Mumbai, Nov 1
Legendary singer Mohammed Rafi's son Shahid Rafi has slammed
Karan Johar for insulting his late father in the filmmaker's
latest movie "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil".
Shahid has criticized Karan for including a dialogue in the
film that he found insulting to his star father.
In the movie, actress Anushka Sharma says: "Mohammed
Rafi gaate nahi, rote the (Mohammed Rafi used to cry, not
sing).
Shahid told IANS: "This is so insulting. I am ashamed
of Karan Johar. I didn't expect this from him at all. My dad
has sung songs for Karan's father (Yash Johar) and this is
what he has done now. I haven't seen the film yet.
"Whoever has written this dialogue is an idiot. He doesn't
know who Rafi saab was. He was the most versatile singer.
How can he write such crap about a legendary singer?"
Shahid is expecting an apology from Karan.
He said: "The damage has been done. So many people have
watched the film. I don't think he is even going to edit that
part. All I expect from Karan is an apology letter from him."
Talking about his father's fans, he said: "It's been
36 years and still his fan following is only increasing day
by day. People tend to forget singers in just a few days but
look at my father's body of work and his fan followers.
"I have received close to 9,000 messages on my Facebook
account from my father's fans who are ready to protest against
this. His fans will protest on November 2."
Mohammed Rafi, who has delivered innumerable hit songs like
"Kya hua tera wada", "Baharon phool barsao",
"Likhe jo khat tujhe" and "Chura liya hai tumne
jo dil ko", died in 1980.
The late singer had worked with producer Yash Johar in the
1980 film "Dostana" for which he sang "Mere
dost qissa yeh kiya" and "Salamat rahe dostana". |