Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya Criticizes Shah Rukh Khan's Ego and Lack of Respect

Mumbai. Bollywood's famous singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya has once again targeted superstar Shah Rukh Khan. Speaking in a podcast recently, Abhijeet said that the main reason for the distance that has come between him and Shah Rukh is Shah Rukh's ego and his self-respect.

He spoke openly about his strained relationship with Shah Rukh, complaining that Shah Rukh has never apologized to him even once. During a conversation with Nidhi Vasandani in the podcast, Abhijeet accused Shah Rukh of never showing him respect, even though he is younger than him.

He said, 'Even when Farah Khan's husband abused him, Shah Rukh hugged him. Aamir Khan even named his dog Shah Rukh, yet they became friends later. But I am pained that despite being such a big person, he never said sorry to me.'

Abhijeet claimed that the coming generation will remember singers, not actors, when comparing superstars with singers. Giving the example of Rajesh Khanna, he recalled that people today don't even know who Rajesh Khanna was, but he was a huge superstar in his time.

His argument is that people listen to the songs of Kishore Kumar and Mohammed Rafi, but they don't even know that those songs were filmed on Rajesh Khanna. Abhijeet claimed that the same would apply to Shah Rukh, and the coming generation would only remember the singers of those famous songs, not recognizing them as Shah Rukh's.

The root of the dispute between Shah Rukh and Abhijeet started with the film 'Main Hoon Na', released in 2004. Abhijeet was deeply hurt by the lack of proper respect given to singers in the credits shown at the end of the film.

Calling Shah Rukh a purely business-minded person, Abhijeet accused him of removing anyone in his path to success and only using people. He clarified that he stopped singing for Shah Rukh not because of ego, but because his self-respect was deeply hurt.