Composer Amaal Mallik has revealed the reason behind it salman khanthe decision to record his version of ‘Main Hoon Hero Tera’ for the 2015 film ‘Hero’ starring Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty.
Amaal Mallik recalls why Salman Khan decided to sing in ‘Hero’
Talking to Mashable India, Amaal recalled that the original song, sung by his brother Armaan Malik, had already become a massive hit when it was released alongside the film’s trailer. But as the release of the film neared, Salman, who had also co-produced ‘Hero’ with Subhash Ghai, chose to record a version of the song himself. Amaal shared, “The trailer came out with Armaan’s voice and the song became a blockbuster. But when the film released, there was a lot of negativity around. Salman sir said, ‘I should do something to remove the negativity and focus on me, not Sooraj and Athiya.'” He has always been that kind of person. He took the bullet himself. He said, “I’m going to sing the song. It should be the end credit track because I’m introducing them, and I’m a hero too. I’m a hero, so I’m going to sing it.” Then he said, ‘We’ll dub my version and see how it goes.'”
Amaal Mallik on Salman Khan saying he is ‘not a singer’
Amaal added that Salman never considered himself a singer but still chose to take up the responsibility of recording the track himself. “He was like, ‘I’m not a singer. You decide.’ But he had to get that call and it turned out to be the right one.”
Amaal Mallik on the long process of shooting in eight locations
Amaal shared that shooting Salman’s version turned out to be a lengthy process spread across multiple locations. He revealed, “The first session was at Himesh Reshammiya’s studio, where we dubbed for three hours. The second was at Yash Raj studios, the third at his farmhouse, the fourth at a film set. In total, we dubbed the song at eight different locations.” Sticking to the same microphone throughout, he added: “When you sing with different microphones, your voice changes. We were lucky because we used the same microphone every time.”
About the two versions of “Main Hoon Hero Tera”
‘Main Hoon Hero Tera’, composed by Amaal Mallik with lyrics by Kumaar, came in two official versions. The music video for Salman’s rendition showed the actor recording the song inside the studio.