Days after taking a dig at Bollywood celebrities for promoting alcohol, Punjabi singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh has now demanded the government for censorship of films as well.
A week, after the state government of Telangana banned Diljit Dosanjh from performing songs which promote alcohol, drugs and violence at his show in Hyderabad, the Punjabi music sensation, responded to the criticism of his songs’ lyrics, demanding the same level of censorship on films as well.
The ‘Lover’ hitmaker had its Dil-Luminati Tour’s stop in Uttar Pradesh’s capital Lucknow on Friday, to perform at the Ekana Football Stadium in Gomti Nagar Extension, when the actor took a few minutes to address the criticism of his song lyrics and reminded that he has numerous hit songs to his credit, which has no mention of alcohol.
“There is an anchor on TV that I’d like to talk about. He challenged me to make a hit song without the mention of alcohol. For your kind information, sir, Born To Shine, GOAT, Lover, Kinni Kinni and Naina, are all of my songs which are streamed more on Spotify than Patiala Peg,” he said in the clip shared on his official Instagram handle. “So, your challenge doesn’t count since I’ve many songs which are bigger hits than Patiala Peg.”