Disclaimer: Article mentions alcohol and protests.
Honey Singh recently shared the story behind his hit song Chaar Botal Vodka. Recently, he revealed that he wrote the song after drinking four bottles of vodka with two of his team members in Australia. He revealed that the song was born out of frustration after the Sikh community protested against his performance during his world tour with Shah Rukh Khan. Singh also recalled how Shah Rukh had advised him not to release the song, warning, “Galliyan padengi tereko”. He also addressed the rumours of King Khan slapping him. The singer mentioned that he cannot answer it and people will get to know it in his Netflix documentary, clarifying, “Nothing like that happened.”
In a recent interview with The Lallantop, the Brown Rang singer revealed that after the release of Chennai Express in 2013, members of the Sikh community protested against him, accusing him of making vulgar songs and harming cultural values.
Sharing Khan’s reaction after listening to the song, he said, “I played the song to Shah Rukh sir and he told me, ‘Tu paagal hai, kya gaana banaya hai. Yeh flop hoga. Gaaliyan padengi tereko (Are you mad? It will flop. You will be criticised).’ But I was determined to slam ki main toh aise hi gaunga (I will sing it like that).”
He said that he eventually went on tour and performed in front of 25,000 to 30,000 enthusiastic fans. However, about 500 protesters were burning effigies of him, which angered and hurt him. After the show, he and his choreographer started drinking in his room with a dancer.
He started with one bottle and by the time he had finished two and a half bottles, he was working on the melody of the song. He decided to sing in a childlike voice, figuring that if people accused him of ruining their culture, he would respond by creating a song that would become so popular that every child would sing it.
Yo Yo Honey Singh has also collaborated with several other Bollywood celebrities, and has given some top chart-topping songs.
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