Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Awards

Album Awards:
• 2015 - Screen Awards - Best Background Score - Julius Packiam
Song Awards:
• 2015 - Mirchi Music Awards - Upcoming Male Vocalist Of The Year - Zindagi Kuchh Toh Bata (Reprise) - Jubin Nautiyal

Trivia

Album

• K.V. Vijayendra Prasad's story for this film was derived from two sources. The story was partly inspired by the Telugu film "Pasivadi Pranam" (1987) starring Chiranjeevi. "Pasivadi Pranam" (1987) itself was adapted from the Malayalam film "Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal" (1986). The Malayalam film was also adapted in Tamil as "Poovizhi Vasalile" (1987), in Kannada as "Aapadbandhava" (1987), and in Hindi as "Hatya (1988). Prasad also drew inspiration from a news story he had read about a Pakistani couple visiting India for their daughter's heart surgery.[1][2]
• Arijit Singh was an assistant to Pritam in this film. Pritam considered using Arijit's voice for a song but Salman Khan rejected the idea. Arijit excused himself from the film when he found out about Salman's objection. The actor's disapproval of Arijit was the result of a fallout between them that originated at the 2014 Star Guilds Award function. Salman was a host at the function and Arijit the recipient of an award for "Tum Hi Ho" ("Aashiqui 2", 2013). Despite apologising to Salman repeatedly, Arijit continued to be a pariah in the star's films.[3][4]
• Nawazudddin Siddiqui's character in the film was named Chand Nawab and was inspired by a Karachi-based reporter of the same name. Nawab had gained internet fame a few years earlier when a video of his news report had gone viral. In fact, Nawazudddin's opening scene in the film was an enactment of this viral clip.[5]
• Writer Vijayendra Prasad had narrated the script to Rakesh Roshan first. Roshan had loved the script and wanted to make the film with Hrithik Roshan in the lead. However, he was unwilling to accept Prasad's condition of jointly producing the film with him. Roshan even offered to buy the script for Rs. 3.25 crores but Prasad declined. Prasad later approached Aamir Khan, who asked him to go to Salman Khan instead.[6][7]
• This was the debut Hindi film of the child artist Harshaali Malhotra. She had signed Sooraj Barjatya's "Prem Ratan Dhan Payo" (2015) before it and even shot for it for a couple of days. However, Harshaali's mother and Salman Khan felt that given her large role in this film, it didn't make sense for her to do "Prem Ratan Dhan Payo" (2015). Salman then convinced Barjatya to replace Harshaali with another child artist.[8][9]

Song

• Bhar Do Jholi Meri Ya Muhammad (Traditional) - This qawwali was originally composed by Maqbool Sabri, written by Purnam Allahabadi, and performed by the Sabri Brothers of Pakistan. The filmmakers were served copyright infringement notices by various parties including EMI Pakistan, the label which recorded the original, and Abdul Samee Siddiqui, who claims to have purchased the rights to the song from the Sabri brothers in 2006.[10]
• Tu Jo Mila To Ho Gaya Main Qabil - Pritam had originally composed the tune of this song as one of the two options for the title song of "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" (2016). The tune of this song was the tune that was not chosen for "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" (2016).[11][12]

1. ^ Baahubali doesn't belong to any one industry: Vijayendra Prasad
2. ^ Hatya (1988)
3. ^ Arijit Singh finally reveals what went wrong between him and Salman Khan
4. ^ Tum Hi Ho (Aashiqui 2, 2013)
5. ^ Meet Chand Nawab: Nawazuddin's inspiration in Bajrangi Bhaijaan
6. ^ 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' was originally going to star Hrithik Roshan
7. ^ Aamir Khan was offered 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan', he suggested Salman Khan's name
8. ^ Bajrangi Bhaijaan's 'Munni' was a part of Salman Khan's Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
9. ^ Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015)
10. ^ Bajrangi Bhaijaan: Salman steers clear of Bhar Do Jholi Meri controversy
11. ^ Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, 2016)
12. ^ Pritam reveals how Ae Dil Hai Mushkil title track got into Bajrangi Bhaijaan!