Rahat Fateh Ali Khan discovered himself on the centre of an argument after a video of him allegedly slapping an individual went viral on social media on Saturday, following which the famend Pakistani singer stated it was an try and tarnish his picture.
Within the purported video, Khan may be seen repeatedly hitting and slapping the person, whom he later recognized as his protege Naveed Hasnain, with a slipper asking “The place is my bottle?”
Khan’s identify began trending on X hours after the 1.03-minute clip went viral, with many customers calling out the singer for his misbehaviour. It could not be ascertained when and the place the stated video was filmed.
The singer, recognized for hit Hindi film songs akin to “Mann ki Lagan” and “Jiya Dhadak Dhadak”, later shared a collection of movies on Instagram as a clarification.
Khan, 49, termed the viral video an “inner matter” between a grasp and his disciple.
“No matter you might have seen in these movies is about an inner matter between an ustaad (grasp) and a shagird (protege). When a protege does a superb job, we bathe quite a lot of them and once they make a mistake, we punish them as effectively… I had apologised to him on the similar time…” the favored singer stated within the video, which additionally featured Hasnain and his father.
In a separate video, Khan stated the one that shot the video was attempting to tarnish his picture.
“These are makes an attempt to defame me and paint me as a tyrant, however I ask them to try themselves first,” he added.
Many X customers slammed Khan and claimed that the brouhaha was over “a misplaced bottle of alcohol”.
In keeping with Hasnain, he had misplaced a bottle which contained “holy water”.
“I had forgotten the place I stored that bottle which had ‘pir sahab ka dum ka paani’ (holy water). God is aware of our ustaad loves us quite a bit too. Whoever has recorded that video is a blackmailer. This individual is attempting to defame my ustaad ji,” he stated.
Hasnain additionally stated his household and Khan’s relationship transcends 40 years and no matter one noticed within the viral clip was a “lie”.
“He can hit me, scold me, he is my ustaad. That video is a lie and an try and malign my ustaad’s popularity,” he added in one other video.
The criticism on social media did not cease even after Khan tried to clear the air, with many terming his rationalization about hitting his protege “lame” and “embarrassing”.
