Diljit Dosanjh Dil-Luminati Tour: Dancer Shilpa Calls Out Punjabi Singer's Team For 'Unfair Pay'

Diljit Dosanjh is currently one of the global sensation and is celebrated for his contributions to Punjabi music and cinema. His sold-out performances across North America, Australia and New Zealand. Recently, a dancer has accused Diljit Dosanjh’s management for unprofessional treatment and unfair pay.

Dancer Shilpa Slams Diljit Dosanjh’s team

Shilpa Sajan, the dancer, penned a long statement on her Instagram with the caption, ‘An opportunity I was super excited about, but the dance industry has shown its true colours once again. Riddles with unprofessionalism, egos, total disrespect for dancers and being told, that’s just how Indian’ work. No celebrity is worth giving up your self-respect @diljitdosanjh”.

Her statement read, "Recently, I was selected to be a backup dancer for Diljit Dosanjh's DIL-LUMINATI Europe Tour. As a dancer who's been doing this professionally for years, this could have been one of the highlights of my dance career. But I pulled out. Earlier this year, Diljit and his team sparked a lot of outrage because they didnt pay the dancers who performed for his US tour, but we were told this would be a paid opportunity."

"I should ve known better - we soon found out they were offering us 80 GBP and we had to cover our own travel and accommodation costs for the most of it, even when international travel was involved. Still, they promised us this would be an incredible, once in a lifetime experience and as a fan; I'll be honest, I said yes at first. But unfortunately for that price; you get what you pay for. I have never worked with such an unprofessional and disrespectful management team in. my. life," she added.

She stated that everything was a mess and she was treated with no respect. Messages would be ignored, dancers were getting cut with no explanations provided. There was no emphasis on rehearsals, and when you leave everything to the last minute, this does reflect on stage," Shilpa said.

"This was the hardest decision I have had to make in a while, but sometimes choosing self-respect IS the harder thing to do. I am truly gutted to give up this opportunity, but all I want in this life is to work with people who respect me, and with people I look up to. At the end of the day, I dont need a gig like this to validate myself; and to the dance industry - do better," she concluded.

When entrepreneur Rajat Batta had made allegations of non-payment

Rajat Batta, an entrepreneur who runs several professional dance groups, made an allegation against the Punjabi singer for not paying to dancers performing in the background on the stage during a Dil-Luminati tour across the US and Canada. Later, Diljit's manager Sonali Singh addressed the allegations and rubbished them by requesting them to stop spreading misinformation. 

Diljit Dosanjh’s Dil-luminati tour

Diljit Dosanjh took to his Instagram story on Tuesday night that one stop each in New Delhi and Jaipur in his upcoming Dil-Luminati tour has been added. As per his post, the popular singer will perform another show in New Delhi on October 27. This will be his third show in the city. Diljit will perform a second show in Jaipur on November 3.

Diljit is set to commence the Indian leg of his Dil-Luminati tour from this October. The tour will kick off at the iconic Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi on October 26 this year. Following Delhi, the tour will make its way to Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Pune, Kolkata, Bangalore, Indore, Chandigarh, and Guwahati.