Singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh.
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Whether he sings about alcohol or not, Diljit Dosanjh manages to win his fan's hearts.
This time, the singer has wooed his fans and all of social media after he replaced the word 'alcohol' with 'coke' while performing his songs.
This change comes after the singer-actor received a notice ahead of his Hyderabad concert directing him to avoid songs related to alcohol, drugs and violence.
Sharing a video on his Instagram, Dosanjh's team proudly showed off the singer's improv skills where he used the phrase - 'Dooja kamm Coke de aa datt pattne', instead of the original - 'Dooja kamm bottlaan de datt pattne', from the song Pehle Lalkare.
Reacting to their brand name being used in the song, Coca Cola India commented: "Chautha kaam twade gaane japne!"( Fourth task is worshipping your songs).
Social media users hailed the singer for making these last minute changes as they predicted coke sales to skyrocket after the concert.
"Bro singing for fans for happiness let haters bark(sic)", wrote one user, while another said: "Awesome reply by him to troublemakers...".
Diljit abstained from signing any alcohol-themed tracks and modified lyrics of Lemonade and 5 Taara at the Hyderabad concert.
The "daaru" (alcohol) in Lemonade became 'Coke', whereas "theka" (alcohol store) in 5 Taara was replaced by 'hotel'.
Diljit also took a swipe at the notice he got from the Telangana government during his tour in Gujarat. The singer told the Ahmedabad audience: "There's some good news. I didn't get any notice today. There's more good news: I'll not sing a single song on alcohol today either. Ask me why? Because Gujarat is a dry state."
The singer said he was a teetotaler and was even willing to take a pledge to not make such songs but the governments of each state should declare themselves dry states.
"Let's do something, let's start a movement. If all states declare themselves dry states, I'll stop singing songs on alcohol from the very next day... I will stop singing about alcohol, you shut the 'thekas' in the country... I take a pledge.
"Is this possible? It's a big source of revenue. Everything was shut in corona (pandemic), except the thekas. You can't fool the youth," he can be seen saying in a video shared on Diljit's official Instagram page.
(With PTI inputs)