Bigg Boss 19: Amaal Mallik recalls time when family didn’t have roti, says fight with mother made him sever ties with family; Awez Darbar admits being cheated on by ex-girlfriend

Amaal Mallik spoke about his family going through hunger and poverty

Sharing his family’s history with Gangs of Wasseypur writer Zeishan Quadri, Amaal revealed, “I want to make a film on my family. My family history is 70 years old. My grandfather became a composer in 1951. The story starts with a 14-year-old Sardar Malik. My grandfather asked his mom to admit him to art school so that he can learn singing, dancing. That is the school where Ravi Shankar, Allauddin Khan and Guru Dutt met and became friends and also Sardar Malik. And how he reaches stardom at that point in his life, but a misunderstanding is created and he gets banned.”

Amaal dropped some big names during the conversation, but they were beeped on-air. He revealed how people close to influential personalities instigated them against his grandfather, which derailed his career. He said, “Because of this one person, our house saw famine, there was no food left. That person declared that whoever will give work to Sardar Malik, I will not step in that studio. He misused his power so much.”

He further added, “The condition was so bad that my grandmother once threw harmonium from the balcony. ‘There is no roti in my house because of this one thing. Study BCom,’ she would tell my father and his brother Anu Malik.”

My family shifted to a chawl from society: Amaal

Amaal shared, “Sardar Malik, who owned a pink Ambassador, faced so much poverty that he had to shift to a small room in a chawl. Then Anu Malik was born, and Daboo Malik (Amaal’s father) had just arrived.”

Amaal on his father lying about getting work

The singer-composer spoke about how his father would lie about finding work to him and his brother Armaan Malik. “All I did in my life, I did it for my father. I wanted to see him as a winner. They weren’t losers. They were best losers. My father used to lie that he has signed this and that, but nothing happened. When I was 15 years old, I started reading his eyes and I understood that he has been lying. Armaan never understood that, he was just 9 years old.”

Amaal on tense equation with Anu Malik

Speaking about his not-so-great relationship with uncle and music composer Anu Malik, Amaal said, “Even after 60 years, Anu Malik has that passion, so much that he will even compete with me. I like that fire, he didn’t give up. I don’t share a good relationship with him anymore, but his body of work is great. I try to do for my father what Anu Malik did for his.”

He also added, “My father was too naive for this industry. My father‘s brother and others hampered his career.”

Amaal on his viral Instagram post

Amaal clarified the controversial Instagram post in which he had declared that he was breaking ties with his family. He explained that he was facing an identity crisis at the time. “I was making songs, but nobody paid attention to me. I never had competitive feelings from Armaan, and he never made me feel that he’s a bigger star. But once, I had a fight with my mother, and after that I put up that post.” He further shared that he was also going through personal struggles — his dog had passed away, and he had experienced a painful breakup — which affected his mindset and made him vent on social media.

Amaal on equation with Salman Khan

Recalling his equation with Salman Khan, Amaal admitted to making bad music for the superstar’s film Jai Ho. He also shared that Salman once called him “moody” and initially doubted that he would even participate in Bigg Boss. “Salman is not a bro for me, but he is my guiding force,” Amaal said.

When asked why he chose to come on the show, he explained, “I felt that there has been a lot of misunderstanding around me. I took a stand against big personalities of the music industry.” He also reiterated his stand against the remix culture in Bollywood.

Awez Darbar on being cheated on by ex-girlfriend

Apart from Amaal, Awez Darbar also spoke about his personal struggles. He shared how his parents’ separation had deeply affected him and created a fear of relationships. He said, “After my mom and dad separated, the fights I had witnessed in my childhood stayed with me.”

Opening up about heartbreak, he revealed, “I started liking a girl and thought, let me give it a try. I decided to give my 100%, hoping everything would work out. But, brother, that madam ended up being with almost all the friends I had around me. Since then, my mindset has completely changed. I feel I don’t want to be in a relationship anymore, I don’t want to be with anyone.”