The Daytime Emmy-nominated musical duo Salim and Sulaiman Merchant are among India's finest musician duos. The duo composes music predominantly for Hindi films.
Over the years, music composers Salim-Sulaiman have managed to become one of the most revered names in the Hindi film music. From Chak De! India, Fashion to Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Band Baaja Baaraat and much more, the Merchant brothers have come a long way creating smash hit music albums for numerous Bollywood films; for decades now.
In an exclusive music room interview with Bollywood Hungama, while sharing the interesting behind-the-scenes stories of how they created their chart-buster scores, Salim also went on to reveal his most favorite song from their compositions.
“Ye Hausla [from 2006 film Dor] is my favorite song from our compositions,” Salim shared during the chat. Further talking about the film and how the song was so pivotal for the particular scene in the film, Salim shared, “Our point of view was the initial version of the song Maula Mere Toote Na Ye Dor was based on the emotional bond between her [Ayesha] and her husband who is in captivity; he can only be sheltered by the wife of the deceased, according to the Sharia Law.
So, it was a sad moment because she is sad, and she is in disconcert as to how she can I free her husband. But the director’s point of view was something else... he wanted some positive element to the song, that’s why words like Raah Pe Kaante Bikhare Agar, Usape To Fir Bhi Chalana Hi Hai, Shaam Chhupa Le Suraj Magar, Raat Ko Ek Din Dhalana Hi Hai. So, this was beautifully penned by Mir Ali Hussain.”
The song has such beautiful words. We were done with the tune obviously, the way he expressed the words were just so apt for the song and then when Shafqat [Amanat Ali] came and sang it, it just felt like the song became a big one.”
