[4] When Kalle came to Mumbai to visit relatives, the singer Arun Date happened to hear her sing.

Impressed, he introduced her to music director Yashwant Deo, who was then employed at the Bombay station of AIR.

Deo composed a Marathi song that Kalle recorded, man pisaat majhe.

The song proved popular and started her journey as a Marathi singer.

The next two songs she recorded, parikathetil raajakumaaraa and uuTh sha.nkaraa soD samaadhii, also were very well received.