Recently, a video of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan went quite viral. In it, he was seen hitting a person named Navid Hasnain with a shoe. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was heavily criticized after this video went viral. Now the singer has expressed his reaction to this video. Speaking to Adeel Asif on the podcast, the Pakistani singer said that he apologized to Naved, whom he calls his protégé.
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has commented on the matter after voicing criticism on social media over alleged physical torture of his student. Talking about the incident, Rahat told Adeel, “I apologized to him. He started crying and said, “Ustad ji (Sir), why are you doing this?” The 49-year-old singer said, “The role of the disciple is like that of the father, there is a need to be the father of him .” the student. We just played that role.
He further said that he is helping his employee’s family by paying for his medical and wedding expenses. In the viral video, Rahat could be seen repeatedly slapping the employee and hitting him with shoes over the ‘bottle’. Many people insulted him for this, after which he clarified that it was ‘Peer Saheb ka Dum ka Paani’.
Reacting to the trolling, the Pakistani singer said, “He is my student and I admit that I abused and insulted him.” I later apologized. It’s been fine so far, but people make fun of it. But the truth is that he had my holy water. People don’t understand the gravity of the situation. This is a very serious matter for me because it concerns my spiritual leaders.
We tell you that in the video, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan can be seen hitting and slapping the person he described as his disciple. He asks her, “Where’s my bottle?”
Rahat later described the incident as an “internal matter” between an owner and his employee. Rahat had posted a video saying, “Whatever you have seen in these videos is an internal matter between a ustad (master) and a shagird (disciple). When a student does good work, it rains a lot and when he makes mistakes.” “We also punish them… I apologized to them at that moment…”