'Jai Ho' was made for Salman starrer 'Yuvraj': It was removed on the request of Subhash Ghai, later this song got an Oscar

Filmmaker Subhash Ghai has recently revealed that the song 'Jai Ho' was first composed for Salman Khan's film 'Yuvraj'. But later this track was given to Danny Boyle, who used this song in the film 'Slumdog Millionaire'. 'Jai Ho' also received the Oscar Award for Best Original Song in 2009.

The film 'Yuvraj' was released in the year 2008.

The song from Salman Khan's film was given to Danny Boyle
The song 'Jai Ho' played an important role in the career of music composer AR Rahman. This song was very much liked in the film 'Slumdog Millionaire' released in 2008. Subhash Ghai shared an interesting anecdote about this song during an interview. Film maker said- 'Jai Ho' song was made for 'Yuvraj'. We recorded the song, but then we felt that this song would not fit the situation of our film.

Actually, this song was going to be filmed on actor Zayed Khan in the film 'Yuvraj'. But I felt that this song was a bit soft for an aggressive character like Zayed Khan. That's why we did not use it in the film.

Filmmaker Subhash Ghai during an event.

Subhash Ghai happily gave the song back to the composer. When 'Slumdog Millionaire' director Danny Boyle heard this track, he liked it very much. He wanted to take it in his film. So then this song was used in 'Slumdog Millionaire'.

Subhash Ghai and AR Rahman have worked together many times
Subhash Ghai and Rehman worked together for the first time in the film 'Taal'. This is because Ghai said that he was the first person who approached Rahman to compose music for Hindi films. Rehman was also to work with Ghai in 'Yaadein'. But Rahman could not work on this project due to his commitment with the musical Bombay Dreams. Even for Subhash Ghai's film 'Kisna', Rahman could find time to write only a few tunes. The album was co-composed by Ismail Darbar.

Subhash Ghai and AR Rahman have worked together many times.

In a conversation with Rediff, Rahman had revealed that he had composed music for two of Subhash Ghai's films – 'Shikast' and 'Motherland'. But later both these films were closed.

The song 'Jai Ho' won 2 awards
AR Rahman won two Oscars for his work in Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire'. He won the Best Original Song and Best Original Score awards for 'Jai Ho' at the 81st Academy Awards.