Mumbai, March 2 -- Popular music composer Ismail Darbar, best known for his memorable collaborations with filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, has opened up about his personal life, second marriage, and his family's interfaith values.

Ismail Darbar, who married Ayesha as his second wife, revealed that she had embraced Islam after their marriage. In a recent podcast with Subhojit Ghosh, the composer spoke candidly about the most difficult phase of his life and credited his wife for standing by him through it. He shared that nearly 20 years of his life were extremely challenging, but Ayesha remained his strongest support system.

Recalling Bhansali's words during that time, Darbar said the filmmaker once told him that he had survived only beca...