New Delhi: The Kannada film industry has united against the famous singer Sonu Nigam, as he compared the love of the Kannada people to the Pahalgam attacks. After this, a police case was also registered against the singer and now the people of the state have united against him.
The entire state is angry with Sonu Nigam
Let us know that this incident is of East Point College of Engineering and Technology located in Vargonagar, Bangalore on 25 April 2025, where a singer had a music concert. At the same time, a fan appealed to the singer to sing Kannada songs from his chartbuster list of Kannada songs. Then the singer said something that the people there did not like at all and he expressed his darshan towards Sonu Nigam. Now the statement of the singer has created a large number of anger and resentment in the entire state.
Singer meeting to distance away from Kannada industry
In response to the ever -increasing dissatisfaction, Kannada film industry is preparing to remove itself from Sonu Nigam. According to the information, the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce is calling a necessary meeting on Monday (May 5) to discuss the matter and prepare the outline of future action. It is being told that the main stakeholders of the industry including music directors association, director association and producers association are expected to participate in this meeting. The discussion of the meeting to be held during this period will be focused around the possibility of not including Sonu Nigam for Kannada films in future projects.
Kannada films have given life to Signer
Many major music directors including Sadhu Kokila, Harikrishna, Arjun Janya and Dharma Vish are expected to attend the meeting. Inner sources in the industry say that Sonu Nigam’s ‘demand in Bollywood has reduced and Kannada films have given him life’ and the industry is feeling disappointed with his recent statements. After the complaint of Kannada workers, Bangalore Rural Police registered an FIR against the actor last week.
What is the whole matter
During the concert held in Baghuru, when the fan appealed to the singer to sing Kannada, Sonu turned down it because the fan was talking to him in a threatening tone. After this, what he said raised controversy. Singer said, ‘This is the reason, what happened in Pahalgam…. This is the reason you are doing, which you had just done. Look, who is standing in front. The Kannada community considered this statement of the singer as derogatory. He linked the demand for singing a simple Kannada to a terrorist incident in Pahalgam, which people described as insensitive and non-essential.
Singer’s statement hurt the hearts of the people of the state
The Bengaluru district unit of Karnataka Rakshan Vedike (KRV) filed a police complaint on Friday. The organization alleged that Sonu’s statement hurt the sentiments of the Kannada community, promoted enmity among linguistic groups and created a possibility of inciting violence in the region. The complaint said, ‘This statement is not only insensitive, but also dangerous. By linking a cultural demand to the terrorist incident, Sonu Nigam showed the Kannada community intolerant, which threatened linguistic hatred and communal harmony.
Sonu Nigam has become popular with these songs in Karnataka
For information, let us tell you that Sonu Nigam’s hit songs have received a record -breaking response in films like Mungaru Male (2006), Milan (2007) and Galipata (2008), which has made him one of the most favorite singers in terms of romantic songs in the Kannada industry. But the recent controversy has sown the seeds of hatred among the people towards him and now in future they can hardly be able to conce there.
