Singer-rapper Honey Singh on Pathaan: Less creative freedom now

TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ Singer-rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh believes the controversy around the song Besharam Rang from upcoming Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Pathaan shows that audiences have become way too “sensitive”. Pathaan has been receiving backlash for showing lead star Deepika Padukone in a saffron bikini alongside Khan in Besharam Rang.

Protests have been staged in various parts of the country alleging a community had been offended by the song’s content. Those who have demanded a ban on the film include Madhya Pradesh minister Narrottam Mishra and Vishva Hindu Parishad spokesperson Vinod Bansal.

The Madhya Pradesh Ulema Board has also sought a ban on the film for “misrepresenting Islam”.  Singh, who has worked with Khan on popular song “Lungi Dance” from 2013 film “Chennai Express”, said artists had much more creative freedom in the past.  “Freedom was much more earlier. People may have been less educated but they were far more sensible. They were intellectually wiser and would take things as entertainment. They wouldn’t take anything to heart,” the rapper told.