Abhijeet Bhattacharya's Anti Pakistan Views

Abhijeet has expressed outspoken views against allowing Pakistani singers in Bollywood, pointing to the lack of reciprocity from the Pakistani film industry. Together with ghazal singer Jagjit Singh, in 2003 he formally requested the government to ban Pakistani singers. In an interview in 2003, he attacked Pakistani singers Adnan Sami and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

In July 2007, he physically attacked a film-employee Union leader, accusing him of being a "pimp of Pakistani singers". The fracas was related to Abhijeet's alleged non-payment of dues to a lyricist. (Mumbai Mirror July 25, 2007) Abhiijeet has also recently attracted controversy for negative comments on rival singer Bappi Lahiri. The two men are judges on rival TV talent shows in 2007, with Lahiri's show including Pakistani contestants. In 2008, he made fun of Ek Se Badhkar Ek contestant Aneek Dhar for singing a hit song of the year sung by Pakistani singer Atif Aslam 'Pehli Nazar Mein' from Race movie. He stated he will give Aslam a zero, but aneek full marks(He gave him 7/10 eventually). Recently, he was ousted from a reality show after he insulted a Pakistani contestant and refused to judge his singing. Abhijit believes in giving work to young talents in india, rather than helping other rival countries. Abhijeet told the Mumbai Mirror, "I've given up Rs. 50 lakh only because I am fighting for a cause. Why should we promote Pakistani talent, when there is so much good talent in our country?

Source : WikiPedia