{"id":108830,"date":"2025-10-08T13:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T13:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/108830\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T13:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T13:13:12","slug":"wont-work-with-him-even-for-rs-100-cr-ismail-darbar-on-fallout-with-sanjay-leela-bhansali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/108830\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Won’t work with him even for Rs 100 cr’: Ismail Darbar on fallout with Sanjay Leela Bhansali |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'Won'tMusic composer Ismail Darbar revealed his creative clashes with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, stemming from early collaborations and a media article about Heeramandi. Darbar claims Bhansali’s ego led to their fallout, with the composer asserting his music would have made Heeramandi immortal. He stated he would refuse even a Rs 100 crore offer from Bhansali now. Music composer Ismail Darbar<\/a> spoke about his long-time collaboration with filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali<\/a>. In an interview, he discussed their creative partnership, his bold approach in discussions, and why their relationship faced challenges during Heeramandi.<\/p>\n

A unique working relationship from the start<\/p>\n

In his conversation with Vickey Lalwani, Darbar said his working relationship with Bhansali was unique from the start. While working on Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, he didn\u2019t shy away from expressing his own ideas. \u201cI was always very clear about what I liked and how I wanted things to sound. If Sanjay suggested something I didn\u2019t agree with, I would say it upfront,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

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He said their creative process included healthy disagreements, as he often rejected ideas he didn\u2019t believe in. Years later, they reunited for Bhansali\u2019s web series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, where Darbar spent nearly a year and a half crafting the music with great dedication.<\/p>\n

Poll<\/p>\n

What do you value more in a creative partnership?<\/p>\n

Rift over media coverage<\/p>\n

However, their relationship took a turn after a media article called Darbar the \u201cbackbone\u201d of Heeramandi, highlighting his music as the show\u2019s strongest element despite its star-studded cast. Bhansali reportedly saw the piece and assumed Darbar had orchestrated it himself, which caused a rift between them.<\/p>\n

Darbar recalls confrontation with Bhansali<\/p>\n

He shared, \u201cI said, \u2018Look, if I have to break the news, I won\u2019t be scared of you; I\u2019ll say it outright that yes, I said it\u2026\u2019 I still don\u2019t know who that man was, but he put that news out and Sanjay found out. He called me into his office and asked, \u2018Ismail, how could you say that?\u2019 After that he said, \u2018Alright, let it go.\u2019 After that I understood that \u2018let it go\u2019 really meant that sooner or later he would put me in a position where I would leave Heeramandi myself. I left before that could happen.”Bhansali apparently never tried to call him back. \u201cWhy would he? He understood \u2014 when the backbone is Ismail Darbar: I was the backbone in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam\u2026 I was the backbone in Devdas too. I\u2019m not the one saying this \u2014 his PR said it, it was on the front pages. So I had seen his ego. Fear had crept in that I work so hard and he takes the credit,” Ismail shared.<\/p>\n

Thoughts on Heeramandi<\/p>\n

Sharing his views on Bhansali’s last venture, Heeramandi, he added, \u201cIt wasn\u2019t because my music wasn\u2019t in it. One thing I will say: if I had done the music for this Heeramandi, I would have made it immortal. What I had prepared, Sanjay wouldn\u2019t even have been able to reach that level \u2014 this I know.\u2019”Ismail also revealed that he was set to work with Bhansali on Guzaarish, but their disagreements during Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas strained their relationship further. He added that Sanjay even instructed PR teams not to give him interview opportunities.When asked about their current status, Ismail said, \u201cToday, if Sanjay comes and says to me, \u2018Please do the music for my film, I\u2019ll give you Rs 100 crore,\u2019 I\u2019ll tell him, \u2018Pehli fursat mein chale jaa yahan se.\u2019”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Music composer Ismail Darbar revealed his creative clashes with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, stemming from early collaborations and a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[67938,58933,18,117,67936,67937,48198,19,17,20137,67940,67935,327,67939,32526],"class_list":{"0":"post-108830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-darbar-bhansali-fallout","9":"tag-devdas","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-heeramandi-web-series","13":"tag-heeramandi-the-diamond-bazaar","14":"tag-hum-dil-de-chuke-sanam","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-ismail-darbar","18":"tag-ismail-darbar-music-composer","19":"tag-ismail-darbar-sanjay-leela-bhansali-fallout","20":"tag-movies","21":"tag-salman-khan-srk","22":"tag-sanjay-leela-bhansali"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}