While appearing on Pentarise Studios’ YouTube channel, Sawant revealed, “People don’t want the singers to become bigger than the film itself.”
Arijit Singh, the man who gripped the entire nation with his melodies for over 15 years, has now other plans in life. His retirement note is both timely and terribly emotional. But what happens in Bollywood, especially with singers? Abhijeet Sawant, the winner of the first Indian Idol, has spilled the beans and made some shocking revelations.
While appearing on Pentarise Studios’ YouTube channel, Sawant revealed, “People don’t want the singers to become bigger than the film itself. That’s why they are paid a certain amount. Musicians still don’t receive royalties for film music. So Biddu, who worked on Lafzon Mein, also did a couple of songs in the West, and he gets so much royalty payment from those two songs that he can survive his whole life on that money.”
The singer added, “They have created a system like that. Singers are themselves greedy for opportunities, and they know that ‘if this song gets released in my voice, with some big star lip-syncing. Then I can use this song for my entire life.’ Singers themselves don’t want money, because they just want to sing the song or work with a certain producer. We accept whatever amount we get, because if we don’t do it, someone else will. We get exploited a lot.”
Singer-composer
Palash Sen also reacts
Palash Sen, frontman of the band Euphoria, has weighed in on
Arijit Singh’s decision to step away from film playback singing, offering a personal perspective that resonates with his own career journey. Sen said he “knows why” Arijit made the choice, drawing on his own early experiences in the entertainment industry to explain what may have led him to take a different path.
Sen acknowledged that he was once “perceived as a threat” and faced criticism and discouragement, experiences that shaped his decision to step away from Bollywood and focus on his own music. Reflecting on this, he said, _“_The truth is, I know why my bro, Arijit, is quitting film playback. I was there way back & I chose my own path… the path that I know Arijit will now walk on.” He described choosing his own musical journey outside the traditional film system as a conscious and fulfilling decision.
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