Diljit Dosanjh’s Ahmedabad concert, part of his Dil-Luminati India Tour, hasn’t stopped making headlines. After Diljit called out the government’s liquor policy across the states as he was served a notice by the Telangana government, a funny video from the show has surfaced online. In the video, Diljit can be seen pausing his concert midway to address the audience. He looks surprised and asks his team to stop playing the music. He can be heard saying, “Yeh jo hotel ki balcony mein baithe hai, aap ka toh bara accha bhi hoya. Yeh hotel waale game kar gaye (Those who are sitting in the hotel balcony, this is good for you. The hotel outsmarted us). Without tickets, huh?” While Diljit was speaking, the camera zoomed in on the front view of the hotel where a large number of Diljit fans can be seen enjoying the music from their balcony.
The video was shared on Instagram by a fan. He wrote in the caption, “Gift city club vale game khel gaye.” Fans were also amused by Diljit’s words and they chimed in the comments section. A fan wrote, “Next time hotel book krenge.” Another fan wrote, “Pol khul gayi meri!” Take a look:
Prompted by the Telangana government’s notice prohibiting promotions of alcohol, drugs, and violence in his songs ahead of his Hyderabad concert, Diljit Dosanjh tweaked his songs ‘Lemonade’ and ‘5 Taara’, but called out double standards by the authorities. He, then, addressed the issue in explicit words at the Ahmedabad concert. “You close liquor shops across the country, I will stop singing songs on alcohol.” During the pandemic, everything was shut but the liquor stores were spared, he pointed out, adding, “You can’t fool the youth.”
The singer even called for a movement to ban liquor. “Let’s start a movement. If all states declare themselves as dry state, from the next day, Diljit Dosanjh will stop singing songs about alcohol in live concerts. There’s another offer. Declare dry day in whichever place I perform, I won’t sing songs about alcohol,” said the singer.
After Ahmedabad, Diljit will perform in Lucknow on November 22 as part of his Dil-Luminati Tour. He will wrap up the musical tour in Guwahati on December 29 after performing in cities like Lucknow, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Pune.