Most of Bollywood has supported AIB and their controversial
roast video featuring Karan Johar Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor. While there
are murmurs that SRK, Salman and Anil Kapoor found the roast offensive, not a
single known name from the industry has gone on record to state so in public.
But one man have the guts to come out in open with his honest point of view,
Bappi Lahiri. While others in Hindi film industry have been trying to escape
the contentious AIB question, the veteran music composer didn’t flinch when
asked to give an opinion about the same.
Bappida told, “I will agree that whatever happened was
against Indian culture. We are in India and not America. Our culture is way
different from theirs. In our culture, we are taught to respect elders, our
parents and women. Whatever happened was surely shameful.”
Without taking any names Bappida told that he would
never ever agree to be a part of something as offensive and vulgar. “I will
never be a part of anything like this. The youth especially kids are
impressionable and I wouldn’t want to do anything that would set a wrong
example. Everyone should respect our great culture. If we ourselves don’t
respect it, then who else will?”
The singer-musician is presently busy nurturing talent from
the slums of Mumbai. His initiative called Slum Stars has slum kids
singing for his new album. Calling them the future superstars Bappi told there
is a need to tap into the immense potential in slum kids and which often
remains untapped.
