mean that's what I'm trying to say so it's a heat yeah I I also uh I also saw this chai Concept in the the uh historical krama uh I don't yeah it was Al of the souls so there's this scene uh where the master tries to give this uh you know immunity boosting tea to the disciple but he mistakenly takes the the chai you have just mentioned that increases the Lio and it immensely then uh it immediately uh increases his interest in his love in his love and so that he get attracted and goes towards her and the master wonders what just happened so yeah i' I've seen I've seen those type of scenes in movies but I've never uh heard that uh this type of product really exist uh in real life ex it's it's it's exist it's basically from The Vedas especially in the Adara Veda SOA if you look into this particular Veda there are mantras basically deda is talks about NRA suum NRA sukum is the mother of astrology from that the Vic astrology comes and uh it talks about herbs herbs that can actually help to increase the uh different kind of things for example it also talk about the bang also like uh the way to prepare it and if you go to the utar Pradesh and some part of the Himalayas uh in the temple they will offer the Banga as a Prasad basically so how to prepare that and all those things it's basically speaks about a lot of herbs uh in the way which can be used and um there are um herbs which is talking about uh herbs which is associated with each NRA for example uh one one NRA has one one particular plant I have a garden of that actually so I planted all these plants and you know so okay and you work on this stuff by yourself or do you have a team like I work work on myself like uh most of the things I automated like I watering I automated the um like only thing is I have to spend two to three hours in the garden like you know uh I mean otherwis it will go most of the stuff in my things are actually automated and uh what are the intake cycle you suggest for this type of fee like index cycle in the sense yeah you can take it twice in a day or you have to keep one one one the the for example I'm drinking this particular tea I do the meditation so this particular back uh one day so you can use it two to three times you can put water and once first time you can drink second time you can put the hot water and third time fourth time so one back uh this is what uh it's been talking like you know yeah I think I'll be taking it for myself only because right now right now I just have to focus on my personal growth and I don't have any man in my life so I can recommend somebody so I'll be just taking it for myself yeah you can uh take it and you can use this particular energy for uh different purposes uh I mean you have to be careful and you have to be watchful what is happening in your body you have to be self aware conscious and things like that so that will gradually help you to I mean basically you can trans this particular energy into you know different kind of activities all together you know so that's what is basically yeah maybe I can send you one pack of my co tea basically yeah please I would love to and yeah it will be good yeah and uh you know be meditative otherwise you will end up in trouble sorry I didn't get that do meditation uh when you're taking otherwise you will end up in trouble know okay okay I understand okay so that's the thing and uh so uh what type of energy it particularly focuses when you're uh taking it inside your body it's a basically it's a focusing on Kundalini energy so the Kini energy is the energy of the creation so this is the particular energy that helps to create new offsprings like you know I mean every man has every women has like you know it's a reproductive energy the thing is that how you can use it if you transend this particular energy you can be become extremely creative you can be an artist you can be a singer uh a very well-known singer and uh you can actually there is different kind of things like you know um hypnotism is there like you know you can hypnotize people by looking into their eye they will actually fall for you like uh if you want to get some business deals done you can just look into this particular person and that guy will allow the thing for you whatever the if you want to rise in your salary you can talk to this particular person so you know these things will happen very so this is what happens I'll be taking it for sure then no but what I am trying to say is that you should be you should be doing meditation that's what I am trying to say yeah yeah yeah that that I'll be yeah that I'll be that you have to keep in your mind like you know so uh positive people will use it for good things hello can you hear me yeah yeah I can hear you yeah so positive people will use it for the good stuff but uh negative people will use it for I think bad stuff then in that case uh how how should we stop them see the uh positive and negative is uh uh depends on the situation for example Shiva has given goon to you know basm masura also and Krishna the energy don't have any distinguish between what is good and what is bad okay yeah yeah it all depends on their intentions intention and it's a just put it in your karma if you use it for good thing it will be in your karma in your record book if you use it for the bad thing it will be in your record book it is in your yeah exactly so it's uh God has no distin between like you know who is good yeah discrimination between good and bad yeah he's like you know I mean he's okay with whatever I mean so being a Tey guy from techfield how did you discover this uh what what really what really made you interested in uh making this type of stuff and opening the cosmic uh uh uh the cosmic type of uh business and everything the thing is like uh technology if you look into the technology I'm a programmer I write code so what happens if you need to write really good code you need to be thinking very abstrac Lively critically and objectively so then only you can write the uh right kind of code I don't know whether you have written code anytime I mean if you have came AC have you ever written any code basically or at least try to write some yeah yeah yeah I did I think I one uh uh there was a time where I was coding for straight uh 12 hours was Finding Solutions and solving bugs and everything M so what is happens there we really have to think very abstrac Lively so when we think that much sharp uh and if we work that much I mean I started writing code very Eng so if we think in that much abstract way what happens is that we start to think about the life also what is happening why am I here where am I going what am I doing all these things we start to think about self also now it will come to once and zero either I am alive or either I am dead so what is this this is binary only like you know so they take Tech took me to the spirituality and that took me to the realization you know so on the way I read a lot of things uh about other people who is written about this thing that thing and those stuff so these are the things which uh um I mean these knowledges which I got uh then when I I mean obviously I need money so I thought of doing something and uh I thought of uh when I know all this things why can't I do something in this particular direction right like you know right so that is the that is the that is why I got into this like so you've been writing code from very young age or what is happened in so yeah I've from uh Computer Engineering background so I've been doing it since my college time and then we go got into the uh it work then we started our own company so then I started getting project and I started doing code for them the front end thing the back ends Etc yeah MH mhm so I've been doing it from nine last nine years so so it's a completely sedentary work and uh we get no time to focus on our personal stuff and sometimes you know we get really we really goes inside that they forget about the outside world that uh programming [Music] thing what technology ncape so yeah I've uh worked in uh net and uh in college I studied about the basic programming uh like C C++ Java and uh the front end stuff HTML angular react is also come nowadays M so yeah and we also uh according to the market industry we also need to up grade everyday ourselves because now ai has came and uh people are spreading that AI is going to eat up many software Engineers jobs soon so yeah you need to uh uh be upgraded on uh to you know um to be on that level so that you can compete with AI and produce better results yeah the thing is like I don't think AI is going to eat up a lot of job why because you yeah because uh right now what is happening is like you know if you look into my vs code I have pulled out the AMA engine in my vs it's like a friend of developer I think yeah yeah yeah but the but companies are laying off many people and uh when uh so it's like where you were where you were needing uh 10 people you just uh nowadays you just need seven or eight people to handle those system s so yeah one or two will be eliminated no it's like they are they didn't upgraded themsel if you upgrade yourself into Ai and you know that's the problem yeah prompt engineering uh you will be definitely going out from the you will be treated different yeah yeah exactly mhm industry is like that especially when it it changes so fast yeah yes yeah but but it's really hectic for a computer engineer to maintain that healthy lifestyle yeah that's that is also one thing like you know I I still work on it like you know this 2 to three hours in the garden basically reduces a lot of stress and for me you know and with my tea like it can also it can also give you relaxation also like the te can keep you relaxed also you know yeah sometimes I also need to compromise on My Singing stuff because of my projects so yeah I can understand that so shall we wrap up this now because I just have 10 minutes only okay okay so yeah I think uh do you have anything else to say yeah so I just have to um advise the audience that you just have to focus on your thing Focus what you can do better Follow Follow Your Passion uh see things where you can show your productivity your creativity completely and choose that field and stick to that no matter what anyone else says and do not get fascinated by other uh uh glowing or uh dazzling is stuff because if that's not your uh I would say that's if that's not the burden hand then you will end up losing your own quality so yeah that's what I should suggest everyone that focus on your thing only so what sort of peoples can connect with you like you know what what kind of offers you can give to the people who want to connect with you yeah so anybody who is in need of uh branding or are looking for uh customizable or flexible uh web and software solutions they can get in touch with us and if they are looking for a good singer with the good band to perform in their events or if they are looking for a creative singer to compose a song for their brand they can get in touch with me that's I also do the programs basically like you know yeah everybody is doing multiple things nowadays I like the music yeah okay so it's a yeah yeah maybe we can sing uh sometime time later maybe yeah we can we can do a collab you can play and I can sing yeah exactly um yeah and uh how people can connect with you uh your website address or something yeah so it's it's called Uh ww. s.in s v r.in and there they can connect with me MH yeah thank you for joining me today and you want to ask me something before I'm wrapping up yeah so uh how we can uh recommend your uh products to our Network and um how they can buy from you like uh one is from my website the chai is not available for everybody because uh the hubs are very expensive I only give to my friends for now at least because I have very limited hers in my garden basically so I cannot uh but the things they can purchase and uh you know and it I also give the chai based on the recommendation basically so it's depends on the uh person also like but I mean it will be available soon or later in another 3 4 months down the line basically so they can get my other things in my website great it was my pleasure to be on your show and discuss many dis spiritual and uh programming things with you it was a really fun time great time I had a great time and touch yeah exactly I'll put the contact details your website and other details in the description of this so people can connect with you yeah so you're doing a great work keep doing it yeah
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