Abhijeet Bhattacharya Uncovers Dark Side of Bollywood Politics: ‘Stopped Getting Offers After Singing For Shah Rukh Khan’

Abhijeet Bhattacharya has a reputation for making harsh, unvarnished comments on Bollywood. He has ridiculed  stars in the past for being ‘paid desk bhakts.’ The Indian playback singer believed that after performing for Shah Rukh Khan, music directors stopped collaborating with him, thus exposing the harsh and dark side of Bollywood. Shah Rukh and  Abhijeet have collaborated on some of the most amazing tracks. Many people believed that the singer’s voice was actually the actor’s.

Abhijeet has performed more than 6000 songs in over a thousand films over the years. Among many other films, he has provided the voice of popular songs for Judwaa, Yes Boss, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Shola Aur Shabnam, and Coolie No. 1.

Abhijeet Bhattacharya Suffered Due to Bollywood Politics?

Abhijeet Bhattacharya also remembered winning an award for ‘Yes Boss,’ a movie that was vying for the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer among popular films Border, Pardes, and Dil To Pagal Hai. Regretfully, that was the point at which music directors reportedly stopped collaborating with him because they were dissatisfied.

“Jabse mujhe award mila, aur koi film bahut badi blockbuster nahi thi Yes Boss, gaana bhi blockbuster nahi tha, lekin us time pe saare blockbusters ke beech mein ek non blockbuster tha, Border, Pardes, Dil To Pagal Hai. Aur idhar mujhe mil gaya. Kisi ko bhi mil sakta tha, aisa nahi hai ke mujhe hi milna tha… well deserved. Aur kitne music directors ko woh laga… uske baad dikha dikha ke mujhe woh bolte hain ke gaana tumse nahi gavayenge,” he said.

The playback singer further revealed that when he won an award for my song in Yes Boss, which was the only non-blockbuster song among all the blockbuster tracks from films like Border, Pardes, and Dil To Pagal Hai. After that, many music directors would openly tell him that they wouldn’t give their songs to him. “Kisi ko bhi mil sakta tha, aisa nahi hai ke mujhe hi milna tha… well deserved. Aur kitne music directors ko woh laga… uske baad dikha dikha ke mujhe woh bolte hain ke gaana tumse nahi gavayenge, ” he concluded.