The All Indian Cine Workers Association (AICWA) has forbidden singer Mika Singh from the Indian film industry after his performance at an event in Karachi, Pakistan.
The singer was banned and boycotted two days after the video of him performing live at the wedding festivities of former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s close relative in Karachi went viral.
”AICWA takes a stand of boycotting all his association with movie production houses, music companies and online music content providers,” AICWA President Suresh Shyamlal Gupta stated in a statement.
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The film body put an absolute ban on the singer and boycotted him from all the movies and music contracts with the entertainment companies.
“AICWA will make sure that no one in India works with Mika Singh and if anyone does, they will face legal consequences in the court of law. When the tension between the countries is at the peak, Mika Singh puts money above the nation’s pride,” the film association said.
A 30-second video clip tweeted by a Pakistani journalist, Naila Inayat, featured Mika performing at the event, despite India severing all artistic and social ties with Pakistan in the aftermath of the removal of Article 370.
Happy that Indian singer Mika Singh performed at the mehndi of Gen Musharraf's relative recently in Karachi. God for bid if it was Nawaz Sharif's relative it would be raining ghadari k hashtag already. pic.twitter.com/IVfE5hETiz
— Naila Inayat नायला इनायत (@nailainayat) August 10, 2019
According to Gulf News, Mika performed with a 14-member troupe at the pre-wedding ceremony of a girl who’s father, Adnan Asad, is reportedly a cousin of former Pakistan President, General Pervez Musharraf. Mika and his crew have been given visas for 30 days to perform in three cities – Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad.
Federation of Western India Cine Employees: We are deeply pained & anguished by the performance of singer Mika Singh alias Amrik Singh at the wedding of former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf’s cousin’s daughter in Karachi, Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/7PAqkPwrXQ
— ANI (@ANI) August 14, 2019
FWICE issued a statement in which they stated they are “deeply pained and anguished by the performance of singer, Mika Singh alias Amrik Singh at the wedding of former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf’s cousin’s daughter in Karachi, followed by height of tension and broken relations between India and Pakistan, which is shocking, shameful and shattering”.
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