The jugalbandi has begun and
needless to say, is not melodious to the ear. The war of words between
comedian Raju Shrivastav and singer-musician Vishal Dadlani has taken a
turn for the worst. Vishal has made a nasty comment about Raju on the
social networking website Twitter and Raju is not taking kindly to
this.
Rewind to a recent award function where Vishal was performing on stage. And excited Raju, egged on by others, went up to the stage to do an impromptu jig to the song. Annoyed, Vishal ordered Raju off the stage and an embarrassed Raju retired to his seat, putting the incident behind him. But now, Vishal has mentioned on a website that 'some donkey tried to interrupt his performance' and that he had asked him to leave the stage immediately. He claims he does not know Raju and this has upset Raju. An agitated Raju said, "I find this extremely shocking and humiliating. My daughter happened to read somewhere that Vishal has referred to me as a donkey. I want to say that even I don't know who Vishal is. He was singing 'Bachna ae haseeno', which is an RD Burman number and I worship RD. It was the love for the song that made me go up on stage to dance. I didn't know anyone up on the stage. I assumed them to be an orchestra group playing RD's songs. I had even forgotten about the incident when my daughter told me what Vishal has posted on a website. If he claims that he does not know me, then I challenge him to meet me on a public platform like Lalbaugcha Raja and find out who is more popular. I am a simple man from the industry and such name-calling by colleagues is unjust." Vishal was unavailable for comment. | ||||
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