Bollywood veteran singer Alka Yagnik has reacted to a question asked about the discovery of her songs in the lair of Osama Bin Laden in May 2011.
Not many know that when the CIA seized Osama Bin Laden’s computers during the 2011 raid in his Abbottabad safehouse, they discovered Bollywood chartbusters sung by singers Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik. And it is also believed that Bin Laden was a huge fan of Alka Yagnik.
In a conversation with Anu Ranjan, Alka Yagnik said: “Is it my fault? Osama Bin Laden jo bhi hai jaisa bhi hai, uske andar ek chota sa kalakaar hoga kahin… pasand hai toh phir, accha hai na."
The title track from Salman Khan and Madhuri Dikshit's Dil Tera Aashiq, "Ajnabee Mujhko Itna Bata" from Ajay Devgn and Kajol's Pyar Toh Hona Hi Tha, and "Tu Chand Hai Poonam Ka" from Jaane Tamanna were among the music discovered on Bin Laden's laptops.
During the course of the interview, Alka Yagnik also revealed how several songs were taken away from her due to politics in the film industry.
The singer said, “Politics exists in every line of work. A lot of songs were taken away from me. One of my contemporaries played very dirty politics with me. Like I’d rehearse a song only to know that a senior singer had eventually sung it."
“I’d say koi baat nahin. I didn’t bother who was doing what, saying what… I was a homebody and only too happy to return home after work. I sang from my heart. I was self-analytical, self-critical… Even if today a song of mine is playing on radio, and I find something wrong with it, I ask the driver to switch the station," she added.
Alka Yagnik is considered as an icon in the music industry and has sung songs for hit films like Baazigar, Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, and Tamasha to name a few from the long list.
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