Reported by Mumbai. Leading singer Atif Aslam has been awarded the “Best Supporting Singer” award by Indian Music Academy (IMA) for beautifully complementing the chorus singers in the song “Tu Jaane Na” of the Bollywood movie “Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani”. This is the first major Indian award for the Pakistani singer who is quite popular in India and has been singing regularly for Bollywood movies, but it has triggered a debate in the musical society.
While the supporter of Atif Aslam have termed the award as bogus and ‘derogatory’ for relegating the lead singer to a secondary role, chorus singers have welcomed the award saying it was a much needed, though also much delayed, recognition of their contribution to the music industry.
Atif is seen singing solo (without chorus) here in a live concert
“There was time when All India Radio would term singers of a song as ‘Kishore Kumar and Sathi’ and people were left wondering who this Sathi was? In fact I know of a Vijayendra, the property dealer of Sathi Builders & Developers in Vashi, who had confused many people by claiming that he used to sing in Hindi movies. Chorus singers were always ignored and never appreciated, but now IMA has tried to undo this wrong. I welcome this step.” Sameer Sawant, a chorus singer who has sung in various Bollywood movies said.
But supporters of Atif Aslam are not impressed. They argue that the category of “Best Supporting Singer” was ‘invented’ by IMA to insult Atif. They wonder why they never heard of this category in any Music Awards function anywhere else in the world.
“Where was this category of award all these years? Why suddenly now and why Atif only? Why didn’t they award Anu Malik in this category when he sang ‘why did you break my heart’ lines during ‘Dil Mera Churaya Kyun’ song in ‘Akele Hum Akele Tum’? This is all bullshit. An attempt to discourage Atif and nothing else.” Ravi Raut, a die-hard fan of Atif Aslam argued.
The supporters of Atif were further enraged by playback singer Abhijeet, who had earlier called Atif Aslam ‘besura’ (out of tune singer), when he claimed that if at all Atif was to be awarded, he should have been awarded for complementing ‘recording machines’ and not chorus singers. Abhijeet claimed that he had the support of many Pakistani singers on this issue.
Meanwhile music lovers, who are finding “Tu Jaane Na” a very soulful and romantic song, have criticized all the parties to this controversy and have accused media organizations like Faking News of giving undue importance to non-issues. Faking News pleads guilty to the charges as we fear being beaten up by hockey-sticks if we raised real issues.
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I’ve heard Atif live and HE CAN”T SING!
hey listn……….hu alll r da singers (plzzz tell mee da namess) sing perfectly during da live concert….???????? everybudy to sum xtent sings out of tune while singing in the live concerts understnd…..?nd so atif is no such xception nd by da way it will be better if u know dat at the tym of recording a song a singer has 2 make it into the track for a lot of tyms dat makes them 2 be out of tune sumtimes which afterwards becums a habit….though it dusnt matter…!! nd if he culdnt sing den y da hell all muzik directors will cum 2 hm for da songs…well if he cant sing den it would never be possible to continue his singing line for such long years in these competitive generation…..he is awesum he was awesum n of course he will remain awesum….!!! nd he has a magical voice which makes everybody provoked nd addicted to his unique style of snging……….thank you…- writasree,kolkata,india.
The headline left me in splits!
LOL. he deserves the same Award even for the other song of the movie – tera hone laga hoon – chorus and alisha are far better than him
All are jealous ………atif aslam is the best………he has very attractive voice……..n in live concert he really give the best performance…
atif rocks all time in his
and busted ether abhijeet n adeshshiwastaw
sala kucch to hit deta nahi aur doosro ko chala complements dene
what the big F yaar
so sham on abhi and adesh..
sheyyyy
Dude, i think Atif sang the two songs quite well, infact did it to utmost perfection. What more could u ask for?
Jeay Atif
MAre Abhijeet
Who says that he cannot sing.. he has sung live with ustaad RIAZ ALI KHAN in coke studio.. he has sung jal pari live… If he cannot sing then why indian composers are working with him??? Abjheet is just jelous of him..
yessssssssssssssss i duuu agree wid u…..!though i’m a bengalee girl…(abhijeet’s community) yet i’m not only his fan but a real lover….!!! remember bipasha basu is also a bengalee who is a die hard fan of atif….so keep up wid it…keep cheering ATIF…!
Hey girls and guys. Stop fighting. Atif has a good voice QUALITY. Something in his voice makes it sound unique. I think its mostly the vibrato if infuses in his voice- the way his voice trembles when he takes a particularly long raag. But even though he sounds good, he is somewhat besura. I have heard him myself. Farheen, new lead singer of Jal on the other hand sings aadat and all on stage perfectly, but yes, the voice is not as good as atif. So girls, Atif is not perfect, he is not the best singer ever. If there is anyone worthy of that title, it would be Rafi Sahab. And guys, although Atif is not perfect, he is actually pretty good at what he does, he is a fabulous singer, although he has many shortcomings. Just my opinion.
Even I think Atif Aslam is besura at times. I didn’t like his album Doorie.
Tu Jane Na is great song. He has a Unique Voice.