It
isn't
often
that
we
see
two
entertainers
stand
up
for
one
another
in
public.
At
DJ
Aqeel's
club
Hype
on
Wednesday
night,
Akon
attended
to
wave
to
the
crowds.
A
rather
ugly
situation
was
averted
when
the
personnel
at
the
Club
tried
to
stop
composer
Aadesh
Shrivastav
from
accompanying
Akon
to
the
podium.
Akon
had
to
intervene
and
remind
the
Club's
staff
that
Aadesh
was
like
his
brother.
Says
Aadesh,
"Yes
that
was
a
rather
embarrassing
situation,
I'd
have
lost
my
temper
if
it
wasn't
for
Akon.
Akon
did
persuade
me
to
come
on
stage
with
him.
He
has
treated
me
like
a
brother
from
the
time
I
got
to
know
him
five
years
ago.
When
the
idea
of
a
Punjabi
track
came
to
me,
I
was
hesitant
to
put
it
forward
to
Akon,
considering
his
packed
schedule
in
Mumbai.
But
he
immediately
agreed."
The
Punjabi
recording
with
Akon
on
Thursday
was
a
riot
with
the
singer
savouring
the
words
to
the
fullest.
Says
Aadesh,
"I
wrote
the
lyrics
myself.
Akon
sang
the
track
about
the
kudi
who
took
away
his
kaleja
like
true
Punjabi
munda.
I
have
given
him
a
rhythm
section
consisting
of
violins,
the
daff,
a
matka,
dholak
and
table.
Akon
freaked
out."
The
singer
left
Mumbai
on
Thursday
night.
Aadesh
Shrivastav
said,
"The
craze
for
Akon
singing
in
any
language
is
phenomenal.
You've
to
judge
how
popular
Akon
is
among
youngsters
in
Mumbai
by
the
crowds
that
gathered
for
him."