Ishaan Khatter defends 'Khaali Peeli' song, says it has been 'taken out of context'; Read

Ishaan Khatter and Ananya Panday's latest song Beyonce Sharma Jayegi from Khaali Peeli faced ire of netizens. song called Beyonce Sharma Jayegi was slammed for having racist lyrics comparing Beyonce to a 'gori' (Hindi for fair-skinned girl). Recently, Ishaan defended song and makers saying y had such intention with choice of words in lyrics. Here's what this is about. 

Ishaan Khatter defends Khaali Peeli song amid racism controversy

In an interview with Film Companion, Ishaan Khatter addressed controversy surrounding his latest Khaali Peeli song called Beyonce Sharma Jayegi. Ishaan said that Hindi word gori seems to have been taken out of context in which lyricist used it. He himself had also asked around to understand exact meaning and he found gori also means 'girl' much like a boy is addressed as 'launda' or 'chhora' in rural India. 

actor furr clarified in interview that lyrics itself does t have contations to complexion or race for that matter. He defended song saying that makers "dont have a racist bone in ir body". Also, Ishaan's tapori character in Khaali Peeli takes Beyonce to be standard for style and this is only flattering rar than demeaning. His character is actually comparing his lady love to Beyonce in hopes to flatter her. 

controversy regarding Khaali Peeli song arose as netizens cried out on social media that it is insulting Beyonce on basis of complexion. lyrics of song compared goriyaa, Indian fair-skinned girl to Beyonce who is of African-American origin. However, after controversy, name of song has been changed to Duniya Sharma Jayegi. 

Meanwhile, song has been composed by Vishal-Shekhar while lyrics have been penned by Kumaar and Raj Shekhar. Nakash Aziz and Neeti Mohan have lent ir voice to track. peppy number features Ishaan Khatter and Ananya Panday grooving to it. 

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More about Khaali Peeli

Khaali Peeli is a movie about a dancer (played by Ananya Panday) and a taxi-driver (Ishaan Khatter). latter is an escaped convict who was jailed for committing a half murder. He meets girl one night while she was trying to run away after stealing jewels and money from her customers. y get entangled in a comic but rar dangerous situation and that is what Khaali Peeli is about.

Khaali Peeli is directed by Maqbool Khan and bankrolled by Ali Abbas Zafar and Himanshu Mehra. Maqbool Khan also holds credits for concept, it has been written by Yash Kesarwani and Seema Aggarwal. Khaali Peeli is slated for an OTT release on Ocotber 2, 2020. 

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