Shaan Sang Bengali Song At Assam Concert, Crowd Threw Stones And Paper Balls, This Is How Her Responded
Art doesn’t have any boundaries, especially music which supposed to mend the fences and bring peace among communities. However, it is just a saying, it is up to people to implement it. If we go by the actions of people at a recent concert of popular Bollywood singer Shaan, it doesn’t look good.
On October 29, Shaan was performing at a private concert at Sarusajai stadium, Guwahati, Assam. According to the reports floating around on social media and internet, Shaan was physically assaulted by the crowd present at his concert, as they threw stones and paper balls at the singer when he sang a Bengali song.
Assam: Stones and paper balls were pelted at Singer Shaan during a concert in Guwahati's Sarusajai stadium yesterday after he sang a Bengali song. 'Please respect the performer' Shaan told the crowd. pic.twitter.com/SRaAvmyOa5
— ANI (@ANI) October 30, 2018
A video from the concert went viral on social media and the internet. In the video, one can hear people shouting “This is Assam, not Bengal” and throwing stones at the popular Bollywood singer. The singer responded to the crowd asking them to not make it political and don’t treat an artist in such a manner.
Shaan further requested his crowd to respect the artist. He then stopped the performance and went backstage. In the meanwhile, he told the crowd that he was performing despite having a fever. Nonetheless, he came to stage to perform after the organizers requested him to do so.
Twitter is mighty angry with the people, as they slammed the crowd for their poor behavior with a performer. Check out some of the reactions down below.
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https://twitter.com/AtulDas90899173/status/1057316366238150656
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https://twitter.com/sanjukalna/status/1057213665269571585
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It's a shame to entire Assamese people for this incident
— sailok (@Paharimukhapad2) October 30, 2018
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Its really a shameful act… Its not abt Assam or Bengal… Its abt India… We are Indians and not respecting another Indians…
— Prakriti Pal (@PrakritiPal1) October 31, 2018
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https://twitter.com/spssohini/status/1057316840446324736
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Worst class of mentality shown by Assamese people.
— Rajib (@Rjb84Das) October 30, 2018
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This way we plan to become a tourist hub? Law & order situation in decline for sure.. @assampolice should be more vigilant and take strict action against such antisocial elements.. we cannot grow with gaator bhekuli mindset..
— Andeep Bhattacharjee (@andeep999) October 29, 2018
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Shameful Indeed. I Am Not A Guwahatian But As An Assamese, Pl Accept Our Sincere Apologies @singer_shaan.
Music Never Has Any Language Boundary.
The Miscreants Should Be Punished.
Chauvinism Of This Kind Is Condemnable In Strong Words.
Assamese Zubeen More Popular In Bengal.
— Mafuzur Rahman (@DrMafuzur) October 29, 2018
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https://twitter.com/NeelakshiBorah/status/1057139363467927552
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@singer_shaan Shaan da sorry for what happen in Guwahati… We all are very sorry… Love you Shaan da…
— Chao Vikram Gogoi (@Chao_V06) October 29, 2018
However, Shaan took to Twitter to clarify the matter. Slamming the media for spreading complete lies, the singer told that only one person pelted paper ball. He asked everyone to stop spreading lies and speculations. Shaan tweeted,
“Complete lies!!! One Paper ticket folded up was thrown on stage by One Person after vigorously gestering and shouting to stop singing.. That’s all… please stop these wild speculations and lies 🙏”
https://twitter.com/singer_shaan/status/1057176604789620736
He further added he loved Assam Tour and tarnishing the image of a state based on one incident is wrong. He tweeted,
“Just for the records … loved my Assam Tour!! Saw the most fascinating sights… made new friends.. had huge turnouts at every concert.. Over one unfortunate incident it would be Very Wrong to Tarnish this Beautiful State!!! Whatever happened was in the heat of the moment 🙏”
https://twitter.com/singer_shaan/status/1056992475305463809
It’s wrong to spread lies. We request everyone to not believe in whatever you see on the internet.
What do you think?