Amaal Mallik recalls struggles in Bollywood, says he flew to New Zealand after his film flopped; Pranit More calls it ‘ameeron ki life’

Bigg Boss 19 contestants Gaurav Khanna and Pranit More were amused when Amaal Mallik recalled flying to New Zealand after struggling in film industry.

Amaal Mallik is a contestant on Bigg Boss 19. (Photo: Amaal Mallik/Instagram)

Years ago, Ananya Panday was schooled by Siddhant Chaturvedi when she spoke about the struggles she faced in the film industry despite coming from a film family. Recently, a similar moment unfolded inside the Bigg Boss house when singer and composer Amaal Mallik was trolled by fellow contestants for his definition of “struggle.”

On the show, Amaal said, “Meri bahut ladaee hai industry mein (I’ve had a lot of conflicts in the film industry). I wanted to become a cricketer. My whole childhood was about cricket and football. But that didn’t happen. Then my first film flopped. I went back to work as an assistant, but no composer hired me. They used to make fun of me that ‘ab toh tu music director ban gaya hai’ (Now you have become a music director). I didn’t have any work. I was very down, so I just called my mausi who lives in New Zealand and I told her that I am coming.”

An amused Gaurav Khanna couldn’t control his reaction and said, “A lot of people will think that during tension, where is he going? He’s going to New Zealand.” Pranit More shared the same sentiment and added, “Amiron ki life. Hum log jaate thay Shirdi (Life of the rich, we used to go to Shirdi).” Gaurav continued, “I am comparing it with my journey. If I have to go, my mausi lives in Kanpur.”

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Mocking Amaal further, Pranit said, “Hamara struggle itna tha ki hum ek hi trip jaate thay — to the US (We had so much struggle that we used to go only on one trip, and that was to the US). These are first world problems.” Gaurav chimed in, “These types of problems, I can handle.”

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Amaal Mallik is the son of music composer Daboo Malik and nephew of veteran composer Anu Malik. He debuted as a composer in 2014 by creating three songs for Salman Khan’s Jai Ho. However, the film failed at the box office, and its music also didn’t make a mark. He went on to compose songs for films like Roy, Ek Paheli Leela, All Is Well, Hero, Airlift, and others.

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