Amaal Mallik has been quite expressive about sharing his personal life and struggles after his revelation about cutting off from his family came out. The singer mentioned that he was emotionally distressed by his parents` continual comparisons of him to his brother, Armaan Mallick, and that he had many unresolved issues with them. Furthermore, he faced resentment due to his breakup. He revealed that due to his “Muslim identity” and connections to the film industry, his ex-partner broke up with him. 

In a conversation with Siddharth Kannan, Amaal detailed what went wrong, “This is the first time that I am talking about my relationship in the open. But, I think now it’s time.” He said it all happened around the same time when he was working on Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Hindi film debut, Kabir Singh. “Working on Kabir Singh was the biggest heartbreak for me. It was because I was going through a very difficult phase emotionally. The girl I was in a relationship with then married someone else.”

Amaal talks about his relationship and what went wrong

He further opened up about his relationship, “We were in a relationship from 2014 to 2019. But her parents were against my religion and career. They didn’t want to associate their daughter with anyone from this industry. I was about to perform a gig when she called me and said she was getting married, but she would elope if I came to her. But, I guess the SRK from DDLJ in me woke up and said, ‘No, if your parents can’t accept my religion and respect my career, then I wish you the best.`”

Amaal shared how that incident impacted his life; he revealed that it shattered him completely after the breakup happened. “People have this understanding that I am a Muslim. But the truth is that I have a Muslim father. Whereas my mom is a Saraswat Brahmin Hindu. I go to Mt Mary`s in Bandra when feeling empty. We are spiritual. We believe in God, but we don’t fear God. There is no ‘kattar’ anything. In my relationship, their problem was more with the industry than our religion. They were Jaats. They were like You are from an Islamic background. I was like, there is not even I of Islam in me. I don’t follow the religion to the T. I am the least religious guy. I believe in Karma. We neutrally respect every religion,” he quipped. 

Amaal recalls feeling betrayed by the industry

Amaal further shared that during his difficult phase due to the break-up, he even felt that he was betrayed by the Industry as well, he said, “It was through that pain that I created music for Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Kabir Singh. Within 20 minutes, we finalised 6 songs. But, due to heavy politics against me, I was just reduced to one song. That, too, because Sandeep fought for me. Not that betrayals don’t happen anymore in this industry, but back then it took a heavy toll on me because I was also going through a bad break-up.”