‘I believed him’: Suneel Darshan on why he worked with Nadeem amid Gulshan Kumar murder case

5 min readNew DelhiJul 30, 2026 03:43 PM IST Music composer Nadeem Saifi (left) with producer Gulshan Kumar (right). (Photo: Express Archives)When T-Series founder Gulshan Kumar was shot dead in 1997, music composer Nadeem Saifi—one half of the popular composer duo Nadeem-Shravan—emerged as a prime suspect in the murder case. The Mumbai Police accused Nadeem of being a co-conspirator and one of the masterminds behind the assassination. Soon after, Nadeem travelled to London and did not return to India. While the allegations significantly affected his career, he continued composing music for films such as Dhadkan and Kasoor. One of his closest collaborators during this period was filmmaker Suneel Darshan, who agreed to work with Nadeem after he assured him that he had no involvement in Guls