Kutle Khan clarifies Shilpa Rao Incident: Interrupted Performance at Bollywood Music Project

Singer Kutle Khan has given response to the current controversy related with Shilpa Rao’s performance at the Bollywood Music Project. The problem arised when her performance was interrupted not allowing her to conclude her performance. The event that happened on 24h October in Mumbai, made Kutle Khan getting slammed for starting his performance, even when Shilpa did not finish. Well, the singer has now come up with his response to the issue. Kutle

Khan Clarifies Shilpa Rao Incident | Says He Only Followed the BMP Organisers Instructions

Shilpa Rao Mic Cut Off: According to Kutle, the singers were given the fixed time to perform. Hence, he only adheres to what he was supposed to do per their instructions. The singer further shared his perspective that the timings given to singers applied same to Shilpa. When her performance ran past the given time, her microphone was cut off which followed by switching off the stage lights.

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Shilpa Rao Controversy | Kutle Says He Had No Knowledge of the Incident

During the moment, Kutle came into scene and took the stage to perform. It was then when Shilpa who did not finished his performance felt bad when her performance was interrupted. However, Kutle had said that his team cannot be held responsible for it. Only festival organisers had the knowledge of what went wrong.

Kutle Khan Statement on His Performance Time

Talking about scheduled time, Kutle said that the timing for his performance was reduced to eight minutes. Since he had to obey the instructions of organisers he accepted the timeline of his performance.

Shilpa Rao Concert | Kutle Expresses Disappointment

Rajasthani singer Kutle Khan even said that he even allowed Shilpa Rao to continue with her performance after pausing his performance. He said the singer even applauded his performance, but heard someone through his in-ear monitor requesting him to continue singing. Kutle did expressed that he felt bad for Shilpa, whom he considers as his close friend, and is like sister to him. He calls trolling an unfortunate and never wanted it to happen. This is all he wished to say on his behalf regarding the BMP incident.

Singer Shilpa Rao Shares Her Disappointment on Instagram

Shilpa Rao is a well-known singer who began her playback singing career in 2007 and became a familiar voice with the song Tose Naina from the film Anwar. After that, she rose to fame with Bollywood hits including

• Khuda Jaane from Ranbir Kapoor's Bachna Ae Haseeno

• Bulleya from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

• Ghungroo Toot Gaye from War

• Chaleya from Shahrukh Khan's Jawan

She also received a National Film Award for this song (Chaleya), further cementing her status as one of the top playback singers in Indian cinema. After an annoying incident at a BMP event in Mumbai, the National Film Award winner wrote:

Singer Shilpa Rao Shares Her Disappointment on Instagram

BMP Organisers Renders Apology

BMP organisers apologised to singer Shilpa Rao for the unpleasant experience she had gone through during the event. Their statement read:

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