Sajid Khan changes surname to ‘Wajid’ as tribute to late brother, gets emotional
“Please feel free to call me Sajid Wajid because I have changed my surname to Wajid”, says music composer Sajid Khan, who lost his brother Wajid Khan in June 2020 Read on to know more.
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Popular music composer Wajid Khan passed away back in June 2020. The singer was Coronavirus positive and succumbed due to complications after a kidney infection.
Sajid Khan, of the popular composer duo Sajid-Wajid and the brother of the late singer remembers him fondly and is trying to cope up with the loss. He has changed his surname to ‘Wajid’ as an emotional tribute for his late brother.
“Please feel free to call me Sajid Wajid because I have changed my surname to Wajid. As long as I'm alive, I'll keep working hard so that everyone remembers his name," Sajid told IANS as he got teary eyed.
He also talked about how life has changed after his brother’s demise. “But everything has changed -- our home, people's perspective, everything. He was just 47, and in these 47 years he has never been separate from me. We have grown up together eating from the same plate, and suddenly he passed away in front of my eyes. I still can't believe this," he said.
Meanwhile on the work front, Sajid is working on composing music for Salman Khan's upcoming film, Radhe and Zee TV's show, Indian Pro Music League.