I rejected Indian movie starring Katrina Kaif, claims Abrarul Haq

April 26, 2024 03:15 PM

Across the border stars

One of the favorite Pakistani singers, Abrarul Haq, has lately claimed of rejecting an Indian movie during which the man was supposed to perform with Bollywood superstar Katrina Kaif due to their terrible policies, which he thought were against freedom of expression.

Abrar has made a guest appearance at popular host Hafiz Ahmed podcast session, during which the musician was asked if he received any offer from neighbouring country.

In response to this, Abrar revealed that he had been approached by some private Indian company for an album and a movie opposite to Katrina which he refused to work in for various concerns, particularly for their rules and regularities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk6WrAxSw_c&t=3466s

The exact words of the singer are here:

"Yes, I received movie offers [from India.] I also received an offer for an album. But I didn't understand their contract, You can't speak, you can't talk about Kashmir, etc. I thought that a country that believes in freedom of expression shouldn't say such things. So, I didn't do them."

"There's a company called Eros, they offered a movie. The actress was Katrina Kaif. My friends were after me, saying, 'If you don't want to do it, let us go! But I didn't want to do movies."

"They called me excitedly and they even said, 'No one has ever refused us, but you have. No one has ever told us they don't want to do [the film]. We thought you'd come running.'"

"It's ongoing. I've [collaborated] with Gurdas Maan, he's a favourite of mine." The singer also shared a hilarious mix-up. Shedding light on an anecdote about his manager being a "simple man"