Music and politics should remain separate: Sachin Gupta

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New Delhi, Dec 9 (PTI) As tensions between India and Pakistan rise over the Mumbai terror attacks, Bollywood music director Sachin Gupta feels that music should not become a victim of any hostility between the two neighbours and should be kept away from the politics. The music director, who has worked with famous Pakistani singers like Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Atif Aslam, said, "Music has nothing to do with politics. All I have to say is music and politics should remain separate." Sounding quite contrary to singer Abhijeet, who had once said that all the Pakistani artists should be banned here, Gupta said, "Music cannot be branded as Indian and Pakistani." Gupta has given music to film 'Dil Kabbadi', his debut in Bollywood, a romantic comedy starring Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen, Rahul Bose and Soha Ali Khan. The film has eight soundtracks and it was released on December 5th across the country.

Reacting to the observations that the music in 'Dil Kabaddi' has a Pakistani feel, he said, "Such observations come from people who are ignorant of music.

"The so called Pakistani sound in Atif Aslam's songs are created by me. I gave the music for his hit 'Doorie'. But just because the singer is from Pakistan people say it sounds Pakistani," the music director added.

Sachin who has worked in many albums with artists like Alisha Chenoy and Apache Indian, said working in 'Dil Kabaddi' was a great experience.

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