Amaal Malik recalls being thrown out of Ekta Kapoor’s party, struggling to repay Rs 4 cr debt of his family: ‘Armaan worked as voiceover artist for…’

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When Shehbaz Badesha asked why he didn’t use his father’s influence to bag projects, Amaal added, “I never used my father’s name anywhere to get work. Today, people know my face from Bigg Boss; earlier, they didn’t know what I looked like. I used to carry my equipment and stand outside, but the security would not allow me to go in. One day, Manmeet from Meet Bros recognized me and asked me why I was waiting outside. I told him I wanted to get work without using my father’s name. He respected that, but he said, ‘I cannot see you like that,’ and he invited me inside. He pointed out to Bhushan Kumar, and I ran towards the same lift. Till the time the lift reached the 8^th floor, I gave four songs to him. Then I told him I was a musician and did songs for Jai Ho, was looking to do more work, but that time, he wasn’t looking for romantic songs. He told me to think about something else and come. When I was going down, on the fourth floor, I remembered about Sooraj Dooba Hai’s melody, and I ran back and made him hear it. He asked me who he should get the song written from, and I met the same senior writer. He remembered our meeting at the party.”

Amaal also spoke about the financial turmoil his family was going through at that time. He said, “Later, I went home and told mom and dad that one song had been passed, because that time our family was going through a bad time. There were loans of Rs 3.5-4 crore. Armaan was working; he started even at a younger age than me. He used to do voice-overs and earn Rs 10-15,000. The house and car were on the verge of being sold, my grandfather was very serious, and my father took a lot of loans during his hospitalization. There was a home loan too, and he wasn’t able to repay these, so it became a big issue. Now, after getting this song, the film was locked, but we didn’t get Ranbir Kapoor’s dates, so the film was pushed by one year, and that delay was a big deal for us. I still remember selling my music equipments to bear my expenses, because my mom and dad didn’t have that much money.”

Amaal also added that while Roy’s release got delayed after he bagged a song, he fortunately bagged a song in Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Khan-starrer Khoobsurat. “In between, there was a film called Khoobsurat. I saw its poster and wished to do a song in that. That time, Badshah was getting launched with Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui Hai, the next day, I got a call offering a song called Naina in the film Khoobsurat,” Amaal recalled.

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