The complete story behind Salman Khan and Arijit Singh ’ s ‘ feud ’
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Tinseltown can ’ t stop talking about the so-called rift between Salman Khan and Arijit Singh . Here ’ s as to what exactly conspired between the two … It all began at an awards show hosted by Salman Khan and Riteish Deshmukh in 2014 when Arijit Singh had to be summoned repeatedly to accept his award from Salman and Riteish since he ’ d dozed off backstage . When he fi nally came on stage he joked , “ Aap logon ne toh sula diya ,” to which Salman responded , “ Aur issme humara koi dosh nahi hai , agar aise hi gaane bajte rahenge … When Arijit was asked to comment on the matter he revealed , “ I was also nervous as it was my fi rst awards show . When Salman asked me if I had fallen asleep , it slipped out of my mouth out of nervousness and embarrassment . It wasn ’ t directed at him or anyone in particular but I knew I shouldn ’ t have said it . I am a huge fan of Salman ’ s work and I felt terrible . When he hugged me on the stage , I apologised in his ear and went back . The same night I texted him a ‘ sorry ’ and followed it up with a long apology note . He replied in the morning with a rebuke and advised me to behave . But he added that he was okay , which made me happy and relieved . It was only later that I realised he wasn ’ t . I have been apologising for almost three years now .” But when Arijit was asked to record a song for Sultan , that ’ s when he truly believed Salman had let bygones be bygones . But things took a not-so-happy turn when his rendered version was dropped from the fi lm . Arijit took everyone by surprise when he took to social media to publicly apologise to Salman for the ill-advised joke . Arijit believed Salman still held a grudge regarding the 2014 incident . Surprisingly , Arijit quickly deleted his l apology post and posted a second post saying , “ I hope he gets my letter somehow . This whole thing will backfi re I know . Prayers ...” On his song being dropped Arijit said , “ Everyone okayed the recording but I heard last night that Salman didn ’ t want my voice in the fi nal master . That really hurt .” Arijit now plans to personally dropi in at Salman ’ s house and apologise – “ I am not in Mumbai at the moment or I ’ d have visited him last night . I am going to do that once I am back . I have hopes that he will be fi ne with me one day .” And what ’ s Salman ’ s take on the matter ? His spokesperson has said they won ’ t be releasing any offi cial statement on the issue as Salman isn ’ t angry and the whole thing is a non-issue . Well well , rather interesting , right ?