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Honey Singh recently shared the backstory of how he wrote his hit song, “Chaar Botal Vodka.” In an interaction, the singer revealed that the song was penned after he actually drank four bottles of vodka with two of his teammates in Australia. He explained that the song was written in anger after members of the Sikh community protested against his performance while he was on a world tour with Shah Rukh Khan. Honey Singh also mentioned that King Khan had warned him against releasing the song, saying, “Gaaliyan padegi tereko (You’ll get criticized for this).”
He also addressed rumours of Shah Rukh slapping him, and said in an interview with The Lallantop, “I can’t answer this here. You’ll hear about it in my documentary on Netflix.” When pressed further, he clarified, “Nothing like that happened.”
Recalling what led to him writing the song “Chaar Botal Vodka,” Honey said, “I wrote that song after drinking four bottles of vodka with two other people in Australia. I was on a world tour with Shah Rukh Khan in 2013 after Chennai Express’ release and my community, the Sikh community, started protesting. They weren’t allowing me to perform because they were like, ‘Ye gande gane banata hai (He makes dirty songs. He spoils the culture).’ Shah Rukh Khan told me that, ‘I am with you. If you are not allowed, I won’t do the world tour.’ It’s a big thing for him to even say that.”
Explaining the inception of the song, he shared, “Finally, I went on the tour. I performed. There were some 25,000-30,000 people cheering for me but there were 500 people outside who were burning my effigies. Those 500 people irritated and hurt me. After the show, my choreographer and the dancer came into my room and we started drinking. We started with one bottle. After drinking two-and-a-half bottles, I started creating the beat of the song. I decided to sing the song in a child’s accent. I thought they are telling me that I am ruining their culture, now I will make sure that I will embed this song in their breed and make sure that every kid sings it.”
Sharing Shah Rukh’s reaction after listening the song, he said, “I made Shah Rukh sir listen to the song and he told me, ‘Tu pagal hai, kya gana banaya hai. This will be a flop. Gaaliyan padege tereko (Are you mad? This will be a flop. You will get criticised).’ But I was determined mein toh aise he gaunga (I will sing it as it is).”
Honey Singh and Shah Rukh Khan worked together in Rohit Shetty’s Chennai Express. The singer wrote and composed the film’s famous hit “Lungi Dance.”
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