5 Most Controversial Musicians Who Have Made It Big In Bollywood

This composer-singer-actor has topped the music charts for a long time in spite of drawing flak for his nasal twang. Criticism about his ‘nasal singing’ upsets him (he prefers calling it high-pitched singing and the voice has changed considerably, post his vocal surgery) and Himesh once stated that no one had ever raised that point about legendary singer-musician RD Burman. The statement irked the celebrated singer Asha Bhonsle (who was married to Burman) to the level that she expressed a desire to slap Himesh for saying that. Sensing the trouble he had gotten into, Himmesh apologised for dragging the name of the legend in such a petty issue.

He is known for making both groovy and soulful music but this Kolkata-born has also been accused of 'taking' tunes from well-known global tracks. The practice went unnoticed during his early days but over the past few years, social media has brought up several stories regarding his ‘inspired’ music. Pritam has been openly criticised by all and sundry for many of his ‘clever mixes’ and ‘notorious’ lifts.

He is mostly blamed for lifting tunes, but Anu was also part of a sexual harassment controversy when co-worker Alisha Chinai filed a molestation case against him in 1995. The case was later dropped but this serious accusation harmed him enough to find him a place in this list.