Kamal Ghorui
Singer-composer Amaal Mallik recently alleged that his father, Daboo Malik, was replaced by Salman Khan in Sooraj Barjatya’s hit film ‘Maine Pyaar Kiya’, but the music director has now dismissed his son’s claims.
Daboo Malik explains how ‘Sawan Jhoom Utha ’ was shelved
Talking to Buzzzoka Prime, Daboo Malik said, “Sawan Jhoom Utha uss picture ka naam tha jismein main kaam kar raha tha, Maine Pyaar Kiya nahi tha uska naam. Woh jab band ho gayi. Hume 1 saal ki mehnat ke baad pata chala ki woh picture nahi banne waali hai. Main ek din office gaya toh maine ek bahut bada poster dekha Maine Pyaar Kiya ka, jismein pehli baar maine naya hero aur heroine dekhi. (The movie I was doing was Sawan Jhoom Utha, and not Maine Pyaar Kiya. That was canned. After working hard for a year, we learned the film was not being made. One day, I went to the Rajshri office and saw a poster of Maine Pyaar Kiya with a new leading pair).”
“The two projects were not the same. That said, when I eventually watched Maine Pyaar Kiya, I did find a few elements that felt similar to Sawan Jhoom Utha. The storyline had a somewhat similar love story vibe. Perhaps this has come up in family discussions from time to time, and Amaal ended up presenting it in a way that made it sound like I had worked on Maine Pyaar Kiya. Hopefully, this clears the controversy for people,” Mallik further continued.
More about ‘Maine Pyaar Kiya’
‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ is a 1989 romantic musical film written and directed by Sooraj Barjatya and produced by Rajshri Productions that stars Salman Khan as Prem and Bhagyashree as Suman. It tells the story of a wealthy industrialist’s son who falls in love with the daughter of a struggling mechanic, facing opposition from her father and his own family over class differences before ultimately proving himself, winning their approval, and marrying her. The film, released on 29 December 1989, launched Salman Khan as a mainstream hero.
