CHANDIGARH: No songs mentioning alcohol, drugs or violence. And no “twisted words” to bypass this directive, says an ‘advisory’ issued to singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh by the Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CCPCR) ahead of his concert in the city this Saturday.
The notice comes less than a month after Telangana government clamped similar restrictions on the singer before his Dil-Luminati India tour gig in Hyderabad.
Dosanjh, scheduled to perform at Exhibition Ground in Chandigarh’s Sector 34, will be liable for penal action if the order is not complied with, the commission’s chairperson Shipra Bansal said.
Songs that refer or allude to alcohol, drugs and violence affect children of impressionable age, the panel said.
The concert organisers are required to ensure that those below 25 years – the legal drinking age in Chandigarh – are not served alcohol. Any violation is punishable under Juvenile Justice Act and other relevant laws, the notice mentions. “Other than the organiser and singer, the UT administration has been marked in a copy of the advisory,” Bansal said, adding that “it is also the responsibility of parents to make kids understand”.
Bansal said singer Karan Aujla had received a similar notice for his Dec 7 show.
Despite Telangana notice, Dosanjh singing songs with twisted lyrics: Complainant
The CCPCR advisory also cited a WHO report that highlights the perils of being exposed to high decibels. Even adults should not be exposed to sound levels above 140db. For children, the optimum is 120 db, the notice states. “It is advisable not to invite children on the stage during the live show where peak sound pressure level is above 120db, which is harmful for children.”
In Hyderabad, Diljit Dosanjh tweaked the lyrics of his songs, replacing mention of alcohol with another word. He also faced protests by right-wing organisations in Indore for reciting couplets from Rahat Indori’s poem, ‘Kisi Ke Baap Ka Hindustan Thodi Hai’, which was often heard during the anti-CAA agitation.
Both Telangana govt’s notice and CCPCR advisory to Aujla and Dosanjh were issued following complaints by Pandit Rao Dharennavar, assistant professor at Chandigarh’s Post-Graduate Govt College. “Even after the notice by Telangana’s child and women department for not performing such songs, Dosanjh has been singing those songs with twisted lyrics on the stage, which youngsters sing along with him that too in the original form. In the concert, children aged below 13 years are allowed to enter,” Dharennavar said.
The Sector 41 resident said he would also file a complaint against rapper A P Dhillon’s scheduled Dec 21 show, specifically his song ‘Old Money’ that allegedly promotes violence.
