Sonu Nigam apologises for controversial remarks at Bengaluru concert linking Kannada song demand to Pahalgam attack: ‘My love is bigger than my ego’

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For the unversed, during a concert at a Bengaluru college, Sonu had stopped mid-performance to school a student who allegedly rudely demanded that he sing in Kannada. Maintaining that the people of the state have always treated him like their family, he stated that a “boy, who is not even as old as my career, is rudely threatening me to sing in Kannada.” He then went one step further and said, “This is the reason behind the incident in Pahalgam. Please see who is standing before you.” As his remarks kicked up a storm, Sonu offered a clarification that his intention was to highlight how, during the Pahalgam attack, victims were targeted not based on their language.

A part of his long note on Facebook read, “I am not a young lad to take humiliation from anyone. I am 51 years old, in the second half of my life and am entitled to take offence for someone as young as my son threatening me directly in front of thousands in the name of language that too Kannada which is my second language when it comes to my work. That too right after my first song of the concert! He provoked a few more. Their own people were embarrassed and were asking them to shut up.. I told them very politely and lovingly the show has just started, it’s my first song and that I will not let them down, but they have to let me continue with the concert the way I have planned. Every artiste has a song list prepared so the musicians and technicians are in sync. But they were hell bent on creating ruckus and threatening me wildly. Tell me who is at fault?” However, as the controversy continued to rage, Sonu finally shared the apology note.