Composer Sajid Khan Adopts Late Brother Wajid's Name; ‘Now My Name Is Sajid Wajid'
Music director Sajid Khan lost his brother and composer Wajid Khan in June 2020. Now, reports have revealed that Sajid will be adopting Wajid's name as his last name.
Music
director
Sajid
Khan
lost
his
brother
and
composer
Wajid
Khan
in
June
2020.
Now,
reports
have
revealed
that
Sajid
will
be
adopting
Wajid's
name
as
his
last
name.
The
popular
duo
was
known
as
Sajid-Wajid
in
the
industry
as
well
as
by
fans.
Sajid
reportedly
told
ETimes
that
he
did
not
want
to
be
called
Sajid
Khan
and
has
decided
to
change
his
surname
to
Wajid.
He
said
that
he
will
now
be
known
as
'Sajid
Wajid'
as
a
tribute
to
his
brother
Wajid
Khan.
"I
don't
want
people
to
call
me
Sajid
Khan,
so
I
have
adopted
Wajid
as
my
surname.
Now,
my
name
is
Sajid
Wajid
and
that's
how
it
will
be
till
the
end.
So
what
if
he
isn't
physically
present,
I
feel
his
presence
all
the
time.
I
have
started
composing
tunes
I
never
thought
I
would
and
I
think
it's
because
of
him.
I
feel
that
Wajid
is
with
me
during
those
times," he
said.
Earlier
he
had
revealed
that
he
stayed
close
to
his
brother
and
had
also
met
him
in
the
ICU
wearing
a
PPE
kit.
He
also
said
that
the
void
created
by
his
brother's
absence
is
very
difficult
to
fill.
While
talking
to
IANS
he
had
said,
"As
long
as
I'm
alive,
I'll
keep
working
hard
so
that
everyone
remembers
his
name."
For
the
unversed,
Wajid
Khan
passed
away
owing
to
health
complications.
In
an
official
statement,
Sajid
had
said,
"Our
dearest
Wajid
passed
away
at
the
age
of
47
due
to
a
cardiac
arrest
on
1st
of
June
at
00:30
am
in
Surana
Sethia
hospital.
He
had
a
successful
kidney
transplant
last
year
and
he
was
undergoing
treatment
for
a
throat
infection."
Notably,
the
duo
had
started
their
career
with
the
1998
film
Pyaar
Kiya
To
Darna
Kya
and
have
worked
on
several
films
starring
Salman
Khan
including
Hello
Brother,
Tere
Naam,
Partner,
Wanted,
Mujhse
Shaadi
Karogi
and
the
Dabangg
franchise.
According
to
reports,
Sajid
is
now
working
on
composing
music
for
Salman's
next
film,
Radhe:
Your
Most
Wanted
Bhai.