Indian Idol 12: Vishal Dadlani apologises for the goof-up over Lata Mangeshkar’s Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon song

Music-composer and singer, Vishal Dadlani, who is one of the judges of ‘Indian Idol 12’ received criticism for his recent gaffe on the singing reality show. It was over Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon song. It so happened that while giving his feedback to one of the contestants who performed the Lata Mangeshkar’s patriotic song, Vishal told the contestant that the song was sung by Lata Mangeshkar for India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in 1947.

Post this, Vishal had to face flak from netizens and #DadlaniFacts started trending on Twitter. They started trolling him asking him to check the facts before making such statements. After facing backlash and trolls, Vishal took to his Twitter handle and apologised for the goof-up.

Vishal wrote, “I see a few right-wingers “offended” by my messing up the date of “Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon” being sung to Pt. Nehru. I apologise for my error.”

Check out his tweet here.

I see a few right-wingers “offended” by my messing up the date of “Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon” being sung to Pt. Nehru. I apologise for my error.

These “staunch Nationalists” didn’t say a thing when #Chornab celebrated the deaths of 40 Indian soldiers in #Pulwama as a TRP win. Odd.

— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) January 25, 2021

In another tweet, replying to the trolls, Vishal wrote, “Yeh #DadlaniFacts trend karwa lo! If you can! Love the hashtag!” He also added that he will retweet the funny ones.

Yaar BJP ke phukatiya 2-rupee trolls, yeh #DadlaniFacts trend karwa lo! If you can! Love the hashtag! ?????

I’ll even retweet the really funny ones, come on!

— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) January 25, 2021

For the unversed, Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon song was sung by Lata Mangeshkar to honour our Indian soldiers who sacrificed their lives during the Indo-China war in 1962. This patriotic song was first performed by Lata ji on Republic Day in 1963 at the National Stadium in New Delhi.

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