The pain of qawwal maestro Amjad Sabri’s death is still fresh. The tragic incident took the world by storm, pushing more than a handful of celebrities to speak up on the issue of security - that it was about time the authorities realized the value of an artist’s life.
The pain of qawwal maestro Amjad Sabri’s death is still fresh. The tragic incident took the world by storm, pushing more than a handful of celebrities to speak up on the issue of security - that it was about time the authorities realized the value of an artist’s life.
Singer Adnan Sami, who earlier got into a legal rift with the late Amjab Sabri over the rights of his father’s famous qawwali ‘Bhar Do Jholi Meri’, recently reacted to Sabri’s untimely tragic death and spoke about artists being messengers of peace.
“‘It’s a very tragic thing,” Sami told IANS. “Musicians, irrespective of the place they belong to, are messengers of peace. When you start to silence messengers of peace, then I think you need to wake up and smell the coffee because it’s staring you in the face. It’s a dilapidated state of affairs.”
Sami gave the comment after his first live performance at the Gardens Galleria in Delhi over the weekend, where he also revealed that he was soon going to make his debut as an actor.
“I am going to concentrate more on films right now. I am also going to debut as an actor. I am pretty excited about it,” he told The Statesman. “I’ve done quite a few songs as well. The business has changed, but the music is there. I hope the independent scene also picks up. Music in itself is in a pretty good zone right now.”
