Dabangg director Abhinav Kashyap has been making some serious comments against Salman Khan and family. In a latest interview, he shared his experience of working with Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan and more over the film. He also spoke about the item song - Munni Badnam Hui - that featured Malaika Arora. The song became a blockbuster hit and brought immense fame to Malaika Arora too. She was Arbaaz Khan's wife back then. In the interview, Abhinav Kashyap revealed that Arbaaz Khan and Salman Khan weren't quite keen on having Malaika Arora feature in the item number.
Why didn't Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan want Malaika Arora in Munni Badnam Hui song?
In an interview with Screen, Abhinav Kashyap claimed that Arbaaz Khan wasn't much comfortable with his then wife, Malaika Arora, being called as an 'item girl'. He also said that no matter what the Khan brothers says they are quite 'conservative Muslims'. He was quoted saying, "He (Arbaaz Khan) didn't like the fact that his wife will be labelled as an 'item girl'. Arbaaz and Salman, no matter whatever they say, are actually very conservative Muslims. Malaika also had her own differences with Salman over her outfits. They want their women covered up. So, they didn't want her to do the item song."
Abhinav Kashyap further claimed that Malaika is a strong women and she persuaded Arbaaz Khan to agree. Another trivia Abhinav Kashyap shared was that Salman Khan wasn't initially supposed to be a part of Munni Badnam Hui song. However, later he insisted on it and the team reworked on the sequence.
All about Dabangg
Dabangg released in the year 2010 and was a blockbuster hit. Salman Khan entertained all with his cop avatar. The movie starred Sonakshi Sinha as the leading lady and Sonu Sood was the villain. Arbaaz Khan, Mahesh Manjrekar, Vinod Khanna and others played key roles in the movie. Later Dabangg 2 released in 2012 and Dabangg 3 released in 2019.