Overview
- The composer says he worked on the series' music for about 18 months before being quietly dropped without a conversation.
- He asserts the change followed publicity crediting him as the show's 'backbone', which he believes upset Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
- Darbar recounts a decades-long, clash-filled partnership with Bhansali on films like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas, marked by mutual respect.
- He says Bhansali invited him to the Heeramandi premiere, yet he declined because he felt hurt by the replacement.
- Darbar offers an apology to Bhansali and audiences and says any future collaboration is up to fate, with no public response from Bhansali reported.