Diljit Dosanjh wants alcohol censorship in Indian films, says artistes are soft targets: ‘Humara kaam sasta nahi hai’

Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh has criticized a news anchor for targeting and challenging him over the use of lyrics related to alcohol in his songs. Taking to Instagram on Friday, Diljit posted a long video in which he spoke to the audience of Lucknow. He said that if singers are asked to censor their songs, then the rules should apply to Indian films as well. Diljit said that singers are soft targets but reminded the anchor that films have also won National Awards. (Also Read | Badshah backs Diljit Dosanjh amid alcohol songs controversy)

Diljit talks about his songs

In the video, Diljit said, “Ek anchor sahab hai TV pe unke baare mein zaroor karna karna chahta hoon. He challenged me to make Diljit do a hit song without alcohol. For your kind information sir, Born To Shine, GOAT, Lover, Kinni Kinni, Naina are many of my songs which get more streams than Patiala Peg on Spotify. He challenged me to make a hit song without the mention of alcohol. For your kind information, GOAT, Lover, Kinni Kinni, and Naina, there are a lot of songs which are streamed more on Spotify than Patiala Peg. challenge doesn’t count since I’ve many songs which are bigger hits than Patiala Peg).”

Diljit wants same censorship for everyone

He also said, “I am not defending my songs or myself. I just want that if you want to impose censorship on how much then that censorship should be on Bhartiya cinema also. Right? In the cinema, the bigger the gun, the bigger the hero. What kind of actor is he who hasn’t done the wine scene? Is anyone there? Yaad aara hai? No one remembers me. Toh agar aapne censorship lagana hai toh please sab pe lagao (I just want that if you want to censor songs, then the censorship should be applied to Indian cinema too. In Indian films, the bigger the gun, the bigger the hero. Which big Actor has not done a song on alcohol or similar scene?

Diljit says artists are soft targets

“Artist, you have been a soft target. Isiliye jo gaane waale singer hai usko aap chede ho. But sir for your kind information, the films I have done have also received the National Award for my film. To humara kaam sasta kaam nahi hai (Artists are soft targets for you. So you create trouble for singers. The films that I’ve done have been honored with National Awards. So my work isn’t cheap). It’s very easy for us to run a disclaimer that alcohol is injurious to health during concerts and continue singing songs. It’s the same, right? Then it feels that we are targeting someone. So, if you have spread this wrong news, then it’s called fake news…I challenge you to run the correct news.”

what happened

The row started ahead of his Hyderabad show when the state government sent him a notice directing him to avoid songs related to alcohol, drugs and violence. Since his Ahmedabad concert, Diljit has been calling out the double standard in targeting musicians.