This is… This is DJ Honey.
Which track did you play?
- Dialogues from Gadar… - He's telling the truth…
It's connected to base…
And "Dooms Knight" with it. I made a patriotic remix.
This is DJ Honey's… father.
We've just reached his home.
Our channel has come to know that
you'd thrown all his equipment out last week?
- No! - No, we hadn't.
Our channel catches on pretty quickly.
I'm not the son of a musician, or a famous music director or singer.
I'm an ordinary boy from a normal family.
He only used to say that "I'm going to do something big,
and I will make all of you proud."
But I had no idea that he's going to be…
Yo Yo Honey Singh.
Honey Singh! Honey Singh!
At first glance, I knew that, "This is the guy."
What we heard back in that era…
This was quite different from that. Way more advanced.
Many people have seen fame in their lives, many have seen popularity.
But no one else in this world is Honey Singh.
Everybody, ready?
He moved the sort of cultural gravity for Indian pop music.
He made Punjabi music cool in the rest of India.
So many artists today have found recognition
because of the doors Honey Bhai has opened.
He tapped into that aspirational thing that,
"I'm going to be a brown guy going abroad,
making the same videos we see Black and white American guys doing."
His songs were playing at every club, every wedding.
When a song plays at a wedding, that's when you know you're a hit.
When that song plays on a tractor, that's when you know, you're a hit.
Honey has got this one superb thing
which nobody else has.
Which is, "Yo Yo Honey Singh!"
Honey Singh used to be India's most popular rapper.
But suddenly, Honey Singh went far away from songs and films.
"Such shamelessness only comes from bad upbringing."
Honey Singh is the reason why rapes take place…
Drag his mother to the streets.
Honey Singh was slapped by Shah Rukh Khan…
Yo Yo Honey Singh is battling drug addiction…
…accused of domestic violence by his wife.
A figure of controversy, a figure of drama…
Yo Yo Honey Singh has disappeared from the Bollywood music scene.
- Where has he disappeared? - He looks exhausted…
Will Honey Singh's comeback even happen?
- Is he in rehab? - Will he be seen again?
After all, what happened to Honey Singh?
Now I'll tell you what happened nine years later.
I'm going to reveal on camera something that no one knows.
No one at all.
Bloody fuck!
Look at my fucking veins.
Zack, old days are back!
Hey, not going back!
- Everybody, make some noise! - Let's start with "Haaye Mera Dil."
I'm coming back after seven years.
People had started saying, "Honey Singh is over.
His songs aren't working. He's become fat…
They've sent him to the asylum."
That's where I'm coming from.
For seven years, I locked myself in a room and waited,
fearing something might happen.
Fuck that shit. Get out. Nothing will happen.
That's when I stepped out.
Everybody make some noise!
Love you, Honey paaji!
My alarm was set for 10:00 a.m. I woke up at 1:00 p.m.
And in order to function well, I need about four hours after I wake up.
I can't speak or meet anyone.
I fade in, slowly.
All because of the medication. Yesterday, I slept at 5:00 a.m.
Even before that.
Basically, the medication puts me into a deep sleep.
So, sleep is very important for me.
I feel the effect even after I wake up.
When I was unwell and at home, I had postponed all my shoots.
I wanted to work on my fitness again because
my songs were getting popular and I was coming back to the scene slowly.
But no one wants a fat Honey Singh.
There was a time in between when I had accepted that I'm old now.
I've become fat.
I'll never get back to the look that my fans want.
I'll just keep making good songs and earn my livelihood.
That would be best.
Because my medication is high on sodium and lithium,
so they cause a lot of water retention and hence cause weight gain.
Luckily, my medication is much lower now.
And so I'm getting results.
While you are on these meds, I hope you aren't drinking?
I almost don't drink at all anymore.
- Really? - Yes, really.
I used to easily smoke up 20 joints… 12 joints, 15 joints a day.
So, I've maintained a balance with great difficulty.
I don't want to play with that. I don't want to risk it again.
Because I don't want that thing back again in my life.
Are these showing on camera?
These are my favorite.
We have to see your abs, please.
The abs haven't formed yet.
I've a paunch. Don't show that.
Take it from the back and through the mirror.
When I was not feeling well, for two years, I didn't work at all.
I didn't even touch my laptop.
Hello, everyone.
I said, "I can't write songs now. My mind is not in my control."
Then Mom said, "Start as a music producer."
Then I got some vocals recorded from various artists.
I think this is my second birth now. As a music producer.
Let's go.
Millind sent me a demo.
When I heard this song, I saw great potential in it.
The song was set to a trap beat.
I didn't write the song. I only wrote the rap for it.
But I thought, let's produce it the old way,
like Honey Singh used to produce on a Dhol beat.
And with the same kind of melodies and comps and chords.
In 2003, he came to my studio.
I heard his songs.
I said, "Fuck! This is what I wish to do."
This is a dream come true.
As far as I am concerned, my hero is Honey Singh.
We're on the sets of "Paris Ka Trip."
This is my first comeback video. And I'm very much excited.
Yo! Netflix is here.
What's happening, motherfuckers?
Yo Yo Honey Singh for life! For life! For life!
- "Tell me what it will take." - 2022! We are coming, baby!
We are going to fuck everything, motherfuckers!
We're coming! Dang, motherfuckers!
We're shooting Honey's video here in Delhi.
So you guys stay tuned
'cause you do not wanna miss any of this. It's gonna be hot.
It'll be the first video…
- where you'll see the transformation. - Right.
I had delayed all my songs for seven months.
Because I was working on my fitness.
My fitness is ready.
And we're going to shoot nine music videos in three months.
It's going to be a new collection of songs for my fans.
Yo Yo Honey Singh!
Music MG!
Good news for the fans! Yo Yo Honey Singh has shot his new song in Delhi,
and this song is ready to be released.
Honey Singh is coming after five-six years. So he's trying to come back.
So, he's doing good.
He just, like, fell through the cracks in between
and now he's coming back. It's great for him.
Whether he's gone or he's come back, he's always there.
For me, according to me, he was never gone.
He's a good producer. A good deliverer of a certain type of hit,
who has a core audience that will stick with him forever.
It's Honey Paji!
He's reached a level where he can always continue to put out music.
He'll fill out shows.
You can coast on that for a long time.
But… Honey's vision is old now. It's outdated.
I've been coming here for the past 25-26 years.
At first, I used to come by foot, then on a cycle.
Then on a scooter, and then, I started coming in cars.
This is insane, man.
This thing you can only get in Karampura, man.
This is my place!
My city!
My hood!
We used to sit around, whiling away.
We were free, both of us. So two jobless people met each other.
We really connected to each other…
And we've remained connected.
Yes, we're connected.
Bro used to get the scooter, and often the scooter wouldn't be clean.
There would be clothes drying here.
He'd ask me for a rag, but I'd say, "There isn't any."
He'd take one of those, clean the scooter and sit on it.
Hello, Aunty.
Someone's underwear, or someone's towel.
Or someone's bra.
Mozez Bhai, here's where we sat every day.
So, one day, he got jaundice.
So, he was on sick leave.
He was resting here, at home.
I bought a bottle of beer.
Stuffed into my pants, like this.
Stuffed here, like this.
I kept it here, under the sofa.
And we made him drink beer, while he had jaundice!
I've only found out all this today.
You can slap him today then.
Wow! How many years? 25 years, huh?
- Yeah, 25-26 years. - Wow, amazing.
Let's go.
That was the time when we roamed these streets without a care.
Everyone knew me then, and even now, everyone does.
Sir… Sir… Sir!
Honey Sir! Honey Sir! Hi!
Honey Sir! Honey Sir! Please… Hi!
This girl grew up having your posters in her room.
- Oh, this is that kid? - Yes.
I love you, sir. Please shake my hand once.
Okay, c'mon, click a photo.
- Oh, shit! - Done? Thank you.
- Take care. All the best. - Thank you, sir!
Oh, I love you so much! I really love you so much.
All the best for every time. Every song. Every song of yours is the best.
Come here, come here.
- Love you, take care. - Bye.
This is the house where I was born.
Where I spent my childhood and youth.
I'd sit right here when I was a kid.
Mom would sing while she cooked.
Dad would always be listening to music.
So there was different music playing outside.
Dad used to play vinyl records.
So in a way, he spoilt me. Pushed me into music.
Had he not exposed me to music, to Mohammed Rafi, R.D. Burman…
Then I wouldn't have listened to music or developed a sense of music.
When he was a kid, both of us liked the same things.
So I would fulfill my wishes through him.
I wanted to be a singer.
My parents didn't let me.
So, I invested all my energy in him.
So that he could live his dream.
My husband would object, but I'd help him secretly.
Looking at this picture, it looks like my brother has taken after you.
What do you mean "looks like"? Of course, he has.
I think this was his 31st birthday.
"I decided to write down 31 reasons why I love you.
Well, honestly this is not for you. This is for your kids.
And I really want them to know how amazing their father is."
Whenever… Oh, Mom…
When my brother has kids, I'm sure they should read this.
And the first reason… I've written,
"Thank you for giving us this beautiful and dignified life."
- Isn't it? - Yes.
Because, we are very proud of him.
- Isn't it, Dad? - Yes.
At that time, my father and I had a lot of differences.
My father wanted me to study sciences and help him run his business.
I didn't want to do that.
It was the toughest time for both of us.
I couldn't help my father because I wanted to do something else.
I wanted to do music. I was focused.
But it was difficult for both of us.
I still remember, it was War of DJ awards.
Papa had no idea that my brother is participating in this.
We kept waiting, sitting outside till noon.
And he came back at 2:00 a.m.
All his friends came to celebrate playing the drum.
We were very happy.
His father was the happiest of all.
Honey asked him, "Dad, will you stop me now?"
He said, "No, now I won't. You go ahead." "Go, live your life."
It was 2003. Honey was just coming up.
He had just started making beats at that time.
In the club, he saw the way I rapped.
We met. The vibe was great. It began. "Let's go to the studio."
I was just a music producer.
I never wanted to sing. I never wanted to write.
I didn't even know anything about writing.
- It's mellow. - First rehearse it.
It's mellow.
Right now, you don't know the lyrics well.
First rehearse that and then we can get your level up.
- Okay. - Okay?
He's hard working. Really hard working and really, really quick.
- He would come carrying his CPU. - Yeah, he did.
That was amazing. That was the start. What, he is getting his CPU?
"Yeah, we're all good here. Just set it up anywhere."
This is my CPU. It's been with me since 2006.
It's got a handle.
It had Acid Pro, FruityLoops, Reason Propeller Head…
Q base… I would work on all these softwares.
This was the first Audi G2 sound card I purchased.
All the sound engineering students would know.
Musicians would know what a sound card is.
I had done my first recordings on this.
I used to have this huge trunk here.
My CPU stood on that.
So this is where I produced, "Khadke Glassy."
And here's where I mixed and mastered it too.
All by myself.
And I got my first award as a sound engineer.
In 2005.
I did it all here. Then I said, "There's no stopping me now."
The melody was so good. Everyone had it as their ringtone.
In the beginning, I used to write songs that were very urban.
No one wanted to sing them.
When I started singing them myself,
that's when my journey began, as a solo, independent singer and performer.
Like, the first four-five years of his career,
he was very quick at seeing how the winds changed
and changing with it.
So you know, he tried that Bhagat Singh thing…
He tried hip-hop.
He tried being an Eminem-style, gangsta-rapper for a little bit.
Then he went into party-rap.
"Party-rap by itself isn't working.
Collabs I'm doing with the folks guys are working.
How do I bring these together?"
So, he was like, in "International Villager,"
I'm going to have an international sound.
"International Villager" in 2011.
That sound was totally new for India and the whole world.
You can't find a single hip-hop song
or a single house song, techno song, dubstep whatever…
All of it was Yo Yo Honey Singh's sound, and it was an urban sound.
My friends told me, "It's your brother's show.
Do you want to go?" I said, "Okay, let's go."
That was my first show or concert, or watching any artist performing.
I saw people screaming his name. They wanted to touch him.
I was, like, "Oh, my God, like, is this my brother?
So many people love him."
In 2012, online video viewership experienced a notable shift
towards mainstream content, with Honey Singh's "Brown Rang" becoming
the most trending video of the year."
Best Music Director Award goes to…
My favorite, Honey Singh…
A Punjabi artist, Delhi-born,
captures Punjab, pan-India Bihar, and Orissa,
goes and performs back in Chennai…
A Punjabi artist has done this.
The Chennai folks are singing…
- Yes. - Will your father agree or not?
He'll get me married to anyone but a singer.
Ask your father to google my name. His son-in-law is a superstar.
A childhood love story.
After 20 years of dating, Shalini Talwar has become Shalini Singh.
Such relationships are very rare.
Friends, here with me today is the woman who loves and supports me the most.
Who is my, one and only…
- Is Honey Singh married or single? - I've been married for the past two years.
- You're married? - Yes.
So the news that was published was true.
It was published in the news?
And we also have confirmed news that
Honey Singh's career will now be managed by his wife, Shalini.
So, now let's see what changes Manager Shalini
will bring into Honey Singh's career.
First time I saw Honey was at some concert.
He had just gotten off stage.
You know, like, full of energy and that's the first time I saw Yo Yo Honey Singh.
I started off as a music director.
Today my friends are big actors.
There are so many films that release in Bollywood.
But for super hit films, Yo Yo is the X-factor.
After that, when he also released a lot of Bollywood songs,
then we actually realized that he's made his name there.
He's out there.
International Icon Male, Honey Singh!
Best Music goes to…
Yo Yo Honey Singh!
- Please give it up for him! - Yo Yo Honey Singh!
Yo Yo Honey Singh!
When that time came, I said,
"It's time to make money. Let's do it."
And it was fun. The energy was so high.
That was the first time I had seen success in life.
- There are no windows in this house. - No, there aren't. No space, right?
- So for 26 years… 24 years… - 24 years.
- You lived in a house without windows. - Without windows.
But still got dreams.
Still got dreams!
It was too compact
that even with open eyes, my eyes were actually closed
and I would keep dreaming.
Yeah.
- This house is like a train box. - Yeah.
This is like a train coach… What do you call it? A compartment?
It's just a line of rooms and it's over.
When I was unwell, I'd dream a lot. Every time I'd wake up here.
I'd wake up and realize, "Oh, I'm in Noida.
I thought I was sleeping back here. In Karampura."
That's what I'd dream.
I never feel like I left this place.
I can't leave nor do I want to.
That's what it is. Everything is a circle.
Finally, you go everywhere and come right back there.
And I don't want to stay anywhere else.
I want to come back here.
When I die, I want to be cremated here.
I've understood one thing after coming into this world.
The biggest lie of someone's life is their life itself.
Life… is false… is a lie.
Truth is death.
Which is committed, which is going to stay forever.
Everything is temporary. So live it to the fullest.
So, as far as I can, I try to stay happy.
I keep the people around me happy.
Keep cracking weird jokes.
Create songs. Dance.
Perform. Try to make people happy.
Happiness and joy is what I want to give to this fucking world.
When I'm dead, people should say, "This guy fucking lived a life.
He lived it up, the fucker."
Who will I give flowers to? There's no woman to wear them.
- It will smell good. - Hang them in the car?
It's jasmine.
This is all I have. Don't have my wallet.
- Thank you, sir! - Thank you.
What is my name?
- Honey Singh. - That's not it.
It's Yo Yo Honey Singh.
Yo Yo Honey Singh!
You still look smart!
Still? She's saying, I still look smart!
Are you on a diet? You've lost weight.
Yes, indeed.
- Earlier you were a bit… - Heavy, isn't it?
Now I am back to my old self.
Come back now.
I am. I'm back!
You were asking me why I have to become thin. Is it really important?
Do I want to do it for myself or for the people?
I told you, it's for my fans.
They are noticing and asking, "Are you on a diet?"
"You have lost weight and you look like before. You still look smart."
They even said, "You had put on weight in between."
They follow things.
We're on our way to the "Designer" shoot.
Today, it's a fashion show set-up.
Please don't laugh at my costume.
I'm doing some weird things in the video.
"Designer" is the second song in my comeback plan.
After "Paris Ka Trip" which was more young, peppy.
And "Designer" is back to the old Honey Singh scale.
It's like grand, grand visuals with an amazing artist, Guru Randhawa.
It's Guru's idea, which I expressed in my music and Mihir in his visuals today.
And me, saying that…
"Make me your designer."
Me also, saying that "Make me your Designer."
Guru Randhawa in the house.
- We made this song in 2020. - Yeah.
Now we're shooting in '22.
He waited for me to lose weight.
To look good.
- I said… - No, Bro, we waited…
You waited for us.
- To give us a chance on this music… - No way.
You waited. I remember I was in my college.
I'd gone to see bro's show.
We didn't get tickets for the show. But I saw bro and came back.
But, today, I'm working with him.
I'm having a lot of fun, and I'm also feeling proud.
This song demanded music.
So I created music.
Not just the beat. I didn't program just the groove.
I programmed everything.
Especially the drop.
It's intoxicating!
Fuckers are recording even this.
What else do you guys want to see?
Look at my white Versace underwear.
What are you doing?
I'm showing you my Versace underwear, man.
Love it.
- You guys want to see everything, man. - Yeah, we want to get in, babe!
Love it, love it!
Mozez Bhai, hear this song. Bollywood.
Bullshit she takes his name!
This is fucking Indian music.
Why to blame motherfucking Yo Yo Honey Singh only?
Thank you, Sir!
People loved me. That's why I became Yo Yo Honey Singh today.
These street kids recognize me because they loved me.
It's some people who have accused me and defamed me
that I sing dirty songs.
If I sang dirty songs, would people call me
to perform at their sister's wedding?
Would they call me to perform at their daughter's wedding?
I sing the same songs there.
From "Dope Shope" to "Aunty Police Bula Legi," everything.
And they go mad. They go wild on them.
Are you apologetic about any of it?
None of them.
Tell me which is the song that you said is your favorite song?
"Blue Eyes."
Mine too. Yours?
"Blue Eyes"? You all keep saying the same song.
What was the one with Shah Rukh?
- "Lungi Dance." - "Lungi Dance," yeah!
"Brown Rang!"
"Brown Rang!" Who said that?
- Hi! - That's my favorite song!
That's my favorite too!
Whoa!
"Brown Rang 2" is coming up.
No, but I like "Brown Munde."
- That is not even my song! - Really?
- "Brown Rang." - "Brown Rang," right!
Yeah, "Brown Munde…"
So I'm going to listen to Honey Singh's song tomorrow. And…
She is not my fan at all, okay? We're done.
Today I'm enjoying.
There are lots of girls, and it's fun interacting with them.
Yesterday and the day before, things were subtle.
I'd look like a fool if I'd jumped in then.
Who jumps at a fashion show?
I already performed in one fashion show. In Miss India.
I was also on the jury.
I had performed there.
My performance there was totally different from the rest.
I was just like that. Very subtle.
Girls were moving around and all this stuff.
This Miss India performance that happened after the Nirbhaya incident…
2014. Yeah.
- When did the Nirbhaya incident happen? - 2012.
Fuck!
It's already been ten years since it happened?
We were reading about it, and on one hand, all of this is happening,
and on the other hand, he's still performing at Miss India?
It was weird.
But what's the relation of Nirbhaya with me?
Why did you even mention the Nirbhaya issue?
You must start with the "Balatkaari" song.
Because the controversies started after that, Honey.
Whatever it is. Why bring up Nirbhaya with me?
Correct. But "Main Hoon Balatkaari" existed before Nirbhaya…
But that's not my song either.
Of course. But at that time, no one connected that.
Exactly, even then!
We want justice!
On December 16th, a 23-year-old student was brutally assaulted on a moving bus.
Enraged students and women held protests at India Gate,
in response to the rape, demanding justice.
We want justice! We want justice!
In 2012, when my brother's songs were such a hit,
that was the time the Nirbhaya case happened.
I was there, protesting,
because being a woman, I know, how does it feel, right?
After two, or maybe three days, I was in office,
and I just read this news about my brother
that you know, he made this song to glorify rape.
He's sung a song called "Main Hoon Balatkaari."
He's sung such a dirty, filthy song…
I heard it today and my blood was boiling.
I'm hardly able to talk.
We've asked for the FIR to be registered.
Strong protests against Rapper Honey Singh's
upcoming concert in Vadodara, Gujarat.
Honey Singh's film, Tu Mera Bhai, Main Tera Bhai is releasing today…
People are demonstrating against the film.
Ban Honey Singh's film!
Media changed everything with one news.
Media didn't think it was necessary to even
figure out whether it was even Honey Singh's song.
I didn't even sing the song, "Main Hoon Balatkaari,"
but I'm being dragged into courts for the last ten months.
When the PIL was dismissed, CFSN was registered.
This is now just too much.
Going by the kind of songs he's made, it's rather obvious
that maybe…
I'll give him the benefit of a "maybe" that he wrote it.
I've never written or sung the song "Main Hoon Balatkaari."
He was all over media.
Everyone started hating him.
Everyone started…
accusing him as if he is the rapist.
What is this obscenity that you've spread all over the country?
Obscene songs, obscene lyrics…
Whatever I've learnt about the world, or the way I speak,
I've learnt all this by listening to and living amongst people.
This is the society itself.
People like blaming artists.
We've just gotten used to it now. People will talk. It doesn't matter.
But the whole family gets abused, man.
We used to get threats.
People used to say,
"We'll shoot him, whenever we'll see him."
We lived in fear.
Finally, I can breathe after six-seven months.
The humiliation I faced, for no fault of mine,
no one will understand what I went through, except me.
Maybe you'll see it reflected in my future songs.
So we know he didn't sing the song "Balatkaari,"
but he did sing the song "Choot", right?
Haven't heard it.
- Never? - Never.
I love it. We groove it.
I've never listened to that song complete…
I heard, but I don't know if it's him.
So "Choot Vol. 1" is this song that these guys apparently wrote.
Mafia Mundeer, which is Badshah, Honey Singh,
and Ikka, Lil Golu, and Raftaar.
The ones who've redefined a genre of music,
they don't feel like the world is any match for them.
They can win over it.
You know there's that immature period that teenagers always go through,
we also went through that. We were kids.
We were growing up, learning about the world.
"You've been fucked by 25 villages
My dick is now ready
I'll take your pussy home with me today"
So basically, they're saying that I'm going to fuck you.
And my dick has prepared itself for that.
So, you know my masculinity is dependent on the fact
that I'm going to fuck you.
It's very aggressive, very sort of…
Like, bordering on violent in terms of its imagery.
It's not just about women and how they feel.
It's also about the fact that the man who's writing this,
where's he coming from?
And wherever he's coming from, has he now, whatever his age is…
As a 30-year-old something, 40-year-old something,
has he now reflected back on it?
- Do you regret doing the song? - I didn't do it.
- You're saying it's not your song? - No.
But it's been attributed as your song.
It's been attributed as a Mafia Mundeer song,
with you and Badshah and Ikka and it's not just your song--
One can upload many songs like this
on the Internet under Mozez Singh's name.
Should I get it done?
- Come on, you know it is your song. - Nope.
A lot of artists have horrible songs somewhere on their hard disks.
For me, the bigger problem is not that he did a song like "Choot" which is awful,
but also not intended for mass release.
The issue is that, the attitudes that are available, visible on that song,
it's the same idea of what role women play in their music.
It's a little more grown-up,
less in-your-face, less raw version of the same sort of thinking.
I don't feel particularly comfortable listening to his songs.
Money, cars…
Comparing brown girls, white girls…
How many chicks you had, break-ups you had…
Close-up shots of waists and hips…
Yes, his songs are a bit misogynistic, for sure. But…
But… childhood love!
We've grown up on Honey Singh's music.
Feels good to hear them, but he's creating something.
When you listen to a song like this,
and it comes from this immense source of star power,
when that gives it validation that "Honey Singh too is singing this.
See where he's reached by singing such songs."
That is what I had an issue with.
I just wanted to work.
I took this decision when I shot "Dope Shope."
At that time, I saw girls in Delhi smoking weed.
I saw them dance to Enrique Iglesias' "Tonight I'm Fucking You."
I thought, if this guy is writing such bold lyrics,
and takes two girls on a yacht and kisses them in the video…
The same girls are going crazy over it and smoking weed. Should I try this?
So, I shot on a yacht too…
See the "Dope Shope" video. I've also…
The girl is in skimpy clothes, and we're dancing.
I did it too. People accepted it and liked it.
So I tried something and it worked.
Then I just continued.
They all say like, "This is what the audience wants."
Which is the worst cop-out. Ever.
Why? But it is what they want.
Yes, and then are you an artist? Or are you a supplier?
Are you a vendor?
No person has a motive to hurt anyone.
It's not…
It's just to entertain people.
And then getting so much hate, for no reason…
An accusation is an accusation, right?
Any normal person would be mentally disturbed by this.
It will.
I still remember, he was working on two projects simultaneously.
There was Raw Star, and then this Temptation tour.
I'm so tired, dude!
That was a very stressful project.
At the same time, I was also doing shows and releasing albums.
I was shooting "Blue Eyes," "Lungi Dance."
All this was happening at that time. Everything was so new for me.
I just didn't feel like saying no to anything.
I wanted to do everything. But I forgot that I'm not Superman.
We took seven hours to get here from Mumbai.
One can reach England in so much time.
Early 2014, I saw a change in him.
The first time ever, I saw him questioning,
"How am I going to do this?"
He did three-four shows in a day.
Even in Noida where we stayed,
he traveled for his shows and didn't come home much. He was so busy.
He was so busy that we didn't see him for 300 out of 365 days.
He hardly spent time with us.
He was in almost complete isolation.
He'd started drinking a lot.
I got to know this much later.
When a car with a puncture continues to be driven, what will be its condition?
We were helpless that he's just driving on
with the steering wheel in someone else's hands, not his own.
Right now I'm in Ranchi! Ranchi, make some noise!
India's Raw Star was to be launched,
and Shah Rukh Bhai invited me to go on the Slam Tour with him.
So, I said, "Okay, let's go."
We had to catch a flight to America the very next day.
In ten days, we flew to America four times.
- Back and forth? - Back and forth.
Coming and going, coming and going…
It was the second shoot for Raw Star.
I got this news that the first episode did not go well.
He was not confident.
Very fearful. And he was not himself.
We weren't able to decide then if we had to stop right now,
and go back home and rest.
And it took us a while to understand this,
and to cancel existing commitments.
At the same time, he'd also go on the Temptation Tour.
Yo, here's your boy, Yo Yo Honey Singh.
I'm coming with the one and only biggest superstar,
Mr. Shah Rukh Khan.
This show is going to rock!
Slowly, my symptoms started appearing.
I started getting suspicious.
That someone is planning a conspiracy against me.
That I'm going to be trapped.
They're going to do something. They'll put a court case on me.
I couldn't understand what was happening to me.
Why was I feeling like that?
It was 3:00 a.m. in India when it was morning there in the US.
And he was supposed to go for his sound check.
He messaged me. "I'm not feeling okay."
And this was the first time he conveyed.
I was in my room. He messaged.
"Something is not right with me. See what I'm doing."
I said, "Bhai, what happened?"
He said, "Can you come on Skype?" I said "Yes."
- And then he said… - "Please get me back."
"Please save me."
He said, "Gudiya, please save me."
And then…
he disconnected.
And I was trying to reach out to Shalini.
She said, "He has to do this shoot.
You convince him to do this show."
I said, "I can't. Because, see, this is what he's sending me."
He just sent that he's not feeling okay. Something bad is happening.
Neither his body, nor his mind are allowing this.
And, for three hours,
there was no contact from them.
Then after three hours, I get the news that he's in hospital.
He got stitches.
During the Slam Tour promotion, the news has come to the fore
that Honey Singh was slapped by Shah Rukh Khan.
Because of his unethical behavior, Shah Rukh Khan…
After slapping Honey Singh, the superstar asked him to leave the show.
Someone spread a rumor that Shah Rukh Khan slapped Honey Singh.
And that man loves me so much. He'd never do that.
Now I'll tell you what happened nine years later.
I'm going to reveal on camera something that no one knows.
No one at all.
When they took me along to the Chicago show,
I refused to do the show. I thought I'll die on that show.
I wasn't getting ready.
Everyone said, "Get him ready."
My management came in saying, "Why aren't you getting ready?"
People who were with me told me, "Get ready."
I said, "I already said I'm not going."
I went to the washroom, grabbed the trimmer and trimmed my hair.
I said, "Now how can I perform?"
They said, "Wear a cap and perform."
I said, "You aren't listening to me."
"I don't want to go! I don't want to go!"
I stubbornly sat on the chair and said, "I don't want to perform today."
There was a coffee mug lying there. I picked it up and smashed it on my head.
That day, I think I was very assertive and I said, "Bring him back."
He's everything.
If he's not there, then there's no point. So…
we took this decision that he needs to stop working.
"You come home. We'll see how to go ahead from here."
It's bipolar disorder
with psychotic symptoms.
My brain would overwork and spiral out of my control.
You think random things.
Totally random, unrelated things.
It's like your dreams are playing out in real life.
Even the house help used to scare me.
"See how she's watching me. She's laughing at me."
If she's mopping, I'd feel, "She's cleaning the blood fallen there."
I used to feel all these things.
I had a strange feeling that I won't be able to meet my parents ever again,
that I'd get trapped.
People say, "I've been through hell." I saw hell.
I saw death. I wished for death, every day.
Sir, sir, Honey Sir! You're okay now?
Sir, we heard you were depressed.
- Honey sir, is this true? - Please! Hi! Hi!
I let my hair and beard grow out. I didn't meet anyone.
I slept all the time. Cried all the time.
I looked at the moon, all night.
How it's changing…
I looked at it for a really long time. I felt like six-seven hours had passed.
But in reality, it would be 15 minutes.
My day wouldn't end.
I didn't know what to do.
Shut in one room, I just wouldn't get out.
I felt like someone was going to die.
That's why prayers are being held at home.
Someone will die. Then I used to wait to see who will die.
I used to keep watch. Who died?
I used to go into the room and check who died.
No one has died here.
I used to think, "Maybe I'm going to die. That's why there's a prayer.
Maybe I'm going to die today."
I know it gets really boring that I keep mentioning this,
but I want to say, "Fuckers, you don't know what it was."
This is a motherfucker of a disease.
If your liver or kidney fails, a brother is ready to lend you a kidney.
If not, you can buy a kidney from the market.
Your brain is fucked. Who'll give you one?
Where will I get one? How will I get okay?
I used to think, "How will this ever get okay?"
During that time, my constant try used to be…
"He's low. Make him happy."
"Do something. Do something silly. Talk. Memories. Childhood.
Get something that he really likes."
Now, when I'm telling you all of this,
I actually feel very stupid because I'm more educated about the illness now.
You know, we met really good doctors.
And… They really helped us and they really educated us.
Everyone at home is now aware about this.
About mental health issues.
My family has seen it all. They've seen me get destroyed.
They've understood what this illness is.
My mother used to go to doctors, hauling my files.
My sister, my wife… From one doctor to another.
He said it himself, "I need a doctor."
- He said, "Take me to a doctor." - "I don't know what's happening to me."
"I don't know what's happening to me. I want a doctor."
The day he accepted that "These are my symptoms,
These are my thoughts. I have to work on it."
That day, we saw the improvement in his health.
So, that took us a long time to reach there, to that point.
More than a year.
Yeah… More than a year.
Yo Yo Honey Singh!
I still remember, in 2016, when my brother's health got better,
the first award ceremony he attended,
he was sitting right next to Shah Rukh Khan.
So that media should know, nothing happened.
And he was really nice to my brother.
2016, 2017…
By 2018, my brother
started getting better.
And he started talking about work.
He was still on his medication, you know…
He knew he had gained weight.
Again, he would just carry himself with grace.
At that time, there was some pressure of "Makhna,"
to go to Cuba.
Yo Yo… It's your boy, Yo Yo Honey Singh.
Singsta's here, TDO is here, Nidhi is here.
My wife is there.
He got a lot of criticism on his looks.
Long hair. What's happened to his face?
His thought process was, like,
"I don't think my fans will accept me the way I look."
He started thinking on the lines of, "Now I'm going to compose music.
Give songs to…" I was like, "No! They want to see you."
Our family's spiritual Guru, Acharyaji,
he also motivated my brother a lot at that time.
We saw change.
He lost weight.
We saw him getting fine.
We saw that confidence back. That smile on his face.
The doctors have given him a routine,
but for him to follow his routine, is very important.
And his sleep…
His sleep shouldn't be disturbed.
And he shouldn't miss his dose.
If we go to perform anywhere, we reach that city one day in advance.
We sleep well.
We rest well and wake up leisurely the next day,
perform and go back to sleep again.
Wake up late the next day,
and take the night flight to the next city.
Even if he gets free at 2:00 or 3:00 a.m., I keep talking to him.
What time he woke up that day, what he ate or didn't eat.
Whether he's relaxed…
If he's working too much, I ask him to take a break.
When I didn't have work for 2-2.5 years, it was a terrible time.
Their young son is sitting at home and sleeping till 12:30.
Papa goes to work and comes back. And I'm just watching.
When our eyes would meet,
I'd feel such shame…
I'm not earning money and my father is earning at his age.
My parents did a lot for me.
I couldn't do anything for them.
Now they just keep waiting for me. "When will he come? When will he come?"
I can't even sit with them.
And when I was with them, I was a corpse. A mad corpse.
What have they seen till now? I have seen everything.
Now I'm trying to be aware that no matter how busy I get,
I take care of them.
I just want to say that
whoever is watching this documentary, just take care of your parents.
Once they are gone, they won't come back.
These are my medicines.
Mom makes me this pouch. I can make it myself. I'm a grown man.
See, she prepares my dose for me.
This is my whole dose, all cut up.
This much of this, three pills of this, two pills of that, one pill of this…
- This is one time, one day's dose? - One day's dose.
The medication starts taking effect about an hour after I take it.
And I start feeling sleepy.
I'm too '"up" now.
And if I don't take my medication now, I can't sleep.
And if I don't sleep, I won't be able to function the next day.
And something or the other might go wrong.
In my life…
I never want to be out of my control.
That's why I want to tell you that
I never liked my brain to be out of control.
And that's exactly what happened.
I fell sick and my brain went out of hand.
So, I've maintained a balance with great difficulty.
I don't want to play with that.
With drugs, alcohol, too much of work,
or less of sleep, too much of exertion…
I don't want to risk it again.
Because, I don't want that thing back again in my life.
I plan a lot of things myself.
I try to design my career based on the possibilities.
My guru, Acharya ji keeps telling me that I'm God's child.
Whatever you think will happen. And it does happen.
If I plan four things… big ones…
14 things happen on their own. They come to me.
Mr. Salman Khan has sent me a song.
The song is ready, and they're shooting it after two days.
So, I'm getting an opportunity. I just have to sing it.
He said, "If you want to try some rap on this, then…"
We'll try, if we can write some rap, then we'll sing some rap too.
We'll have to do some rap here.
What's the chorus of this song?
That's what I was thinking. There's no chorus.
You just sing the chorus. We'll make a chorus.
We can do something cartoon style.
Something from the film--
We can at least say, "I'm in love with a girl."
I'm usually a brave boy. I'm a bit scared.
Someone please tell her this. Explain this to her…
I'm her Nobita, she's my Shizuka. I want to meet her.
I don't know.
- I. Don't. Know. - I don't know.
Make this beat and bounce it. We'll write it outside.
We'll start this… Let's start this.
- "C'mon everybody, sing with me." - Start.
Everyone… Golu, Molu, Bunty, Babli, Tinku, Goli…
And, action!
We were shooting for Bhaijaan in Hyderabad and I had this thought.
And so I gave it to Honey.
He went to the studio, and in half an hour, he finished the rap.
And then, I requested Honey to come
and to be in this song with us…
It's a really cool song for kids.
Lots of things are happening.
A lot of songs are getting made, lots of shoots.
I'm doing back to back shows as I wasn't doing a lot before.
I also do a lot of wedding performances.
The demand for that has grown so much
that we're not able to sort out dates.
What dates to give and what not to.
Thank God, he started working out and let the negativity go out.
And… he's back.
We thought life is good, and everything is sorted now.
And he's working. He's happy. He's feeling okay.
I started working too and we all got busy.
When I actually decided, "Okay, now things are fine," you know…
Everyone is sorted, Mom, Dad, my brother…
Then, a major setback happened.
Yo Yo Honey Singh has been accused of domestic violence.
Honey Singh's wife, Shalini Talwar,
has moved a plea in Delhi's Tis Hazari Court.
I just want to say that today was my hearing.
I couldn't make it to the last one as I was sick.
And the Hon'ble Judge has counselled Shalini and me well.
I have full faith in the judiciary.
Whatever will happen will be the best for me.
We want you to know that Shalini Singh has not just blamed Honey Singh,
but has also accused his mother, father and younger sister with exploitation.
Who do we prove ourselves to? No one will believe us.
Because the outside world was very difficult.
And what controversies were happening.
So, yeah, it was a difficult time.
Honey Singh's love story that started in school has come to an end now.
There has been an out-of-court settlement.
Shalini Talwar has dropped all charges.
Both of them are now legally divorced.
Do you want to talk a little bit about the divorce, Honey?
Do you wanna tell me what happened?
We've both signed an MoU. So, we cannot talk about it.
But, I wish her all the best in her life.
I wish she has a good life ahead.
What I said about the circle,
our life is in this circle.
This circle will keep coming back and will get balanced.
You get what you give.
What goes around comes around. There's a saying in English.
But I believe in this.
We've had one trouble after the other, since 2012.
So as a family, we haven't enjoyed life.
Now his health is better.
And all his struggles,
all the set backs that he has seen…
Now he's coming back.
I think the "Designer" launch is tomorrow.
And after some time, the collaboration
with Lil Pump, "Casanova" is being planned.
So, the pressure on him to give a hit song like before is very high.
We're all a bit tense too. But we are praying.
Ready for what happens with you now?
Sir, I'm born ready for everything, okay?
I'm ready for hits. I'm ready for flops.
I'm ready for more success. I'm ready for more failure.
Yo Yo, it's your boy, Honey Singh. A big shoutout to all my fans…
You can now listen to my latest song…
You can now listen to my latest song, "Designer." Download it, my new song.
On Apple Music.
On Wynk Music app.
On the Hungama Music app. May there be hungama.
I was waiting for this for a long time. Finally…
Make your own reels on my song, "Designer" using #designer.
We will share the best one on Instagram.
This sound will go everywhere.
Baila, baila, baila, baby!
Hi, this is Lil' Pump. I'm coming to Dubai to shoot the biggest song ever.
With Yo Yo Honey Singh and DJ Shadow. We're making history. Let's get it!
The latest songs that he has made,
some were good and some weren't very old school.
He's making new songs, but they aren't that great.
I like his old songs.
I'm a little disappointed.
A vibe like "Dope Shope…"
We are still waiting for that.
At one time, Honey's songs would be played by every DJ.
Bring back the old you.
Not exactly at the top of his game, but he's going to get there soon.
I think he's already climbed the ladder.
So, after getting down, he won't be able to climb that high.
My audience from ten years back was young then.
I used to write songs about alcohol,
smoking up and such things.
They enjoyed that.
Now they're all married.
Now they won't play it for their children
if I sing songs like "Manali Trance" again.
I don't want to make gangster-like content.
I had sung those in my youth… "Panga" and others.
But people only want that from me.
So I don't understand what I should do.
I don't feel like it.
I don't know. Let's see.
If nothing else works, I will write and sing it
if that's all they want to hear from me.
I think he has a very good understanding that he has to change with time.
And, with all these years, we have seen that change in him.
He's had time to kind of reflect on and do all those things.
So maybe there'll be an understanding or a shift in all that stuff.
But to me, I think, it's part of an artist's journey.
Taking everything that's going on around them
in the community and society,
and how they navigate that into their music,
and how they push that forward. Man, that's being an artist.
Hello.
Good morning!
Hi.
I'm hungry.
Momos!
Manish!
- What are you making? - Kadai chicken.
Making chicken in a kadai. That's kadai chicken.
Give me some green juice.
Have a bite.
You eat. I'm not eating now.
- Huh? - Not now.
No, I don't want to eat this.
- Manish, give me some green juice. - That was unexpected.
That was unexpected.
Did you eat anything?
- Did you? - Just get me some green juice.
Green juice? No momos?
- I don't feel like it. - Why?
Okay, I'll eat later.
- Manish, get me some water. - What?
Give him some water, son.
Listen, give me only two pieces of chicken.
The chicken that Papa made.
This will taste best with bread.
It's yummy!
He really wants to…
adopt a child. A girl.
He often tells me. I said, "Yes, let's adopt a child."
The date hasn't been announced yet?
Because I have a show on 19th.
So…
It's in India. I mean, I've to get back to India by the 17th.
I'm going to America now.
We have a corporate show on 10th.
It's going to be 75% whites and 25% Indians.
Okay, bye.
Oh, it's raining heavily.
Bye.
Our show was one day after we reached Chicago.
As we were coming out of the airport,
on a signboard, it was written, "Chicago Loop."
And then it clicked, damn it, "Loop!"
Which city did I leave from after the Slam Tour?
I thought, damn, it was Chicago!
We reached the hotel.
I told Indo, "Bro, it's the same hotel."
He asked "Same hotel? We're here for the first time."
I said, "Remember we came here nine years back?
When all that mayhem happened?"
Believe me, I entered and saw that my suite was the same too."
It was the same TV.
The spot from where I had called my mother and Gudiya on Skype,
crying that I didn't want to do that show.
I felt as though I went back nine years.
I said, "No way.
God is testing me."
Next day, everything was normal. Show day, so I woke up at 3:00 p.m.
As the show time approached,
I started getting anxious again.
The bad thoughts began coming up again.
That I had avoided my death back then. But this time, I was sure to die.
And it's today.
It's written in Chicago.
I was trimming my beard
and flashes of me trimming my head with the same trimmer come up.
And my hand kept going up, "Should I trim them again today?"
I didn't know what to do.
I sat in the car and rang up my doctor.
My doctor is my angel.
He said, "What will happen?"
"You ruined it nine years ago. Do the same thing again.
What can you do that's worse?
Ruin the show and come back. Don't worry.
Don't ruin your health. If the show gets ruined, that's fine.
I felt lighter, when it struck me…
The worst that can happen is the show getting ruined and me not performing.
I'm anxious. I'm scared.
I managed to perform, but I didn't make any eye contact with the people.
Whether it's 2,000 or 20,000 people, when I perform,
I make sure I make eye contact with every person.
I get energy and strength from that.
By looking into my fans' eyes.
I was checking on the time continuously.
Time was up and we left.
After that when I sat in the car, I felt relaxed.
That's all it was.
I said one thing on stage, though.
I left this show midway last time, because I got sick.
Because of you people, I came back.
You brought me back!
I lost everything in this city. So I had to complete the loop here.
I took my medication, slept that night, woke up happy.
Completed my America tour.
A person can make a lot of plans, but God decides
when some things will be placed in your life.
Things will come into your life
at a predecided time and will also go away when their time is up.
We can try our best saying we did this and that,
I have built this empire…
I bought a bungalow, a mansion, a car…
God decides when things come,
and when He decides they won't, they'll be gone.
Whatever projects, songs, films,
documentaries…
God has already written those stories.
All we're doing is enjoying them.
With so much,
I think my brother thinks this way now too, "We'll handle it."
We'll fix it.
The worry will never go.
I don't know why…
What I know is that he's a fighter.
And he will fight.
If he can come back, not once, not twice, not thrice…
He will come for the 1000th time again. But he will come back.
Earlier when I created something, I used to be sure it will work.
Today, I have 52 songs in my bank.
I can't say about any one song, "This will work for sure."
Not that my confidence is shaken.
But the scene has changed now.
No song runs for more than two weeks.
I'll have to understand this new trend.
When I made my entry first, people thought,
"Where did this Honey Singh suddenly come from?"
But I had been doing my homework for ten years before that.
Now that homework has begun again.
Make some noise!
If someone disappears for seven minutes
or seven days, people forget them instantly.
But even after seven-eight years people still remember me,
listen to my songs, buy my tickets. They come to see my shows.
So I just wanna keep trying and keep going.
Honey Singh! Honey Singh!
Earlier you'd said that this is gonna be your comeback year.
No, no. This is not the comeback.
I wanna blow the fucking world!
I'll make the world go crazy, once again.
The first shot of Part 2 will be Dr. Dre and me sitting together in the studio.
And it will fucking happen.
I've to turn off this speaker. Cameraman, move back, please.
I turn this switch off and the shop is closed.
There, it's off.