Diljit Dosanjh's manager refutes claims of non-payment by dancers

Diljit Dosanjh is a living legend who has taken Punjabi music to the whole world level. He not only rocks the Punjabi Industry but also entertains people from across the world. In the meanwhile, a recent row has erupted over background dancers' alleged non-payment.  

Recently, there was an allegation against actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh's management that they didn't pay the dues of the dancers. The dance institute owners claimed that their dancers hadn't been paid for performing as background dancers on stage with Diljit Dosanjh during his recent Dil-Luminati tour across the US and Canada.

After listening to this news, Sonali, the manager of the Diljit Dosanjh responded. She said, “Our official team never contacted Rajat Batta or Manpreet Toor who are presenting false narratives on social media. Rajat and Manpreet were not part of the Dil-Luminati Tour in any way.” Los Angeles-based choreographers and dance institute owners Rajat Batta and Manpreet Toor were the ones who leveled claims of non-payment against Diljit Dosanjh's management team.

Rajat had penned a long note on his Instagram, which stated, "While we as a Desi Dance Community are proud of a Desi Artist breaking glass ceilings and doing sold-out tours across North America... I still feel deeply disappointed that Desi Dancers are still undervalued as an industry. All of the Desi Dancers in Diljit's Dil-Luminati Tour were not paid and just expected to perform for free...Desi Dance as an industry has become a lifeblood for artists and plays a significant part in the entire ecosystem of the industry... while its choreography, stage performances, music videos, reels, to even promoting songs... It's an essential part of the production and it's disappointing to see an artist of this caliber cut corners by stepping on the throats of the Desi Dancer industry and continue to attribute to that culture. Diljit, we are very happy for your success, but your dancers should have been paid and been a part of the production budget.”

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