Looking at Amaal Malik, it does not seem that he is 31 years old. Born on June 16, Amaal Malik inherited music. Dada Sardar Malik has been a prolific composer of Hindi cinema. His father Dabboo Malik has given him a piece of music. And, Amaal has learned the gamut of music from Dada Sardar Malik. He says, “When I was 15 years old and studying in class IX, at that time many people used to come to learn music from my grandfather, from that time I also started learning music from grandfather. From Grandfather I learned Indian music and playing the piano. The melody that comes in my songs comes out of my grandfather’s teachings. It is my endeavor to carry forward the musical legacy I got from Dada ji.
Acting must come to act
Amaal Malik’s father Dabboo Malik has also worked as an actor, later he became a musician. Will Amaal Malik also want to act in films? He says, “I also got offers to work in two-three films, but I didn’t. Because I think acting must be known to act. I am very clean of heart, I will not be able to act. I have worked in my own music videos. Acting is fine till there, but not in films.
Salman Khan’s Found in ‘Jai Ho’ Big opportunity
Amaal Malik started his career as a music composer in films with Salman Khan’s film ‘Jai Ho’. Says Amaal, “It didn’t disappoint me when the songs of the film ‘Jai Ho’ didn’t work, but it inspired me to do more great songs. Anyway, every song has its destiny. I was doing background music for the film ‘Cocktail’ in those days and in those days made an album for my brother Armaan Malik which was released in the name of ‘Armaan’. When Armaan met Salman Khan at Mehboob Studio about this album, Salman Khan liked a couple of songs very much and asked him to make ‘Jai Ho’ on the lines of the same song.
Salman Khan gave second chance
Amaal Malik says, “Salman bhai is very supportive of people. Even after giving flop music in ‘Jai Ho’, he said that make a melody song like ‘Main Tera Hero’. In those days he was preparing for the sequel of ‘Hero’. When the film was announced, I was overjoyed to hear the song when I arrived with a melody like ‘Main Tera Hero’. He also expressed surprise that the announcement of making the film has just been announced and you have composed the songs for it. Salman Khan was very impressed by this.
song dedicated to grandfather
Amaal Malik has done more than a hundred songs till now. Among those songs, his song ‘Main Rahoon Na Rahoon’ is not only very close to his heart, but this song has also proved to be the turning point for his career. Amaal Malik says, “When I was 14 years old, I wanted to make this song for my grandfather, but could not make it then. I dedicated this song to my grandfather.” This song has got about 320 million (32 crore) views on YouTube so far.