Renowned singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya, who once publicly criticized performers for singing at weddings, has made an unexpected promise to perform at a contestant’s wedding in a music reality showThis promise came during a special New Year episode of the popular singing reality show ‘Indian Idol 15,
Abhijeet was seen with notable musicians Lalit Pandit, Sadhna Sargam, and Sumati Bhattacharya (Abhijeet’s wife), along with actor Preeti Jhangiani in this special episode. During the show, contestant Manasi raised a question about Abhijeet’s past comments on wedding performancesrecalling a video in which he had voiced his criticism.
In response, Abhijeet took the query light-heartedly, saying, “How much will you all scold me? Let me tell you the truth – I didn’t sing at my own wedding because the atmosphere wasn’t right. And in that moment of frustration, when I wasn’t singing at my own wedding, my father-in-law didn’t give me money for my suit tailoring! At weddings, there should be soulful songs, but I will definitely sing at your wedding with a band.” Abhijeet jokingly added, “I, Lalit, Vishal, and Shreya will sing.” In an old clip, where Abhijeet had a heated conversation with Neha Kakkar, he stated that he couldn’t agree with singers performing at weddings for money. “It diminishes their status. If someday someone asks me to sing, I would say, ‘No, I won’t sing.’ There’s a big difference between earning 1 crore rupees and rejecting 1 crore rupees. That’s what I’m teaching,” he stated.
Abhijeet has sung songs for a wide array of film stars, including Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Sunny Deol, Govinda, Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Ranbir Kapoor, and others.