Tujhe Dekha Toh from the 1995 romcom Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was voted the UK’s favourite ’90s Bollywood song by the BBC, recently. But Lalit Pandit, one half of the track’s composer duo Jatin-Lalit, has a bone to pick with its singer, Kumar Sanu.

“The fact that Kumar Sanu didn’t acknowledge Anand Bakshi, who penned Tujhe Dekha To’s lyrics, and us, Jatin-Lalit, who composed the music for it — was upsetting. It is not good on his part to keep saying, ‘Mera gaana hai, mera gaana hai’,” Pandit told Bollywood Hungama.

When we reach out to Sanu, who is currently in the US for live shows, he acknowledges Bakshi and Jatin-Lalit’s contribution in the song as monumental. “The credit therefore goes first to Jatin-Lalit ji and Anand Bakshi sahab. Agar music aisa nahin hota toh yeh gaana hit nahin hota. Ditto for the lyrics. It was teamwork,” the 66-year-old says, adding, “Jatin-Lalit are such music directors that every song has something special. They took forward the legacy of good music after Pancham da (composer RD Burman).”

Is there a misunderstanding, then? “Kuchh nahin hai. When we meet, we’ll talk it out. Jatin-Lalit ji shouldn’t think like this; I’ve always respected them and will continue to, woh mujhe kuchh bhi kahein,” he says.