New Delhi: UK-born Adnan Sami, whose father was a Pakistani, go Indian citizenship in 2015 and has been residing in this country ever since.
Adnan, who is still hated by people across the border for taking up Indian citizenship, said that Pakistanis behave like his ex-lovers.
“It’s like — it’s like an ex-lover. It’s a good analogy. You know, when an ex-lover sees you moving on and getting involved with somebody else, they’ll always come up with reasons to hate you. But the real reason they do that is because they still haven’t gotten over you, and it’s love — it’s still love. And love manifests in many absurd ways. You could even say… but the point is, I understand, somewhere, the psyche of how they feel,” he said.
Revealing the reasons for changing citizenship, the singer said, “First of all, because of the geopolitical nature between India and Pakistan, so there’s that rivalry, for whatever reason, we all know. But more than that, it’s the ex-lover syndrome.”
He further shared that he never received any award or recognition from the Pakistani government, despite making music for nearly 40 years.
Expressing his love for the audience there, the singer said, “My issues have been with the government and the way they have treated me. They don’t know this—how would they? But the fact remains, I’ve always loved my audiences. As you mentioned about being an artist, for me, everyone who loves me, I love them equally in return.”
Adnan, celebrated for his popular Bollywood tracks like ‘Tu Sirf Mera Mehboob’, ‘Nashe Nashe Mein Yaar’, ‘Shayad Yahi To Pyar Hai’, ‘Dil Kya Kare’, ‘Baatein Kuch Ankahein Si’ and many more, was awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian government in 2020.
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