Thursday, July 10, 2008

Abhijeet Not The Biggest Atif Aslam Fan In The World; Also Dick Xenophobe


The clip below is from the new Indian sing-song talent show "Ek Se Bhadkar Ek", which features winners and stars from various other Indian sing-song talent shows, whether it be Indian Idol, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, or Gao Meri Bulbul Paisa Milay Ga. I'm kidding of course, they would never let those no talent douchebagels from Indian Idol on this show.

Moving on, in this clip Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2007 winner and Shiny Golden Coat enthusiast Aneek Dhar makes the fatal mistake of singing an Atif Aslam song in front of renowned Indian playback singer Abhijeet Bhattachar, who straight up don't play that shit. You can watch the entire clip to watch young Aneek's performance or jump straight to 3:30 to watch the some of the most blatant anti-Pakistan sentiment since Kargil...



Fascinating isn't it? I mean how can you argue with that kind of straight logic. And let's be honest, this is not the first time Atif Aslam's sur has been challenged. Heck, we have even gone on record questioning the quality of his live performances. The problem here is the person leveling the criticism. Maybe if Abhijeet hadn't tried to ban Pakistani singers in 2003, or made the claim that Pakistani singers weren't stars until they came to India, or beat up a union worker whom he considered a "pimp of Pakistani singers"(I want to know where to fill out applications for that job by the way) we could take his words at face value.
But knowing the history, if you watch the clip again, you see his argument lacks a certain "maa ka dood". Saying that he doesn't know or care who the singer is seems like a preemptive strike for the questions that he knew he would have to answer later. If he was genuine about getting his point across, he should have address it in a different forum and basically taken the questions then. He seems to be passionate about the subject, it just doesn't make sense to use this platform to attack Atif. And finally, I know just because something is popular doesn't make it quality, but you have to give credit where it is due. Atif is the biggest star in the subcontinent and he does fill a void in India. A lot of it may be the packaging or whatever, but you can't just overlook the response he has gotten.
Anyway I think I'm done ranting. You know what's funny about this is that I really don't even like Atif.

(Thanks to Nabeel for the video)

2 comments:

Shahir on July 12, 2008 at 9:35 AM said...

I guess Abhijeet was ranting coz nowdays he himself doesnt get any playback singing opportunity. I remember he ranting about how there's this "camp" in bollywood making sure udit narayan sings for SRK and not him. seriously, Abhijeet needs a a reality check and know where he stands in the industry today. Oh and he despises A.R.Rahman too.

Raheelium on July 13, 2008 at 11:28 PM said...

Shahir Muneer is singlehandedly responsible for the Shamim presence on the blogosphere. Thank you sir.