 "This singer reveals he was replaced by Arijit Singh in the song 'Channa Mereya': 'They gave such a useless answer'")
Shahid Mallya is known for singing the song Rabba Main To from Mausam and Radha from Jab Harry Met Sejal. He reveals in an interview with Bollywood Bubble that he also sang Channa Mereya from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil but something happened that Arijit Singh’s voice was used by the makers.
He also said once his voice was replaced as the other singer had more followers on Spotify. “I told them that when you called me in for the song, didn’t you check who has the most followers? This was such a useless answer. The composer should believe in himself and the singer. They should have 100% faith in their singers. If we get to see their followers then there are many useless singers. Make them sing all the songs, those who do not know musical notes and sargam,” he stated.
He added, “Do saal tak dekha maine ki wo gaana Pritam sir ke studio me tha aur 3-4 din pehele mujhe bulaya aur zahir kiya ki ‘Shahid we are really sorry for this, production wanted another singer to sing this song toh unhone Arijit se gawaya’. Gaane ko janam dene wale Pritam da, jaan dene wala mein aur likhne wale Amitabh Bhatacharya. Wo sab change nahi huye but me ho gaya. Dil bohot toota mera.”