His maternal grandfather was Ustad Faiyyaz Ahmed Khan, a Padma Shri awardee.
He also had a separate singing career as a solo act and was nominated for a number of awards as a playback artist.
[5] In 2014, Wajid filed separation papers because of continuing religious and parental pressure and the couple divorced.
Their children, however, received maintenance amounts from their father pendente lite as per the Court's Order, according to Kamalrukh's interview with Sri Iyer of PGuris.
She also writes a regular fortnightly column for the Hindustan Times titled "Weekend Fix for the Soul".
[7] They were mentors on the reality shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012 and they composed the title track for the television reality shows Bigg Boss 4 and Bigg Boss 6.