AP Dhillon Slams Bollywood, Claims 'Certain Actors Exploit The Artists...'

Punjabi singer AP Dhillon has been entertaining the audience by delivering several chart topping hits. Some of his popular songs include Brown Munde, Dil Nu, Excuses, among others. However, the singer slammed Bollywood and revealed why he never sung for the industry. AP claimed that certain actors in Bollywood 1 "exploit" artists.

AP Dhillon said, "I’ll tell you why I’ve never done a Bollywood song yet. It’s only because I care for my people. It’s not about Bollywood. I want to set an example for my people. I told them that I’m happy to do a song for them, but they must first change the way they do business. They exploit the song and the artiste for their own profit. I don’t want to take names, but a couple of huge actors said that they want my music in their film. I made the song; we even had the scene in mind. But they want to own the song, they want the rights to the song, the remix rights, they want to exploit. That’s not correct."

"So, I told them that until they change this, I can’t do a song with them. If I do it, then junior artistes will also have to do it, and I don’t want them to. I don’t want a young artiste to lose out on their source of income by selling their hit song. I don’t want them to be exploited. But the only problem is that the other A-listers are still giving songs," he further added.

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AP Dhillon recently addressed the ongoing debate around Punjabi artists contributing to Bollywood, expressing concern over the lack of collective action. He emphasised that unless more Punjabi singers take a firm stand and say "no" to Bollywood offers, there will be no meaningful change. According to Dhillon, even if he refuses to work with certain producers, they would simply move on to the next prominent Punjabi artist—of which he believes there are only “three or four.”

While Punjabi music has become a staple in Bollywood, with stars like Diljit Dosanjh, Karan Aujla, Honey Singh, and Badshah delivering numerous hit songs, Dhillon has consciously chosen to keep his distance. Unlike many of his peers, he has yet to lend his voice directly to the Bollywood industry.

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However, he recently made an exception by collaborating with acclaimed singer Shreya Ghoshal on the track Thodi Si Daaru, which also featured actress Tara Sutaria.