What! AR Rahman’s Pune-Concert Halted By Police; Cops Climb The Stage To Interrupt The Singer; Here’s Why!
AR Rahman was singing the song Chaiyaa Chaiyaa, when the cops entered the stage to stop the performance
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Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman was recently spotted performing live in Pune. However, his concert was interrupted by the Pune Police, and several videos of the same have made it to the internet. Soon after the social media users shared their discontent, Pune Police issued a clarification stating that the composer had exceeded the 10 pm deadline.
“Pune Police stopped music maestro AR Rahman from singing during his concert last night after he continued to perform beyond the permissible time of 10 pm,” news agency ANI tweeted, on Monday. ALSO READ | SHOCKING! AR Rahman’s Son AR Ameen Barely Escapes SEVERE Injuries While Shooting For A Song; Says, ‘My Team And I Are Unable To Recover From Trauma’
Extremely disappointing of #PunePolice to shut down #ARRahman ‘s concert in #Pune at 10.14PM. While the rule of 10pm cutoff is understood, this is nt how a visiting artist of his stature should hav been treated. He was almost on his finale song when this happened👇🏻cc @CPPuneCity pic.twitter.com/HYEor4wiYX
— Irfan (@IrfanmSayed) April 30, 2023
Meanwhile, amid the discord amongst the fans, a video of the cops stopping AR Rahman’s performance has been going viral on social media. A fan shared the video and expressed his disappointment, and wrote, “Extremely disappointing of #PunePolice to shut down #ARRahman ‘s concert in #Pune at 10.14 PM. While the rule of the 10 pm cutoff is understood, this isn't how a visiting artist of his stature should have been treated. He was almost on his finale song when this happened.”
In another video, the singer can be seen singing the song Chaiyaa Chaiyaa, and cops entered the stage to stop the performance. As per the latest reports, singer AR Rahman was also questioned as to why he didn’t stop the concert after the deadline after the concert was halted by the cops.
Just to add the 3 hour show started at 7.16pm due to lack of darkness n was expected 2 get over around 10.15pm. Usually the last song of concert is #VandeMataram this one👇🏻is from Feb 2020 wagholi, #puneconcert . today’s situation could have been handled more sensitively pic.twitter.com/uwkBE9vrBt
— Irfan (@IrfanmSayed) April 30, 2023
Pune Police issued a clarification shortly after the incident and stated that while the actor was singing he did not realize that it was already past 10 pm, hence the police official interrupted the show and conveyed to him that the deadline needed to be followed as per the SC guidelines.
“Rahman was singing his last song, and while singing he did not realize that it was already past 10 pm, so our police official who was at the venue went and conveyed to him the deadline to be followed as per the SC guidelines after that he stopped singing,” Smart and Patil, DCP Zone 2 were quoted as saying by Hindustan Times. ALSO READ | AR Rahman Asks Wife Saira Banu To Speak In Tamil Instead Of Hindi, Leaves Internet Divided; Netizens Say, ‘See How Male Domination Goes On’
AR Rahman’s concert was held at Raja Bahadur Mill area in Pune and the timings of the event were from 8-10 pm.
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