It
started
with
a
Twitter
face-off
between
actress
Sonakshi
Sinha
and
singer
Armaan
Malik
with
the
latter
vehemently
opposing
the
idea
of
actors
singing
for
themselves
on
screen.
But
now
the
issue
has
acquired
far-reaching
ramifications.
He
said,
"It
takes
years
and
years
of
devotion
to
be
able
to
sing
and
pursue
music
to
reach
a
professional
level."
"Leave
music
and
singing,
any
art
for
that
matter
requires
that.
Millions
of
singers
are
finding
opportunities
to
work.
Imagine
how
crushed
they
would
feel
when
they
see
non-singers
getting
that
chance?!"
So
is
Armaan
calling
the
stars-turned-singers
non
singers?
"All
I
believe
in
is
putting
the
truth
out
there.
When
these
actors
sing
their
own
songs
the
average
middle
class
movie
going
public
thinks,
'If
they
can
sing,
we
can
also
sing'.The
standard
of
music
and
singing
in
our
cinema
has
fallen
so
long
because
anybody
can
sing
these
days.
"Aspiring
singers
will
stop
putting
efforts
in
learning
music,
ragas,
classical
music
and
others," he
said.
Playback
singer
Alka
Yagnik,
however
disagrees
with
Armaan.
"Why
not?
Why
shouldn't
actors
sing?
In
any
case
anybody
can
be
made
to
sound
like
a
singer
these
days,
what
with
the
help
of
advanced
technology
like
auto-tuning,"
said
Yagnik.
Ace
composer
Amit
Trivedi
agrees
with
Yagnik.
"As
long
as
the
actors
sing
really
well,
it's
all
really
good.
I
don't
have
a
problem
with
actors
singing.
Alia
Bhatt
and
Diljit
Dosanjh
have
sung
for
me," he
said.