Dabang director says that Salman Khan, Arbaaz Munni Badnam Hui did not want Malaika

‘Dabangag’ director Abhinav Kashyap recently recalled the shooting of the famous song ‘Munni Badnam Hui’ with Malaika Arora and Salman Khan. In an interview, the film-producer claimed that Salman and his brother Arbaaz Khan, who were also part of the film, were initially performing in numbers about Malaika Arora.

Kashyap, who later had a result with Khan, suggested that neither Salman nor Arbaaz wanted Malaika to wear costumes for the song. They told Screen“Arbaaz was not eager to do Malaika. He did not like the fact that his wife would be labeled as a ‘item girl’.”

Calling the Khan brothers as ‘orthodox’, Kashyap said, “Arbaaz and Salman, no matter what they say, are really very orthodox Muslims. Malaika also had his own differences with Salman on his outfits. They wanted their women to cover their women. So they did not want it to do item lyrics.”

The director further shared that Malaika, Who was married at that timeHe had to make a lot of effort to convince him. According to him, she explained that it was only a dance number, and she would be performing around family members.

“But, Malaika is a strong and independent woman, she makes her own choice. When she was offered, she said that it was taken some merge to agree to Arabaz. She told her that it is nothing obscene, just dancing, and all the families around the song, what are you around the song, what are you afraid? And of course, said the song.

Earlier, during his appearance on a podcast, actor Sonu Sood – who played the villain in ‘Dubangg’ – revealed that ‘Munni Badnaam Hui’ was originally planned as his single number with Malaika, But Salman decided to be a part of it at the last minute.

“Abhinav came with a good and a bad news. There was good news about a scene and the bad one was about a Salman song. I said,” This is my song, how will he come like this? ” He said that he would do so through a raid scene. But after all, whatever happened happened for good.

In detail the decision, Kashyap explained that the song came out so well that Salman could not oppose it being a part of it.

He said that it was initially planned as a single track for Sonu’s character, Chhedi Singh, which will be seen by Salman and his team to party while preparing for the raid. “But Salman insisted,” This is the best song, I have to be in it. ” So, I first reached a paragraph in the song, “Kashyap remembered.

‘Dabangag’, which also marked Sonakshi Sinha’s Bollywood debut, was a massive hit at the box office. The film also featured Dimple Kapadia and Vinod Khanna in important roles. ‘Dabangg 2’ (2012) was directed by Arbaaz Khan, while ‘Dabangg 3’ (2019) was played by Prabhu Dev.