Rabbi Shergill Says Entertainment Is Crowding Out Art

MUMBAI-Known for hits such as “Bulla Ki Jaana”, “Tere Bin”, “Challa” and “Heer”, singer-songwriter Rabbi Shergill, who a decade ago said that art was slowly losing space to entertainment, feels little has changed and that there is “a little less space for art.”

Reflecting on his earlier observation that “art is slowly dying and entertainment is taking its place,” Shergill said he still feels there is less space for art today.

“I think this has become a little subjective. My opinion is that, by and large, there is a little less space for art,” said Shergill.

He pointed to the lack of political songs and films over the past decade as one indication of the changing space for art.

“And I feel that, you can imagine, have you heard any political song in the last 10 years? Have you seen any political film in the last 10 years? So, these are some of the questions I think the viewers, the beginners, can answer themselves.”

Shergill, whose music has drawn from rock, Punjabi and Sufi traditions, concluded: “I feel that art has disappeared a little.” (IANS)