Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
untimely
demise
has
ignited
the
debate
on
nepotism,
lobbying
and
camp-ism
in
the
film
industry.
Amid
this,
playback
singer
Sonu
Nigam
recently
engaged
in
a
verbal
war
with
T-series
head
honcho
Bhushan
Kumar's
actress-wife
Divya
Khosla
Kumar.
The
war-of-words
started
after
Sonu
accused
Bhushan
Kumar
of
maligning
his
name
for
speaking
out
against
favouritism
in
the
music
industry.
In
his
video,
Sonu
had
warned
Bhushan
that
he
is
messing
with
the
wrong
person
and
said,
"Hope
you
remember
Marina
Kuwar.
I
don't
know
why
she
backed
out,
though
the
media
knows.
That's
how
mafia
functions.
I
still
have
her
video.
Now
if
you
mess
with
me,
I
will
post
that
video
on
my
YouTube
channel.
Don't
you
dare
mess
with
me."
Now,
Sona
Mohapatra
has
slammed
Sonu
Nigam
for
defending
Anu
Malik
and
his
recent
revelation
about
being
in
possession
of
a
certain
Marina
Kuwar
video.
Anu
was
accused
by
multiple
women
during
the
#MeToo
movement.
In
a
series
of
tweets,
Sona
lashed
out
at
Sonu
Nigam
for
intentionally
withholding
evidence
against
the
said
accused.
She
tweeted,
"Did
anyone
care
that
#SonuNigam
publicly
defended
a
multiple
accused
@IndiaMeToo
predator
Anu
Malik
&
now
claims
to
being
in
the
possession
&
yet
suppressing
a
video
with
incriminating
evidence
of
another
case?
Do
we
really
want
the
industry
to
get
better?
#LetsTalk
#India.
🙏🏾🧚🏿♀️."
Her
next
tweet
read,
"The
Indian
music
industry
has
always
been
a
subset,an
extension
of
the
film
industry
&
hence
places
too
much
emphasis
on
film
music
&
mirrors
the
systemic
problems
of
the
film
industry
too.This
has
created
a
chronic
lack
of
variety,
quality
&
cultural
influence
in
the
recent
past."
Speaking
about
how
a
new
talent
is
strangled
in
the
industry,
Sona
continued,
"Strangling
any
chance
that
real
upcoming
talent
has
considering
a
handful
call
the
shots
with
bullies
leading
the
pack.
Almost
everyone
in
the
entertainment
industry,
no
matter
how
rich
or
successful,
seems
to
have
a
'struggler'
mindset,
they
refuse
to
feel
secure."
Asking
veteran
singers
like
Sonu
Nigam
to
support
new
talents,
Sona
wrote,
"This
has
led
to
a
myopic,
short
term
view
of
the
overall
future
of
growing
the
industry
because
that
can
only
happen
by
nurturing
genuine
talent
of
many
hues
&
investing
in
the
stars
of
tomorrow.
Veterans
like
Sonu
could
help
by
being
helpful
to
other
upcoming
talent
too."
Sona
Mohapatra
also
threw
light
on
the
gender
disparity
in
the
music
industry
and
wrote,
"The
gatekeepers,tastemakers
of
the
industry
would
only
benefit
by
adopting
more
inclusive
practices
that
welcome
diversity.
The
gender
disparity
itself
is
telling,
there
are
no
more
than
8
odd
songs
in
female
voices
for
every
100
released
in
the
mainstream."
We
wonder
what
Sonu
Nigam
has
to
say
about
Sona
Mohapatra's
tweets!