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Mika Singh recalls how his English blunder left him embarrassed in front of AR Rahman but bagged 'Tamasha' song

Mika Singh narrated the incident on Indian Pro Music League (IPML) where AR Rahman was the celebrity guest.

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During the launch of his home banner 99 Songs, AR Rahman had staged a walkout when the host of the event spoke in Hindi. Now, on Indian Pro Music League (IPML), Mika Singh joked how his English has always been weak, but at the award function, he tried to speak in English and ended up making a major blunder in front of AR Rahman. This led to Mika bagging the hit song from Tamasha 'Heer Toh Badi Sad Hai'.

Recalling the incident, Mika stated, "My biggest weak point is my language, I am not someone who can speak fluent English but at an award function I tried to speak in English, and I messed up. What I wanted to say was 'I would love to work with Rahman Sir', but I ended up saying 'Rahman Sir would love to work with me'. It was an awkward and embarrassing moment for me, but I guess Rahman Sir understood me, and hence, he gave me the song 'Heer Toh Badi Sad Hai' and together we created a chart-breaking version of an emotional song."

Meanwhile, talking about his walkout from the stage, Rahman clarified to Bollywood Hungama, "What happened is, we are doing a three language launch. Hindi is already launched and we are coming to Tamil Nadu. So there are certain kinds of protocol on the stage. We are talking to Tamil audiences who are already saying that Ehan Bhat is very fair. So I told her (the anchor) to speak in Tamil and follow the protocol."

The Mozart of Madras added, "I think she wanted to be kind to Ehan and he understands Hindi better and so she talked in Hindi. So I said, ‘Hindi?’ and I had to leave the stage. After that other people had to come on stage. So people put this one and one-two and that I got angry. It was a joke. It was not meant to be serious. I think it saved us a lot of money by becoming viral, spreading Ehan’s and my face."

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