Yo Yo Honey Singh says that people nowadays have grown way too sensitive to things in response to the recent controversy over the song Besharam Rang. Besharam Rang, the first official track from the Shah Rukh Khan film Pathaan, has drawn criticism ever since it was released for featuring Deepika Padukone in a saffron bikini. Many politicians have condemned the song as offensive, and the internet has even suggested that the costumes worn by the two major performers may have a political or social undertone.
“Freedom was much more earlier. People may have been less educated but they were far more sensible. They were intellectually wiser and would take things as entertainment. They wouldn’t take anything to heart… Rahman sir had a song, ‘Rukmani Rukmani shaadi ke baad kya kya hua’ (What happened after marriage, Rukmani?)… People accepted it. I grew up listening to it, but when I made such lyrics, people started protesting. Now it’s even worse, people have become way…
