Singer defends himself after video goes viral of kissing fans: 'Not sleazy or secret‘

Indian vocalist Udit Narayan offered a bizarre defence aft a video of him kissing pistillate fans during a show went viral connected social media, describing his actions arsenic an “act of axenic affection”.

The video showed the seasoned vocalist performing a fashionable opus from the 1994 Bollywood movie Mohra.

As helium sang a fewer pistillate fans moved adjacent to the signifier for selfies. Narayan posed for their cameras and kissed the fans connected the cheeks. A fewer seconds later, different pistillate instrumentality requested a selfie and kissed Narayan connected the cheek. Narayan responded by kissing her connected the lips.

It was unclear erstwhile and wherever the show took place. Narayan said successful an interrogation it took spot “some months agone successful the US oregon Canada”.

Fans reacted with disapproval to the video, calling the singer’s behaviour “creepy arsenic hell”.

Narayan defended his actions saying they were a “manifestation of the emotion betwixt my fans and I”. “Why would I bash thing present astatine this signifier of my beingness erstwhile I person achieved it all? People each implicit the satellite throng to my concerts. Tickets are pre-sold months successful advance. There is simply a heavy axenic and unbreakable enslaved betwixt my fans and I. What you saw successful the alleged scandalous video was a manifestation of the emotion betwixt my fans and I,” helium told Indian amusement outlet Bollywood Hungama.

“They emotion me. I emotion them backmost adjacent more.”

Asked whether helium was “embarrassed oregon ashamed”, the vocalist replied successful the negative.

“No, not astatine all! Why should I be? Do you perceive immoderate regret oregon sorrow successful my voice? In fact, I americium laughing arsenic I speech to you. It is not thing sleazy oregon secret. It is determination successful the nationalist domain,” helium said.

“My bosom is pure. If immoderate radical privation to spot thing soiled successful my enactment of axenic affection, past I consciousness atrocious for them. I besides privation to convey them.”

In different interrogation to HT City, Narayan said thing astir his actions and alternatively seemed to suggest helium wasn’t excessively bothered by the reaction.

“Fans tin beryllium truly crazy. We are not similar this, we are decent people. Some radical promote this and amusement their emotion done this. Why fuss making it a large deal?” helium said successful Hindi.

“There are truthful galore radical successful the crowd, and we person bodyguards contiguous too. But fans deliberation they are getting a accidental to meet, truthful idiosyncratic extends their hands for a handshake, immoderate buss the hands. It’s each craziness. There’s nary request to wage excessively overmuch attraction to it.”

Narayan besides seemed to suggest determination was an “ulterior motive” down the controversy, telling HT City: “My family's representation is specified that everyone wants (a contention to happen).”

The Independent has reached retired to Narayan’s representatives for comment.

Narayan is 1 of Bollywood’s astir well-known playback singers, having been the on-screen singing dependable for superstars similar Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar done the 1990s and aboriginal 2000s.