Missing: Old magic in tunes

Hallucinating, Mr Malik?

Here's a novel way of getting work. Anu Malik claims to have been visited by a divine figure who asked him to score the music for Jai Santoshi Maa!

Kunal M Shah

Digest this. Composer Anu Malik claims to have had a strange dream in which a divine figure appeared before him and entrusted him with the responsibility of scoring the music for Shailendra Singh's mythological film, Jai Santoshi Maa!

And, believe it or not, Malik has even decided to attribute the popularity of the numbers from Zindagi Rocks, Jaan-e-man and the soon-to-be-released Umrao Jaan to the heavenly figure he dreamt about!

Recounting the experience he says, "You may call it a co-incidence but these things do happen sometimes. I am a firm believer in God and think that God is one. Be it a dargah, mandir, church or gurudwara… I pray everywhere and believe that all paths lead to one God. I was going through a low, professionally, personally and emotionally. There were only two ways for me; either to throw in the towel or to fight it out. At such a time I saw this divine figure and it helped me to get back on my feet. I felt a surge of renewed energy and the phone call from Shailendra Singh made me believe even more in its power."

Trying to substantiate his claim, he says, "Jai Santoshi Maa will be the first film to be released after the celestial figure visited me in my dream. The music of Jaan-e-man and Zindagi Rocks is already selling well and Umrao Jaan promos have begun to elicit viewers' interest. Plus, I am much more focussed and positive than ever. The world will see a new and better Anu Malik, and all this is just due to that one divine power."

Strangely though,Anu has got a lot of mileage through Umrao Jaan and Jaanemann,his career is back on track now.

Thanx sonyaee and babu. i hav not yet heard Jaanemann but yes umraojaan has really good music. luved the songs of umraojaan. especially the one by Richa sharma. with the music it has been rendered by her beautifully.