Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya on his ‘ego’ clash with Shah Rukh Khan

Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya has been a distinct voice credit for several hit classic Bollywood songs. He has even lent his melodious voice to some of Shah Rukh Khan’s iconic songs, such as “Tauba Tumhare Ishare” and “Wo Ladki Jo Sabse Alag Hai” from Baadshah. Although Abhijeet gave SRK some great hits in the 90s after a point he stopped singing for the superstar. Recently, the singer opened up about his strained relationship with King Khan.

For the unversed Abhijeet Bhattacharya recently made headlines after voicing his disappointment after Dua Lipa did not credit him for using a mashup of his song during her recent Mumbai concert.

In a recent conversation with ANI, Abhijeet explained why he stopped singing for Shah Rukh. He said, “When self-respect is hurt, you feel like saying, ‘Enough is enough.’ I wasn’t singing for him (Shah Rukh); I was singing for my work. But when I saw that they were acknowledging everyone–like a tea vendor who serves tea on set–but not acknowledging the singer, I felt, ‘Why should I be your voice?’”

The singer was asked if Shah Rukh Khan and he ever tried to reconcile after their clash to which he responded, “It’s not that my relationship with SRK is broken, but Shah Rukh is now such a huge star that he’s no longer just a human being. Even he probably doesn’t realize the level he has reached. So why should I expect anything from him? I’m still the same person I was; I am growing in my own way.”

He added, “I’m 5-6 years older than him. He’s over 60, and I’m also in my 60s. There was no need for anyone to apologize. Both of us have egos. Our birthdays are just a day apart; we are both Scorpios. But I’m the bigger Scorpio. I don’t need him or his support.”

Abhijeet, who was a famous voice behind a number of SRK’s hit songs in the 1990s and 2000s, revealed that his personal issues with the actor started after be began feeling that he wasn’t being credited properly for his work.

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The ‘Tumhe Jo Maine Dekha’ singer shared, “The worst part is that even singers who were my contemporaries, who worked on those movies, came to me later and said, ‘Dada, this is wrong.’ I told them, ‘You all should stop too; I will see what happens next.’ This didn’t happen just once; it happened in two films. I told them to go and speak to Farah (Khan) about it, to tell her, ‘We won’t sing for the film unless you give credit.’ They said, ‘You go and tell Farah.’ I said, ‘Why should I? I will directly tell SRK, “I won’t sing for you unless you acknowledge’.”

Abhijeet Bhattacharya has sung some of the biggest hits for Shah Rukh Khan including the ‘Woh Ladki Jo Sabse Alag Hai’ from Baadshah, ‘Tumhe Jo Maine Dekha’ to Chalte Chalte’s title track.

Recently, Grammy Award-winning singer Dua Lipa surprised everyone during her Mumbai concert by performing on the viral Levitating x Woh Ladki Jo mashup. However, this did not go well with Abhijeet Bhattacharya, the original singer of ‘Woh Ladki Jo’. He expressed his disappointment on not being credited for his work.

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