New Delhi: Singer Udit Narayan recently stirred up a hornet’s nest after kissing a female fan on her lips during his concert.
As soon as videos and photos of Udit’s kissing act went viral, netizens started trolling him for taking advantage of his female fans.
Amid the backlash, several old videos of the singer kissing female celebrities including Alka Yagnik, Shreya Ghoshal and Karisma Kapoor have started doing the rounds on social media.
In an old video from the talent hunt show ‘Indian Idol’, Udit is seen kissing Alka on her cheek, leaving the female playback singer visibly shocked.
In another video, Udit can be seen kissing Shreya on the cheek after she bagged the award for the Best Female Singer.
Udit also kissed actress Karisma, who was taken aback by the singer’s unexpected gesture.
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Defending himself, Udit told Hindustan Times, “Fans itne deewane hote hain na. Hum log aise nahi hain, hum decent log gain (Fans are crazy. We are not like this, we are decent people). Some people encourage this and show their love through this. Udaake kya karna hai ab iss cheez ko (What is the point of making a big deal out of this)? There are so many people in the crowd, and we have bodyguards present too. But fans think they are getting a chance to meet, so someone extends their hands for a handshake, some kiss the hands… yeh sab deewangi hoti hai. Uspe itna dhyaan nahi dena chahiye (All this is fans’ craze, it shouldn’t be given so much attention).”
A four-time National Films Award winner, Udit has sung songs in multiple languages, including Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Bengali, Sindhi, Odia, Bhojpuri, Nepali, Malayalam and Assamese.
