Amaal Mallik claims rival “paid PR” is attacking Awarapan 2 soundtrack: “Save your funds for your next films”
Here's the latest update from the Bollywood world:
Amaal Mallik alleges a paid PR campaign is targeting Awarapan 2 after Yeh Awarapan's rollout and urges listeners to judge the song with an open mind.
Adding to this, Taking to social media on July 22, Amaal thanked listeners for the response to the song and urged audiences to give it time before forming an opinion. "Thank you for such a brilliant response to a melody that's the closest to my heart. Every song needs time to breathe, be taken into the system and then reach and live in the heart of the audience," he wrote.
Meanwhile, In the same note, the composer claimed that rival groups were attempting to damage the movie's prospects. "There is a huge paid PR being run by rival elements of the movie industry that don't want the movie or soundtrack to do well," he alleged.
Notably, Amaal added that such efforts would not affect the audience's connection with the music. Addressing those he accused of running the campaign, he wrote, "Please save your funds for your next films, who knows what happens tomorrow. You may waste all your money to attack my song and my movie but if you don't save some of it, you won't be able to save your own films."
As per the latest buzz, The composer also weighed in on the comparisons between Awarapan 2 and the music of the 2007 movie Awarapan , which has long enjoyed cult status among followers.
In further updates, Explaining the background of the original album, Amaal shared the songs in the first movie were adaptations of independent tracks by artists including Mustafa Zahid, Rafaqat Ali Khan and Annie, which were recreated by Pritam for the movie. "So that ends the debate of it being an original album, it's well adapted by Pritam and that's the whole truth," he wrote.
On top of that, He also acknowledged the legacy of the original artists, saying, "We can't do what Mustafa Zahid did, and we don't even wish to touch his legacy and spoil it."
Amaal concluded his note by urging listeners to evaluate the music on its own merits rather than comparing it with the original soundtrack: "Before you judge mine or any musician's work, ek baar aankh bandh karke woh insaan ka gaana dil se suno."
Source: Bollywood Hungama