Tag: Arijit Singh

  • Why did Arijit Singh apologise to Mahira Khan?

    Why did Arijit Singh apologise to Mahira Khan?

    Renowned Bollywood singer Arijit Singh recently apologized to Pakistani TV and film star Mahira Khan during his concert in Dubai.
    Singh publicly apologized to Khan after failing to recognize her in the front row. However, he quickly made amends by dedicating a song to the Pakistani celebrity.

    “I was trying to recognize this person, then remembered I had sung for her. Ladies and gentlemen, Mahira Khan is sitting right in front of me,” Singh announced to the audience.

    “Think about it, I was singing her song ‘Zaalima,’ and it’s her song, and she was singing and standing, and I couldn’t recognize her. I am so sorry. Ma’am, gratitude and thank you so much.”

    Khan, who was in Dubai to receive her ‘Artist in Fashion’ award at EMIGala 2024, attended Singh’s concert. Sharing moments from the event on her Instagram, she wrote, “I wasn’t meant to be here for this… but… I guess I was. You know what I mean?”

    She further praised Singh’s performance and humility, stating, “What a pleasure it is to watch an artist perform… whirling in joy, surrounded by love. But more than that, it’s beautiful when you see humility in an artist… because he knows, it isn’t him… he’s just been blessed from up above. Stay blessed.”

  • On Spotify Wrapped day, it’s no surprise that Pritam dominates all the charts

    On Spotify Wrapped day, it’s no surprise that Pritam dominates all the charts

    Spotify Wrapped Day commenced yesterday and everyone had to prepare going into hiding because of the astonishing song choices that appeared on their final list. But one thing remained certain, Bollywood composer and musician Pritam Chakraborty continued to dominate everyone- and I mean EVERYONE’S playlists.

    For those of you scratching your heads as to why this even happened when you don’t even know who he is- this is the composer responsible for some of the most hit Bollywood songs released today like “What Jhumka?”, “Ranjha”, “Kesariya” and even “Tum Se Hi”. So don’t get shocked when you see this name.

    Twitter users came up with some hilarious memes on how time and time again, the composer continues to dominate everyone’s final charts.

    Ghum Hour had forever changed when Pritam made ‘Ranjha’

  • Arijit Singh beats Taylor Swift to become third most followed artist on Spotify

    Arijit Singh beats Taylor Swift to become third most followed artist on Spotify

    Indian singer Arijit Singh has surpassed global superstars like Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish to become the third most followed artist on Spotify. The musical prodigy, who rose to fame with songs like ‘Agar Tum Saath Ho’ and ‘Channa Meraya’, has a total of 86 million followers on his Spotify page.

    Taylor currently has 83 million followers, making her the fourth most followed artist on the music streaming platform.

    According to chart masters, the most popular artists among the top five on Spotify include Ed Sheeran, pop singer Ariana Grande, Arijit Singh, Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish.

  • ‘Pasoori’ virtuoso Sheema Kermani says she’s against remakes amid Bollywood controversy

    ‘Pasoori’ virtuoso Sheema Kermani says she’s against remakes amid Bollywood controversy

    The dancing virtuoso Sheema Kermani has thoughts about remakes after Bollywood remade the Coke Studio hit ‘Pasoori’ in which the dancing legend made an appearance.

    In the past few days, the internet became a battlefield after Bollywood music giant T-Series adapted the massive Ali Sethi and Shae Gill hit, with Ajit Singh for ‘Satyaprem Ka Katha’.

    It was a blazing hellscape, with Indian and Pakistani fans of the original track calling the remake distateful. Shae Gill had to step in to implore to fans to stop sending hate to the singers in a video:

    “And if it’s something you don’t like at all then I would say don’t listen to it. Instead of sending hate, don’t listen to it because not liking something and talking about it in your home is still fine but if you are publicly humiliating and insulting someone then it’s not very nice, is it,” she requested fans of the Pakistani hit.

    Now Kermani has given her two cents on the topic while speaking to Aaj Tak. The feminist activist said she has not watched ‘Pasoori Nu’, and is not a fan of remakes:

    “I haven’t even seen it, so I can’t comment. My feeling about remake songs has always been mixed. The toppers that are popular are remade. First of all, my reaction is that no brother, the original, is the best. The composition is so beautiful, so what is the need to remake it? I don’t like remake culture too much. Although seen in a way, the advantage is that young people are also listening to the old iconic songs. It’s a good thing. Personally, I am against it.”

    During the ‘Pasoori Nu’ controversy, an old video of Ali Sethi singing Arijit Singh’s ‘Aayat’ from the film Bajirao Mastani during an Instagram Live session went viral on the internet, where he praised the singer as one of the best ones from Bollywood:

    “Aapke mulk ke jo sabse zabardast singer he, sabse versatile… I have said this many times, but you know I feel like the sign of a great singer as opposed to say the sign of a very gifted singer, is that they can make it feel effortless and this is what Arijit Singh does with the song Aayat, which I am obsessed with. Which I think is one of the most beautiful songs to emerge from the Indian movie scene in years.”

  • India agrees with Pakistan: Pasoori remake is terrible

    India agrees with Pakistan: Pasoori remake is terrible

    These last two days will probably go down in history as the only time Pakistan and India combined forces to take on the urgent matter of Bollywood taking up classics and destroying them.

    On Monday, T-Series released their own version of Coke Studio’s massive global hit ‘Pasoori’, giving credit solely to Ali Sethi, excluding Shae Gill and Xulfi even though they had an equal part to play in making the song what it is today.

    The new version is sung by Arijit Singh, and even though for Pakistanis it’s like kisi ne dil par pathar mara hai, across the border the verdict has been announced: they can’t feel the new version either.

    Jo bacha ab Pakistan Studies agay ja kar parhay ga, it wasn’t peace talks or Fawad Khan’s smolder that got India and Pakistan to unite, it was the utterly incompetent T-Series.

    It’s confusing for us as well

    Mubarakien maybe Pasoori can be called the song that finally united India and Pakistan together.

  • Arijit Singh melts hearts by connecting with Pakistani fan

    Arijit Singh melts hearts by connecting with Pakistani fan

    Indian singer Arijit Singh has touched millions of hearts after his interaction with a Pakistani fan.

    Singh was performing in Toronto, Canada, where his fans from different parts of the world were in attendance.

    One fan in the crowd brought a Pakistani flag to the concert. A security guard, upon noticing the flag, asked the fan to stop waving it but Arijit Singh stepped in.

    Singh, after acknowledging the Pakistani fan and flag, began to sing Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s ‘Tere bin nahi lagda’.

    Arjit Singh is not new to expressing his love toward Pakistani musicians as the Tum Hi Ho singer expressed his concern about the singers being banned in his country.

  • ‘Zabardast meeting rahi’: Adnan Siddiqui hangouts with Nawaz Sharif in London

    ‘Zabardast meeting rahi’: Adnan Siddiqui hangouts with Nawaz Sharif in London

    Actor Adnan Siddiqui, is currently in London to promote his Imran Ashraf-Amar Khan starrer film Dum Mastam.

    The senior actor met the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who is currently resising in the European city.

    The two spent quality time together, pictures of their meeting were posted by the official twitter handle of PML-N.

    The Mom star shared his great experience of meeting the veteran politician.

    He revealed that Nawaz promsied a better film policy in the country and expressed his progressive vision for the film fraternity of Pakistan.

    Screenshot of a tweet is going viral on social media, that features Adnan praising Nawaz and claiming that if he becomes the PM again, he will vainish inflation and improve the economic situatio of the nation.

    However the tweet has been posted from a fake handle and is not authentic.

    Former focal person on digital media to former PM Khan, Dr Arsalan Khalid exclusively stated to The Current, “Artists make an important part of society and its good to see pml-n promoting this meeting realizing how wrong they were when they attacked all the artists and celebrities who are supporting Imran Khan.”

    Earlier the Ahista Ahista star shared pictures when he met the legendary Indian musician, AR Rahman at Dubai Expo 2020 after cancelling his booked flight on December 21

    Mom star uploaded a selfie on December 24 with the Oscar-winning musician, AR Rahman on his Instagram. He shared his experience as the evening not to be forgotten ever after listening live singing from AR Rahman.

    Adnan said, “I was supposed to fly back on December 21, stayed put another day only to see A R Rahman sahib perform live.”

    The live performance lasted for around three hours where people were standing for listening to his soulful music. He considered it a privilege that he immersed in his ethereal music.

    He also revealed the humility of a legendary musician and international icon, who took him backstage to introduce his crew.

    He added, “Not everyone can be Mr AR Rahman.”

    Last month, Popular Indian singer Arijit Singh performed at a concert in Dubai Abu Dhabi. During the concert, the Channa Mereya singer took out the time to praise Pakistani singers, Atif Aslam and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. 

    Later, he went on to sing the popular song of Atif Aslam’s Pehli Nazar Mein from the Bollywood film, Race.

  • ‘Atif, Shafqat and Rahat’: Arijit Singh opens up on favourite Pakistani singers in live concert

    ‘Atif, Shafqat and Rahat’: Arijit Singh opens up on favourite Pakistani singers in live concert

    Popular Indian singer Arijit Singh performed at a concert in Dubai Abu Dhabi recently. During the concert the Channa Mereya singer took out the time to praise Pakistani singers. “I have a question. It’s a wrong question, a controversial question. But still I want to ask it because I don’t give a d**n.”

    The musician continued, “I don’t follow news but tell me one thing, has music from Pakistan been banned in India?”

    “Is it still banned or has the ban been lifted?” asked the trending crooner, inviting a cheer from the crowd. He then went on to admire Pakistani singers.

    “Atif Aslam is one of my favourites and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Shafqat Amanat Ali,” said the Tum Hi Ho singer.

    He went on to sing Atif Aslam’s song Pehli Nazar Mein from Race.

    Following the Pulwama attack in 2019 Pakistani artists were banned from working in India.

  • Salman Ahmed reacts to Bollywood version of ‘Sayonee’

    Salman Ahmed reacts to Bollywood version of ‘Sayonee’

    Salman Ahmed, in a recent interview, opened up and shared his thoughts on the Bollywood version of his hit song Sayonee.

    “I composed Sayonee in 1998. It’s been 22 years and it has been such a hit since. The song itself has been re-sung and composed thousands of times,” said Salman.

    “This isn’t the first time someone asked me to give them permission to make their own version of the song. Arijit himself had been requesting me for five years to sing Sayonee.”

    “I told him that I wouldn’t have a problem as long as two conditions were met – one, that no sentiments were hurt and another that it should be a message of love,” he said.

    Salman shared that he gave Singh the permission and assured him that he will not face any issue regarding the copyrights.

    Salman said that the essence of the real song is never lost and that the “original song is original”.

    “A newer version cannot beat the essence of real song,” stated the musician.

    Salman further said that he always sang from his heart.

    The rock guitarist mentioned how the past 70 years were proof that Pakistan’s television dramas, urdu poetry and music were legendary. He pleaded to the government to facilitate the upcoming stars and make their journey worthwhile.