#SONU NIGAM CONTROVERSY SERIES#

вЂњI donвЂ™t disagree with Sonu Nigam if heвЂ™s speaking as an Indian about the use of loudspeakers across all religions. I light an aggarbatti and salute the spirit of India.вЂќДЇilmmaker Vivek Agnihotri lent support to Nigam: вЂњI am willing to sponsor a campaign against illegal blaring of azaan and other prayers on loudspeakers. Ban all loud-speakers,вЂќ he tweeted.ДЄctress- film maker Pooja Bhatt feels the sound of Azaan is blissful and wrote on her Twitter handle, вЂњI wake each morning to the sound of church bells and the Azaan in a quiet by-lane of Bandra. вЂњ(I) donвЂ™t want to hear the azaan at dawn, nor do I want to hear a вЂChikni ChameliвЂ™ tuned Ganesh aarti at dusk. So, his statement is baseless and aimed at creating divisions among communities.вЂќДЇilm editor Apurva Asrani expressed his opposition to all kinds of noise pollution. The Bombay High Court has permitted the use of loudspeakers from 6am to 10pm. Khan told IANS, вЂњHe (Nigam) is a lover of late night parties and then sleeps till late hours. Maharashtra Congress leader Naseem Khan said NigamвЂ™s comments were intended at communal polarisation. I know a place there where there is no mosque,вЂќ he tweeted. Stand-up comedian, Atul Khatri asked the Bollywood singer to find a new place if he was facing so much trouble. However, not everyone felt the same way about this. Thank god there is at least one person in India who has the courage to stare down mullah bullying.вЂќ

Pakistan-born Canadian writer, Tarek Fatah sided with the singer. NigamвЂ™s views went viral, and reactions poured in from all over India. When will this forced religiousness end in India?вЂќ IвЂ™m not a Muslim and I have to be woken up by the azaan in the morning.

#SONU NIGAM CONTROVERSY SERIES#

AndВ with all the controversy only getting heated up, a FIR has been filed against Sonu Nigam in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra.Sonu Nigam, popular singer of India as well as South Asia, is now facing trouble after posting a series of tweets that questioned the need for mosques in India to use a loudspeaker while calling out for daily prayers to devotees, on Monday. He also said that it was only about the loudspeakers and not the azaan. Filmmaker Pooja Bhatt and music composer Wajid Khan are among the few who criticized the singer, while actress Richa Chadha and filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri extended their support to Sonu.ДЄlso read: Sonu Nigam azaan row: While Pooja Bhatt and Wajid Khan took a jibe at the singer, Richa Chadha came out in his supportД«ut despite all this, the singer took to his Twitter again and wrote that he stands by his statement and people are taking it in a wrong way. But the entire film industry stands divided on the whole issue. While many took a jibe at Sonu for his remarks on azaan,В other came out in support of the singer and said that his message has been misinterpreted. So and so that many took the google maps screenshot and clarified that there is no mosque within 2 km from his house and called it all a publicity stunt. In fact, the singer was trolled mercilessly on the social media. Recently, Sonu posted a series of tweets in which he talked about being woken up by the morning azaanВ and said, вЂќWhen will this forced religiousness end in India.вЂќДЄs soon as he expressed his views on the social media, his posts went viral like mad fire and the singer started getting a lot of flak from people all around the world. Singer Sonu Nigam is making headlines these days for his controversial tweets on theВ use of loudspeakers in holy shrines.

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