Everyone knows how crudely Pakistani artists and singers are treated in India but this makes no difference to Pakistani singer Adnan Sami who is bent upon living in India, Geo News reported.
Recently all the property of the singer was confiscated and a ban imposed on his leaving the country following a petition in Indian high court. But, Adnan Sami is still insisting on showing his association with India.
“I will manage to live in a tent in India but can’t imagine going to back to Pakistan,” he said.
Putting in oblivion the …

For the live recording of a song to be done in participation with online listeners on two popular microblogs, singer Adnan Sami garnered a whopping 475,000 participants.
The huge number of participants for Adnan’s tribute to his father that he recorded January 21 at the Yash Raj Studios, has encouraged the composer-singer to attempt a …

After winning two awards this year for the ‘Best Playback Singer’, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has now bagged the same category award for his popular song “Dil Toh Baccha Hai Jee” at the 56th Filmfare Awards held on the 29th January 2011, at Yashraj Studios, Mumbai. The Filmfare Awards have been a tribute to the grandeur and excellence of Indian cinema, and they continue to be the most awaited celebration of Hindi film industry. This time Rahat is not the only Pakistani singer nominated; Shafqat Amanat Ali and Adnan Sami …

Rubbishing media reports that 8 flats and five parking lots owned by him have been confiscated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Pakistani singer Adnan Sami said, “There is a misunderstanding that my flats have been confiscated physically. If it was so, you wouldn’t have been sitting here.” Sami was addressing the media at his 13th floor flat in Oberoi Sky Gardens building  in Andheri.
Sami’s lawyer Vaibhav Krishna stated that the adjudicating authority of the ED had, on December 21, passed an order demanding the …

The Enforcement Directorate in India on Monday confiscated eight properties and five parking spaces belonging to singer Adnan Sami under the Foreign Exchange Management Act.

According to Indian law, a foreign national cannot acquire immovable property in India (other than on lease, not exceeding five years).

The Times of India reports that the singer had acquired eight properties, in 2003, totaling 25 million Indian rupees in a housing society in Andheri, Maharashtra. The properties now belong to the Indian government.

The Enforcement Directorate has also imposed a fine of 2 million Indian rupees on the singer.

While Adnan Sami has been incessantly talking to the media about his marital discord with Sabah, she chose to remain silent. However, yesterday’s press conference by Adnan to declare that Sabah had withdrawn the charges of domestic violence against him disturbed her to no end. “The time has come for her to talk,” a friend of Sabah told Mumbai Mirror.
Although Sabah was initially reluctant, she finally agreed to tell us her side of the story. Commenting on Adnan’s claim that she had withdrawn the charges of domestic violence against him, …

She left him because she couldn’t bear to see him killing himself. He lost over 100 kg, and turned up at her doorstep a changed man. The reunion was tearful and joyous. And so Adnan Sami and Sabah would have lived happily ever after — but now they have fallen out, allegedly over her hostility towards his parents.
Sabah went to Oshiwara police on Friday, alleging that Sami had abused her and thrown her out. The singer was taken in for questioning, and he denied hitting her and said he still …

MUMBAI: Singer Adnan Sami says his wife Sabah filing a police complaint against him for abuse is the “most humiliating moment” of his life and rubbishes her allegations as he is “incapable of any violence”.
“All I can say is this has been the most humiliating moment of my life. I know I’m being accused of violence. But the truth is I’m incapable of any violence. The cops were more amused than intimidating,” Adnan said.
A non-cognisable offence was registered against Adnan at the Oshiwara police station here in the wee hours …

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Pakistani artist Adeel says he is hurt by the decision of the producer of ‘Jugaad’ to scrap the film’s promotional video featuring him – a move that came in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks.
‘I felt bad because I had worked hard on the song, ‘Kise awaz dun’, and the promotional video, which they have scrapped now. I was not even called for the music launch of the movie on Jan 2,’ Adeel told IANS on phone from Lahore.
‘I know that I was not …

Jagjit Singh said “People like him [Adnan Sami] should be sent back to Pakistan”. Adnan Sami now says he ‘can’t believe it’. HT City tried to get to the bottom of the mysterious rift brewing between the Ghazal maestro and the musician.
Reports say that when Sami decided to bring together stalwarts of Indian music for a particular track for the movie 1920, Jagjit was approached, but finally it was Kailash Kher who sang his part.
We spoke to the movie’s director Vikram Bhatt, who explains, “Initially he [Jagjit Singh] was a …