'Shah Rukh Khan Sir felt that the voice suited him': Abhay Jodhpurkar recalls how Ajay-Atul, Aanand L. Rai and Irshad Kamil 'took a stand' for him for ‘Mere Naam Tu’ song from 'Zero' amid pressure to replace him with an established singer
- Posted on October 12, 2026
- By The Times of India
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'Shah Rukh Khan Sir felt that the voice suited him': Abhay Jodhpurkar recalls how Ajay-Atul, Aanand L. Rai and Irshad Kamil 'took a stand' for him for ‘Mere Naam Tu’ song from 'Zero' amid pressure to replace him with an established singer
Singer Abhay Jodhpurkar’s National Award win for ‘Navasachi Gauri Mazi’ from ‘Gharat Ganpati’ marks a significant milestone in a career shaped by persistence, self-doubt and the challenges of breaking into the Hindi film music industry. In an interview with Variety India, the singer opened up about how his journey to lending his voice to Shah Rukh Khan in ‘Mere Naam Tu’ from ‘Zero’ was far from straightforward.
