{"id":535167,"date":"2026-07-06T04:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T04:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/535167\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T04:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T04:34:10","slug":"ayaan-agnihotri-on-how-he-had-to-keep-bandar-and-cmon-baby-secret-from-salman-khan-he-told-me-i-did-a-good-job-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/535167\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayaan Agnihotri on how he had to keep \u2018Bandar\u2019 and \u2018C\u2019mon Baby\u2019 secret from Salman Khan: \u2018He told me I did a good job and\u2026\u2019 |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AyaanAyaan Agnihotri shares how Salman Khan reacted to his latest single from ‘Bandar’ Ayaan Agnihotri, also known as Agni, has quite a strong force supporting him. The singer, who made his Bollywood music debut with Bobby Deol\u2019s \u2018Bandar\u2019 earlier this year, recently shared how he hid the song and news from one of the biggest stars in the industry. Agni revealed that Salman Khan<\/a>, who is also his uncle, was one of his biggest supporters, though as a surprise, he hid the entire thing from him up until the release date. Here is what the \u2018Tere Naam\u2019 actor had to say to his nephew, Ayaan Agnihotri, on his debut.<\/p>\n

Ayaan Agnihotri shares how Salman Khan reacted to his Bollywood music debut<\/p>\n

Ayaan, who made his playback debut with \u2018C\u2019mon Baby\u2019 in \u2018Bandar\u2019, recently revealed that he had earlier hidden the news from his \u2018Salman Mamu\u2019 up until the songs\u2019 announcements and release. While talking to Hindustan Times, the singer revealed that he had been told to keep the song a secret, and that Nikhil Dwivedi, who co-produced the song, had wished to catch the \u2018Tubelight\u2019 actor\u2019s honest reaction to it.Providing more context, he shared, \u201cI was actually not allowed to tell Salman Mamu that I was doing this song for Bobby uncle\u2019s film Bandar. Nikhil (Dwivedi, co-producer) swore me to secrecy and he said, \u2018When this song goes through, then I will play it to your Mamu and tell him I’ve discovered a new voice; what do you think of this guy?\u2019\u201dAgni then shared that when he asked about his Mamu\u2019s reaction to his song, he was told that, \u201cHe (Salman Khan) liked it and when he met me after that he told me I did a good job and should stay at it.\u201dIn another interview with NDTV a few weeks ago, Agni had also shared what kind of advice his uncle had for him for his debut. He shared that the actor had simply told him to \u201cSing your heart out and don’t give a s*** about what anyone thinks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ayaan Agnihotri shares the possibility of a Bollywood acting debut<\/p>\n

The singer, who had released 3 singles prior to his playback debut, also revealed that acting may also be in the cards for him in the future. The star shared that since from the get go, he had been heavily influenced by the Bollywood industry, and had always wanted to become an actor when he grew up. \u201cI went to university to do acting and world theater\u201d, he added, however, further sharing that he slowly realised that he enjoyed the performing aspect of it all.He mentioned, \u201cI realised that it’s just performing in general that I really enjoy. Around the same time I started writing. Poems turned into spoken words, which turned into music, and I found a very special connection to music. I felt I could express things that I wanted to through my writing, and was inspired by music because it helped me relate to things I was going through and get through them. That really made an impact on me.\u201dAs to whether a Bollywood debut as an actor is in the cards or not, Agni shared, \u201cMaybe Bollywood some time in the future; it’s definitely not off the agenda because I do love acting. But right now the focus is on the music.\u201d<\/p>\n

About Ayaan Agnihotri<\/p>\n

Ayaan is Alvira Khan Agnihotri and filmmaker Atul Agnihotri\u2019s son, and has only recently started making music. Prior to \u2018C\u2019mon Baby\u2019, the singer had released three separate singles, which included \u2018Universal Laws\u2019 and a collaborative track with Salman Khan, \u2018You Are Mine.\u2019 He also recently got married to a corporate communications specialist, Tina Rijhwani.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ayaan Agnihotri shares how Salman Khan reacted to his latest single from ‘Bandar’ Ayaan Agnihotri, also known as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[143039,227491,227490,93,61,60,270,64434,4193],"class_list":["post-535167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ayaan-agnihotri","tag-bandar-song","tag-bollywood-music-debut","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-music-career","tag-salman-khan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}