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Racy Sunny Leone features in Ali Azmat’s song – so what?
The outspoken rock star talks about his track for the infamous new film Jism 2.
Ali Azmat: So what if my song features a porn star?
KARACHI:
Ali Azmat is a true Pakistani rock star. Where his grooves and music never fail to impress us, his peculiar quirks and extreme-right political views simply add to his eccentric personality. But this time around, it’s not his political ideology that has brought him into the limelight – it’s the songs he has sung for the freshly released, racy B-town film, Jism 2.
The new erotic thriller has proved to be popular at the Indian box office, raking in a staggering INR210 million on its opening weekend. The film falls under the Jism brand as a sequel to the movie released nine years ago, starring the steamy duo of Bipasha Basu and John Abraham. While some believe it is nothing more than erotica – with the new film starring Indian-Canadian adult film actor Sunny Leone in more than one ‘compromising’ position – others feel there is more to it than meets the eye. Either way, it has created quite a buzz in Bollywood, which is seeping over to Pakistan as one of the most renowned rock stars of the country has lent his voice to songs in the steamy new film.
In an interview with The Express Tribune, Ali Azmat sheds some light on his latest venture and some issues of ‘morality’ that answer the question: “Haw! How could he!?”
“The songs that are usually running on television are no less than porn clips,” says Azmat in a straightforward manner. “So what if the video features an actual porn star?” he asks, referring to Leone.
“What my Muslim brothers are already watching on television does not even come close to what you may call sharafat,” he laughs. “Look at what Veena Malik is doing; look at what other Pakistani heroines are doing and the way their videos are being shot – I don’t think that follows any pattern of morality,” he adds.
Azmat further insists that while he feels that singing for Jism 2 has been an exciting Bollywood venture for him, it is not his place to guide the moral compass on the matter since it was not his project but a friendly endeavor he did for his peers. “Both actor Dino Morea and director Pooja Bhatt are dear friends,” he says diplomatically. “It is a project that I have done for them, whatever they do with the video is not in my control.”
Azmat’s steamy numbers, “Yeh Jism Hai Tau Kiya” and “Maula” for Jism 2 have received brilliant response so far. While he is satisfied with the outcome, he also seems concerned about some of his other projects. “I had given four songs to Bollywood, three of them were my own, which even included “Teri Parchahiyan”, and one I had done as a playback singer. But since those films have been delayed and the contract is now void, I am looking forward to reselling them,” says Azmat .
As far as his solo career is concerned, his fans will be disappointed to learn that he doesn’t plan to release an album any time soon. “We are not really taking out an album because there is no use of taking one out,” says Azmat, “The record label model is changing not only in Pakistan but all over the world so in the near future you’ll see a lot of singles and their videos and there will be an album, but not very soon.”
On a separate note, Azmat says he feels honoured to be a part of prestigious projects like Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist and wishes its team the best of luck for all their endeavours. “Mohsin Hamid is a good friend. He and Mira Nair were gracious enough to come and talk to me about the song and I feel honoured to be part of a film that is opening at the Venice Film Festival.”
As provocative as Jism 2 may be, Ali Azmat does not fall short either. Be it through his music or his remarks, Pakistan’s rock star does not fail to entertain.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 8th, 2012.
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thats it this lady from p*rn to bollywood and now from bolloywood to pakistans muzic .. i am against her type of actress thats why . one they dirty their hands they put that dirt every where.
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ali azmat sb your role model zaid hamid may not like it……
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Ali azmat was supposed to be singing for zaid hamid.
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One of songs has composition stolen from the turkish song but anyway Ali sang it very well!
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This seems in line with the policy of PTI and poetry of Allama Iqbal
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sasta.
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“Both actor Dino Morea and director Pooja Bhatt are dear friends,” he says diplomatically.
Right!!! It had nothing to do with the fact that hit Bollywood songs significantly improves a Pakistani singers market rate for international shows.
Incidentally when Ali Azmat performed in Dallas – where I live, less than 300 people showed up to listen to him. When Atif Aslam performs almost once every 2 years, he is able to get more than 5000 people to attend. The commonality between both singers? Both are pop icons in Pakistan. The difference between Atif Aslam and Ali Azmat? Atif has many hit Bollywood songs and Ali Azmat does not.
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i just love this guy,strraight forward like a rock,such an attractive personality
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Uh-oh. Zaid Hamid expected better from you, Ali! Looks like we’ll need another ‘Astaghfaar’ soon. LOL.
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Love his singing skills…rest of it…well who cares:)
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@gp65: Atif and pop icon ?have u lost your mind. This guy atif is the worst singer on the planet.about giving bollywood hits he’s made a mess of these songs.He’s working in india bcoz he’s pakistani.Recommend
if mithara can do a live show than why not sunny…
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As an Indian, I find Ali million times better singer than Atif Aslam. Actually, Ali should have been in Bollywood much before Atif. I wonder how Atif made a place for himself, probably a few like him for his variety.
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Or karoo Porn Ban!!!
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It seems you to leave either Islam or Bollywood …Oh..grow up…Music is Music , doesn’t matter whether porn music or Devotional music . How many of us think about blood diamond before using it ? However Islam can say something different….
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This just reaffirms my belief that Pakistani Musicians (all most all of them) with any Ideology should not be taken seriously.
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@Pinto: “@gp65: Atif and pop icon ?have u lost your mind. This guy atif is the worst singer on the planet.about giving bollywood hits he’s made a mess of these songs.He’s working in india bcoz he’s pakistani.”
I did not provide my opinion about Atif’s singing. I stated that he is a pop icon in Pakistan and that IS a fact whether you or I like his singing or not. As such there are several Pakistani singers I like a lot ( Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shafqat Amanat Ali, Abida Parveen, Farida Khannum) – I don’t care for Atif Aslam at all but my opinion does not change his popularity.
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These liberals want us to accept every dirty/vulgar thing.
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Go ahead Ali bhai…you will remain as the icon
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He has a point about what media is showing these days. If Veena can host a Ramzan show, why not Sunny Leone in a music video/song.
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@Ali: “He has a point about what media is showing these days. If Veena can host a Ramzan show, why not Sunny Leone in a music video/song.”
IT is irrelevant what media is showing. What is relevant is the values that he has been spouting. and his actions are inconsistent with his words.
By the way, Pakistani people made sure that Veena Malik was not allowed to host a Ramzan show, so using that as justification is irrelevant. Also the decision to hire Sunny Leone was with te film producers – never one for Ali Azmat could make. The only decision he COULD have made is to not get associated with a movie where a porn start was acting. But chose not to make the decision.
TO summarize, I do not judge Ali Azmat for being associated with porn star video. I do judge him for his big time double standards.
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He is comparing himself to the likes of Veena Malik. I am sure he sometimes regret not being born as her? that certainly must have meant much more money. Now you have to suffice with Zaid Hamid in Pakistan and porn movies in India dear. Bad luck for you.
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@Complex
Nobody is asking for you to accept anything. You are irrelevant.
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A cheap stunt by ALi Azmat to gain fame n popularity amongst Indians. What a shame this news popped up in the Holy month of Ramadan.
What better can be expected of this nation if the main stream respresentatives are like this way? simply awful!!
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Leave it to Ali Azmat to propogate wild conspiracy theories about India and Israel undermining Pakistan’s interests and Pakistan being the fort of Islam etc. and then selling his song to be used in an Indian movie starring a p*rn actress. If your a sellout, atleast be honest about it and don’t insult our intelligence. He embodies the hypocrisy exhibited by the rest of the country.
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@gp65, Ali Azmat performed in the House of Blues Houston in June and it was sold out. Obviously you guys need a better venue in Dallas. It has nothing to do with bad Bollywood music.
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Zaid Hamid will be announcing punishment of lashes for Ali Azmat. I wonder where’s he these days,never heard him saying anything about the water car either.
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She is an just an actress….and thats all. Such type of reporting causes useless storm in a teacup. And if we measure all the actresses by gauge of our religion, they all are bad girls whether they belong to adult entertainment or regular one.
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Well..It is Indian society which is a liberal one .So , we can accept prosties in our movies also…But some section of people fight whether to drink alcohols or not when man has reached Mars…Recommend
Extreme right political views…. casts a porn star in his video (akin to condoning it)…
This man is seriously confused
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and Ali will never bothered to read your comments! or give a damn ..
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@zubair:
please explain your statement. Are you saying that Allama Iqbal and PTI encourage vulgarity and what Allama Iqbal said was totally the opp what he did?
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This is a jewish conspiracy to make Pakistan a market for porn films. Beware!
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@Rizwan
Kindly refer to the meaning of “Sarcasm” in Oxford English Dictionary
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what ever be her background but she is extremely beautiful.
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Wouldn’t Pakistanis watching music videos by porn actresses distract them from preparing for the mother of all battles.. gazwa-e-Hind?? How can Ali Azmat willingly become a part of this raw-Mossad-CIA conspiracy to lull the people of Pakistan into complacency by seducing them with porn actresses? :-)
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argh
TMI bro
We didn’t need to know that music videos turn you on.
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this guy ali azmat is a hypocrite and a big mouth.One day will sit on Tv and lecture on Islam spew poison at india and then he will hire somebody like sunny who is of indian origin but canadian by birth and nationality.He is the guy who advocate implementing sharia.He also have objections with veena malick because she has exposed so called pakistani culture.This guy irritates me no end.
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I love Sunny Leone. She is so beautiful and now is my friend along with the Bhatt camp.Recommend
And Mr. Azmat was giving lectures on Ghazwa-e-Hind and marde-e-momin, and people were actually supporting him
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She is amazingly hot though. A google search shall help. ;)
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@TightChuddhi:
Sir, we are already one of the biggest markets for porn films without any help from the Jewish people. Our sex crazed nation has the most hits for porn and nudity on the internet as it is.
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Maybe ET should do an article on daily needs of Pakistani people in life style section. Like ” What to do when you’re being paraded naked in your village”
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What is the difference? Women are paraded naked on streets, Sunny, with no force, gives a parade naked in movies. But I like Ali Azmet’s song in the movie, eventhough he is Hazmat (hazard material).
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Atif should sing for sharukh khan ..Recommend