"It’s not comeback music, it’s a hit-back music,” says Mahesh Bhatt, referring to composer Anu Malik returning to Bollywood with the former’s film, Tu Meri Poori Kahani. After Malik was accused of sexual harassment by several singers in the #MeToo movement in 2018, work offers dried up and the musician stepped away from the limelight. Seven years on, as he returns with the love story’s album, the filmmaker says it was producer Vikram Bhatt’s idea to rope him in.  

“I didn’t want six different songs from different music composers. I wanted somebody with a unified vision. So, Vikram suggested Anu Malik’s name and that was it. Anu and I go a long way. We did Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee [1993]. The album is remembered even now,” shares the senior filmmaker.

A still from the film