During the latest episode of Indian Idol 12, legendary singer Kishore Kumar's son Amit Kumar made an appearance as a celebrity guest. The episode was a Kishore Kumar special where the contestants crooned on his chartbuster hits. However, when the judges Anu Malik, Himesh Reshammiya and Neha Kakkar paid their tribute, it didn't go well with the netizens. Twitterati slammed the judges for their singing and now Amit revealed to ETimes that he 'didn't enjoy the episode at all'.
When the portal asked Kumar about the outrage by the netizens, he said, "The truth is that nobody can sing like Kishore Kumar, he was a mountain of a personality and man of many faces. The youngsters of today have no idea about him, they just know 'Roop Tera Mastana' from Aradhna."
Amit further shared, "I did what I was told. I was told sabko praise karna hai. I was told jo jaisa bhi gaaye usko uplift karna hai because it's a tribute to Kishore da. I thought it will be a homage to my father. But once there, I just followed what I was asked to do. I had told them to give me portions of the script in advance, but nothing of that sort happened."
He concluded by saying, "Frankly, I wanted to stop the episode. Do you know there was a programme K for Kishore and it came to an end after some time? Who ended it? I asked them to wind up. I told them to stop the nonsense as it was going haywire and boring."
Indian Idol 12 is currently being shot in Daman due to the coronavirus lockdown in Mumbai.
