 "Music composer Ismail Darbar on Salman Khan-Aishwaya Rai's fights during 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam': 'We used to feel bad and...'")
Back in 2021, Sanjay Bhansali was set to reunite with his Devdas and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam music composer Ismail Darbar for this web-series but then the two had a fallout. And the composer had shared why it happened in an interview with Vickey Lalwani. That’s not all, the ace music composer also spoke about the fights that happened between Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
Ismail Darbar revealed, “The news of their fights was all over the media. We used to feel bad; they were so close, they shouldn’t have been fighting. But these are all things of the past; even Salman is smart enough to never speak about it.”
The composer also added, “When I needed work, he gave me Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, and when he needed me, I gave up all the work I had for him. He was my godfather in the industry, after all… My heart tells me that his equation with Salman soured because he hired Shah Rukh for Devdas. Salman supported him even when Khamoshi flopped. Isn’t it obvious? If I help you out twice, and the third time, you go and hire my competitor, I would be upset?”
On his fallout with SLB
Back in the day when Heeramandi was being made, there was a report that said, despite such a monumental star cast, it would be the music that would be the strongest element of the web series.
Ismail Darbar revealed, “I said, ‘Look, if I have to break the news, I won’t be scared of you; I’ll say it outright that yes, I said it…’ I still don’t know who that man was, but he put that news out and Sanjay found out.”
Will the duo work together again?
“It wasn’t because my music wasn’t in it. One thing I will say: if I had done the music for this Heeramandi, I would have made it immortal. What I had prepared, Sanjay wouldn’t even have been able to reach that level — this I know,” said the composer.