Did Salman really sabotage Arijit Singh’s song in ‘Welcome To New York’? Producer answers

The Salman Khan-Arijit Singh brawl came to limelight after the latter’s version of the popular ‘Sultan’ track ‘Jag Ghoomeya’ was dropped and instead, the one crooned by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was used. The debate lasted long, with Arijit taking to social media and writing how Salman had stopped responding to his calls and messages, and Salman remaining tight-lipped.

After this, there were rumours of them patching up and Arijit crooning song for ‘Tubelight’. However, that didn’t happen. Next, rumours were rife that Salman wanted makers of ‘Welcome To New York’ to drop Arijit’s version of the melodious number ‘Ishtehaar’ and use Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s instead. The superstar plays a cameo in the same film. (Also Read: Salman Khan’s ‘Bharat’ finds it’s first stop in London. View Pics!)

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However, looks like there’s no truth to such rumours. Producer Vashu Bhagnani comfirmed to Indian Express that Arijit never sung any song for the film, let alone Salman dropping it.

“I saw all this on TV and online and was so confused as to what was happening. Arijit Singh never sang for ‘Welcome to New York’ in any capacity and this can be checked. He never sang a scratch either. Shamir (Tandon), the composer of the song and I were interested in a certain texture of voice and Rahat suited it perfectly. So we asked him. If Arijit didn’t sing, how can anyone remove his voice?,” he wondered.

Okay then. Hope this puts rumours to rest!

Ranjini Maitra

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