Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya recently criticized Bollywood's King, Shah Rukh Khan, in several interviews, claiming his songs helped make SRK a star, but he never got credit. However, in earlier interviews, Abhijeet praised Shah Rukh for his success. In a flashback interview with Lehren, he credits SRK for his career. Abhijeet has sung many hit songs for Shah Rukh in films like Anjaam, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Baadshah, Yes Boss, and Om Shanti Om. Watch this interview to know more.
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00:00If you come in front of me
00:06It is a must that you cover yourself with me
00:09Believe me, I never sing thinking of any actor
00:12This is my voice which suits every actor
00:15Shah Rukh Khan has a big hand
00:17I have to patronize him in my songs
00:21There is nothing special about a melodious voice
00:24But those who try to make a melodious voice, I am the opposite
00:28I don't do anything special
00:30I don't gargle in the morning
00:32I don't do anything hot
00:34I just do what God has given me
00:48I have started singing twice in films
00:51I consider the second time as a start
00:54The first time which started, no one knew about it
00:57It started and ended at the same time
01:01The name of the film was Anand Aur Anand
01:04Dev Anand's son was the hero
01:07It was RD Burman's music
01:09I got the biggest award of my life
01:11When a music director like RD Burman gave me a chance
01:15And after 7-8 years, I got a chance to play the second time
01:23That was film Baaghi
01:25Anand Millen gave me a break
01:27After that, I never looked back
01:32Sing a song from film Baaghi
01:35It's a moonlit night, you are with me
01:40This song was very popular
01:43A mischievous beauty
01:49That's how it started
01:52Then Raja Babu, Anjaam, Khiladi
01:55And Ole Ole
01:59That's how it all started
02:02Until Ole Ole came, people didn't know who the singer was
02:07My songs were very popular
02:10Like Baada Raha Sanam Khiladi
02:12Or Sarak Ka Zamane Se Dekhe Rang Hazar
02:16But with Ole Ole, people got to know that Abhijit is the singer
02:27And then Anjaam, Bade Mushkil Hai
02:30That's how people got to know me
02:33Many people didn't know my name
02:36People used to call me Ole Ole
02:38Even today, many people call me Ole Ole
02:40They don't call me Ole Ole
02:43That's how it all started
02:46Which is your favourite song so far?
02:50Every year, my favourites keep increasing
02:57When I had only two films, one was my favourite
03:00When I had ten films, three were my favourites
03:06Today, there are thousands of songs
03:09I can't have one favourite
03:11I have a lot of favourites
03:13But among my favourites
03:15The song that didn't get much promotion
03:19And didn't get much publicity
03:22One of the best rendered songs
03:25And one of the best music
03:27That I have got in life
03:29Ashoka's
03:32Roshini Se Bhare Bhare
03:38Bhare Bhare Naina Tere
03:45My favourites are
03:47Dhadkan, Tum Dil Ki Dhadkan Mein Rehte Ho
03:50Then
03:52Chaan Taare Todlao, Yes Boss
03:54Main Koi Aisa Gilgaon, Yes Boss
03:57And the latest one is Raaz
04:00Tum Agar Saamne Aabhi Jaya Karo
04:06Laazmi Hai Ke Tum Mujhse Parda Karo
04:08Sir, today is the era of albums
04:10What do you have to say about this?
04:12The era of albums is going on or not
04:15It has nothing to do with me
04:18But still
04:20When the pressure of companies comes
04:22I make albums
04:23Because
04:25I don't want to be in the category of albums
04:28Because in history
04:30There is a difference between a film and an album
04:32In films
04:34Only the best
04:36Will be able to make their place
04:38In an album
04:40The worst
04:42The worst
04:44The worst revelations
04:46Have nothing to do with music
04:48Are mostly in the album
04:50So in that crowd
04:52I am not with them
04:54But I don't even want my name among them
04:56That
04:58People
05:00I don't even want my name among them
05:02But still
05:04Whenever I make an album
05:06I think that it is a big thing
05:08And an album is not a pop-up
05:11It's a non-filmy album
05:15It's a non-filmy album
05:19So
05:21I made an album called Aashiq
05:23Yad karne se
05:26Tujhe ko
05:29Nikalti hai jaam
05:31Then in that
05:33Koi lota de wo
05:36Pyare pyare din
05:39Right now
05:41I am working on two albums at the same time
05:45In one album
05:47I want to introduce some good singers
05:50Who really
05:52They are really good singers
05:54No judge, no model
05:56And no fashion designer
05:58Will judge them
06:00Being a singer I know
06:02Who sings really well
06:04So I want to break a male singer and a female singer
06:07In that album
06:09And make my own group
06:11And in the other album
06:13I am working on my romantic album
06:15Solo album
06:17But my effort will be
06:19I won't take any sound
06:23Or any typical Punjabi word
06:27I won't do that
06:29It has to be music
06:31Whether it's for masses or hi-fi people
06:33But it has to be music
06:35Whatever I do, it has to be musical
06:38Is there a song that you found difficult
06:41During recording
06:43Which was a little more difficult than normal
06:45The songs that seem easy to listen to
06:49But are not easy to sing
06:51The one that was the most difficult for me
06:56The one that was the most difficult for me
07:00Was Ole Ole
07:02In Ole Ole
07:04When I sing a line
07:06Whenever I see a girl
07:08My heart goes Ole Ole Ole Ole Ole Ole Ole
07:10It's so long
07:12And there is no space
07:14Dilip Singh Sameer
07:16His song sounds easy
07:18But there is no space
07:20Between four lines
07:22And the person
07:24Like now
07:26If I get that song
07:28I know the trick
07:30At that time I was new
07:32I didn't know where to breathe
07:34It was really just breathing
07:36That bothered me
07:38But in the end it happened
07:40And
07:42The song that
07:44You find difficult to listen to
07:46That song was
07:48Like Ashoka's
07:50Roshini Se Bhare Bhare
07:52The title of the song was
07:54Bahut Khoobsurat Ho
07:56I was suffering from cold and cough
07:58And at that time
08:00I was called to sing
08:02And
08:04Only
08:06My face was hurting a lot
08:08Because
08:10The song was sounding
08:12Nuzzle
08:14But somehow I managed
08:16And the result is in front of you
08:18And people liked the song
08:20And it was a big hit
08:22So even now when I sing that song
08:24I remember that
08:26Jatin was sleeping
08:28And I made a song for him
08:32But it was not fun
08:34And Gulzar sir was saying
08:36I am feeling really good
08:38Because it was my director's
08:40Own song
08:42So he knows what he is expecting
08:44So I was really tensed
08:46And then
08:48When I said
08:50I will sing
08:52I was totally prepared
08:54And then I sang
08:56Gulzar sir's voice suits everyone
08:58What do you think?
09:00Which actor's voice
09:02Suits you the most?
09:04When I sang for Saif
09:06People used to say
09:08I sang for Saif
09:10When I sang for Akshay Kumar
09:12First musical hit
09:14First hit and first song
09:16People used to say
09:18I met Akshay
09:20When I sang for Govinda
09:22People used to say
09:24These are my best songs
09:26You live in my eyes
09:28You live in my heart
09:30And city girl
09:32Everyone used to say
09:34You know Shahrukh
09:36Shahrukh
09:38In my success
09:40Where I have reached
09:42Shahrukh khan
09:44Shahrukh khan promotes me
09:46I sang the least for Shahrukh khan
09:48But my voice
09:50After coming to Shahrukh khan
09:52I have come a long way
09:56Shahrukh khan
09:58Has a big hand
10:00In my songs
10:02I have to praise him
10:04And till now
10:06I had not sung for Hrithik
10:08Now Hrithik's song
10:10Is coming out in the market
10:12Let's see what happens
10:14Hrithik's song
10:16Has just started
10:18I like it
10:20Let's see
10:22How it suits
10:32Believe me
10:34I have never sung for any actor
10:36This is my voice
10:38Which suits every actor
10:40I have never sung for Shahrukh
10:42I have sung every song
10:44In different voices
10:46I have never sung for Shahrukh
10:48I have never sung for him
10:50Basically a musical actor
10:52I sing the way he sings
10:54For example
10:56This is a typical style of Rajesh Roshan
11:08This is his style
11:10Which I adopt
11:12And if I like it
11:14Basically you have to sing like a musical actor
11:16This is what he wants
11:22Out of my favorite musical actors
11:26There are 20 people
11:28If I list them
11:30It will be a long list
11:32So I am very diplomatic
11:34To be very frank
11:36Because if I say it in one's name
11:38The other person will say
11:40Oh no
11:42Everyone loves me
11:44Every musical actor loves me so much
11:46That everyone says
11:48I made you sing this song
11:50Everyone says
11:52I made you sing this song
11:54So everyone who made me sing
11:56Is my favorite
11:58What is the secret
12:00Of this melodious voice?
12:02The secret of melodious voice
12:04Is nothing
12:06But people who try hard
12:08To make melodious voice
12:10I am the opposite
12:12I drink cold water
12:14I take ice
12:16I eat ice cream
12:18I eat oily food
12:20And I love chaat
12:22When I go to Delhi
12:24Because it is not fun
12:26To sit in a restaurant and eat chaat
12:28So I go to Jerry Garden
12:30And eat chaat
12:32I go to Green Park
12:34And eat chaat
12:36I go to Kanpur
12:38And eat chaat
12:40I don't do anything special
12:42I don't gargle in the morning
12:44I don't do anything special
12:46I just do what God has given me
12:48That's it
12:50Nothing else
12:52Thank you sir
12:54Thank you