Maula Mere from Chak De India was originally made for different film, director rejected it: Salim-Sulaiman recall making of patriotic song

In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, Salim Merchant said, “That part when Shah Rukh looks at the tiranga and he gets teary eyed, that part is very important. For that part, there was a very good background score. But Yash ji said, ‘There has to be a song here.’ The release was just one week away and on that same day we watched the film and came back to the studio. We had a song, which we made for the film Dor. But Nagesh did not like this song and said, ‘It is very sad.’ He wanted some positive song for a particular sequence starring Gul Panag and Ayesha Takia.”

Salim said that on that particular day, they came to their studio at around seven or eight in the evening and by two at night, the song was ready. Sulaiman added, “Adi tried to convince his father.” But Salim said that they had to try with a song in that particular scene and things worked out perfectly. He added, “It is a timeless song.”

Maula Mere was written by Jaideep Sahni.