Abhijeet Bhattacharya Criticizes AR Rahman’s Punctuality: “Recording at 3:33 AM”

Abhijeet Bhattacharya Criticizes AR Rahman: Abhijeet Bhattacharya has had issues not only with Shah Rukh Khan as a collaborator. He opened up on attending only once with Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman in an interview with Bollywood Thikana.

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Abhijeet on Rahman

Abhijeet and Rahman have collaborated for only one song – Ae Nazneen Suno Na from Kathir's 1999 romantic drama Dil Hi Dil Mein, starring Sonali Bendre and Kunal Singh. While the film tanked, the song became quite a hit. Abhijeet recalled that when he recorded the song, it was at the peak of his career. But he had to wait for hours at the hotel which Rahman had asked him to come.

“I decided that I can’t keep waiting, and that we could record in the morning. At 2 am, I get a call summoning me to the studio. Am I crazy? I said that I was asleep. I went in the morning, but he was not there. They don’t have the habit of working at regular hours. I’m used to working in a systematic manner. Now, in the name of creativity, if you say that you will record at 3:33 am, I don’t get it,” said Abhijeet.

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Abhijeet also revealed that while Rahman didn't show up for the recording in the end, he sent an assistant instead. The assistant instead said that Abhijeet had to sing while he did have a cold due to the overwhelming air conditioning inside the recording chamber. “I kept asking for Rahman, but didn’t get a firm answer. An artiste doesn’t become big or small by doing these things… I was told that I should have waited for him and left later. But I told them that I had prior commitments,” added Abhijeet.

Abhijeet on Shah Rukh Khan

Abhijeet previously took a swipe at actor Shah Rukh Khan, for whom he has sung many memorable songs. He expressed his disappointment that he was not credited for his singing in the song Woh Ladki Jo from Abbas-Mustan's 1999 thriller comedy Baadshah, which featured Shah Rukh, years later after singer Dua Lipa did a fan-made mashup of Levitating x Woh Ladki Jo at her concert in Mumbai last year. He argued that all the glory is taken by the actor while the singer does not get his due.

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