Ali Azmat In Hot Waters With His Insensitive Comments
Ali Azmat has gotten himself embroiled in a social media controversy. The singer had made some highly insensitive remarks about the late Noor Jehan.
Ali Azmat has become the center of attention on social media for all the wrong reasons. This can be attributed for his highly insensitive remarks about the late Noor Jehan.
The comments were made during an interview with Ahmed Pansota on his YouTube channel “The Current”. During the interview he discussed how he could not resonate with the music being showcased back in the day.
He then went on to talk about how growing up, he only saw performance by artists like Noor Jehan on television.
The singer had said “Our own society and culture weren’t really offering anything similar. You put on a show, you would see Noor Jehan draped in a saree, with heavy jewellery and over-the-top makeup. We would get irritated by mai (elderly woman). We would think why would they make us watch this kofta (meatball).”
The comments proved to be highly offensive and were not taken lightly by the general public. Many had taken to Twitter to critique the singer’s remarks about the late singer.
Many people had expressed their absolute embarrassment regarding the singer’s statements.
Utterly embarrassing!! https://t.co/S5PHohNGyP
— Khawar Azhar (@Khawar69) October 20, 2021
Being a Junoon fan, i am embarrassed… pic.twitter.com/qt36TzE7Ye
— فاطمہ عرفان (@fatimairrfan) October 19, 2021
Many pointed out how Noor Jehan was an icon while Ali Azmat comes nowhere near that same level.
Btw @RealAliAzmat that kofta looking woman was matchless. What you hv in your credit, few songs? What she has, is timeless beautiful volumes of songs. https://t.co/uazX8UDOrQ
— SanaButt (@amjadnaseemgma1) October 21, 2021
The responses got even more savage as illustrated by this tweet.
Noor Jahan is an icon!! Shocked to hear his disrespectful views. Bai apki nae hui tharak poori toh iska matlab yeh toh nae ke aik legend ko fazool labels dena shuru kerdo
— Ayesha (@Ashesandwind) October 20, 2021
Even many within the entertainment industry lambasted Azmat for his distasteful remarks.
If you don’t respect the art, the art won’t respect you.
— Asim Azhar (@AsimAzharr) October 21, 2021
Noor Jehan’s daughter, fashion designer Mina Hassan, had some choice of words for the Junoon singer.
In a video uploaded to Instagram, the designer talked about the lack of respect the singer gave to her late mother.
She went on to say how people like Azmat need to learn more about respect, especially towards elders. The designer also thanked fans of her mother for coming out in support of the former classical legend.
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