Amaal Mallik isn't letting an anniversary post slide.

Salman Khan Films marked 11 years of Hero, the 2015 film that introduced Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty, with a tribute post to its soundtrack. Mallik, who composed for the film alongside Meet Bros Anjjan, Sachin-Jigar and Jassi Katyal, wasn't mentioned. Neither, by his account, was the lyricist. He wasn't having it.

In the comments, Mallik wrote that whoever ran the Salman Khan Films social handles had shown "audacity" by leaving out the composer and lyricist of the song being celebrated. "It doesn't look nice that a song that is created with the pain, blood, sweat and tears of a music composer & his lyric writer is celebrated without the creators being respected or even mentioned," he wrote, according to the Free Press Journal.

He didn't stop there. "Learn to do the basics otherwise delete this page," he added, before making it personal. "Don't delete my comment, let Salman sir see it as well so that he knows you guys screwed up," Mallik wrote, directly invoking Salman Khan.

That last line is the one doing the work here. Mallik isn't just annoyed at a social media handler. He's asking the actor himself to notice how his own production house treats the people who made the music behind his films. Whether Khan has seen the comment, or whether Salman Khan Films plans to respond, isn't known yet. The post, as of now, remains up. So does Mallik's comment.

This isn't Mallik's first public grievance this year. He announced earlier that he's stepping away from new film music until next year, though he clarified that older unreleased tracks of his could still surface if those films eventually get a theatrical release. He's also alleged, in comments made earlier this year, that unnamed "powerful people" in the industry sidelined him from more than 60 projects over time. That claim remains unverified and hasn't been addressed by any named individual or studio.

What's consistent across both moments is Mallik positioning himself as someone routinely overlooked by an industry quick to celebrate films but slow to name the people who scored them. Hero's anniversary post was meant to be a quick nostalgia hit for a film that launched two careers. Instead it's turned into a reminder of how easily music credits get lost in a caption.

Whether Salman Khan Films edits the post, adds the missing names, or says nothing at all is the only open question left. Mallik's comment, at last check, was still there.