Enraged over a dialogue about his father and iconic singer Mohammad Rafi in Karan Johar’s latest “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, Shahid Rafi has demanded a public apology from the filmmaker and has asked him to delete the sequence.
In the recently released romantic-drama, Ranbir Kapoor’s character, aspiring singer Ayan, tells Anushka Sharma (playing Alizeh), that many people have said his voice is like Rafi, to which, Sharma says, “Mohammad Rafi? Woh gaate kam, rote zyada the na?”
Shahid says he did not expect a filmmaker like Johar to pass such a line under his watch and feels the damage has already been done.
“Karan Johar is a great filmmaker, I don’t know how he used this line. He should have thought about it as he is the director. I did not expect this from Karan. I am ashamed of him, he is supposed to be a good director,” Shahid told PTI.
“I saw the clipping. I haven’t seen the film, so let me see the film first then I will think what to do. But a public apology (from Johar) is appreciated, and also removal of the scene. Although the damage is done. Let’s see what he (Karan) can do from his side,” he added.
Shahid says he got to know about the dialogue through Rafi fans and was deeply saddened by it.
“I am deeply hurt about the dialogue. I came to know that the dialguge doesn’t take the story backward or forward. People have often mentioned or spoken about my father in films or in general in good way, then why all of a sudden this dialogue and this controversy.”
Shahid has also lashed out at “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” dialogue writer Niranjan Iyengar.
“It (the dialogue) is not good. My father is a verstaile singer, he has sung love songs, sad songs, bhajan etc. Niranjan wrote the dialogue and it seems he doesn’t know anything about my father. What image (of Rafi) is he trying to put in front of the youth ?
From Agencies, Feature image courtesy ibnlive
