On Sunday in Pune, singer AR Rahman was in the middle of a live performance when cops arrived. A video of the police entering the stage and ordering the act to end quickly became popular on Twitter. Following the incident, the Pune Police clarified the situation and stated that the singer-composer had gone past the 10 o’clock curfew.
AR Rahman performing at Pune.
According to reports, AR Rahman was interrupted while singing his popular song Chaiyya Chaiyya. However, according to officials, he was asked to end his performance when it was past 10 o’clock.
On Monday, the news agency ANI stated that Pune police had prevented music composer AR Rahman from singing during his concert because he had gone past the legal performance cutoff time of 10 p.m.
“Rehman was performing his last song when he realised it was 10 o’clock,” said Smartna Patil, DCP Zone 2 of the Pune Police. “Our police officers who were at the event went and located him.” told to cease singing after the allotted time had passed in accordance with Supreme Court norms.
AR Rahman tweeted images from the Pune event on Monday and assured his followers that he would return shortly. Pune!” he exclaimed. Thank you for last night’s support and fervour! Was such an emotional concert! No wonder Pune has such a large classical music community! We’ll return shortly to join you all in song once more.
The Raja Bahadur Mill neighbourhood of Pune hosted the concert. The live concert took place between 8 PM and 10 PM. The singer reportedly faced questions from law enforcement as he went past the deadline. According to Lokmat Times, AR Rahman departed the stage after being questioned about why he keeps performing in the performance until 10 p.m.
AR Rahman recently made headlines after a video surfaced in which he requested that his wife Saira Banu speak at a Chennai event in Tamil rather than Hindi.
Ponniyin Selvan: Part 2 by Mani Ratnam is among AR Rahman’s most recent compositions. He wrote the soundtrack for the movie and aggressively promoted it alongside the cast, which also starred Aishwarya Rai.