Popular Punjabi Singer AP Dhillon in a media interaction recalled over his refusal to sing for Bollywood, citing the exploitation of artists, songs by producers and revealed that actors want to own the songs.
The Punjabi singer has carved a niche for himself by entertaining audiences with
chart-topping hits such as Brown Munde, Excuses, With You and Dil Nu, among others. In a recent conversation on a podcast with YouTube channel SMTV,
AP Dhillon discussed why he has never done a Bollywood song yet. It’s only because he cares for his people. It’s not about Bollywood. He wants to set an example for his people and told them that he is happy to do a song for them, but they must first change the way they do business. They exploit the song and the artiste for their own profit. He doesn’t want to take names, but a couple of huge actors said that they want my music in their film. He made the song; we even had the scene in mind. But they want to own the song, they want the rights to the song, the remix rights, they want to exploit. That’s not correct.”
He further added, “So, he told them that until they change this, he can’t do a song with them. If he does it, then junior artistes will also have to do it, and he doesn’t want them to. He doesn’t want a young artiste to lose out on their source of income by selling their hit song and doesn’t want them to be exploited. But the only problem is that the other A-listers are still giving songs.”
Dhillon went on to explain that unless other Punjabi artistes draw a line and say no, there will be no real progress. He noted that if he refuses, Bollywood producers would simply approach the next big Punjabi artiste, as there are “only three or four” of them.
While many Punjabi singers such as Diljit Dosanjh, Karan Aujla, Honey Singh and Badshah have delivered hit songs in Bollywood, AP Dhillon has so far refrained from lending his voice to the industry. He recently collaborated with Shreya Ghoshal on the track Thodi Si Daaru, which also featured Tara Sutaria.
AP Dhillon’s upcoming tour
The singer has announced his ‘One of One India Tour’, during which he will perform in eight cities. The tour kicks-off on December 5 in Ahmedabad, followed by Delhi
December 7 at Ludhiana on 12 December, Pune on 14 December, Bengaluru on 19 December, Kolkata on 21 December, Mumbai on 26 December, and will conclude in Jaipur on 28 December.
News Edit KV Raman
