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Lockdown taught me to be self-sufficient, revisit Bollywood: Citi India CEO

Khullar also lets on that he has managed to do very well alone, something he wasn't sure of, and credits some of it to his love of Bollywood.

Ashu Khullar
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Ashu Khullar, Citi India’s CEO | Illustration: Binay Sinha

Pavan Lall
After what feels like ages, I step inside the Chambers, the restricted, members-only dining club at the Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai. I have a lunch meeting with Ashu Khullar, Citi India’s CEO and the man in charge of its Bangladesh and Sri Lanka operations.
 
I find Khullar, dressed in a white shirt and blue suit without a tie, sitting at a white linen-covered table facing the Arabian Sea — presenting a long-familiar view that I am seeing for only the first time in this dreary year.
 
He enquires about my well-being as I take a seat. Unlike his predecessor,

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