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Abhijeet Says Lack of Apology From Shah Rukh Khan Fueled Rift Over Ego and Self-Respect

The singer’s new podcast remarks refocus attention on credit and recognition for playback singers in Bollywood.

Overview

  • Abhijeet Bhattacharya, in a recent podcast interview, repeated that his break with Shah Rukh Khan stems from the actor’s ego and his own self-respect and said he never received an apology.
  • He linked the split to feeling sidelined on Main Hoon Na over credit and said their professional partnership effectively ended after Billu in 2009.
  • He recalled sitting at events where he felt ignored and said a simple public gesture or a private sorry could have defused the hurt.
  • He said he once stopped singing for other actors because he believed he was Shah Rukh’s on-screen voice and framed that choice as pain rather than ego.
  • He described their current contact as occasional greetings and left the door open to a patch-up, while no new response from Shah Rukh Khan has been reported.