Rahat Fateh Ali Khan says he apologised to his student after beating him, reveals Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was very ‘strict’: ‘My dad would hit me with stones’

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan said that he apologised to his student after beating him up. He reiterated that he was deeply affected after a bottle containing holy water went missing.

By: Entertainment Desk

New Delhi | February 1, 2024 01:20 PM IST

3 min read

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan admitted to beating up his stuent.

Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan recently came in the limelight for all the wrong reasons as his video thrashing his student Naveed Hasnain was widely circulated on social media. Rahat has now addressed the allegations against him and said that he immediately apologised to Naveed. In the video, Rahat could be seen beating up Naveed mercilessly over a missing ‘bottle’.

In a podcast with YouTuber Adeel Asif, Rahat said, “I apologised to him immediately. After I apologised, he started crying saying ‘Ustad ji why are you doing this (apolgising)?” Rahat said that in the past, he has helped Naveed financially. “I have paid for his father’s heart treatment, his daughter’s operation. Even the weddings in his family… I have helped him,” he said.

Rahat again reiterated that the missing bottle had “holy water” and it held “spiritual significance”. “It is the truth that the bottle had holy water. People are not understanding the depth of that emotion. It is a spirtiual thing for me. It was a big deal for me,” he said.

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Rahat also spoke about his childhood in the podcast and said that his father, Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, use to beat him a lot. Rahat laughed as he recalled, “My father used to beat me a lot. He was like Hitler. If he ever got to know about some mistake that I have made, he would just hit me with a stone. If someone did not save me, then I would have just gotten hit with a big stone.”

When asked if he was ever beaten up as a student, Rahat said he had been in similar circumstances though he does not name his ustad (teacher) here. Rahat was one of the students of the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and said that the qawalli singer was very “strict.” “Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was very strict. He used to just give a look and the person would know that they are in for some bad news. I have never seen anyone as strict as him when it comes to music,” he said.

After the video went viral, Rahat had issued a video statement saying that this was a personal matter between a student and teacher. He said, “This is about a personal issue between an ustad and shagird. He is like my son. This is how the relationship is between a teacher and student. If a disciple does something good, I shower my love on him. If he does something wrong, he is punished.” In the same video, Naveed said, “He’s like my father. He loves us a lot. Whoever spread this video is trying to defame my ustad.”

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is known for songs like ‘O Re Piya’, ‘Mann Ki Lagan’, ‘Dil Toh Bachcha Hai’, among many others.

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